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Shweta Bansal, MD

University Medicine Associates
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Specialty

  • Nephrology

Board Affiliation/Certification

  • American Board of Internal Medicine/Nephrology

Education

  • Sawai Man Singh Medical College (1998)

Residency

  • Internal Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College (2001)
  • Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Health Science Center (2006)

Fellowships

  • Nephrology, University of Colorado Health Science Center (2009)

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi

Gender

  • Female

Inwood

15102 Huebner Road
San Antonio,TX 78231

Southeast

1055 Ada Street
San Antonio,TX 78223

Texas Diabetes Institute

701 S. Zarzamora Street
San Antonio,TX 78207

Insurance Accepted

  • 6 Degrees - Transplant
  • 90 Degree Benefits - Third Party Administrator
  • 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
  • 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
  • Carelink Program
  • 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)
  • Gilsbar - Third Party Administrator
  • HealthSmart (Accel) - Commercial (All products)
  • Humana - Transplant Network
  • Imagine 360 - Third Party Administrator
  • Imperial Health - Commercial (Exchange)
  • Imperial Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
  • Independent Medical Systems - Commercial (PPO)
  • Independent Medical Systems - Workers Compensation
  • Interlink - Transplant Network
  • LifeTrac - Transplant Network
  • 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
  • Point Comfort Underwriters - Refugee Medical Assistance (Adults, Children)
  • Private Healthcare Systems - Commercial (All Products)
  • ProCare Advantage - Medicare Advantage (Special Needs Plan)
  • Provider Partners Health Plan - Medicare Advantage (Special Needs Plan)
  • SCAN Health - 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)
  • 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
  • WellCare - Medicare Advantage
  • WellCare by Allwell (Medicare Advantage - All Products)
  • WellCare by Superior HealthPlan - Dual Align (HMO D-SNP)
  • WellMed (Gonzaba Medical Group IPA) - Medicare Advantage (Transplant Only)
  • WellPoint (Gonzaba) - Medicare Advantage (TRANSPLANTS ONLY)
  • WellPoint - CHIP/CHIP Perinate
  • 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
Please contact your health insurance company to confirm provider participation. For billing and insurance questions, please call our Billing Department at 210-358-3260.

Journal Articles

  1. Costello N, Merritt A, Bansal S. Geographic Heterogeneity in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination in the US. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2026 Mar 18. doi: 10.1007/s40615-026-02909-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41849012.
  2. Taube JC, Susswein Z, Colizza V, Bansal S. Characterising non-household contact patterns relevant to respiratory transmission in the USA: analysis of a cross-sectional survey. Lancet Digit Health. 2025 Aug;7(8):100888. doi: 10.1016/j.landig.2025.100888. Epub 2025 Aug 26. PMID: 40866283; PMCID: PMC12447159.
  3. Bozkurt B, Januzzi JL, Bansal S. Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Effects: Steroidal and Nonsteroidal Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists. Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2025 Jul 29;26(7):38690. doi: 10.31083/RCM38690. PMID: 40776944; PMCID: PMC12326440.
  4. Collier MA, Jacoby AM, Foroughirad V, Patterson EM, Krzyszczyk E, Wallen MM, Miketa ML, Karniski C, Wilkin S, Mann J, Bansal S. Breathing synchrony shapes respiratory disease risk in bottlenose dolphins. Commun Biol. 2025 Jun 5;8(1):870. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-08161-1. PMID: 40473771; PMCID: PMC12141649.
  5. Carlson CJ, Garnier R, Tiu A, Luby SP, Bansal S. Strategic vaccine stockpiles for regional epidemics of emerging viruses: A geospatial modeling framework. Vaccine. 2024 Oct 3;42(23):126051. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.06.019. Epub 2024 Jun 19. PMID: 38902187.
  6. Taube JC, Rest EC, Lloyd-Smith JO, Bansal S. The global landscape of smallpox vaccination history and implications for current and future orthopoxvirus susceptibility: a modelling study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Apr;23(4):454-462. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00664-8. Epub 2022 Nov 28. PMID: 36455590; PMCID: PMC10040439.
  7. Zipfel CM, Colizza V, Bansal S. The missing season: The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on influenza. Vaccine. 2021 Jun 23;39(28):3645-3648. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.05.049. Epub 2021 May 30. PMID: 34078554; PMCID: PMC8376231.
  8. Zipfel CM, Garnier R, Kuney MC, Bansal S. The landscape of childhood vaccine exemptions in the United States. Sci Data. 2020 Nov 18;7(1):401. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-00742-5. PMID: 33208743; PMCID: PMC7674502.
  9. Sah P, Méndez JD, Bansal S. A multi-species repository of social networks. Sci Data. 2019 Apr 29;6(1):44. doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0056-z. PMID: 31036810; PMCID: PMC6488576.
  10. Sah P, Leu ST, Cross PC, Hudson PJ, Bansal S. Unraveling the disease consequences and mechanisms of modular structure in animal social networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Apr 18;114(16):4165-4170. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1613616114. Epub 2017 Apr 3. PMID: 28373567; PMCID: PMC5402400.
  11. Lee EC, Viboud C, Simonsen L, Khan F, Bansal S. Detecting signals of seasonal influenza severity through age dynamics. BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Dec 29;15:587. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-1318-9. PMID: 26715193; PMCID: PMC4696185.
  12. Eames K, Bansal S, Frost S, Riley S. Six challenges in measuring contact networks for use in modelling. Epidemics. 2015 Mar;10:72-7. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2014.08.006. Epub 2014 Aug 30. PMID: 25843388.
  13. Bansal S, Meyers LA. The impact of past epidemics on future disease dynamics. J Theor Biol. 2012 Sep 21;309:176-84. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.06.012. Epub 2012 Jun 18. PMID: 22721993.
  14. Bansal S, Read J, Pourbohloul B, Meyers LA. The dynamic nature of contact networks in infectious disease epidemiology. J Biol Dyn. 2010 Sep;4(5):478-89. doi: 10.1080/17513758.2010.503376. PMID: 22877143.
  15. Bansal S, Pourbohloul B, Hupert N, Grenfell B, Meyers LA. The shifting demographic landscape of pandemic influenza. PLoS One. 2010 Feb 26;5(2):e9360. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009360. PMID: 20195468; PMCID: PMC2829076.
  16. Bansal S, Khandelwal S, Meyers LA. Exploring biological network structure with clustered random networks. BMC Bioinformatics. 2009 Dec 9;10:405. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-405. PMID: 20003212; PMCID: PMC2801686.
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