Rita Lepe, M.D.
Specialty
Hepatology
Medical School
University of Autonomous of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Residency
Internal Medicine, Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL
Fellowship
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology
Transplant Hepatology
Memberships
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
American Association of Gastroenterology
Professional Interests
Interested in liver diseases in the Hispanic population, Hepatitis C, Liver disease in Gastric bypass patients, autoimmune hepatitis and transplant hepatology.
Personal Interests
Fluent in English/Spanish. Voted D magazine best doctors 2006, 2007, 2008
Insurance Plans Accepted
- Aetna Elect Choice/Open Access EPO
- Aetna HMO/QPOS/US Access/HMO Open Access HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice/Open Access POS
- Aetna Open Choice (includes TRS eff 9/1/03) PPO
- Beech Street of Texas Various Payors PPO
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield Blue Choice Plus POS
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield Blue Choice PPO
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield Federal Select PPO
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield Health Select POS
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield HMO Blue TEXAS HMO
- Cigna Healthcare of Texas, Inc. PPO
- Cigna Healthcare of Texas, Inc. Open Access Plus PPO
- First Health PPO
- Great-West Healthcare (formerly One Health Plan) Great West PPO
- Great-West Healthcare (formerly One Health Plan) Open Access PPO-OA
- HealthSmart Preferred Care (incl NTHN) EPO
- HealthSmart Preferred Care (incl NTHN) GEPO
- HealthSmart Preferred Care (incl NTHN) GPOS
- HealthSmart Preferred Care (incl NTHN) (Includes HealthSmart PPO eff 8/1/03) PPO
- Humana/ChoiceCare Network PPO
- Humana/ChoiceCare Network ChoiceCare Concentric Network SmartNet PPO
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Pacificare PacifiCare - PPO (effective 4/1/05) PPO
- Principal Edge Network Principal Edge Network PPO
- Private Health Care System PPO
- Texas True Choice PPO
- United HealthCare EPO
- United HealthCare HMO
- United HealthCare POS
- United HealthCare PPO
- United HealthCare HMO Select/Select Plus HMO
- United HealthCare Open Access/Choice/Choice Plus HMO