Headshot of Danielle Fritze, MD

Danielle Fritze, MD

UT Health San Antonio
Schedule an appointment: 210-743-4306
Loading...
Loading...
Specialty
Transplant Surgery
Board Affiliation/Certification
American Board of Surgery
Education
University of Michigan Medical School, 2007
Residency
University of Michigan Medical Center - Ann Arbor, 2014
Fellowships
University of Michigan Medical Center - Ann Arbor, 2016
Languages
English
Gender
Female

Texas Liver Tumor Center

4502 Medical Drive
Transplant Clinic, Rio Tower, Level 2
San Antonio,TX 78229

University Hospital

4502 Medical Drive
San Antonio,TX 78229
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 Advantagage 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 - Commerical (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 specialize in liver and kidney transplantation, as well as surgery of the liver, bile duct and pancreas.

Career Highlights
I am a surgery associate professor, holder of the Valero President’s Distinguished Chair in Transplantation and the general surgery residency associate program director.

Special Interests
I have a special interest in pediatric transplantation.

Abstracts

  1. Fritze DM, Englesbe MJ, Campbell DA. Oral Antibiotics to prevent surgical site infections following colon surgery Department of Surgery, University of Michigan; 2011 Jun. p. 141-153.

Journal Articles

  1. Fritze DM, Li JY1, Chai B, Zhang W, Wu X, Zhang C, Xia Z, Patterson C, Mulholland MW. Ankyrin repeat and SOCS box containing protein 4 (Asb-4) colocalizes with insulin receptor substrate 4 (IRS4) in the hypothalamic neurons and mediates IRS4 degradation. BMC Neurosci 2011 Sep;12(95):1471-2202.

Other Publications

  1. Fritze D, Konerman MA, Weinberg R, Sonnenday C, Sharma P. Incidence of risk assessment for adverse cardiovascular outcomes following liver transplantation: a systematic review Transplantation 2017 Mar.
  2. Fritze D, Waits SA, Banerjee M, Zhang W, Kubus J, Englesbe MJ, Campbell DA Jr, Hendren S. Developing an argument for bundled interventions to reduce surgical site infection in colorectal surgery 2014 Apr;155(4):602-606.
  3. Fritze D, Li JY, Chai B, Zhang W, Zhang C Mulholland MW. LGR4 and its Ligands, R-spondin 1 and R-spondin 3, regulate food intake in the hypothalamus of male rats Endocrinology 2014;155(2):429-440.
  4. Fritze D, Scally CP, Reames BN, Teman NR, Minter RM, Gauger PG. Preserving operative volume in the setting of the 2011 ACGME duty hour regulations J surgical Education 2014 Jul;71(4):580-586.
  5. Fritze D, Zhang W, Li JY, Chai B, Mulholland MW. Thrombin mediates vagal apoptosis and dysfunction in inflammatory bowel disease Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2014 Aug;18(8):1495-1406.
  6. Fritze D. TNFa causes thrombin-dependent vagal neuron apoptosis in inflammatory bowel disease Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2014 Sep;18(9):1632-1641.
  7. Fritze D, Chai B, Li JY, Zhang W, Xia Z, Mulholland MW. A novel transcript is up-regulated by fasting in the hypothalamus and enhances insulin signaling Journal of neuroendocrinology 2013;25(3):292-301.
  8. Fritze D, Hendren S, Banerjee M, Kubus J, C Leary RK, Englesbe MJ, Campbell DA. Antibiotic Choice is independently associated with risk of surgical site infection after colectomy: a population-based study Annals of Surgery 2013;257(3):469-475.
  9. Fritze D, Mulholland MW, Hussain H. Hepatic Cyst Disease Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2013:1453-1463.
  10. Fritze D, Krell RW, Girotti ME, Campbell DA, Hendren S. Hospital readmissions after colectomy: a population-based study Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2013;217(6):1070 1079.
  11. Fritze D, Krell RW, Zhang C, Chai B, Li J, Mulholland MW. Modulation of food intake by mTOR signaling in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus in male rats: focus on the ghrelin and nesfatin-1 Experimental Physiology 2013 Jan;98(12):1696-1704.
  12. Fritze D, Dimick JB. Acute Cholecystitis Scenarios in Surgery: Decision Making and Operative Technique 2012 Jun:106-112.
  13. Fritze D, Muholland MW. Bleeding Gastric Ulcer Scenarios in Surgery: Decision Making and Operative Technique 2012:72-76.
  14. Fritze D, Xia ZF, Li JY, Chai B, Zhang W, Mulholland MW. Nesfatin-1 inhabits gastric acid secretion via a central vagal mechanism in rats American Journal of physiology 2012;303(5):G570-G577.
  15. Fritze D, Mulholland MW, Zhang W. Protease-Activated Receptor-2 in the Enteric Nervous System Nova Biomedical 2012 Jun:117-131.
  16. Fritze D, Mulholland MW, Zhang W. Thrombin and Vagal dysfunction in inflammatory bowel disease. Function and Pathophysiology 2012 Jun:235-246.
  17. Fritze DM, Doherty GM. Surgical management of cervical lymph nodes in differentiated thyroid cancer Otolaryngologic clinics of North America 2010 Apr;43(2):285-300.
  18. Fritze D, Barrett. Acute Cholecystitis Scenarios in Surgery: Decision making and Operative Technique 2nd ed.
  19. Fritze D, Minter RM. Bleeding gastric ulcer.
  20. Fritze D, Cigarroa FG. Management of Choledochal cysts in adults Hepato- pancreato-biliary and transplant surgery: practical management and dilemmas.
Call 210-743-4306 to request an appointment with this doctor.

Patient reviews

    Download Our Mobile App

    Access health information, get turn-by-turn navigation in University Hospital, find a doctor or location, and more.