UMMS Physicians Named 2018 Top Doctors by Baltimore Magazine

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

• Ruth S. Horowitz, MD - UM SJMC

Emergency Medicine

• Steven Bentman, MD - UM UCH
• Michael Giordano, MD - UM UCH
• Jonathan L. Hansen, MD - UM UCH
• Lisa Thomas, MD - UM UCH

Endocrinology

• Julie Ducharme, MD - UM UCH
• Meena A. Khan, MD - UM SJMC

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

• Carol Greene, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC

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

• Mahesh Ochaney, MD - UM BWMC

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

• Aaron Rapoport, MD - UMMC

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

• Vincent Ng, MD - UMMC, UM BWMC, UM Rehab

Oncology: Pancreatic

• Mark Fraiman, MD - UM SJMC
• Petr Hausner, MD - UMMC 

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

• Katherine V. Day, MD - UM UCH
• Jeffrey Wolf, MD - UMMC

Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Malignancies

• Jeffrey Wolf, MD - UMMC

Pain Medicine

• Jeffrey Schneider, MD - UM UCH
• Michael Wong, MD - UM UCH

Palliative Medicine

• Helen M. Gordon, MD - UM SJMC

Pathology

• David Brinker, MD - UM SJMC

Podiatry

• Jacob Wynes, DPM - UMMC, UM Rehab

Psychiatry: Eating Disorders

• Harry Brandt, MD - UM SJMC
• Steven Crawford, MD - UM SJMC

Psychiatry: General

• Richard M. Lewis, MD - UM UCH
• Julie Stancliff, DO - UM UCH

Pulmonary

• Linda Barr, MD - UM SJMC
• Jason Birnbaum, MD - UM UCH
• Hasan Shakoor, MD - UM UCH

Radiation Oncology

• Jason Citron, MD – UM SJMC

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

• Raymond Flores, MD - UMMC
• Peter Holt, MD - UM UCH

Sleep Medicine

• Brian J. Bohner, MD - UM SJMC
• Jacques Conaway, MD - UM BWMC

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

• Jack Gladstein, MD - UMMC 

Pediatric Allergy

• Mary E. Bollinger, DO - UMMC 
• Manav Singla, MD - UM UCH

Pediatric Anesthesia

• Stephanie L Kahntroff, MD - UMMC 

Pediatric Behavior and Development

• Deborah G. Badawi, MD - UMMC 

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

• Sunjay Kaushal, MD - UMMC 

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

• Getachew Teshome, MD - UMMC 

Pediatric Endocrinology

• Paula G. Newton, MD - UMMC 

Pediatric Gastroenterology

• Runa Watkins, MD - UMMC 

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

• Regina Macatangay, MD - UMMC 
• Teresa York, MD - UMMC 

Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine

• Jack Gladstein, MD - UMMC 

Pediatric Orthopaedics

• Joshua M. Abzug, MD - UMMC, UM Rehab, UM SJMC, UM UCH

Neonatology

• Michael E. Langbaum, MD - UM SJMC
• Fernando Mena, MD - UMMC

Pediatric Neurology

• Stephen Jeffrey Thompson, MD - UMMC 

Pediatric Sports Medicine

• Scott M. Adams, MD - UM Rehab
• Teri M. McCambridge, MD - UM SJMC

Pediatric Pulmonology

• Anayansi Lasso-Pirot, MD - UMMC

Pediatric Rheumatology

• Melissa Hawkins-Holt, MD - UMMC

Pediatric Urology

• Roger Voigt, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC
  
  

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

• R.C. Stewart Finney, MD - UM SJMC
• James Gammie, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC
• Rawn Salenger, MD - UM SJMC

Colo-Rectal Surgery

• Andrea C. Bafford, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC
• Howard K. Berg, MD - UM SJMC
• Joseph DiRocco, MD - UM UCH

Dermatologic Surgery

• Zaineb Makhzoumi, MD - UMMC

Emergency Surgery

• Jose Diaz, MD - UMMC

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

• Mark H. Fraiman, MD - UM SJMC
• Nader Hanna, MD - UMMC, UM SJMC

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