Nearly 350 UH Physicians Named "Best Doctors" Cleveland Magazine 2019

Nearly 350 UH physicians have been named “Best Doctors” in Cleveland Magazine’s annual issue spotlighting clinical excellence. UH had representatives on the list from 56 specialties and 29 UH hospitals, health centers and practice locations.

Cleveland Magazine partnered with the Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. research team to review physicians nominated by their peers for providing the most outstanding healthcare. The magazine also features quotes from Northeast Ohio doctors singled out for excellence in brain health, including Cathy Sila, MD, Chair of the Department of Neurology at UH Cleveland Medical Center, who appears on the magazine cover. 

Anesthesiology
Edwin G. Avery, MD
Kathleen Y. Cho, MD
Matthew Norcia, MD
Marc J. Popovich, MD
Kasia P. Rubin, MD, MBA

Cardiovascular Disease
Mauricio S. Arruda, MD
Guilherme Attizzani, MD
Hiram Bezerra, MD, PhD
Ivan T. Cakulev, MD
Teresa L. Carman, MD
Marco A. Costa, MD, PhD
Michael J. Cunningham, MD
Barry A. Effron, MD
Michel G. Farah, MD
Naim Z. Farhat, MD
Mahazarin B. Ginwalla, MD
Heather L. Gornik, MD
Lloyd H. Green, MD
Brian D. Hoit, MD
Atul R. Hulyalkar, MD
Richard A. Josephson, MD
David B. Joyce, MD
Judith Mackall, MD
Sri Krishna Madan Mohan, MD
Guilherme Oliveira, MD
Aaron Proweller, MD, PhD
Chad Eric Raymond, DO
Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD
Daniel I. Simon, MD
Sergio G. Thal, MD
Albert L. Waldo, MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
John Hertzer, MD
Nora K. McNamara, MD
Molly McVoy, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery
Meagan M. Costedio, MD
David W. Dietz, MD

Dermatology
Jeremy S. Bordeaux, MD
Kevin D. Cooper, MD
Kord Honda, MD
Neil J. Korman, MD, PhD
Susan T. Nedorost, MD

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Denise Bothe, MD
Marie A. Clark, MD, MPH
Nancy J. Roizen, MD

Emergency Medicine
Jessica R. Goldstein, MD

Endocrinology and Metabolism
Baha Mahmoud Arafah, MD

Family Medicine
Louise S. Acheson, MD
Jason Chao, MD
David J. Dulle, MD
Bruce A. Gerlach, MD
Sean Daniel Hoynes, MD
Patricia Kellner, MD
Robert B. Truax, DO
Sharon E. Van Nostran, DO
Larry J. Witmer, DO
Todd Michael Zeiger, MD
Brian D. Zelis, MD

Gastroenterology
Rami Abbass, MD
Amitabh Chak, MD
Gregory S. Cooper, MD
John A. Dumot, DO
Ashley L. Faulx, MD
Katarina B. Greer, MD
Gerard Isenberg, MD
Jeffry A. Katz, MD
Michael K. Koehler, MD
Eric J. Shapiro, MD
Richard C.K. Wong, MD

General Surgery
Jeffrey M. Marks, MD
Raymond P. Onders, MD

Hand Surgery
J. Robert Anderson, MD
Stephen H. Lacey, MD
Kevin Malone, MD

Hematology and Oncology
Joseph Baar, MD, PhD
Paolo F. Caimi, MD
Brenda W. Cooper, MD
Marcos de Lima, MD
Afshin Dowlati, MD
Stanton L. Gerson, MD
Lalitha V. Nayak, MD
Alvin H. Schmaier, MD
Paula Silverman, MD
Lois J. Teston, MD

Hepatology
Anthony B. Post, MD

Infectious Disease
Keith B. Armitage, MD
Scott Fulton, MD
Barbara M. Gripshover, MD
Robert A. Salata, MD

Internal Medicine
Ewa B. Bak, MD
Roy Buchinsky, MD
Shelby J. Cash, MD
Sheila M. Rice Dane, MD
Donald James Ebersbacher, MD
Michael B. Eckstein, MD
Scott C. Feudo, MD
Carla Harwell, MD
David J. Headen, MD
Alan M. Hirsh, MD
Debra S. Leizman, MD
Jill Chavinson Miller, MD
Stephen Rudolph, MD
Suzanne Schaffer, MD
Jodie Lynne Strauss, DO
Claudia Villabona, MD
Eric M. Yasinow, MD

Medical Genetics
Jirair (Jerry) K. Bedoyan, MD, PhD
Suzanne D. DeBrosse, MD
Anthony J. Wynshaw-Boris, MD
Arthur B. Zinn, MD, PhD

Neonatology
Monika M. Bhola, MD
Moira A. Crowley, MD
Jonathan Fanaroff, MD, JD
Anna Maria Hibbs, MD
Richard J. Martin, MD
Mary L. Nock, MD
Eileen K. Stork, MD
Michele C. Walsh, MD
Deanne Wilson-Costello, MD
Qin Yao, MD

Nephrology
Donald E. Hricik, MD

Neurological Surgery
Nick Bambakidis, MD
Jonathan Miller, MD
Warren R. Selman, MD
Andrew Sloan, MD

Neurology
John C. Andrefsky, MD
Michael A. DeGeorgia, MD
Michael W. Devereaux, MD
Anthony J. Furlan, MD
Bashar Katirji, MD
Hans O. Luders, MD, PhD
Daniel W. Miller, MD
David C. Preston, MD
Jenice A. Robinson, MD
Lisa Rogers, DO
Barbara Shapiro, MD, PhD
Cathy A. Sila, MD
Wei Xiong, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Karen L. Ashby, MD
Corinne A. Bazella, MD
Megan R. Billow, DO
Jane E. Corteville, MD
Nancy J. Cossler, MD
Angelina Gangestad, MD
Kimberly S. Gecsi, MD
James M. Goldfarb, MD
Marjorie L. Greenfield, MD
David Hackney, MD
Thomas Janicki, MD
Justin R. Lappen, MD
Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD
Susan J. Lasch, MD
James H. Liu, MD
Tia M. Melton, MD
Christa I. Nagel, MD
Marc E. Snelson, MD
Sandhia Varyani, MD
Vivian E. von Gruenigen, MD
Steven E. Waggoner, MD
Martin F. Wieczorek, MD

Ophthalmology
Julie K. Belkin, MD
William E. Bruner II, MD
Edward N. Burney, MD
Kathleen A. Lamping, MD
Mark D. Pophal, MD
Douglas J. Rhee, MD
Michael Paul Shaughnessy, MD
Kathleen M. Zielinski, MD

Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Donald B. Goodfellow, MD
J. Martin Leland, MD
Michael Salata, MD
James E. Voos, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery
John E. Feighan, MD
Patrick J. Getty, MD
Robert Gillespie, MD
Matthew Kraay, MD
Randall E. Marcus, MD
William Petersilge, MD
Brian Victoroff, MD

Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
John K. Sontich, MD

Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Pierre Lavertu, MD
Nicole C. Maronian, MD
Cliff A. Megerian, MD
Rod Rezaee, MD
Theodoros Nicholas Teknos, MD

Pathology
Hannah L. Gilmore, MD
Howard J. Meyerson, MD
Raymond Redline, MD
Christine L. Schmotzer, MD
Jay K. Wasman, MD
Joseph Willis, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiology
John Stork, MD
Paul A. Tripi, MD

Pediatric Cardiology
Christopher S. Snyder, MD

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Richard H. Speicher, MD
Anne G. Stormorken, MD

Pediatric Endocrinology
Rose Gubitosi-Klug, MD, PhD
Beth A. Kaminski, MD
Sarah A. MacLeish, DO
Naveen Kumar Uli, MD
Jamie R. Wood, MD
Teresa N. Zimmerman, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology
Thomas J. Sferra, MD

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Sanjay P. Ahuja, MD
Jignesh D. Dalal, MD
Rachel A. Egler, MD

Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Claudia Hoyen, MD
Ethan Leonard, MD
Grace McComsey, MD

Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Krystal L. Tomei, MD, MPH

Pediatric Neurology
Nancy Bass, MD
Deborah Rukin Gold, MD
Max Wiznitzer, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmology
Faruk Orge, MD

Pediatric Otolaryngology
Todd D. Otteson, MD, MPH

Pediatric Pulmonology
Daniel I. Craven, MD
Michael Konstan, MD
Kimberly A. McBennett, MD, PhD
Ross E. Myers, MD
Kristie R. Ross, MD

Pediatric Radiology
Carlos Sivit, MD

Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Carol Lynn Rosen, MD

Pediatric Sports Medicine
Susannah Briskin, MD
Amanda K. Weiss Kelly, MD
Pediatric Surgery
Edward M. Barksdale, Jr., MD

Pediatric Urology
Lynn L. Woo, MD

Pediatrics
Joseph Borus, MD
Amy Carruthers, MD
Jennifer Cochran, MD
Michael S. Dell, MD
Lyn H. Dickert-Leonard, MD
Elizabeth Feighan, MD
Douglas C. Fleck, MD
Erin K. Frank, MD
Lydia Furman, MD
Marilee Gallagher, MD
Andrew Garner, MD, PhD
Cynthia R. Gherman, MD
Kathleen T. Grady, MD
Mary Kay Greenberg, MD
Douglas Hackenberg, MD
Elizabeth L. Hellerstein, MD
Kelly L. W. Joyce, MD
Jon D. Kannensohn, MD
Rina F. Lazebnik, MD
James T. Leslie, MD
Brenda McGhee, MD
Alex H. Namrow, MD
Keith L. Ponitz, MD
Justin Rich, MD
Barbara Rowane, MD
Robyn Strosaker, MD
Susan Vargo, MD
Angela Vitiello, MD
Brian Zack, MD

Psychiatry
Jaina I. Amin, MD
Joseph Calabrese, MD
Kathleen Clegg, MD
Christina M. Delos Reyes, MD
Keming Gao, MD, PhD
John A. Heather, MD
Jeanne Lackamp, MD
Kay Quaintance McKenzie, MD
Stephen G. Noffsinger, MD
Phillip J. Resnick, MD
Robert J. Ronis, MD, MPH
Stephen L. Ruedrich, MD
Martha S. Schinagle, MD
Susan Stagno, MD

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Rodney J. Folz, MD, PhD
Rana B. Hejal, MD
David M. Rosenberg, MD, MPH
Kingman Strohl, MD

Radiation Oncology
Eleanor Elizabeth Ramsey Harris, MD
Janice Apter Lyons, MD
Mitchell X. Machtay, MD
David B. Mansur, MD
Min Yao, MD, PhD

Radiology
Michael D. Coffey, MD
Robert C. Gilkeson, MD
Raj Paspulati, MD
Donna M. Plecha, MD
Jeffrey L. Sunshine, MD, PhD
Robert W. Tarr, MD

Surgical Oncology
Jill R. Dietz, MD
Jeff M. Hardacre, MD
Robert R. Shenk, MD
Scott Wilhelm, MD

Thoracic Surgery
Joseph F. Sabik, MD

Trauma Surgery
Glen Tinkoff, MD

Transplant Surgery
Kenneth D. Chavin, MD, PhD
Edmund Q. Sanchez, MD

Urology
Donald Bodner, MD
Sangeeta Mahajan, MD
Lee Ponsky, MD
John C. Rabets, MD

Vascular Surgery
Vikram Kashyap, MD
Virginia L. Wong, MD