This year, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine’s 2020 “Top Doctors: Rising Stars” included 94 University of Minnesota Physicians (M Physicians) doctors across 35 specialties.
To be selected, “Top Doctors: Rising Stars” candidates must have been fully licensed and in practice for 10 years or less. Each individual named to the list of “Top Doctors: Rising Stars” was chosen by peers in the field. All candidates are evaluated on numerous factors, including professional achievement, review by an expert panel, research and disciplinary history.
Below is a list of our doctors that were recognized as 2020 “Top Doctors: Rising Stars.”
Anesthesiology
Aaron A. Berg
Jeffrey O. Grosland
Megan J. Lanigan
Cardiac Surgery
Andrew W. Shaffer
Matthew Soule
Cardiology
Daniel Cortez (Pediatric Cardiology)
Jason A. Bartos
Justin K. Halbe
Nathan Rodgers (Pediatric Cardiology)
Prabhjot Nijjar
Critical Care Medicine
Katie Pendleton
Miriam Shapiro (Pediatric Critical Care)
Dermatology
Adam Mattox
Kevin J. Gaddis
Noah I. Goldfarb
Ronda S. Farah
Endocrinology
Anne Bantle
Megan M. Oberle (Pediatric Endocrinology)
Samar Malaeb
Family Medicine
Andrea K. Westby
Charles R. Salmen
Cherilyn M. Wicks
James E. Hougas, III
Jason A. Ricco
Kathryn M. Brown
Laura M. W. Miller
Tanner J. Nissly
Gastroenterology
Catherine M. Larson-Nath (Pediatric Gastroenterology)
Eugenia Shmidt
Guru Trikudanathan
Kimberly C. Viskocil
Nabeel Azeem
Thomas M. Leventhal
General Surgery
Christopher Tignanelli
Jane Hui
Jennifer Rickard
Andrew W. Shaffer
Matthew Soule
Gynecologic Oncology
Colleen L. Rivard
Hematology
Joan Beckman
Marshall A. Mazepa
Infectious Disease
Archana Bhaskaran
Radha Rajasingham
Internal Medicine
Ben Trappey (Pediatrics)
Brian K. Muthyala
Briar Duffy
Mary Logeais
Ryan Kelly
Maternal/Fetal Medicine
Lisa A. Gill
Katherine Jacobs
Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine
Tate A. Gisslen
Nephrology
Daniel O. Keys
Katti L. Woerner
Sarah Elfering
Scott T. McEwen (Pediatric Nephrology)
Neurological Surgery
Carolina Sandoval-Garcia
Neurology
Amanda M. Moen
Oncology
Katherine W. Chang
Ophthalmology
Collin McClelland
Karen R. Armbrust
Otolaryngology
Luke Jakubowski
Raluca T. Gray
Sobia F. Khaja
Pathology
Michael Linden
Paari Murugan
Pediatrics
Danielle R. Bullock
Laura J. Hagemeyer
Matthew Armfield
Molly Wyman
Robin L. Williams
Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation
Stephanie E. Standal
Plastic Surgery
Nicholas Kim
Psychiatry
Katharine Nelson
Pulmonary Medicine
Katherine Janssen
Laurel E. Stephenson
Nathaniel T. Gaeckle
Roy J. Cho
Umesh Goswami
William H. Amundson
Radiation Oncology
Christopher T. Wilke
Radiology
Anil Chauhan
Benjamin Spilseth
Matthew A. Rischall
Noelle Hoven
Shamar J. Young
Takashi Takahashi
Rheumatology
Nitika Ghattaura
Sports Medicine
David J. Jewison
David A. Supik
Thoracic Surgery
Madhuri V. Rao
Transplant Surgery
Vanessa Humphreville
Varvara Kirchner
Urogynecology
Cynthia Fok
Urology
Joseph Zabell
Michael S. Borofsky