More Than 300 University of Maryland Medical System 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 team members who are delivering compassionate, high-quality healthcare."

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. Click on their names to learn more about them or to make an appointment.

Allergy/Immunology

• Manav Singla, MD
• Natalia Vernon, MD

Cardiology–Electrophysiology

• Timm-Michael Dickfeld, MD, PhD
• Minesh Patel, MD
• Vincent See, MD
• Paresh Shah, MD
• Joyce Anne Zeno, MD

Cardiology–Interventional

• Diljon Chahal, MD
• Michael Drossner, MD
• Anuj Gupta, MD
• Amir Najafi, MD
• Ali Tabrizchi, DO
• Mark Vesely, MD
• Matthew Voss, MD
• Syed Shumile Haider Zaidi, MD

Cardiology–Non-Interventional

• Sonia Baker, MD
• Brian Barr, MD
• Vivek Dhruva, DO
• Stacy Fisher, MD
• Mitika Maddula, MD
• Frank Morris, MD
• Amir Najafi, MD
• Anoop Patel, MD
• Jeremy Pollock, MD
• Gautam Ramani, MD
• Ali Tabrizchi, DO
• Emil Thattassery, MD
• Shannon J. Winakur, MD

Clinical Genetics

• Carol Greene, MD

Dermatology

• Jamie Goldberg, MD
• Risa Jampel, MD
• Zaineb Makhzoumi, MD
• Tola Oyesanya, MD

Diabetes Care

• Ruth Horowitz, MD
• Rana Malek, MD
• Kashif Munir, MD

Emergency Medicine

• Steven Bentman, MD
• Brian Corwell, MD
• Neal Frankel, MD
• Lisa Thomas, MD
• Ben Vanlandingham, MD
• George Willis, MD

Endocrinology

• May Alattar, MD
• Ruth Horowitz, MD
• 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
• Joshua Forman, MD
• Eric Goldberg, MD
• Bruce Greenwald, MD
• Eiad Nasser, MD
• Michael Siuta, MD
• Dana Sloane, MD
• Edward Wolf, MD
• Jordan Wolff, MD

Gastroenterology–Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Raymond Cross, Jr, MD
• Sandra Quezada, MD
• Jordan Wolff, MD
• Uni Wong, MD

Gastroenterology–Liver Disease

• Joshua Forman, MD
• Jordan Wolff, MD

Gynecologic Oncology

• Fouad Abbas, MD
• Abbie Fields, MD
• Dwight Im, MD
• Teresa Diaz-Montes, MD
• Gautam Rao, MD
• Dana Marie Roque, MD

Hematology

• Mian Khalid, MD
• Jennie Law, MD
• Myo Min, MD
• Shanique Palmer, MD
• Ann Zimrin, MD

Hepatobiliary

• Mark Fraiman, MD

Hospitalist Medicine

• Abdulla Abdulla, MD
• Elie Cheikh, MD
• Nidhi Goel, MD
• Irina Medwin, MD
• Anthea Nwandu, MBBS, MPH
• Fadi Saikali, MD
• Kapil Sharma, MD

Hyperbaric Medicine

• Kinjal Sethuraman, MD

General Gynecology

• Susie Chung, MD

Infectious Disease

• James Doub, MD
• Brandon Eilertson, MD
• Mona Gahunia, DO
• Mettassebia Kanno, MD
• Elizabeth Wang, MD
• Faheem Younus, MD

Intensivists/Critical Care

• Madhat Arnouk, MD
• Linda Barr, MD
• Jason Birnbaum, MD
• Nirav Shah, MD
• David Vitberg, MD

Internal Medicine–General

• Jeffrey Alexander, MD
• Danielle Baek, MD
• Laura Donegan, MD

Interventional Radiology

• Edward Ahn, MD
• Ruchika Bhatt, MD
• Margaret A. Lynch-Nyhan, MD
• John Werner, MD

Maternal–Fetal Medicine

• Sarah Crimmins, DO

Neonatology

• Natalie Davis, MD
• Francesca Okolie, DO

Nephrology

• Veena Acharya, MD
• Eric Brown, MD
• Elias Ghandour, MD
• Hyung Lim, MD
• Tanuja Mishra, MD
• Jeffrey Posner, MD
• Tedine Ranich, MD
• Aiman Sami Shammas, MD
• Irfan Shukrullah, MD
• Matthew Weir, MD

Neurology–Epilepsy

• Jennifer Hopp, MD

Neurology–General

• Alexandru Olaru, MD
• Neil Porter, MD
• Jason Rosenberg, MD
• Syed Salahuddin. MD
• Syed Shaukat, MD

Neurology–Movement Disorder

• Lynn Chouhfeh, MD
• Stephen Reich, MD
• Howard Weiss, MD

Neurology–Multiple Sclerosis

• Syed Salahuddin, MD

Neurology–Neuromuscular

• Neil Porter, MD

Nuclear Medicine

• Ethan Spiegler, MD
• Frederic K. Yeganeh, 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–General

• Ashkan Bahrani, MD
• Mian Khalid, MD
• Shanique Palmer, MD
• Kimberly Schlesinger, MD

Oncology–Prostate

• Arif Hussain, MD
• Benjamin Lowentritt, MD

Ophthalmology

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

Optometry (non-MD)

• Saleha Munir, OD

Orthopedic Oncology

• Vincent Ng, MD

Orthopedics–General

• Craig Bennett, MD
• Lysa Charles, MD
• Nicholas Grosso, MD
• M. Brian Polsky, MD
• Sam Sydney, MD
• Michael Wallace, MD
• Raj Yalamanchili, MD

Otolaryngology–Adult General

• Katherine Day, MD
• Michael Dias, MD
• Praveen Duggal, MD
• Nidhi Gupta, MD
• James Markwell, MD
• Michael Rodrigues, MD
• Rodney Taylor, MD
• Jeffrey Wolf, MD

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Malignancies

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

Pain Management

• Brian Block, MD

Palliative Medicine

• Helen Gordon, MD
• Raya Kheirbek, MD

Pathology

• David Brinker, MD
• Fadi Habib, MD
• Dixon King, MD
• John Papadimitriou, MD
• Jeffrey Seibel, MD

Podiatry (non-MD)

• Carron Grant, DPM
• Adam Silverman, DPM
• David Wood, DPM
• Jacob Wynes, DPM

Pulmonary

• Linda Barr, MD
• Jason Birnbaum, MD
• Quadeer Fasihuddin, MD
• Fiona Meller-Azrieli, MD
• Peter Olivieri, MD
• Ashutosh Sachdeva, MBBS
• Hasan Shakoor, MD

Radiation Oncology

• Jason Citron, MD
• Paul Fowler, MD
• Mark Mishra, MD
• Pranshu Mohindra, MD
• Elizabeth Nichols, MD
• William Regine, MD

Radiology

• John Werner, MD
• Jade Wong, MD
• Shadi Yousefi, MD

Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology

• Kalonji Collins, MD
• Melissa Hawkins-Holt, MD

Sleep Medicine

• Brian Bohner, MD

Sports Medicine (Non-Surgical)

• Valerie Cothran, MD
• Teri McCambridge, MD

Trauma

• David Efron, MD
• Thomas Scalea, MD

Urogynecology

• Daniel Kim, MD
• Nika Vinson, MD
• Rena Malik, MD

Urology

• Daniel Dietrick, MD
• Nwamaka Fadahunsi, MD
• David Goldstein, MD
• Brian Neuman, MD
• Chirag Patel, MD
• Michael Phelan, MD
• Pravin Rao, MD
• M. Minhaj Siddiqui, MD
• Marc Siegelbaum, MD

Surgical Specialties

Anesthesiology

• Mark DiMino, MD
• Douglas Martz, MD
• Charles Rizzuto, MD

Bariatric Surgery

• Mark Kligman, MD

Breast Surgery

• Suliat Nurudeen, MD
• Nassif E. Soueid, MD

Cardiac Anesthesia

• Michael Boss, MD

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

• R. C. Stewart Finney, MD
• Mehrdad Ghoreishi, MD
• Rawn Salenger, MD
• Bradley Taylor, MD

Colo-Rectal

• Andrea Bafford, MD
• Howard Berg, MD
• Ivane Chua, MD
• Joseph DiRocco, MD
• David Juan, MD

Cosmetic Surgery–Breast/Body Contouring

• Claire Duggal, MD
• Michele Shermak, MD
• Nassif E. Soueid, MD
• Yvonne Rasko, MD

Cosmetic Surgery–Facial

• Nassif E. Soueid, MD

Dermatologic Surgery

• Zaineb Makhzoumi, MD

Emergency Surgery

• Jose Diaz, MD

General Cosmetic Surgery

• Yvonne Rasko, MD
• Nassif E. Soueid, MD

General Surgery

• Stephen Kavic, MD
• Ramaz Metreveli, MD
• Atena Rosak, MD
• Scott Steinmetz, MD
• Samana Zulu, MD

Neurosurgery

• William Ashley, MD
• James Frazier, MD
• Neal Naff, MD
• Charles Sansur, MD
• Graeme Woodworth, MD
• Omar Zalatimo, MD

Oral Maxillofacial

• John Caccamese, Jr, MD, DMD

Orthopedic Surgery–Foot and Ankle

• Roberto Brandão, MD
• Jeffrey Brodie, MD
• Natalie Danna, MD

Orthopedic Surgery–Hand

• Ngozi Akabudike, MD
• Emery Kim, MD
• Michael Marion, MD
• Raymond Pensy, MD
• Khurram Pervaiz, MD

Orthopedic Surgery–Joint

• James Huang, MD
• Aaron Johnson, MD
• Theodore Manson, MD
• Sumon Nandi, MD
• Scott Silverstein, MD
• Ke Xie, MD

Orthopedic Surgery/Sports Medicine

• Craig Bennett, MD
• Alvin Detterline, MD
• R. Frank Henn, III, MD
• Sean Meredith, MD
• Jonathan Packer, MD
• M. Brian Polsky, MD
• Scott Silverstein, MD
• Michael Wallace, MD

Plastic Surgery–Reconstructive

• Arthur Nam, MD
• Yvonne Rasko, MD
• Nassif E. Soueid, MD

Prostate Cancer Surgery

• Daniel Dietrick, MD
• M. Minhaj Siddiqui, MD

Regional Anesthesiology

• Mark DiMino, MD

Spine Surgery

• Orem Blam, MD
• Daniel Cavanaugh, MD
• Kenneth Crandall, MD
• Daniel Gelb, MD
• Uchechi Iweala, MD
• Steven Ludwig, MD
• P. Justin Tortolani, MD
• Omar Zalatimo, 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

• Andre Biuckians, MD
• Carter Freiburg, MD
• Mark Gonze, MD
• Peter Mackrell, MD
• Rajabrata Sarkar, MD, PhD
• Shahab Toursavadkohi, MD
• Kristian Ulloa, MD

Pediatric Specialties

Adolescent Medicine 

• Matthew Grant, MD

General Pediatric Surgery

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

General Pediatrics

• Rebecca Carter, MD
• Teresa Mark, 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
• Samuel Andorsky, MD
• Dean Fiergang, 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 Sports Medicine

• Scott Adams, MD
• Teri McCambridge, MD
• Ralph Zade, MD

Pediatric Urology

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

About the University of Maryland Medical System

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is a university-based regional health care system focused on serving the health care needs of Maryland, bringing innovation, discovery and research to the care we provide and educating the state's future physician and health care professionals through our partnership with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland, Baltimore professional schools (Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work and Dentistry) in Baltimore. As one of the largest private employers in the State, the health system's more than 29,500 employees and 4,000 affiliated physicians provide primary and specialty care in more than 150 locations, including 13 hospitals and 9 University of Maryland Urgent Care centers. The UMMS flagship academic campus, the University of Maryland Medical Center in downtown Baltimore, is recognized regionally and nationally for excellence and innovation in specialized care. Our acute care and specialty rehabilitation hospitals serve urban, suburban and rural communities and are located in 13 counties across the State. For more information, visit www.umms.org.

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