Cook Children's Medical Center and Cook Children's Physician Network have contracts with the following health care insurance companies, and we are committed to growing this list. We want to be sure that every family and child in our community has the coverage they need to get and stay healthy.
Aetna**
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO Blue Essentials
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PAR - Cook Children's Medical Center Fort Worth Only
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Premier
Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthSelect of Texas
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HPN
Cigna Healthcare of Texas**
EHN- Employers Health Network
First Health Network*
Fort Worth Firefighters 440
Galaxy Healthcare Network
HealthScope*
HealthSmart Payors Organization/HealthSmart*
Imagine Health
MultiPlan Inc/PHCS*
Providence Health Alliance
Baylor Scott and White Health Plan**
United Healthcare PPO/EPO**
USA Managed Care Organizations
* Does NOT include Physician Only Plans or Christian Healthcare Sharing Ministry Plans
** Excluding exchange products
To confirm that your insurance is covered, please review Cook Children's accepted insurance plans.
Meet Dr. John Wurz
A Fort Worth native, Dr. Wurz is thrilled to return to his hometown to serve the greater community as a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist. From a very young age, Dr. Wurz knew he wanted to become a physician when he was gifted his late grandfather's doctor bag that was used for house calls. It was while rotating as a 3rd-year medical student at Cook Children's Medical Center that he knew he wanted to primarily work with children to help relieve their pain and suffering.
Following medical school, Dr. Wurz completed anesthesiology residency and pediatric anesthesiology fellowship training at The University of Michigan. This was the same University where his childhood hero, his grandfather, graduated medical school in 1937. It was there that Dr. Wurz developed a passion for providing anesthesia to children with congenital heart disease.
Following training, Dr. Wurz practiced pediatric anesthesiology in the same city in Michigan that his grandfather had practiced medicine in over 40 years prior.
What Dr. Wurz enjoys most about his job is bringing peace and comfort to otherwise anxious families whose children need to undergo surgical or procedural interventions.
As a young man, Dr. Wurz earned his Eagle Scout Award. He subsequently went on to spend significant time in Mexico as a missionary where he became fluent in Spanish. Because of this experience, he has developed a special love and affinity for caring for his Spanish-speaking patients.
When Dr. Wurz is not practicing anesthesiology, he enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, golfing, serving in the community, and cheering on his beloved Texas Rangers baseball team.
Services
Anesthesia
Pain management services
Presurgical anesthesia evaluation/testing
Surgical anesthesia
Education
Medical School:
University of North Texas Health Science Center – Fort Worth, TX
Residency:
University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine – Ann Arbor, MI
Fellowship:
University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine – Ann Arbor, MI
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