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Lokesh Bathla

Dr. Lokesh Bathla, MD

SurgeryTransplant Surgery

OVERVIEW

The road from New Delhi, India to San Antonio, Texas, might seem to be an unlikely career path for just about anyone except a determined and ambitious transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon like Dr. Lokesh Bathla. Dr. Bathla knew early in his medical career he wanted to be a surgeon. “In my first surgery rotation in medical school, time just flew by. That wasn’t the case with the medical rotation, however, and I knew that surgery was my calling,” he says. He quickly discovered his true passion would be hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, a particularly difficult surgical discipline. Dr. Bathla completed his medical degree at RNT Medical College in Udaipur, India and his surgical residency at Maulana Medical College in New Delhi, India. For the would-be hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon, surgical oncology and transplantation surgery are the two areas where he could develop his skills and experience. “In Delhi, there was no transplant option. Patients who came in with end-stage liver disease didn’t do well. They succumbed to their illness because they couldn’t get a transplant. So, for me, the transplant route to HPB surgery was ideal: I got to treat otherwise-terminal illnesses, I got to learn transplant surgery and, as someone who could transplant livers, I became experienced in performing complex liver surgeries,” Dr. Bathla says. The next turn on the road involved the decision to come to the United States, where he would have to redo his surgical residency which he completed at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He really enjoyed his time at the Creighton University: it was an excellent, comprehensive program. He was impressed by his colleagues at the University of Nebraska, and after checking out a number of well-known transplant programs all over the U.S., he decided to stay in Omaha complete his fellowship in transplantation surgery at the University of Nebraska. But after enduring seven Nebraska winters, Dr. Bathla decided to move his young family to a warmer climate and joined Texas Transplant Physician Group in San Antonio in early 2014. He performs abdominal organ transplant surgeries, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeries using state-of-the-art technology at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital, a campus of Methodist Hospital. Dr. Bathla is board certified in surgery and is a member of the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Transplant Surgeons and International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association. - See more at: https://methodistphysicianpractices.com/physicians/profile/Lokesh-Bathla-MD#sthash.WntKGRiZ.dpuf
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PATIENT'S PERSPECTIVE

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RATINGS AND REVIEWS

Dr. Bathla's Rating
19 Ratings
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4.5 Takes time to answer my questions
5.0 Provides follow-up as needed
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5206 Research Dr, San Antonio, TX, 78240
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Texas Oncology PA
5206 Research Dr
San Antonio, TX, 78240

LOCATIONS

Texas Oncology PA
Texas Oncology San Antonio Medical Center
5206 Research Dr
San Antonio, TX, 78240
Mon8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tue8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wed8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Thu8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Fri8:00 am - 6:00 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
Methodist Transplant Institute Kidney And Pancreas Patient Care Center
8201 Ewing Halsell Dr Ste 200
San Antonio, TX, 78229
Mon8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Tue8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Wed8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Thu8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Fri8:00 am - 4:30 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
Texas Transplant Specialists Corpus Christi Clinic
1521 S Staples St Ste 510
Corpus Christi, TX, 78404
MonClosed
Tue8:00 am - 4:30 pm
WedClosed
ThuClosed
Fri8:00 am - 4:30 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
Methodist Transplant Institute Mcallen Patient Care Center
222 E Ridge Rd Ste 210
McAllen, TX, 78503
MonClosed
TueClosed
WedClosed
Thu7:30 am - 3:00 pm
Fri7:30 am - 3:00 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
Texas Transplant Institute
8201 Ewing Halsell Dr Ste 100
San Antonio, TX, 78229
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicare Accepted
  • Medicaid Accepted
Mon8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Tue8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Wed8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Thu8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Fri8:00 am - 4:30 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicare Accepted
  • Medicaid Accepted

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Medical School
Ravindra Nath Tagore Medical College
Graduated 2005

INSURANCE PLANS ACCEPTED  (55)

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  • Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
  • CIGNA Open Access Plus
  • Humana San Antonio HMOx
  • BCBS Blue Card PPO
  • BCBS TX Blue Advantage HMO
  • Humana National POS
  • Aetna Managed Choice POS Open Access
  • UHC Navigate POS
  • Humana Preferred PPO
  • Multiplan PPO
  • UHC Options PPO
  • Humana National HMO
  • CIGNA HMO
  • Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
  • PHCS PPO
  • Humana HMO
  • First Health PPO
  • UHC Navigate HMO
  • Humana Choice POS
  • Humana HMO Premier MRF
  • Aetna Choice POS II
  • CIGNA PPO
  • UHC Choice Plus POS
  • BCBS TX BlueChoice
  • Aetna HMO
  • Humana HMO Premier
  • CIGNA LocalPlus
  • Ambetter Superior Health Plan
  • BCBS TX HMO Blue Texas
  • Blue Essentials HMO
  • MEDICA CHOICE WITH UNITEDHEALTHC
  • UHC NAVIGATE PLUS POS
  • UHC Nexus Open Access
  • Aetna Elect Choice EPO Open Access
  • Aetna Innovation Health Aetna Premier Care Network Plus
  • Aetna Open Choice PPO
  • Ambetter TX
  • AWH BaptistHealth HealthTexas Managed Choice
  • BCBS TX Blue Essentials HMO
  • BCBSA Blue Card High Performance Network
  • Friday Gold (On Exchange) - TX
  • HCSC BCBS TX MyBlue Health HMO
  • Humana / ChoiceCare Network PPO
  • Humana/ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
  • Medica Choice With UHC
  • Molina Marketplace TX
  • Oscar EPO TX
  • UHC Individual Exchange Benefit Plan TX
  • BSW PPO
  • Oscar Insurance TX Choice Individual
  • Oscar Insurance TX Select Individual
  • Scott and White PPO
  • Aetna CVS San Antonio Texas HMO
  • Scott and White BSW Access PPO
  • UHC TX Individual Exchange Benefit Plan
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