Katherine Barsness, MD

Senior Faculty, Baylor College of Medicine

Chair, Department of Surgery

Pediatric General Surgery
English
Child 0-17, Adolescent 12-17
4.9/5 Read Reviews
210-704-0090
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Meet Katherine Barsness, MD

Katherine Barsness, MD, MS, MBA, serves as Chair of the Department of Surgery at CHRISTUS Children's. She completed her undergraduate and medical education at the University of Tennessee and then received her general surgery training at the University of Colorado. She then completed her pediatric surgery specialty training at the University of Pittsburgh. She has a Master of Science in clinical investigation and Master of Business Administration. Dr. Barsness’ clinical areas of focus include foregut anatomic and motilities disorders and the minimally invasive treatment of aerodigestive disorders.

She has devoted her career to surgical education, received multiple local and national teaching and mentoring awards, and is an internationally recognized leader in training pediatric surgeons to master advanced minimally invasive skills for neonatal operations. Dr. Barsness is an inventor of 3-D printed models for neonatal surgery that are now recognized as the gold standard of educational tools for pediatric minimally invasive surgical skills acquisition. She is committed to the necessary advancement of surgeons’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes to ensure maximum safety for every patient in the operating room.

Locations

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: University of Pittsburgh

Residency: University of Colorado HSC-Aurora

Medical Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Certification: American Board of Surgery

Ratings & Reviews

  • Overall Quality of Care 4.9
  • Listened Carefully 4.9
  • Explained Things Clearly 4.9
  • Spent Enough Time 4.9
  • Showed Courtesy & Respect 4.9

Patient reviews (23)

5.0

the doctor was extremely nice to us, she explain her technic and put us at ease

5.0

Great

5.0

Excellent doctor!

5.0

Excellent

5.0

Thank you Dr. Barsness for helping my son & I to understand what he has & how it can be corrected if he decides to follow through with the surgery. His self esteem was not so high because of the way it looks but you have him hope that it can be corrected & he is able to look & feel normal again. Thank you!

5.0

Excellent!

5.0

One of the best e counters I ever had with a provider and team.

5.0

She was absolutely amazing and took her time explaining everything. We never felt rushed or confused because she broke everything down so we would understand. My daughter left saying mom I really liked her.

5.0

Thank you to the entire team!

5.0

Katherine Barsness is good at what she does!

5.0

Advice to Parents: consider Dr. Barsness for your Children’s medical needs. She is really the best.

5.0

Satisfied

5.0

None

5.0

Thank u🙂

5.0

Thanks for all you do!!

5.0

Thank you so much for everything you did. We are thoroughly pleased with the service you provided.

5.0

She is very professional

5.0

Thank you !

5.0

SA is fortunate to have her!

5.0

Thank you for everything that you did for my daughter.

5.0

Thank you for your patience and your kindness. Hopefully we won’t need surgery in the next year but would confidently have Dr. Barsness perform it if/when we do.

5.0

Excellent service by all who cared for my daughter.I appreciate all staff. Thank you.

5.0

Dr. Barsness is just wonderful!!