Mpls.St.Paul Magazine’s 2025 Rising Stars honors 112 University of Minnesota Physicians (M Physicians) doctors across 34 specialties. The Rising Stars list celebrates these doctors for their commitment to patients across the State of Minnesota and contributions to the future of patient care throughout the first decade of their career.
M Physicians doctors account for over one quarter of the list, the most of any practice represented.
Each year, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine asks physicians across Minnesota, “If you or a loved one needed medical care, which doctor would you recommend?” To be nominated for the rising stars list, physicians must have been fully licensed for 10 years or less. The final list of honorees is determined by a panel of peer physicians.
“As University physicians, one of our most critical responsibilities is training the next generation of doctors to care for Minnesota,” said Bevan Yueh, MD, MPH, CEO of University of Minnesota Physicians and Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs at the U of M Medical School. “These Rising Stars are leaders in their disciplines, bringing research discoveries directly to patients and preparing their trainees to do the same.”
Meet this year’s M Physicians Rising Stars:
Anesthesiology
- Anna Budde
- Iryna Chugaieva
- Benjamin Gorbaty
- Daniel Lotz
- Benjamin Matelich
- Lisa Sun
Cardiology
- Aaron Ho
- Rajat Kalra
- Valmiki Maharaj
- Jeremy Markowitz
- Daniel Peck
- Juan Carlos Samayoa Escobar
- Jessica Schultz
- Kavisha Shah
- Jeremy Van'T Hof
- Brent White
Colon & Rectal Surgery
- Elliot Arsoniadis
- Paolo Goffredo
- Cyrus Jahansouz
Critical Care Medicine
- Nicholas Brown
- Julia Heneghan
- Sarah Kiel
- Nicholas Kucher
- Sacha Kumar
- Kathleen Mahan
- Alexandra Marquez
- Atul Mehta
- Joseph Resch
- William Sveen
Dermatology
- Eamonn Maher
Emergency Medicine
- Nicholas Sausen
Endocrinology
- Jacob Kohlenberg
- Megan Kristan
Family Medicine
- Anne Doering
- Mark Nelson
- Allison Newman
- Chelsea Thibodeau
Gastroenterology
- Elizabeth Aby
- Heli Bhatt
- Vikram Christian
- Aayush Gabrani
- Kristin McBeath
- Joshua Sloan
- Mary Thomson
Genetic Medicine
- Charles Billington Jr.
Gynecologic Oncology
- Jordan Mattson
Infectious Disease
- Aditya Chandorkar
- Lauren Fontana
Internal Medicine
- Thomas Byrd IV
- Brian Hilliard
- Lan Luu
Maternal/Fetal Medicine
- Sabrina Burn
- Bethany Sabol
- Sarah Wernimont
Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine
- Lauren Buckley
- Ellen Diego
- Ellen Ingolfsland
- Julie Johnson Rolfes
- Rachel Koski
- Marie Swanson
Nephrology
- Anne Kouri
Neurology
- Oladi Bentho
- Jacob Manske
- William Mantyh
- Abby Metzler
- Jacob Torrison
Oncology
- Arjun Gupta
Ophthalmology
- Wassef Chanbour
- Ethan Greenberg
Orthopaedic Surgery
- Nathan Hendrickson
- Christopher Martin
- Allison Rao
Otolaryngology
- Ethan Bassett
- Neal Godse
- Kolin Rubel
- Jenna Van Beck
Pediatric Surgery
- Randi Lassiter
Pediatrics
- Lahn Nguyen
- Sean O'Brien
- Rachel Poeppelman
- Sarah Raatz
- Michael Sundberg
Physical Med/Rehabilitation (Physiatry)
- David Balser
- William Fredericks
- Mahmood Gharib
- Mihir Joshi
- Michael Kasprzak
- Stephanie Standal
Plastic Surgery
- Thomas Suszynski
Psychiatry
- Jonathan Homans
- Tolulope Odebunmi
- Amanda Schlesinger
- Saydra Wilson
Pulmonary Medicine
- Dorothy Curran
- Hem Desai
- Aahd Kubbara
- Christine Lambert
- Erin McHugh
- Jennifer Wong
Radiation Oncology
- Sara Alcorn
Radiology
- Jeffrey Ames
- Robben Schat
Rheumatology
- Emily Hause
- Shawn Mahmud
Sports Medicine
- Jacob Kastner
- Edward Smith
- David Supik
Surgery, General
- David Brauer
- David Martin
- Eric Wise
Thoracic Surgery
- Tessa Watt
Urology
- Bryan Hinck