Victor Bautista-Hernandez, MD

Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Spanish, English
Infant 0-2, Child 0-17, Adolescent 12-17
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Meet Victor Bautista-Hernandez, MD

Victor Bautista-Hernandez, MD, PhD, joined CHRISTUS Children's Heart Center in January 2021. He is an Associate Professor with Baylor College of Medicine with expertise in congenital heart surgery, including neonatal and adult congenital surgery, assist devices and lung and heart transplantation.

Prior to joining CHRISTUS Children's, Dr. Bautista served as Director of the Congenital Heart Surgery Program and Associate Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de la Coruña, Spain. Dr. Bautista received his medical degree and his PhD from Universidad de Murcia, Spain. He completed a three-year fellowship training program at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School.

He is certified by the European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery and is an active member of major surgical associations, including American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, and Sociedad Española de Cirugia Cardiovascular y Endovascular. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed papers which accumulate more than 1,000 citations in PubMed.

Locations

  • CHRISTUS
    Children's - Heart Center
    Pediatric Specialty Clinic
    333 N. Santa Rosa St., Suite F250, San Antonio, TX 78207
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    Hours
    • Monday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
    • Tuesday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
    • Wednesday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
    • Thursday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
    • Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Hospital Affiliations

Baylor College of Medicine

CHRISTUS Children's

CHRISTUS Health Plan

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna - Commercial, Behavorial Health, and Medicare
  • Aetna Better Health - Medicaid, CHIP and Perinate
  • AmeriGroup - Medicaid
  • AmeriGroup - Medicare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) - Blue Essentials
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)- Blue Advantage HMO
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) -CHRISTUS Employee Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield TX (BCBSTX) - PPO
  • CHRISTUS Health Plan
  • Cigna Commercial
  • Community First Health Plan (CFHP) - Medicaid
  • Driscoll Health
  • El Paso Health
  • FirstCare Health Plan
  • Healthcare Highways Commercial
  • Humana
  • Independent Medical Systems (IMS) - Commercial PPO
  • Medicaid
  • Molina - Medicaid
  • MultiPlan
  • Oscar Health - Commerical EPO
  • Superior Health Plan - Medicaid
  • TRICARE Prime (Humana Military)
  • United Healthcare (UHC)
  • United Healthcare (UHC)Community Plan - Medicaid

Education & Certifications

Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital

Medical Education: Campus de Espinardo

Residency: Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca

Medical Education: School of Medicine of the University of Murcia