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John Byrne, MD

UT Health San Antonio
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Specialties

  • Maternalandfetal Medicine
  • Obstetrics And Gynecology

Board Affiliation/Certification

  • American Board of Obstetric/Maternal Fetal Med
  • American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Education

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2013)

Residency

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (2017)

Fellowships

  • Maternal and Fetal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2020)

Languages

  • English

Gender

  • Male

University Hospital

4502 Medical Drive
San Antonio,TX 78229

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 received my Bachelor of Science in Education from Baylor University in 2006. Prior to attending medical school, I received a M.P.H. from the University of Texas School of Public Health in 2009.
I then completed medical school at the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio in 2013. I completed my residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago, IL.
I then completed a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Parkland Hospital in 2020.
I joined the faculty at UT Health San Antonio as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Research Interests:
My current interests include multifetal gestation, maternal cardiac disease and prenatal diagnosis.

Journal Articles

  1. Herrera CL, Byrne JJ, Nelson DB, Schell RC, Dashe JS..Postpartum Depression Risk following Prenatal Diagnosis of Major Fetal Structural Anomalies. Am J Perinatol. 2022 Jan;39(1):16-21. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1739265. Epub 2021 Nov 10. PMID: 34758499. .
  2. Byrne JJ, Smith EM, Saucedo AM, Doody KA, Holcomb D, Spong CY..Accessibility to Postpartum Tubal Ligation After A Vaginal Delivery: When The Medicaid Policy Is Not A Limiting Factor. Contraception. 2021 Dec 28:S0010-7824(21)00468-6. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2021.11.007. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34971610. .
  3. Nelson DB, Byrne JJ, Cunningham FG. .Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Mar 1;137(3):535-546. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004289. PMID: 33543900. .
  4. Ragsdale AS, Thiele LR, Byrne JJ, Zofkie AC, McIntire DD, Spong CY..Natural history of postpartum hematocrit recovery in an urban, safety-net population. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2021 Dec 4;4(2):100541. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2021.100541. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34875414. .
  5. Nelson DB, Byrne JJ, Cunningham FG. .Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Mar;63(1):152-164. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000494. PMID: 31725416. .
  6. Byrne JJ, Seasely A, Nelson DB, Mcintire DD, Cunningham FG. .Comparing acute fatty liver of pregnancy from hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets syndrome. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2020 Apr 19:1-11. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2020.1754790. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32308076. .
  7. Byrne JJ, Saucedo AM, Spong CY. .Evaluation of Drug Labels Following the 2015 Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Aug 3;3(8):e2015094. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.15094. PMID: 32865574; PMCID: PMC7489861. .
  8. Byrne JJ, Smith EM, Saucedo AM, Doody KA, Holcomb DS, Spong CY..Examining the Association of Obesity With Postpartum Tubal Ligation. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Aug;136(2):342-348. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003935. PMID: 32649491. .
  9. Byrne JJ, Saucedo AM, Spong CY..Task force on research specific to pregnant and lactating women. Semin Perinatol. 2020 Apr;44(3):151226. doi: 10.1016/j.semperi.2020.151226. Epub 2020 Feb 28. PMID: 32173086. .
  10. Herrera CL, Byrne JJ, Clark HR, Twickler DM, Dashe JS..Use of Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging After Sonographic Identification of Major Structural Anomalies. J Ultrasound Med. 2020 Oct;39(10):2053-2058. doi: 10.1002/jum.15313. Epub 2020 Apr 27. PMID: 32342527. .
  11. Byrne JJ, Morgan JL, Twickler DM, McIntire DD, Dashe JS..Utility of follow- up standard sonography for fetal anomaly detection. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jun;222(6):615.e1-615.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.01.001. Epub 2020 Jan 10. PMID: 31930994. .
  12. Byrne JJ, Spong CY. ."Is It Safe?" - The Many Unanswered Questions about Medications and Breast-Feeding. N Engl J Med. 2019 Apr 4;380(14):1296-1297. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1817420. PMID: 30943334. .
  13. Cunningham FG, Byrne JJ, Nelson DB. .Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Jan;133(1):167-179. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003011. PMID: 30575651. .
  14. Shields AD, Byrne JJ, Munisteri M, Wood M. .Survival from Maternal Cardiac Arrest Complicating Coronavirus Disease 2019. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Jul 19;2021:3762198. doi: 10.1155/2021/3762198. PMID: 34336319; PMCID: PMC8292066. .
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