Departments & Divisions
Saket A Kottewar, MD, MPH, MHA, FACP
Section Chief, Hospital Medicine
Associate Professor/Clinical
Dr. Saket Kottewar is a published, board-certified Hospitalist who joined UT Health San Antonio in December 2016 as an Assistant Professor/Clinical, rising to the rank of Associate Professor/Clinical; he currently serves as the Section Chief of Hospital Medicine and Medical Director for Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Operations at the University Hospital. He earned his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the Government Medical College of Nagpur, India in 2006 before going on to complete his Internal Medicine residency at the University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics in 2014. Dr. Kottewar also holds a Master of Public Health and Master of Health Administration from the University of Missouri at Columbia, both of which he earned in 2011. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is an active member of the American College of Physicians as well as the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Professional Background
Education
- 2011 - Masters - Health Administration - University of Missouri
- 2011 - Masters - Public Health - University of Missouri
- 2006 - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - Government Medical College
Training
- 2014 - Residency - Internal Medicine - University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics
Appointments
- 2023 - Present - Section Chief, Hospital Medicine - UT Health San Antonio
- 2023 - Present - Associate Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio
- 2017 - Present - Medical Director for APP Operations - University Health Systems
- 12/2016 - 2023 - Assistant Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio
- 07/2014 - 11/2016 - Clinical Instructor - University Hospitals Case Medical Center & Case Western Reserve University
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Publications
- COVID-19 Vaccine Booster: To Boost or Not to Boost
- Residents' end-of-life training experience: a literature review of interventions
- Tryptophan metabolites and anemia in patients with diabetic kidney disease
- Psychometric Properties of the Brief Fatigue Inventory in Hemodialysis Patients during a Dialysis Day: A Preliminary Report
- COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Attitude toward Booster Doses among US Healthcare Workers
- A Novel Approach to Treating HSV Hepatic Failure in An Immunocompetent Adult
- COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Health Care Workers in the United States
- Intra-Lesional Steroid Injections in the Treatment of Benign Recurrent Esophageal Strictures: a Meta-Analysis
- Early Precut Biliary Papillotomy Prevents Post-ERCP Pancreatitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: 264
- Disseminated Miliary Tuberculosis: Diagnosed in the Colon 1133
- Increasing and sustaining discharges by noon – a multi-year process improvement project
Siddique S, Kottewar S, Uhlich R, Theivanayagam S, Arif M, Bechtold M, Choudhary A, et al. Steroid use for prevention of strictures post endoscopic submucosal dissection: A meta analysis. DDW-2014
Unlich R, Kottewar S, Winn J, Siddique S, Hinds A, Arif M, Bechtold M. Colon angiolipoma: A rare case and review of literature. Am J Gastroenterol 2013;108(S1):S183(523)
Bearelly D, Kottewar S, Bechtold ML, Ibdah JA. Why do patients scheduled for a procedure not show or cancel within 48hours of the procedure? Am J Gastroenterol 2012;107(S1):S779(1913)
Bearelly D, Kottewar S, Chennamaneni V, Akbar S, Reddy J, Ibdah J. Factors influencing the quality of bowel preparation for colonscopy. Am J Gastroenterol 2012 Oct;107(S1):S606(1515)
Kottewar SA, Phillips LM. Public-Private-Academic Alliances: We Have Nestlings- Nuture Them. Missouri Public Health Association Communique. Nov 2009:7
Posters
Bearelly D, Kottewar SA, Almashhrawi A, Davis W, Marshall J, Ibdah J (2014) Poster: "Instructional video improves the qualit of bowel preparation for colonscopy," American College of Gastroenterology, Philadelphia (Winner- ACG Presidential Poster Award- 2014)
Kottewar SA, Romana B, Boshard BJ, Koller J (2014) Poster: "No-Show: A missing link between hospital discharged, outpatient visits, and re-admissions," Quality Improvement Day, UM Columbia
Kottewar SA, Chandran A, Chennamaneni V, Koerber S, Koller J (2013) Poster: "Post-Discharge Follow Up at Fairview Clinic: Assessment and Methods to Improve No-Show rates," Information Sharing Day, UM Columbia
Kottewar S, Bearelly D, Clark RE, Odum BR, Bechtold ML, Diaz-Arias A, Marshall JB, Arif MA (2012) Poster: "Disseminated miliary tuberculosis, Diagnosed in the colon," American College of Gastroenterology, Las Vegas
Bearelly D, Kottewar S, Bechtold ML, Ibdah JA (2012) Poster: "Why do patients scheduled for a procedure not show up or cancel within 48hours of the procedure?" American College of Gastroenterology, Las Vegas
Bearelly D, Kottewar S, Chennamaneni V, Akbar SA, Chitima-Matsiga R, Reddy J, Ibdah J (2012) Poster: "Factors Influencing the Quality of Bowel Preparation for Colonscopy" American College of Gastroenterology, Las Vegas
Kottewar SA, Bearelly D, Thievananyagam S, Choudhary A, Grewal R (2012) Poster: "Colonscopy Reporting: Improving Provider to Provider Communication," American College of Physicians (Missouri Chapter)
Kottewar SA, Boshard BJ, Coberly E, Hahn-Cover K, Hall LW, Bearelly D (2011) Poster: "Depart Process Implementation: A new step towards a safe and meaningful transition," American College of Physician (Missouri Chapter)
Bosanquet JP, Bearelly S, Boshard BJ, Kottewar SA, Bearelly D (2010) Poster: "Multi-Disciplinary Checklist improves discharge communication," American College of Physicians (Missouri Chapter)
Kottewar SA, Phillips LM (2009) Poster: "Private-Public-Academic Alliances: We Have Nestlings- Nuture Them," Annual Missouri Public Health Assocation conference, Columbia, MO
Oral Presentation
"Public Health in India", University of Missouri, 2010
"ICH with I Line ART Failure with Resolution of Intestinal NHL After One Cycle of Chemotherapy with Completed AKT and Who is Presently on II Line ART," 2007
Panel Discussion
"Global Public Health" conducted by MPH program's undergraduate public health class, University of Missouri, 2009
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Clinical
Board Certifications
- 2014 - American Board of Internal Medicine