Marlene Garcia, MD

UT Health San Antonio

Specialties: Cardiology; Interventional Cardiology

Board Affiliation/Certification: Alliance For Physician Certification & Advancement; American Board Internal Med/Cardiovascular Disease; American Board of Internal Medicine; American Board of Internal Medicine/Cardiovascular; American Board of Internal Medicine/Inter Card

Education: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 2011

Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr GME, 2014

Fellowships: University of Texas Health Science Center, 2017; University of Texas Health Science Center, 2019; University of Texas Health Science Center, 2020

Languages: English; Spanish

Gender: Female

Insurance Accepted: 6 Degrees - Transplant; 90 Degree Benefits - Commercial; Aetna - Commercial Exchange; Aetna - PPO/EPO/HMO/MC Advantage; Aetna - Smart Care EPO; Aetna - Transplant; Aetna Better Health - Medicaid-CHIP; Aetna Better Health - Medicaid-STAR; Amerigroup (Gonzaba) - Medicare Advantage (Transplants only); Amerigroup - Medicaid-CHIP; Amerigroup - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate; Amerigroup - Medicaid-STAR; Amerigroup - Medicaid-STAR Kids; Amerigroup - Medicaid-STAR PLUS; Amerigroup - Medicare Advantage; Amerigroup - Medicare-Medicaid Duals; 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; Cigna (USSA Client Only) - Direct Employer; 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; 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; 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; 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.

In 2011, I completed medical school UT Southwestern Medical Center and went on to complete my internal medicine residency there. I moved to San Antonio in 2014 for my cardiology fellowship.

After my fellowship, I embarked on a two-year research program under a T32 grant, during which time I analyzed lower extremity amputation trends in Texas. I was also the recipient of the Kleberg Scholar Award, which provided funding for my current research project regarding subclinical atherosclerosis in Mexican-Americans in South Texas.

I joined the UT Health San Antonio faculty in September 2020 and am currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiology.

As an interventional cardiologist, I diagnose and manage patients with complex coronary disease, including performing catheterizations and complex coronary interventions.

Research Interests:

My current research and clinical interests include subclinical atherosclerosis in Mexican-Americans.

Journal Articles

Garcia, Marlene, Hernandez, Brian, Ellington Tyler G, Kapadia, Anupama, Michalek, Joel, Fisher-Hoch, Susan, McCormick, Joseph B, Prasad, Anand..“A Lack of Decline in Major Non-traumatic Amputations in Texas: Contemporary Trends, Risk Factor Associations, and Impact of Revascularization, “ Diabetes Care 2019 Apr; dc190078..
Ghumman, S, Weinerman, J, Khan, A, Cheema, M, Levin, D, Suri, R, Garcia, M, Prasad A..“Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury Following Peripheral Angiography with Carbon Dioxide versus Iodinated Contrast Media: A Meta-Analysis and Systemic Review of Current Literature,” Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2017.
Prasad, Anand, Garcia, Marlene..“Addressing the Challenge of Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiovascular Procedures in the 21st Century,” The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, September/October 2016.

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