Joseph Cantey, MD
UT Health San Antonio
- Specialties
- Neonatalperinatal Medicine
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Board Affiliation/Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics/Infectious Diseases
- American Board of Pediatrics/Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Education
- Medical University of South Carolina, 2006
- Residency
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - GME, 2009
- Fellowships
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr GME, 2013
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr GME, 2015
- Languages
- English
- Gender
- Male
- 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 Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UT Health San Antonio. I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia (Go Hoos!) and received my MD at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC.
- After medical school, I completed my pediatrics residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Then, I completed two fellowships at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX, and became the first formally dual-boarded pediatrician in pediatric infectious diseases and neonatal-perinatal medicine.
- I am heavily involved in clinical research and published more than 60 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. I authored two textbooks on neonatal infections and was a chapter author for the Red Book. I also serve on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ editorial board for Nelson’s Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy textbook.
- Research Interests:
- My particular areas of interest include antimicrobial stewardship and responsible prescribing in the NICU and newborn nursery setting. I published my first prospective antimicrobial stewardship study in the NICU and became a leading expert on nursery stewardship.
- I am focused on improving the delivery of antimicrobial stewardship to infants born in low-resource settings. Additionally, I am focused on expanding our knowledge of the adverse impact antibiotics have on the normal development of term and preterm infants.
- I am interested in infection control and prevention in the nursery. I’m also interested in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and longitudinal follow-up of congenital and perinatal infections, particularly herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus and syphilis.
Journal Articles
- Cantey, Joseph B et al..“Remote Stewardship for Medically Underserved Nurseries: A Stepped-Wedge, Cluster Randomized Study.” Pediatrics, e2021055686. 12 Apr. 2022, doi:10.1542/peds.2021-055686.
- Cantey JB, Prusakov P..A proposed framework for the clinical management of neonatal “culture-negative” sepsis. J Pediatr..
- Cantey JB, Hersh AL..Antibiotic stewardship in the neonatal intensive care unit: Lessons from oxygen. Pediatrics 2019; 143(3): e20183902..
- Cantey JB..The Spartacus problem: Diagnostic inefficiency of neonatal sepsis. Pediatrics. 2019; 144(5): e20192576..
- Cantey JB, Pyle AK, Wozniak PS, et al..Early antibiotic exposure and adverse outcomes in preterm, very-low-birth-weight infants. J Pediatr. 2018; 203: 62-67..
- Cantey JB, Huffman LW, Subramanuian A, et al..Antibiotic exposure and risk for death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight infants. J Pediatr. 2017; 181: 289-293..
- Cantey JB, Baird SD..Ending the culture of “culture-negative” sepsis in the neonatal ICU. Pediatrics 2017. 140(4): e20170044..
- Cantey JB, Vora N, Sunkara M..Prevalence, characteristics, and perception of nursery antibiotic stewardship coverage in the United States. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017; 6(3): e30-35..
- Cantey JB, Wozniak PS, Pruszynski JE, et al..Reducing unnecessary antibiotic cuse in the neonatal intensive care unit (SCOUT): a prospective interrupted time-series study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016; 16(10): 1178-1184..
- Cantey JB, Wozniak PS, Sanchez PJ..Prospective surveillance of antibiotic use in the neonatal intensive care unit: results from the SCOUT study. Pediatric Infect Dis J. 2015; 34(3): 267-272..
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