Mpls.St.Paul Magazine recently released its 2019 list of Top Doctors which features 370 physicians representing 45 specialties across the M Health Fairview system - the most physicians in the metro. Of these honorees, 151 are University of Minnesota Physicians in 44 specialties – the highest percentage of Top Doctors on the list.
Top Doctors are nominated by their peers, who are asked whom they would choose if they or a loved one were seeking medical care. The candidates who made the final list were grouped into 45 specialties and evaluated on indicators of peer recognition, professional achievement, research and disciplinary history.
The doctors who acquired the highest total points from the surveys, research, and the expert physician review panel were named Top Docs.“This is a tremendous honor for each of the physicians selected by their peers as Top Doctors,” says Badrinath Konety, MD, MBA, CEO, University of Minnesota Physicians and Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Minnesota Medical School.
“I’m incredibly proud of each of these talented physicians on this well-deserved recognition,” said Mark Welton, MD, Fairview’s Chief Medical Officer. “They have earned the confidence and high regard of their peers and continue to provide the best care possible for our patients. Congratulations to all of our Top Docs.”
“We are proud of this recognition as a reflection of our commitment to provide the best possible and continue to be a healthcare leader across the region.”
Anesthesiology
Tjorvi Perry, MD, MMSc
Richard Prielipp, MD
Blood and Marrow Transplant
Bruce Blazar, MD*
Paul Orchard, MD*
Angela Smith, MD, MS*
Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD*
John Wagner, Jr., MD*
Cardiology
Stephen Battista, MD, FACC
Karl Foster-Smith, MD, FACC
Jamie Lohr, MD*
Cindy Martin, MD
Ganesh Raveendran, MD
Scott Sakaguchi, MD
Julia Steinberger, MD, MS*
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Rosemary Kelly, MD
Sara Shumway, MD
Cardiovascular Surgery
Ranjit John, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Robert Madoff, MD
Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD
Critical Care Medicine
Caroline George, MD*
Ashley Loomis, MD*
Jennifer Needle, MD, MPH*
Dermatology
Kimberly Bohjanen, MD, FAAD
Kristen Hook, MD, FAAD*
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Andrew Barnes, MD, MPH*
Emergency Medicine
Eric Christianson, MD
Ronald Furnival, MD*
Rahul Kaila, MD, MPH*
Mark Roback, MD*
Endocrinology
Lynn Burmeister, MD
Bradley Miller, MD, PhD*
Antoinette Moran, MD*
Brandon Nathan, MD*
Kyriakie Sarafoglou, MD*
J. Bruce Redmon, MD
Elizabeth Seaquist, MD
Family Medicine
Patricia Adam, MD, MSPH**
Nicole Chaisson, MD, MPH
Jon Hallberg, MD
Kara Pacala, MD
Shailendra Prasad, MD, MPH
Jamie Santilli, MD**
Andrew Slattengren, DO
Carolyn Torkelson, MD
Michael Wootten, MD
Gastroenterology
Martin Freeman, MD
Mohamed Hassan, MD, FAASLD
John Lake, MD
J. Shawn Mallery, MD
Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD*
Genetic Medicine
Susan Berry, MD*
Geriatrics
Teresa McCarthy, MD, MS
James Pacala, MD, MS
Gynecologic Oncology
Peter Argenta, MD
Melissa Geller, MD
Sally Mullany, MD
Rahel Ghebre, MD
Hematology
Weston Miller, MD*
Mark Reding, MD
Marie Steiner, MD, MS*
Hematology/Oncology
Anne Blaes, MD
Naomi Fujioka, MD
Edward Greeno, MD
Jeffrey Miller, MD
Joseph Neglia, MD, MPH*
Rebecca Thomas, MD
Gregory Vercellotti, MD, FACP
Brenda Weigel, MD, MSc*
Douglas Yee, MD
Infectious Diseases
Mark Schleiss, MD*
Internal Medicine
Bradley Benson, MD*
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Cresta Jones, MD
Daniel Landers, MD, FACOG
Yasuko Yamamura, MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Catherine Bendel, MD*
Michael Georgieff, MD*
Sixto Guiang III, MD*
Raghavendra Rao, MD*
Nephrology
Blanche Chavers, MD*
Clifford Kashtan, MD*
Michelle Rheault, MD*
Priya Verghese, MD, MPH*
Neuro-Oncology
Christopher Moertel, MD*
Neurology
Thomas Henry, MD
Paul Tuite, MD
David Walk, MD
Neurosurgery
Clark C. Chen, MD, PhD
Daniel Guillaume, MD, MS*
Andrew Grande, MD, FRCS, FAAN
Stephen Haines, MD, FRCS, FAANS**
Matthew Hunt, MD, FRCS, FAANS
Ramachandra Tummala, MD, FRCS, FAANS
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Carrie Terrell, MD, FACOG
Ophthalmology
Andrew Harrison, MD
Michael Lee, MD
Martha Wright, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery
Elizabeth Arendt, MD
Deborah Bohn, MD
Joel Boyd, MD**
Jonathan Braman, MD
Edward Cheng, MD**
Denis Clohisy, MD**
Edward Craig, MD, MPH
Alicia Harrison, MD*
Patrick Morgan, MD
Bradley Nelson, MD
Marc Swiontkowski, MD
Ann Van Heest, MD**
Otolaryngology
Meredith Adams, MD, MS
Peter Hilger, MD
Samir Khariwala, MD
Stephanie Misono, MD, MPH
Bevan Yueh, MD, MPH
Pediatric Surgery
Robert Acton, MD*
Daniel Saltzman, MD, PhD*
Pediatrics
Emily Borman-Shoap, MD
Claudia Fox, MD, MPH*
Nancy Harper, MD
Cynthia Howard, MD, MPHTM*
Abraham Jacob, MD, MHA*
Peter Scal, MD, MPH*
Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation (Physiatry)
Dennis Dykstra, MD, PhD**
Plastic Surgery
Umar Choudry, MD
Psychiatry
Gail Bernstein, MD*
Sheila Specker, MD
Pulmonary Medicine
Joanne Billings, MD, PhD*
H. Erhan Dincer, MD
William Gershan, MD*
Marshall Hertz, MD
Hyun Joo Kim, MD
Radiation Oncology
Kathryn Dusenbery, MD**
Radiology
David Nascene, MD*
Rheumatology
Bryce Binstadt, MD, PhD*
Jerry Molitor, MD, PhD
Mona Riskalla, MD, MS*
Richard Vehe, MD*
Sports Medicine
Robert Johnson, MD
David Olson, MD
Surgery, General
Gregory Beilman, MD*
Jeffrey Chipman, MD
James Harmon, Jr., MD
Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD, MHA
Surgical Oncology
Maria Evasovich, MD
Eric Jensen, MD
Todd Tuttle, MD, MS
Transplant Surgery
Srinath Chinnakotla, MD
Timothy Pruett, MD
Urology
J. Kyle Anderson, MD
Sean Elliott, MD
Badrinath Konety, MD
Jane Lewis, MD*
Christopher Warlick, MD, PhD
*Denotes pediatric provider
** Denotes a provider that sees both children and adults