UMMS Physicians Named 2018 Top Doctors by Baltimore Magazine
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Doctors who practice at affiliated UMMS hospitals were recognized as "Top Doctors" in the November 2018 issue of Baltimore magazine. This issue marks another strong showing for the Medical System and the University of Maryland School of Medicine, with experts recognized across 96 specialties.
The results are based on a Baltimore magazine survey of nearly 13,000 physicians in the Baltimore area, including Baltimore City and the surrounding seven counties, asking where they would send a member of their family in dozens of specialties. Many doctors would choose to send their loved ones to us.
Our “top doctors” are listed below by specialty. Click on their names to learn more about them or to make an appointment.
Locations:
- University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), University and Midtown Campuses
- University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (UM BWMC)
- University of Maryland Capital Region Health (UM Capital)
- University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center (UM CRMC)
- University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute (UM Rehab)
- University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center (UM SJMC)
- University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health (UM UCH)
General Medical Specialties
Cardiology: Electrophysiology
- Minesh Patel, MD - UM BWMC
- Brett Roberts, MD - UM SJMC
- Paresh M. Shah, MD - UM SJMC
- Ajay Soodan, MD - UM SJMC
- Joyce Zeno, MD - UM SJMC, UM UCH
Cardiology: Interventional
- Charles C. Cummings, MD - UM SJMC
- Michael N. Drossner, MD - UM UCH
- Amir H. Najafi, MD - UM UCH
- Henry Sun, MD - UM SJMC
- Ali Tabrizchi, DO - UM UCH
- Matthew R. Voss, MD - UM SJMC, UM UCH, UMMC
Cardiology: Non-Interventional
- Sonia Baker, MD - UM SJMC
- Vivek Dhruva, DO - UM UCH
- Stacy Fisher, MD - UMMC
- Mitika Maddula, MD - UM UCH
- Amir Najafi, MD - UM UCH
- Ali Tabrizchi, DO - UM UCH
- Emil Thattassery, MD - UM BWMC
- Shannon Winakur, MD - UM SJMC
- Dou Alvin Zhang, MD - UM BWMC
Diabetes Care
Emergency Medicine
- Steven Bentman, MD - UM UCH
- Michael Giordano, MD - UM UCH
- Jonathan L. Hansen, MD - UM UCH
- Lisa Thomas, MD - UM UCH
Endocrinology
Intensivists/Critical Care
- Linda Barr, MD - UM SJMC
- Jason Birnbaum, MD - UM UCH
- Mitchell L. Schwartz, MD - UM SJMC
- Hasan Shakoor, MD - UM UCH
- Jeffrey Thompson, MD - UM UCH
- David A. Vitberg, MD - UM SJMC
Gastroenterology
- Peter Darwin, MD - UMMC
- Josh Forman, MD - UM SJMC
- Q. Cindy Gao, MD - UM UCH
- Scott M. Huber, MD - UM SJMC
- Eiad Nasser, MD - UM UCH
- Dana Sloane, MD - UM BWMC
- Asheesh Sood, MD - UM UCH
- Jordan Wolff, MD - UM BWMC
Gastroenterology: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Raymond K. Cross, MD - UMMC
- Josh Forman, MD - UM SJMC
- Dana Sloane, MD - UM BWMC
Gastroenterology: Liver Disease
- Jordan Wolff, MD - UM BWMC
Clinical Genetics
Hematology
- Ashkan Bahrani, MD - UM UCH
- Yousuf Gaffar, MD - UM SJMC
- Myo Min, MD - UM UCH
- Venkata Parsa, MD - UM UCH
Hospitalist Medicine
- Linda G. Adler, MD - UM SJMC
- Manisha Bahl, MD - UM UCH
- Irwina Medwin, MD - UM BWMC
- Kapil Sharma, MD - UM UCH
- Mitesh Trambadia, MD - UM BWMC
Hyperbaric Medicine
- Kinjal Sethuraman, MD - UMMC
Infectious Disease: Lyme Disease
- Mettassebia Kanno, MD - UM BWMC
- Faheem Younus, MD - UM UCH
Internal Medicine: General
Nephrology
- Veena Acharya, MD - UM UCH
- Eric M. Brown, MD - UM SJMC
- Atif Jensen, MD - UM BWMC
- Hyung “David” Lim, MD - UM UCH
- Jeffrey N. Posner, MD - UM SJMC
- Matthew R. Weir, MD - UMMC
- Kenneth B. Yim, MD - UMMC
Neurology: General
- Rut D. Dholakia, MD - UM SJMC, UM UCH
- Frances Mwaisela, MD - UM SJMC
- Dong C. Park, MD - UM SJMC, UM UCH
- Jason Rosenberg, MD - UM BWMC
- Syed Salahuddin, MD - UM BWMC
- Syed Shaukat, MD - UM SJMC, UM UCH
Neurology: Movement Disorder
- Stephen G. Reich, MD - UMMC
- Syed Salahuddin, MD - UM BWMC
Nuclear Medicine
- Ethan J. Spiegler, MD - UM SJMC
Oncology: Bone Marrow Transplant
Oncology: General
- Myo Min, MD - UM UCH
- Venkata Parsa, MD - UM UCH
- Richard Schraeder, MD - UM SJMC
Oncology: Breast
- Rima Couzi, MD - UM SJMC
- Katherine Tkaczuk, MD - UMMC
Oncology: Orthopedic
Oncology: Pancreatic
Oncology: Prostate
- Arif Hussain, MD - UMMC Ophthalmology
- Mona A. Kaleem, MD - UMMC
- Sachin Kalyani, MD - UM BWMC
Orthopedics:
- General William Cook, MD - UM UCH
- James Huang, MD - UM BWMC
- Morris Brian Polsky, MD - UM Rehab
- Scott L. Silverstein, MD - UM Rehab
Otolaryngology: Adult General
Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Malignancies
Pain Medicine
Palliative Medicine
Pathology
- David Brinker, MD - UM SJMC
Podiatry
Psychiatry: Eating Disorders
Psychiatry: General
Pulmonary
Radiation Oncology
Radiology: Interventional
- Zuzana Chamrova, MD - UM BWMC, UM SJMC
- Margaret Alma Lynch-Nyhan, MD - UM BWMC, UM SJMC, UM UCH
- John Werner, MD - UM BWMC, UM SJMC, UM UCH
Rheumatology
Sleep Medicine
Trauma
- Thomas M. Scalea, MD - UMMC
- Deborah M. Stein, MD - UMMC
Urology
- Daniel D. Dietrick, MD - UM SJMC
- William T. Dowling, MD - UM UCH
- Sankar J. Kausik, MD - UM UCH
- Andrew C. Kramer, MD - UMMC
- Brad D. Lerner, MD - UM SJMC
- Michael Phelan, MD - UMMC
- Marc H. Siegelbaum, MD - UM SJMC
- Geoffrey Sklar, MD - UM BWMC
Wound Care
- Sherif Osman, MD - UM UCH
Women's Health Specialties
General Gynecology
- Susie Chung, MD - UM SJMC
- Harry W. Johnson Jr., MD - UMMC, UM BWMC, UM SJMC, UM UCH
Urogynecology
- Daniel Kim, MD - UM BWMC
Gynecologic Surgery
- Fouad M. Abbas, MD - UM BWMC
- Steven J. Adashek, MD - UM SJMC
- Dwight D. Im, MD - UM SJMC
Gynecologic Oncology
- Fouad M. Abbas, MD - UM BWMC
- Francis C. Grumbine, MD - UM SJMC
- Dwight D. Im, MD - UM SJMC
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Judith P. Rossiter, MD - UM SJMC, UM UCH
Pediatric Specialties
Adolescent Medicine
Pediatric Allergy
- Mary E. Bollinger, DO - UMMC
- Manav Singla, MD - UM UCH
Pediatric Anesthesia
Pediatric Behavior and Development
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Pediatric Cardiology
- Carissa M. Baker-Smith, MD - UMMC, UM BWMC, UM UCH
- Alicia H. Chaves, MD - UMMC, UM BWMC, UM UCH
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Jason W. Custer, MD - UMMC
- Scott H. Penfil, MD - UM SJMC
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Endocrinology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
General Pediatric Surgery
- Jeffrey R. Lukish, MD - UM SJMC
- James T. Moore, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC
- Eric D. Strauch, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC
- Roger Voigt, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine
Pediatric Orthopaedics
Neonatology
- Michael E. Langbaum, MD - UM SJMC
- Fernando Mena, MD - UMMC
Pediatric Neurology
Pediatric Sports Medicine
- Scott M. Adams, MD - UM Rehab
- Teri M. McCambridge, MD - UM SJMC
Pediatric Pulmonology
Pediatric Rheumatology
Pediatric Urology
Surgical Specialties
Anesthesiology
- Mark DiMino, MD - UMMC, UM Rehab
- Glen J. Hessinger, MD - UM SJMC
Cardiac Anesthesiology
- Michael J. Boss, MD - UM SJMC
Regional Anesthesiology
- Jeffrey M. Richman, MD - UM SJMC
Breast Surgery
- Emily Bellavance, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC, UM UCH
- Michael J. Schultz, MD - UM SJMC
Cardiac Surgery: Mitral Valve/Aortic Valve/Coronary Artery Bypass
Colo-Rectal Surgery
- Andrea C. Bafford, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC
- Howard K. Berg, MD - UM SJMC
- Joseph DiRocco, MD - UM UCH
Dermatologic Surgery
Emergency Surgery
General Surgery
- Stephen M. Kavic, MD - UMMC
- Sheldon H. Lerman, MD - UM SJMC
- Richard A. Mackey Jr., MD - UM SJMC
- Atena Rosak, MD - UM SJMC
- Scott Steinmetz, MD - UM UCH
Neurosurgery
- Kenneth Crandall, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC
- Neal J. Naff, MD - UM SJMC
- Charles Sansur, MD - UMMC
- Omar A. Zalatimo, MD - UM SJMC
Oral Maxillofacial
- John F. Caccamese, Jr., MD, DMD - UMMC, UM Rehab
- John Mitcherling, DDS - UM SJMC
- Alexander E. Pazoki, MD, DDS - UM UCH
Orthopedic Surgery: Foot & Ankle
- Jeffrey T. Brodie, MD - UM SJMC
Orthopedic Surgery: Hand
- Andrew Eglseder, MD - UMMC, UM Rehab, UM UCH
- Michael J. Marion, MD - UM SJMC
- Raymond Pensy, MD - UMMC, UM Rehab
- Khurram Pervaiz, MD, UM Rehab
Spine Surgery
- Michael D. Dabbah, MD - UM SJMC
- Ira L. Fedder, MD - UM SJMC, UM UCH
- Steven Ludwig, MD - UMMC, UM UCH
- Charles Sansur, MD - UMMC
Orthopedic Surgery: Joint
- David F. Dalury, MD - UM SJMC
- Theodore Manson, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC
- Scott L. Silverstein, MD - UM Rehab
- Ke Xie, MD - UM Rehab
Orthopedic Surgery/Sports Medicine
- Scott Adams, MD - UM Rehab
- Craig Bennett, MD - UM Rehab
- R. Frank Henn, MD - UMMC, UM Rehab
- Morris Brian Polsky, MD - UM Rehab
- Scott L. Silverstein, MD - UM Rehab
Surgical Oncology
Plastic Surgery: Reconstructive
- Yvonne Rasko, MD - UMMC
- Sheri Slezak, MD - UMMC
- Nassif E. Soueid, MD - UM SJMC
Thoracic Surgery
- Whitney Burrows, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC, UM UCH
- Shamus Carr, MD - UMMC, UM BWMC, UM SJMC, UM UCH
- Gavin Henry, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC, UM UCH
- Shelby Stewart, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC, UM UCH
Vascular Surgery
- Mark Gonze, MD – UM SJMC, UM UCH
- Peter Mackrell, MD – UM SJMC, UM UCH
- Rajabrata Sarkar, MD - UMMC
Surgery for Chronic Venous Disease/Varicose Veins
- Mark Gonze, MD - UM UCH, UM SJMC
Prostate Cancer Surgery
- Daniel D. Dietrick, MD - UM SJMC
- Benjamin H. Lowentritt, MD - UM SJMC
- Minhaj Siddiqui, MD - UMMC
- Marc H. Siegelbaum, MD - UM SJMC
- Ronald F. Tutrone Jr., MD – UM SJMC
Elective Specialties
Hair Restoration
- Jeffrey E. Schreiber, MD - UM SJMC
General Cosmetic Surgery
- Jeffrey E. Schreiber, MD - UM SJMC
- Ronald H. Schuster, MD - UM SJMC
- Nassif E. Soueid, MD - UM SJMC
Cosmetic Surgery Breast/Body Contouring
- Nassif E. Soueid, MD - UM SJMC
Cosmetic Surgery Facial
- Nassif E. Soueid, MD - UM SJMC
Surgery for Chronic Venous Disease/Varicose Veins
- Mark Gonze, MD - UM SJMC, UM UCH