More than 140 University of Maryland Medical Center Physicians Recognized As “Top Doctors” In Baltimore Magazine 2021 Survey

More than 300 physicians in 109 specialties and sub-specialties who provide care across University of Maryland Medical System hospitals have been recognized as "Top Doctors" in the November 2021 issue of Baltimore magazine. Of the doctors recognized, 141 practice at the System's flagship academic hospital, the University of Maryland Medical Center, and are also on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

"The COVID-19 pandemic has made the past year and a half an incredibly challenging time in healthcare," said Mohan Suntha, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer of UMMS. "Having so many physicians recognized by their colleagues is a true testament to the incredible commitment and determination displayed on the frontlines every day across our System by staff who are delivering compassionate, high-quality healthcare."

"This recognition of our academic medical staff highlights their dedication to our mission, which is to deliver superior health care," said Bert W. O'Malley, MD, President and CEO of UMMC. "The power of the partnership between UMMC and the UM School of Medicine drives our unique brand of compassionate, discovery-based care."

The "Top Doctors" results are based on Baltimore magazine's annual survey of roughly 14,000 physicians in the Baltimore region who were asked to name the best doctors in more than 130 specialties and subspecialties. Names of nearly 20,000 physicians were submitted, and only those who received the highest number of recommendations by their peers made the list.

UMMS hospitals represented in "Top Docs" include the University of Maryland Medical Center – Downtown Campus; University of Maryland Medical Center – Midtown Campus; University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center; University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center; University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, University of Maryland Harford Memorial Hospital and University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute.

Our "top doctors" are listed below by specialty.

About the University of Maryland Medical Center

The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) is comprised of two hospital campuses in Baltimore: the 800-bed flagship institution of the 13-hospital University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and the 200-bed UMMC Midtown Campus. Both campuses are academic medical centers for training physicians and health professionals and for pursuing research and innovation to improve health. UMMC's downtown campus is a national and regional referral center for trauma, cancer care, neurosciences, advanced cardiovascular care, and women's and children's health, and has one of the largest solid organ transplant programs in the country. All physicians on staff at the downtown campus are clinical faculty physicians of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The UMMC Midtown Campus medical staff is predominately faculty physicians specializing in a wide spectrum of medical and surgical subspecialties, primary care for adults and children and behavioral health. UMMC Midtown has been a teaching hospital for 140 years and is located one mile away from the downtown campus. For more information, visit www.umm.edu.

Cardiology–Electrophysiology

• Timm-Michael Dickfeld, MD, PhD
• Vincent See, MD

Cardiology–Interventional

• Diljon Chahal, MD
• Anuj Gupta, MD
• Mark Vesely, MD

Cardiology–Non-Interventional

• Brian Barr, MD
• Stacy Fisher, MD
• Gautam Ramani, MD

Clinical Genetics

• Carol Greene, MD

Dermatology

• Risa Jampel, MD
• Zaineb Makhzoumi, MD

Diabetes Care

• Rana Malek, MD
• Kashif Munir, MD

Emergency Medicine

• Brian Corwell, MD
• George Willis, MD

Endocrinology

• Elizabeth Lamos, MD
• Lina Melhem, MD
• Kashif Munir, MD

Environmental/Occupational Health

• Stella Elizabeth Hines, MD

Family Medicine

• Katherine Jacobson, MD
• Kristin Reavis, MD

Gastroenterology

• Peter Darwin, MD
• Eric Goldberg, MD
• Bruce Greenwald, MD

Gastroenterology–Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Raymond Cross, Jr, MD
• Sandra M. Quezada, MD
• Uni Wong, MD

Gynecologic Oncology 

• Gautam Rao, MD
• Dana Roque, MD

Hematology

• Jennie Law, MD
• Ann Zimrin, MD

Hospitalist Medicine

• Nidhi Goel, MD
• Anthea Nwandu, MBBS, MPH

Hyperbaric Medicine

• Kinjal Sethuraman, MD

Intensivists/Critical Care

• Nirav Shah, MD

Internal Medicine–General

• Danielle Baek, MD

Maternal–Fetal Medicine

• Sarah Crimmins, DO

Neonatology

• Natalie Davis, MD
• Francesca Okolie, DO

Nephrology

• Matthew Weir, MD

Neurology–Epilepsy

• Jennifer Hopp, MD

Neurology–General

• Neil Porter, MD

Neurology–Movement Disorder

• Stephen Reich, MD

Neurology–Neuromuscular

• Neil Porter, MD

Oncology–Bone Marrow Transplant

• Nancy Hardy, MD
• Aaron Rapoport, MD

Oncology–Breast

• Paula Rosenblatt, MD
• Katherine Tkaczuk, MD

Oncology–Colon

• Yixing Jiang, MD

Oncology–Prostate

• Arif Hussain, MD

Ophthalmology

• Moran "Roni" Levin, MD
• Sarah Sunshine, MD

Optometry (non-MD)

• Saleha Munir, OD

Orthopedic Oncology

• Vincent Ng, MD

Otolaryngology–Adult General

• Rodney Taylor, MD
• Jeffrey Wolf, MD

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Malignancies

• Kyle Hatten, MD
• Rodney Taylor, MD
• Jeffrey Wolf, MD

Palliative Medicine

• Raya Kheirbek, MD

Pathology

• John Papadimitriou, MD

Podiatry (non-MD)

• Jacob Wynes, DPM

Pulmonary

• Ashutosh Sachdeva, MBBS

Radiation Oncology

• Mark Mishra, MD
• Pranshu Mohindra, MD
• Elizabeth Nichols, MD
• William Regine, MD

Radiology

• Jade Wong, MD

Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology

• Melissa Hawkins-Holt, MD

Sports Medicine (Non-Surgical)

• Valerie Cothran, MD

Trauma

• David Efron, MD
• Thomas Scalea, MD

Urogynecology

• Rena Malik, MD

Urology

• Michael Phelan, MD
• Mohummad Minhaj Siddiqui, MD

Surgical Specialties

Anesthesiology

• Mark DiMino, MD
• Douglas Martz, MD

Bariatric Surgery

• Mark Kligman, MD

Cardiac Surgery–Mitral Valve/Aortic Valve/Coronary Artery Bypass

• Mehrdad Ghoreishi, MD
• Bradley Taylor, MD

Colo-Rectal

• Andrea Bafford, MD

Cosmetic Surgery–Breast/Body Contouring

• Yvonne Rasko, MD

Dermatologic Surgery

• Zaineb Makhzoumi, MD

Emergency Surgery

• Jose Diaz, MD

General Cosmetic Surgery

• Yvonne Rasko, MD

General Surgery

• Stephen Kavic, MD

Neurosurgery

• Charles Sansur, MD
• Graeme Woodworth, MD

Oral Maxillofacial

• John Caccamese, Jr, MD, DMD

Orthopedic Surgery–Foot and Ankle

• Natalie Danna, MD

Orthopedic Surgery–Hand

• Ngozi Akabudike, MD
• Raymond Pensy, MD

Orthopedic Surgery–Joint

• Aaron Johnson, MD
• Sumon Nandi, MD

Orthopedic Surgery/Sports Medicine

• R. Frank Henn, III, MD
• Sean Meredith, MD
• Jonathan Packer, MD

Plastic Surgery–Reconstructive

• Arthur Nam, MD
• Yvonne Rasko, MD

Prostate Cancer Surgery

• M. Minhaj Siddiqui, MD

Regional Anesthesiology

• Mark DiMino, MD

Spine Surgery

• Kenneth Crandall, MD
• Daniel Gelb, MD
• Steven Ludwig, MD

Surgical Oncology

• Nader Hanna, MD
• Julia Terhune, MD

Thoracic Surgery

• Whitney Burrows, MD
• Joseph Friedberg, MD
• Gavin Henry, MD
• Christine Lau, MD
• Shelby Stewart, MD

Transplant–Cardiac

• Bartley Griffith, MD

Transplant–Kidney/Pancreas/Liver

• Joseph Scalea, MD

Transplant–Lung

• Christine Lau, MD

Vascular Surgery

• Rajabrata Sarkar, MD, PhD
• Shahab Toursavadkohi, MD

Pediatric Specialties

Adolescent Medicine

• Matthew Grant, MD

General Pediatric Surgery

• Helena Crowley, MD
• James Moore, MD
• Eric Strauch, MD

General Pediatrics

• Rebecca Carter, MD

Pediatric Allergy

• Mary Beth Bollinger, DO

Pediatric Anesthesia

• Stephanie Kahntroff, MD

Pediatric Behavior & Development

• Deborah Badawi, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

• Joseph Forbess, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

• Alicia Chaves, MD
• Peter Gaskin, MD
• Geoffrey Rosenthal, MD

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

• Jason Custer, MD
• Adrian Holloway, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

• Forrest Closson, MD
• Elizabeth Hines, MD
• Getachew Teshome, MD

Pediatric Endocrinology

• Ryan Miller, MD
• Paula Newton, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology

• Samra Blanchard, MD
• Runa Watkins, MD

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

• Regina Macatangay, MD
• Ashley Taylor-King Munchel, MD
• Teresa York, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine

• Jack Gladstein, MD
• Snehal Patel, MD

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

• James Campbell, MD

Pediatric Nephrology

• Bakri Alzarka, MD

Pediatric Neurology

• Stephen Thompson, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmology

• Janet Alexander, MD
• Moran "Roni" Levin, MD

Pediatric Orthopedics

• Joshua Abzug, MD

Pediatric Psychiatry

• Sarah Edwards, DO

Pediatric Pulmonology

• Anayansi Lasso-Pirot, MD

Pediatric Rheumatology

• Melissa Hawkins-Holt, MD

Pediatric Urology

• Kimberly Lumpkins, MD
• Roger W. Voigt, MB, ChB