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Shreya Rao, MD

UT Health San Antonio
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Specialty

  • Cardiology

Board Affiliation/Certification

  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine/Cardiovascular Diseases

Education

  • Emory University School of Medicine (2015)

Residency

  • Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center (2018)

Fellowships

  • General Cardiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center (2021)
  • Cardiology Advanced Research Clinical Training, UT Southwestern Medical Center (2022)

Languages

  • English

Gender

  • Female

Robert B. Green Campus

903 W. Martin Street
San Antonio,TX 78207

Insurance Accepted

  • 6 Degrees - Transplant
  • 90 Degree Benefits - Third Party Administrator
  • Administrative Concepts - Third Party Administrator
  • Aetna (Coventry) - Work Comp/Auto
  • Aetna Better Health - CHIP/CHIP Perinate Newborn
  • Aetna Better Health - Medicaid STAR
  • Aetna Health - Commercial (Choice POS II, Elect Choice EPO, Exchange (Silver/Gold HMO))
  • Aetna Health - Commercial (HMO, Managed Choice POS, Meritain, Open Choice PPO)
  • Aetna Health - Commercial (QPOS, SAISD, Select)
  • Aetna Health - Medicaid Dual Preferred (HMO D-SNP)
  • Aetna Health - Medicare Advantage (Eagle PPO, Freedom PPO, Premier HMO, Prime HMO, Value Plus PPO)
  • Aetna Health - Transplant ONLY
  • Allegiance - Universal Benefits Consortium
  • Allied Benefit Systems - Third Party Administrator
  • Allwell (Superior HealthPlan) - Medicare Advantage
  • Ancira Enterprises - Direct Employer
  • Benefit Administrative Systems - Third Party Administrator
  • BlueCross BlueShield (Federal Programs) - Commercial (Federal - All Products)
  • BlueCross BlueShield (Out-of-State) - Commercial (Out of State - Blue Card Program Only)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Texas - Commercial (Blue Premier HMO, Blue Choice PPO)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Texas - Commercial (CHIP, Blue Advantage HMO, Blue Essentials HMO)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Texas - Commercial (ERS, TRS, State of TX Employees)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Texas - HPN/EPO (Narrow Network)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Texas - Medicaid (STAR, STAR Kids, STAR PLUS)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Texas - Medicare Advantage (HMO, PPO)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Texas - Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligible Plans
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Texas - Traditional/Par Network
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Texas - Transplant Network
  • Care Improvement Plus - Medicare Advantage (Special Needs Plan)
  • Century Healthcare - Third Party Administrator
  • CHAMPVA - Governmental
  • Cigna - Employer Specific Network (United Benefits Consortium)
  • Cigna - Employer Specific Network (USAA Employees & Dependents Only)
  • Cigna Health Spring - Medicare Advantage (WellMed)
  • Community First Health Plans - CHIP/CHIP Perinate Newborn
  • Community First Health Plans - Commercial (HMO, Exchange)
  • Community First Health Plans - Medicaid (STAR, STAR Kids, STAR PLUS)
  • Community First Health Plans - Medicare Advantage (HMO)
  • Community First Health Plans - University Family Care Plan
  • Curative - Commercial (All Products)
  • Driscoll Health Plan - Medicaid (All products)
  • EBSO Benefits - Third Party Administrator
  • El Paso Health - CHIP
  • El Paso Health - Medicaid STAR
  • Employers Health Network - Commercial (PPO)
  • Entrust - Third Party Administrator
  • First Health - Commercial (All Products)
  • FirstCare (Part of Baylor Scott & White) - Medicaid-STAR
  • Galaxy Health Network - Commercial (All products)
  • Gilsbar - Third Party Administrator
  • Group and Pension Administrators - Third Party Administrator
  • HealthSmart (Accel) - Commercial (All products)
  • HMA LLC - Third Party Administrator
  • Humana - Medicare Advantage (HMO, PPO, WellMed)
  • Humana - Transplant Network
  • Humana Military - TRICARE East Region
  • Imagine 360 - Third Party Administrator
  • Imperial Health - Commercial (Exchange)
  • Imperial Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
  • Independent Medical Systems - Commercial (PPO)
  • Independent Medical Systems - Workers Compensation
  • Injury Management Organization - Workers Compensation
  • Interlink - Transplant Network
  • International Benefits Administrators - Third Party Administrator
  • Kempton Group Administrators - Third Party Administrator
  • Key Benefits Administrators - Third Party Administrator
  • LifeTrac - Transplant Network
  • Lucent Health - Third Party Administrator
  • Medicaid (Traditional) - Medicaid/Medicare
  • Molina Healthcare - CHIP/CHIP Perinate
  • Molina Healthcare - Commercial (Exchange)
  • Molina Healthcare - Medicaid (STAR, STAR Kids, STAR PLUS)
  • Molina Healthcare - Medicare Advantage
  • Molina Healthcare - Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligible Plans
  • MultiPlan - Commercial (All products)
  • OptumHealth - Transplant Network
  • Oscar - Commercial Exchange
  • Point Comfort Underwriters - Refugee Medical Assistance (Adults, Children)
  • Prime Health Services - Commercial (PPO)
  • Prime Health Services - Medicare Advantage (All Products)
  • Prime Health Services - Workers Compensation
  • Private Healthcare Systems - Commercial (All Products)
  • ProCare Advantage - Medicare Advantage (Special Needs Plan)
  • Provider Network of America - Commercial (All Products)
  • Provider Partners Health Plan - Medicare Advantage (Special Needs Plan)
  • SANA Benefits - Commercial (All Products)
  • Scott & White Health Plan - Commercial (Exchange, HMO, PPO)
  • Scott & White Health Plan - Medicaid/Medicare Advantage (All Products)
  • Superior HealthPlan - CHIP/CHIP Perinate
  • Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid (STAR, STAR Health Foster Care, STAR Kids, STAR PLUS)
  • Superior HealthPlan - Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligible Plans
  • Surest (United Healthcare) - Commercial (All Products)
  • Texas Independence Health Plan - Medicare Advantage (Special Needs Plan)
  • Three Rivers Provider Network (Contigo) - Commercial (PPO)
  • Tokio Marine - Transplant Network
  • TriWest - TRICARE West Region
  • TriWest - VA Community Care Network
  • Trustmark Benefits (f/k/a CoreSource) - Third Party Administrator
  • UnitedHealthcare - Commercial (Charter EPO/HMO/POS)
  • UnitedHealthcare - Commercial (Choice Plus POS/PPO/Choice Plus-HAS)
  • UnitedHealthcare - Commercial (Compass EPO/HMO/POS)
  • UnitedHealthcare - Commercial (Core and Core Choice Plus EPO/HMO)
  • UnitedHealthcare - Commercial (Doctors Plan EPO/HMO/POS)
  • UnitedHealthcare - Commercial (Heritage EPO/HMO/POS)
  • UnitedHealthcare - Commercial (Indemnity)
  • UnitedHealthcare - Commercial (Navigate EPO/HMO/POS)
  • UnitedHealthcare - Commercial (Nexus ACO/EPO/HMO/POS)
  • UnitedHealthcare - Commercial (PPO)
  • UnitedHealthcare - Commercial (Select EPO/HMO/POS)
  • UnitedHealthcare - Commercial (Select Plus EPO/HMO/POS)
  • UnitedHealthcare - Medicare Advantage (AARP Plans, Complete Care Plans, Erickson Advantage Plans)
  • UnitedHealthcare - Medicare Advantage (UnitedHealthcare Group Plans, WellMed)
  • UnitedHealthcare Community Plan - CHIP/CHIP Perinate
  • UnitedHealthcare Community Plan - Medicaid (STAR, STAR Kids, STAR PLUS)
  • UnitedHealthcare Community Plan - Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligible Plans
  • Universal Benefits Consortium (Allegiance) - Direct Contract with TPA/Broker for select ISDs
  • University of Incarnate Word - Direct Contact with Employer
  • Velocity National Provider Network - Commercial (Multiple Payers)
  • Velocity National Provider Network - Commercial (PPO)
  • Veterans Administration - Governmental
  • WebTPA - Third Party Administrator
  • WellCare - Medicare Advantage
  • WellMed (Gonzaba Medical Group IPA) - Medicare Advantage (Transplant Only)
  • WellMed - Medicare Advantage (Cigna HealthSpring, Humana, United Healthcare, WellPoint)
  • WellPoint (Gonzaba) - Medicare Advantage (TRANSPLANTS ONLY)
  • WellPoint - CHIP/CHIP Perinate
  • WellPoint - Commercial (Exchange)
  • WellPoint - Medicaid (STAR, STAR Kids, STAR PLUS)
  • WellPoint - Medicare Advantage (All Products)
  • WellPoint - Medicare Advantage (Transplant Only)
  • WellPoint - Medicare Advantage (WellMed)
  • WellPoint - Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligible Plans
  • Zelis - Third Party Administrator
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 a cardiologist and assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Cardiology) at UT Health San Antonio. I specialize in preventive cardiology.
Education
I attended Duke University for my undergraduate education and earned my medical degree from Emory University. I completed both my residency in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiology at UT Southwestern and then completed an additional fellowship in Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging. I also hold a master degree in public health from Emory University.
After completing my training, I joined the UT Health San Antonio faculty in 2022.
Medical Interests
I have special interests in health care disparities and am particularly interested in strategies to prevent heart disease in communities with reduced access to health care.
Research
My current research aims to identify health systems interventions aimed at reducing racial, geographic and socioeconomic disparities in cardiovascular disease by improving screening and quality of care for underserved communities.
I have published numerous peer-reviewed scientific research articles and book chapters and have additionally received multiple institutional and national research awards for my work. I am an active member of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA). I am board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases and echocardiography.

Book Chapters

  1. Hendren N, Rao S, Mody P..Acute Onset Heart Failure Due to Marfan Syndrome. Case Reports in Internal Medicine. 2016 Oct; 3(4): 78-83..
  2. Rao S, Lambert C, Moanna A, Ali M..Elderly: Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS. Encyclopedia of AIDS. Hope TJ, Stevenson M, Richman D, editors. New York, NY: Springer New York: 2016. P. 1-9. .

Journal Articles

  1. Rao S, Peña Silva RA, Pandey A..Health Systems Interventions for Preventing CVD in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. (In press, Taylor & Francis Jan 2023)..
  2. Rao S, Essien UR, Powell-Wiley TM, Das SR, Halm E, Pandey A, Sumarsono A..Association of US County-Level Eviction Rates and All-Cause Mortality. Journal of General Internal Medicine. Published online 2022 Nov 7. .
  3. Mentias A, Desai MY, Vaughan-Sarrazin MS, Rao S, Morris AA, Hall JL, Menon V, Hockenberry J, Sims M, Fonarow GC, Girotra S, Pandey A. .Community-Level Economic Distress, Race, and and Risk of Adverse Outcomes After Heart Failure Hospitalization Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Circulation. 2022 Jan 11;145(2):110-121..
  4. Rao S, Hughes A, Segar MW, Wilson B, Ayers C, Das S, Halm EA, Pandey A..Longitudinal Trajectories and Predictors of US County-Level Cardiovascular Mortality (1980-2014). JAMA Network Open. 2021 Nov 1;4(11):e2136022..
  5. Parcha V, Heindl B, Kalra R, Rao S, Pandey A, Gower B, Li P, Arora G, Arora P..Genetic European Ancestry and Incident Diabetes in Black Individuals: Insights from the SPRINT Trial. (Accepted, Circ Genomics and Precision Medicine, July 2021)..
  6. Ajufo E, Rao S, Navar AM, Pandey A, Ayers CR, Khera A..U.S. Population at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2021 Jun; 6:100156..
  7. Rao S*, Segar M* (*co-first author), Bress A, Arora P, Vongpatanasin W, Agusala V, Essien U, Correa A, Morris A, De Lemos J, Pandey A..Genetic African Ancestry, Blood Pressure Response to Therapy, and Cardiovascular Risk among African Americans in the Systolic Blood Pressure Reduction Intervention Trial (SPRINT). JAMA Cardiology. Published online November 13, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.6566.
  8. Rao S*, Segar M* (co-first author), Navar AM, Michos ED, Lewis A, Correa A, Sims M, Khera A, Hughes AE, Pandey A..County-level Phenomapping to Identify Disparities in Cardiovascular Outcomes: An Unsupervised Clustering Analysis. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2020; 4:e100118..
  9. Rao S, Galaviz K, Gay H, Wei J, Ali M..Factors Associated with Excess Myocardial Infarction Risk in HIV-Infected Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAIDS. 2019 June; 81(2):224-230..
  10. Gay H, Rao S, Vaccarino V, Ali M..Effects of Different Dietary Interventions on Blood Pressure: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Hypertension. 2016 Apr; 67(4):733-9..
  11. Rao, S..Perceptions of Unwanted Pregnancy, Emergency Contraception and Abortion: A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Providers and Community Leaders in the Amazon Region of Colombia. Diss. Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, 2011..

Other Publications

  1. Rao S, Jamal T, Khan MS, Michos E, Navar AM, Wang TJ, Greene S, Prabhakaran D, Khera A, Pandey A..Polypill therapy and Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Events and Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2022 Jan 31..
  2. Sumarsono A, Lalani H, Segar M, Rao S, Vaduganathan M, Wadhera RK, Das S, Navar AM, Fonarow GC, Pandey A..Association of Medicaid Expansion with Rates of Utilization of Cardiovascular Therapies among Medicaid Beneficiaries Between 2011 and 2018. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021;14(1):e007492..
  3. Segar M, Jaeger B, Patel K, Nambi V, Ndumele C, Correa A, Butler J, Chandra A, Ayers C, Rao S, Lewis A, Raffield L, Rodriguez C, Michos E, Ballantyne C, Hall M, Mentz R, De Lemos J, Pandey A..Development and Validation of Machine Learning-Based Race-Specific Models to Predict 10-year Risk of Heart Failure: A Multi-cohort Analysis. Circulation. 2021..
  4. Rao S, Pandey A, Garg S, Mayo H, Park B, Neeland I..Effect of Exercise and Pharmacologic Interventions on Visceral Adiposity: A systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Long-term Randomized Controlled Trials. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2019 Feb; 94(2):211-224..
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