“If you or a loved one needed medical care, which doctor would you recommend?”
Minnesota Monthly asked 10,000 licensed Minnesota doctors that question this year, and our doctors’ names kept coming up.
Recently, Minnesota Monthly released its survey results in the magazine’s 2019 edition of “Top Doctors.” The list recognizes 189 doctors from University of Minnesota Physicians (M Physicians). It represents outstanding care across a variety of medical specialty areas, showing that no matter what your needs are, one of our experts has you covered.
Minnesota Monthly first introduced the rankings in 2014. Physicians were selected through peer nominations and medical expertise. Survey participants were asked to name three doctors other than themselves in each specialty category, and the doctors whose names appear most frequently are recognized in an edition of the magazine.
“Congratulations to each of these physicians for being named Top Doctors,” said Badrinath Konety, MD, MBA, CEO of M Physicians. “This recognition underscores our commitment to driving a healthier future rooted in our values and commitments to the people we serve.”
Scroll down to see the complete list of M Physicians doctors recognized in 2019 by Minnesota Monthly. Pediatric specialists are marked with an asterisk.
Anesthesiology
Kumar Belani, MD
Martina Richtsfeld, MD
Clarence Shannon, MD
Breast Surgery
Jane Hui, MD
Todd Tuttle, MD
Cardiology
Matthew Ambrose, MD*
Rebecca Ameduri, MD*
Elizabeth Braunlin, MD*
Gurumurthy Hiremath, MD*
Jamie Lohr, MD*
Kimara March, MD
Cindy Martin, MD
Thenappan Thenappan, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Wolfgang Gaertner, MD
Robert Madoff, MD
Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD
Critical Care Medicine
Jason Bartos, MD
Gregory Beilman, MD
Melissa Brunsvold, MD
Caroline George, MD*
Sameer Gupta, MD*
Ashley Loomis, MD*
Ronald Reilkoff, MD
Dermatology
Rehana Ahmed-Saucedo, MD
Kimberly Bohjanen, MD
Christina Boull, MD*
Ronda Farah, MD
Noah Goldfarb, MD
Maria Hordinsky, MD
Sheilagh Maguiness, MD*
Ingrid Polcari, MD*
Developmental-Behavioral
Andrew Barnes, MD*
Katherine Murray, MD*
Diagnostic Radiology
Tara Holm, MD
Jessica Kuehn-Hajder, MD
Emergency Medicine
Jeffrey Louie, MD
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Melena Bellin, MD*
Lynn Burmeister, MD
Lisa Chow, MD
Samar Malaeb, MD
Bradley Miller, MD, PhD*
Brandon Nathan, MD*
Kiki Sarafoglou, MD*
Elizabeth Seaquist, MD
Family Medicine
Nicole Chaisson, MD
Kirby Clark, MD
Jon Hallberg, MD
James Pacala, MD
Kara Pacala, MD
Angela Smithson, MD, MPH
Carolyn Torkelson, MD
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Stuart Amateau, MD
John Lake, MD
Catherine Larson-Nath, MD
Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD
Boris Sudel, MD
General Surgery
Robert Acton, MD
Maria Evasovich, MD
Donavon Hess, MD
Daniel Saltzman, MD, PhD
Genetics
Susan Berry, MD
Timothy Moss, MD, PhD
Mary Ella Pierpont, MD, PhD
Gynecologic Oncology
Peter Argenta, MD
Britt Erickson, MD
Melissa Geller, MD
Rahel Ghebre, MD
Sally Mullany, MD
Colleen Rivard Hunt, MD
Deanna Teoh, MD
Hand Surgery
Ann Van Heest, MD
Hematology
Mark Reding, MD
Gregory Vercellotti, MD
Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Naomi Goloff, MD
Hospital Medicine
Brian Muthyala, MD, MPH
Andrew Olson, MD
Infectious Disease
Anne-Marie Leuck, MD
Meghan Rothenberger, MD
Jo-Anne Young, MD
Internal Medicine
Bradley Benson, MD
David Macomber, MD
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Stephen Contag, MD
Katherine Jacobs, DO
Cresta Jones, MD
Daniel Landers, MD
Yasuko Yamamura, MD
Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
Catherine Bendel, MD
Erin Osterholm, MD
Sara Ramel, MD
Nephrology
Blanche Chavers, MD
Sarah Elfering, MD
Michelle Rheault, MD
Samy Riad, MD
Priya Verghese, MD
Neurology
Peter Karachunski, MD
Joseph Matsumoto, MD
David Walk, MD
Neurosurgery
Andrew Grande, MD
Daniel Guillaume, MD
Matthew Hunt, MD
Ramachandra Tummala, MD
Nuclear Medicine
Zuzan Cayci, MD
Jerry Froelich, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Suzanne Darnell, MD
Rebecca French, MD
Samantha Hoffman, MD
Mary Pukite, MD
Carrie Terrell, MD
Oncology
Heather Beckwith, MD
Anne Blaes, MD
Naomi Fujioka, MD
Emily Greengard, MD*
Emil Lou, MD, PhD
Christopher Moertel, MD*
Joseph Neglia, MD, MPH*
Manish Patel, DO
Karim Sadak, MD, MPH*
Heather Stefanski, MD*
Lucie Turcotte, MD, MPH*
Brenda Weigel, MD*
Ophthalmology
Jill Anderson, MD
Raymond Areaux, MD
Andrew Harrison, MD
Dara Koozekanani, MD
Michael Lee, MD
Collin McClelland, MD
Ali Mokhtarzadeh, MD
Optometry
Cheryl Zabrowski, OD
Orthopedic Surgery
Alicia Harrison, MD
Jeffrey Macalena, MD
Bradley Nelson, MD
Orthopedics
Elizabeth Arendt, MD
Jonathan Braman, MD
Otolaryngology
Meredith Adams, MD
Holly Boyer, MD
Luke Jakubowski, MD*
Samir Khariwala, MD
Stephanie Misono, MD, MPH
Brianne Roby, MD
Bevan Yueh, MD, MPH
Pathology
Mahmoud Khalifa, MD, PhD
Pediatrics
Emily Borman-Shoap, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Scott Crowe, MD
Dennis Dykstra, MD, PhD
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (Cosmetic)
Pete Hilger, MD
Sofia Lyford-Pike, MD
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (Non-Cosmetic)
Marie-Claire Buckley, MD
Umar Choudry, MD
Podiatry
Aaron Corfield, DPM
James Mazzuca, DPM
Joseph Schuster, DPM
Psychiatry
Deanna Bass, MD
Katharine Nelson, MD
Radiation Oncology
Chinsoo Cho, MD, MS
Kathryn Dusenbery, MD
Margaret Reynolds, MS
Aika Shoo, MD
Christopher Wilke, MD, PhD
Jianling Yuan, MD, PhD
Radiology
Kelly Dietz, MD
Michael Murati, MD
Benjamin Spilseth, MD
Rheumatology
Bryce Binstadt, MD, PhD
Colleen Correll, MD
Patricia Hobday, MD
Jerry Molitor, MD
Mona Riskalla, MD
Richard Vehe, MD
Sleep Disorders
Tereza Cervenka, MD
Michael Howell, MD
Conrad Iber, MD
Sports Medicine
Kirk Aadalen, MD
Nicholas Edwards, MD
David Jewison, MD
Dave Smith, DO
Thoracic Surgery
Rafael Andrade, MD
Ranjit John, MD
Rosemary Kelly, MD
Urology
Kyle Anderson, MD
Sean Elliott, MD
Cynthia Fok, MD
Badrinath Konety, MD
Jane Lewis, MD
Nissrine Nakib, MD
Christopher Warlick, MD, PhD
Christopher Weight, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Charles Dietz, MD
Siobhan Flanagan, MD
Michael Rosenberg, MD