Jan Petrasek MD

Jan Petrasek, MD, PhD, is a gastroenterology physician with advanced expertise in transplant hepatology, caring for patients with complex liver disease and those being evaluated for or living with liver transplantation. He earned his medical degree from the First Faculty of Medicine at Charles University in Prague and completed residency training in internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He pursued fellowship training in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology, including programs at the University of Massachusetts and UT Southwestern. Dr. Petrasek is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology. He serves as an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, at UT Health San Antonio and practices as a hepatologist with the Texas Liver Institute. He is also part of the University Health Texas Liver Tumor Center care team, contributing hepatology expertise to multidisciplinary management of liver tumors. His academic interests include research in alcoholic liver disease, with contributions to studies that helped advance therapeutic approaches and multicenter clinical investigation. Dr. Petrasek has authored numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, reviews, and book chapters and is an active member of leading professional societies in gastroenterology and transplantation.