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Quick Facts
- ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS
- 34 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
- 33 INSURANCES ACCEPTED
- SPEAKS Spanish, Arabic
- Vijayanagar Institute Of Medical Sciences
- 13 COMMENTS
- 3 AWARDS
- 1 SPECIALTY
- 15 AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- 1 BOARD CERTIFICATION
- 2 HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
- 2 LOCATIONS
Patients’ Perspective
- Friendly staff
- Trusted diagnosis
- Provides follow-up as needed
Locations
Dr. Ananth K Prasad has 2 locations
ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS
Specialties
Dr. Ananth K Prasad has the following specialty
Specialty Expertise
Dr. Ananth K Prasad has the following 15 areas of expertise
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Arrhythmia
- Stroke
- Heart Attack
- Heart Failure
- Heart Diseases
- Unstable Angina
- Heart Block
- High Cholesterol
- Hypertension
- High Cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia)
- Atherosclerosis
- High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
- Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
- Blood Clot
Awards
3 Awards
Patients' Choice Award (2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008)
Patients' Choice recognition reflects the difference a particular physician has made in the lives of his/her patients. The honor is bestowed to physicians who have received near perfect scores, as voted by patients.
Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011)
Compassionate Doctor certification is granted to physicians who treat their patients with the utmost kindness. The honor is granted based on a physician's overall and bedside manner scores.
On-Time Doctor Award (2017, 2016, 2015, 2014)
Vitals On-Time + Promptness Award recognizes doctors with consistent high ratings for timeliness of appointments. The honor is granted based on a physician's overall and promptness scores.
Education
34 Years Experience
Graduated in 1988
Residency
Dr. Ananth K Prasad Accepts the Following Insurance
- Aetna
- Aetna Managed Choice POS Open Access
- Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
- Aetna Choice POS II
- Aetna HMO
- Ambetter Superior Health Plan
- BCBS Blue Card
- BCBS Blue Card PPO
- BCBS Texas
- BCBS TX Blue Advantage HMO
- BCBS TX BlueChoice
- BCBS TX HMO Blue Texas
- Blue Essentials HMO
- Cigna
- CIGNA LocalPlus
- CIGNA HMO
- CIGNA Open Access Plus
- CIGNA PPO
- First Health
- First Health PPO
- Humana
- Humana Choice POS
- Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
- Humana HMO Premier
- Humana National POS
- Humana Preferred PPO
- Humana HMO
- Humana HMO Premier MRF
- Humana National HMO
- Humana San Antonio HMOx
- MEDICA CHOICE WITH UNITEDHEALTHC
- Multiplan
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- TX Ambetter
- UHC Choice Plus POS
- UHC Navigate HMO
- UHC NAVIGATE PLUS POS
- UHC Navigate POS
- UHC Options PPO
More about Dr. Ananth K Prasad
Dr. Prasad always wanted to be a physician, and after starting his training in Orthopedics and Hematology/Oncology, he discovered that cardiology was his true passion. He has practiced general cardiology at Cardiology Clinic of San Antonio since 2002. Dr. Prasad graduated from medical school at Gulbarga University, India. He completed his internal medicine internship and residency in the United States at St. Luke's Hospital at University of Missouri in Chesterfield, Missouri. After a fellowship in the Department of Hematology and Oncology at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, he returned to St. Louis to take a position at St. Louis Regional Medical Center as an assistant professor. He also worked as an attending physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis before completing fellowships in Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation and Cardiovascular Medicine at Ochsner Medical Institutions in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Prasad is board certified in Cardiovascular Diseases and Nuclear Cardiology and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiologists and a member of the American College of Physicians.