Jennifer Svetlecic, MD
- Pulmonology
- Critical Care Medicine
- Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke's North Hospital
- Saint Luke's South Hospital
- Saint Luke's Cushing Hospital
- Allen County Regional Hospital
- Hedrick Medical Center
- Wright Memorial Hospital
- Anderson County Hospital
- Saint Luke's East Hospital
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Locations
Saint Luke's Pulmonary Specialists
Anderson County Hospital Specialty Clinic
Allen County Regional Hospital Specialty Clinic
About Jennifer Svetlecic, MD
Jennifer Svetlecic, MD is a board-certified pulmonary and critical care physician with Saint Luke’s Pulmonary Specialists. Her practice includes caring for hospital and clinic patients, both in person and virtually via telemedicine. Dr. Svetlecic is known to many of her patients as “Dr. Jen.”
Outside of her practice, Dr. Svetlecic serves on the Approval Committees for the Pulmonary Disease Examination and the Critical Care Medicine Examination for the American Board of Internal Medicine. These committees construct the board certification exams for physicians in these specialties. She serves as an outside expert peer reviewer on complex cases for other hospitals through Chartis (formerly The Greeley Company). Previously, her peers elected her to three terms as chairperson of the Department of Medicine at Saint Luke’s North Hospital, and she served as director of Respiratory Medicine. An advocate for improving the quality of and access to care, Dr. Svetlecic was the first director of medical staff development for Saint Luke’s. She was also the first chair of the Professional Standards and Credentialing Committee.
A native of Kansas City, Dr. Svetlecic received her undergraduate degree in biology and medical degrees from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Additionally, she completed a residency in internal medicine and fellowships in pulmonary and critical care medicine at UMKC. During her residency and fellowship, she was awarded first place twice in UMKC's research competition. She is the recipient of three awards from the American College of Chest Physicians for her work on complications from lung transplants.
Publications
Svetlecic J., Molteni A., Chen Y., Al-Hamed M., Quinn T., Herndon B. Transplant-related Bronchiolitis Obliterans (BOS) Demonstrates Unique Cytokine Profiles Compared to Toxicant-induced BOS. Exp Mol Pathol 2005; 79(3): 198-205.
Svetlecic J., Molteni A., Herndon B. Bronchiolitis Obliterans Induced by Intratracheal Papaverine: A Novel Animal Model. Lung 2004; 182(2): 119-134.
Education & Credentials
Training & Education
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Fellowship
University of Missouri - School of Medicine
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Medical School
Univ of MO - Kansas City School of Medicine
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Residency
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine
Academic Titles
Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Medicine, Cardiopulmonary Division | Teaching Faculty, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Accepted Insurance Plans
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Aetna
- Aetna Choice POS II Local (excluding National General STM plan, I-35 Preferred Plan, and HCA, Advent Health, and NKC Hospital employee plans)
- Aetna Elect Choice
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice
- Aetna Medicare Assure (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Core Value HMO
- Aetna Medicare Premier Preferred HMO
- Aetna Medicare Premier and Premier Plus HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Select
- Aetna Signature Administrators (ASA)
- Aetna UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust (Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO)
- Aetna Workers Comp
Blue Cross
- BCBS of Kansas
- BCBS of Kansas Blue Choice Preferred Care Blue PPO
- BCBS of Kansas City Blue Select Plus (UCMO and City of KCMO)
- BCBS of Kansas City Federal PPO
- BCBS of Kansas City Freedom Network PPO
- BCBS of Kansas City Freedom Network Select PPO
- BCBS of Kansas City Preferred Care
- BCBS of Kansas City Preferred Care Blue
- BCBS of Kansas City Traditional
- BCBS of Kansas Federal
- BCBS of Kansas Traditional
- BCBS of Michigan Medicare Advantage PPO
Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna OAP
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare
Corvel
- Corvel
First Health Network
- First Health Network
Home State
- Home State Health Plan (Missouri Medicaid)
Humana
- Humana Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Gold Plus HMO SNP - Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage Team Care Gold HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Team Care Gold PPO
MHNet
- Healthy Blue MO Medicaid
- MH Net Behavioral Health
Medicare
- American Health Advantage-Missouri Medicare Advantage
- Devoted Health Medicare Advantage (Core and Giveback)
- Kansas Health Advantage/Kansas Superior Select, Inc (KSSI) Medicare Advantage
- Medicare
MultiPlan
- MultiPlan
Orscheln Industries
- HealthSCOPE Benefits (Orsheln Industries)
Other
- BeechStreet
- Century Health Solutions (PPO)
- CompResults/CompAlliance (WC) PPO
- Health Choice of Northwest Missouri (PPO)
- Integrated Health Plan PPO
- Medica Connect
- Medica Select
- OHA Networks (WC)
- OHARA Managed Care (WC)
- Occupational Health Management PPO (WC)
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- ProviDRs Care Network PPO (formerly WPPA)
- Provider Partners Health Plan
- Sunflower State Health Plan Kansas Medicaid
Other Medicaid
- Healthy Blue KS Medicare Advantage DSNP
- Healthy Blue Kansas Medicaid
TriWest
- TriWest
United Healthcare
- UHC Medicare Erickson Advantage plans-KC
- United HealthCare Choice
- United HealthCare Choice Plus
- United HealthCare Community Plan (Missouri Medicaid)
- United HealthCare Navigate
- United HealthCare Select
- United HealthCare Select Plus
- United Healthcare - AARP Medicare Advantage Choice Plans
- United Healthcare - AARP Medicare Advantage Patriot
- United Healthcare - All Savers Insurance
- United Healthcare - Community Plan (Kansas Medicaid)
- United Healthcare - Core and Core Essential
- United Healthcare - Definity Health Reimbursement Account POS
- United Healthcare - Definity Health Savings Account POS
- United Healthcare - Golden Rule HMO (HMO & PPO)
- United Healthcare - Options PPO
- United Healthcare - United Health One
- United Healthcare Individual Exchange Benefit Plan (IEX) MO and KS Plans
- UnitedHealthcare - AARP Medicare Complete Choice
- UnitedHealthcare - AARP Medicare Complete HMO
- UnitedHealthcare - AARP Medicare Complete PPO
- UnitedHealthcare - Dual Complete SNP PPO (MO and KS)
- UnitedHealthcare - Group Medicare Advantage PPO
- UnitedHealthcare - Medicare Complete
- UnitedHealthcare - Medicare Gold SNP
- UnitedHealthcare - Medicare Silver SNP
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