Jan Petrasek, MD

UT Health San Antonio

Specialties: Gastroenterology; Transplant

Areas of Interest/Focus: Hepatology

Board Affiliation/Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine; American Board of Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology; American Board of Internal Medicine/Transplant Hepatology

Education: First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University of Prague, 2003

Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2015

Fellowships: University of Massachusetts, 2013; UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2019; UT Southwestern Medical Center, 2020

Languages: English

Gender: Male

University Hospital

4502 Medical Drive
San Antonio,TX 78229

210-358-4000

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Insurance Accepted: 6 Degrees - Transplant; 90 Degree Benefits - Commercial; Aetna - Commercial/Exchange (IFP); Aetna - PPO/EPO/HMO/MC Advantage; Aetna - Smart Care EPO; Aetna - Transplant ONLY; Aetna Better Health - Medicaid-CHIP; Aetna Better Health - Medicaid-STAR; Ancira Enterprises - Direct Employer; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Exchange (BlueAdvantage); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - HMO/PPO; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - HPN/EPO (Narrow Network); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Medicaid-STAR; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Medicare Advantage HMO; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Medicare Advantage PPO; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Narrow HMO (Blue Essentials); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Narrow HMO (Blue Premier); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Traditional; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Transplant Programs; Care Improvement Plus - Medicare Advantage-SNP; Cenpatico - Medicaid-CHIP; Cenpatico - Medicaid-STAR; Cenpatico - Medicaid-STAR Health (Foster Care); Cenpatico - Medicare Advantage; Community First Health Plans - HMO/Exchange (EPO); Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-CHIP; Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate; Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-STAR; Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-STAR Kids; Community First Health Plans - Medicare Advantage HMO; Coventry - HMO/PPO; Coventry - Work Comp / Auto; Driscoll Health Plan - Medicaid-All; EBSO - TPA; El Paso First - Medicaid-CHIP; El Paso First - Medicaid-STAR; Entrust - TPA; First Health - Commercial PPO; FirstCare (Part of Scott & White Health Plans) - Medicaid-STAR; Gonzaba Medical Group - Transplant ONLY; Healthsmart - Accel; Healthsmart - Commercial PPO; Healthsmart - HPO/POS; Humana - Commercial Behavioral Health; Humana - Exchange (HMOx); Humana - HMO/PPO/Behavioral Health; Humana - Medicare Advantage Behavioral Health; Humana - Medicare Advantage HMO (Gold); Humana - Medicare Advantage PPO; Humana - National Transplant ONLY Network; Humana Military - TRICARE; Imperial Health Plan - Medicare Advantage; Independent Medical Systems (IMS) - PPO; Interlink - Transplant; LifeTrac - Transplant; Magellan - Commercial and Medicaid Behavioral Health; Molina - Commercial Exchange; Molina - Medicaid-CHIP; Molina - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate; Molina - Medicaid-STAR; Molina - Medicare Advantage; Molina - Medicare-Medicaid Duals; MultiPlan - Work Comp; MultiPlan - Wrap Network; OptumHealth - Transplant ONLY; Oscar - Commercial Exchange; Point Comfort Underwriters (PCU) - Refugee Medical Assistance; Point Comfort Underwriters (PCU) - Unaccompanied Children; Prime Health Services - Commercial PPO; Prime Health Services - Medicare Advantage; Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS) - Commercial PPO; ProCare Advantage - Medicare Advantage I-SNP; Provider Network of America (PNOA) - Commercial; Provider Partners Health Plan (PPHP) - Medicare Advantage I-SNP; Scott & White Health Plan - HMO/PPO/Medicare Advantage; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-CHIP; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR Health (Foster Care); Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR Kids; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR PLUS; Superior HealthPlan - Medicare Advantage (Allwell); Superior HealthPlan - Medicare-Medicaid Duals (Allwell); Texas Independence Health Plan - Medicare Advantage I-SNP; Three Rivers Provider Network - PPO; Tokio Marine - Transplant; TriWest (via BCBSTX) - VA CCN Program; UnitedHealthcare - Medicaid-STAR; UnitedHealthcare - Medicaid-STAR Kids; UnitedHealthcare - Medicaid-STAR PLUS; UnitedHealthcare - Medicare Advantage; UnitedHealthcare - PPO; Universal Benefits Consortium - Brokerage Firm (School Districts); University of Incarnate Word (Gilsbar) - Direct Employer; Velocity National Provider Network - Commercial PPO; Velocity National Provider Network - Wrap Network; WellCare - Medicare Advantage; WellMed - Medicare Advantage; WellPoint (Gonzaba) - Medicare Advantage (TRANSPLANTS ONLY); WellPoint - Medicaid-CHIP; WellPoint - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate; WellPoint - Medicaid-STAR; WellPoint - Medicaid-STAR Kids; WellPoint - Medicaid-STAR PLUS; WellPoint - Medicare Advantage; WellPoint - Medicare-Medicaid Duals

Please contact your health insurance company to confirm provider participation. For billing and insurance questions, please call our Billing Department at 210-358-3260.

I am an assistant professor of medicine at UT Health San Antonio and a transplant hepatologist with the Texas Liver Institute.
Career Highlights: I have authored more than 45 peer-reviewed manuscripts, review papers and book chapters. An Alpha Omega Alpha inductee and recipient of many scholarly awards, I am an active member of the American Society of Transplantation, the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease and the American Gastroenterology Association, among other professional organizations; Through my research, I’ve identified several promising therapeutic targets for alcoholic liver disease, which led to a multicenter clinical trial investigating the efficacy of interleukin-1 blockade in treating patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis.

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