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Congratulations to our 163 faculty physicians for being named 2020 “Top Docs” by Baltimore Magazine!

October 20, 2020 | Baltimore Magazine

Acupuncturist (non-M.D.)

Brian Jackson, Lac
Instructor of Orthopaedics

Adolescent Medicine

Jack Gladstein, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Interim Division Head, Pediatric Neurology
Director, Pediatric Headache Clinic

Anesthesiology

Douglas Martz, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Mark DiMino, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Breast Surgery

Suliat Nurudeen, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Cardiac Anesthesia

Patrick Odonkor, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Cardiac Surgery-Mitral Valve/Aortic Valve/Coronary Artery Bypass

James Gammie, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery

R. C. Stewart Finney, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery

Cardiology-Electrophysiology

Timm-Michael Dickfeld, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Interim Clinical Co-Director of Cardiovascular Medicine

Vincent See, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Program in Atrial Fibrillation and  Inherited Arrhythmia Program

Stephen Shorofsky, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Electrophysiology Program

Cardiology-Interventional

Diljon Chahal, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Michael Drossner, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Anuj Gupta, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cath Lab

Mark Vesely, MD 
Associate Professor of Medicine

Matthew R. Voss, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Syed Shumile Haider Zaidi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Cardiology-Non-Interventional

Brian Barr, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

R. Michael Benitez, MD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Stacy Fisher, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Director, Women's and Complex Heart Diseases

Susie Hong- Zohlman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology Nuclear Medicine

Libin Wang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Genetics

Carol Greene, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and OB GYN & Reproductive Science 

Colo-Rectal

Andrea Bafford, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Section Chief of Colorectal Surgery

Nader Hanna, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director of Clinical Operations, Division of General & Oncologic Surgery
Cancer Institute Director, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center

Cosmetic Surgery-Breast/Body Contouring

Yvonne Rasko, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery

Dermatologic Surgery

Zaineb Makhzoumi, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Section Head, Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology
Director of Clinical Services, Department of Dermatology

Dermatology

Zaineb Makhzoumi, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Section Head, Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology
Director of Clinical Services, Department of Dermatology

Risa Jampel, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Diabetes Care

Rana Malek, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Kashif Munir, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, University of Maryland Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology

Emergency Medicine

Amit Chandra, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, UMMC Midtown

Brian Corwell, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Orthopaedics
Director, The Concussion Clinic, Emergency Medicine

David Efron, MD
Medical Director, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Chief of Trauma

Jaron Santelli, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine  and Orthopaedics

Thomas Scalea, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director, Program in Trauma
Physician-in-Chief, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
System Chief for Critical Care Services, University of Maryland Medical System

Michael Winters, MD
Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine

Emergency Surgery

Jose Diaz, Jr., MD
Professor of Surgery and Epidemiology & Public Health
Chief, Division Acute Care Surgery

Endocrinology

Rana Malek, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Kashif Munir, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, University of Maryland Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology

Environmental/Occupational Health

Stella Hines, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Family Medicine

Katherine Jacobson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine

Kristen Reavis, MD
Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine

Gastroenterology

Peter Darwin, MD
Professor of Medicine

Eric Goldberg, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Gastroenterology-Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Raymond Cross, MD 
Professor of Medicine
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program

General Cosmetic Surgery

Yvonne Rasko, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery

General Obstetrics/ High-Risk Obstetrics

Sarah Crimmins, DO
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Director of Labor and Delivery

General Pediatric Surgery

Helena Crowley, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Kimberly Lumpkins, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery

James Moore, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Eric Strauch, MD 
Associate Professor of Surgery

General Pediatrics

Rebecca Carter, MD 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

General Surgery

Stephen Kavic, MD
Professor of Surgery

Gynecologic Oncology

Gautam Rao, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences 

Dana Roque, MD 
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Hematology

Jennie Law, MD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Ann Zimrin, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Hospitalist Medicine

Nidhi Goel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Abel Joy, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Hyperbaric Medicine

Kinjal Sethuraman, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Intensivists/Critical Care

Nirav Shah, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Internal Medicine-General

Jung-Soo Hong, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs

Interventional Radiology

Kevin Jarrell, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Margaret Lynch-Nyhan, MBBCh
Clinical Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

John Werner, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Sarah Crimmins, DO
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Director of Labor and Delivery

Katherine Goetzinger, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Rebecca Jessel, MD 
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Ozhan Turan, MD
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Director of Fetal Therapy and Complicated Obstetrical Surgery
Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Vice Chair for Obstetric Services

Neonatology

Natalie Davis, MD 
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Dina El-Metwally, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Interim Division Head 
Medical Director, NICU

Suma Hoffman, MD 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Rose Viscardi, MD 
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine

Nephrology

Matthew Weir, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division Head, Nephrology

Neurology-Epilepsy

Peter Crino, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Anatomy Neurobiology and Psychiatry
Chair, Department of Neurology

Jennifer Hopp, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director of the Epilepsy Division

Neil Porter, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

Neurology-General

Neil Porter, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

Neurology-Movement Disorder

Stephen Reich, MD
The Frederick Henry Prince Distinguished Professor in Neurology

Joseph Savitt, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology

Neurology-Multiple Sclerosis

David Benavides, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Physiology

Neurology-Neuromuscular

Neil Porter, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

Neurosurgery

Charles Sansur, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Director of Spine Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery

Graeme Woodworth, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Diagnostic Radiology Nuclear Medicine and Anatomy Neurobiology
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Director of the Brain Tumor Treatment & Research Center

Nuclear Medicine

Wengen Chen, BM, PhD
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Oncology-Bone Marrow Transplant

Nancy Hardy, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Cell Therapy & Graft Engineering Laboratories

Aaron Rapoport, MD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief of the Hematology/Oncology Division
Director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Jean Yared, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Oncology-Breast

Paula Rosenblatt, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Hematology and Oncology

Katherine Tkaczuk, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Breast Evaluation and Treatment Program

Oncology-Colon

Yixing Jiang, BM, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, GI Medical Oncology

Oncology-Pancreatic

Yixing Jiang, BM, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, GI Medical Oncology

Oncology-Prostate

Arif Hussain, MD
Professor of Medicine and BioChemistry & Molecular Biology, Pathology
Co-Leader, Hormone Responsive Cancers Program

Heather Mannuel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Ophthalmology

Lily Im, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Director, Glaucoma Service

Bennie Jeng, MD
Professor and Chief of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Oral Maxillofacial

John Caccamese, Jr., MD, DMD
Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Pediatrics

Orthopedic Oncology

Vincent Ng, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics

Orthopedic Surgery-Foot and Ankle  

Natalie Danna, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopedics

Orthopedic Surgery-Hand

Ngozi Akabudike, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopedics

Raymond Pensy, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics

Orthopedic Surgery/Sports Medicine

R. Frank Henn III, MD
Professor of Orthopaedics
Director of the Program in Sports Medicine

Jonathan Packer, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics

Orthopedics-General

Jonathan Packer, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics

Otolaryngology-Adult General

Rodney Taylor, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Jeffrey Wolf, MD
Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Associate Chair of Clinical Practice
Co-Director of General Otolaryngology

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Malignancies

Kyle Hatten, MD
Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Rodney Taylor, MD
Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Jeffrey Wolf, MD
Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Associate Chair of Clinical Practice
Co-Director of General Otolaryngology

Palliative Medicine

Raya Kheirbek, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Pathology

Olga Ioffe, MD
Professor of Pathology
Division Head, Anatomic Pathology

Pediatric Allergy

Mary Beth Bollinger, DO
Professor of Pediatrics

Anupama Kewalramani, MD 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatric Behavior & Development

Deborah Badawi, MD 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatric Cardiology

Alicia Chaves, MD 
Assistant Professor Pediatrics

Peter Gaskin, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Deneen Heath, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Geoffrey Rosenthal, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics  and Medicine, Epidemiology & Public Health
Division Head, Pediatric Cardiology
Director of the Pediatric & Congenital Heart Program

Sudhir Vashist, MD, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Jason Custer, MD 
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director on the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Forrest Closson, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology 
 
Elizabeth Hines, MD 
Assistant Professor Pediatrics

Richard Lichenstein, MD 
Professor of Pediatrics

Getachew Teshome, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division Head of Emergency Medicine in Pediatrics 

Pediatric Endocrinology

Ryan Miller, MD 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Paula Newton, MD 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Pediatric Endocrinology

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Samra Blanchard, MD 
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division Head, Gastroenterology
Division Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology

Runa Watkins, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Regina Macatanguy, MD 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Ashley Munchel, MD 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Teresa York, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Interim Division Head, Hematology/Oncology-Pediatrics 

Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine

Jack Gladstein, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Interim Division Head, Pediatric Neurology 
Director, Pediatric Headache Clinic

Nidhi Goel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

James Campbell, MD
Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatric Nephrology

Bakri Alzarka, MD 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatric Neurology

Stephen Thompson, MD 
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Medical Director of Pediatric Neurology

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Mari Groves, MD 
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Janet Alexander, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Pediatrics

M. Roni Levin, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Pediatrics

Pediatric Orthopedics

Joshua Abzug, MD 
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Pediatrics
Deputy Surgeon-In-Chief, UM Children’s Hospital
Director of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Pediatric Psychiatry (child)

Sarah Edwards, DO 
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services

Pediatric Pulmonology

Anayansi Lasso-Pirot, MD 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division Head of Pulmonology/Allergy

Pediatric Rheumatology

Melissa Hawkins-Holt, MD 
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatric Sports Medicine

Brian Corwell, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Orthopaedics
Director, The Concussion Clinic, Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Urology

Kimberly Lumpkins, MD 
Associate Professor of Surgery

Roger Voigt, MB, ChB
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division Head, Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, University of Maryland Children's Hospital

Plastic Surgery-Reconstructive

Erin Rada, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Yvonne Rasko, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery

Sheri Slezak, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division Head, Plastic Surgery

Podiatry (non-M.D.)

Jacob Wynes, DPM
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Co-Director of the UM Limb Preservation Program

Prostate Cancer Surgery

M. Minhaj Siddiqui, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Urologic Oncology and Robotic Surgery
Chief of Urology, Baltimore VA Medical Center

Pulmonary

Ashutosh Sachdeva, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Radiation Oncology

Mark Mishra, MD
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Pranshu Mohindra, MD, MBBS

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Director, Department of Radiation Oncology

Jason Molitoris, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology

Elizabeth Nichols, MD
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Clinical Director, Department of Radiation Oncology

William Regine, MD
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Diagnostic Radiology Nuclear Medicine
Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology
Executive Director, Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC)

Radiology

Jean Jeudy, MD
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Jade Wong, MD
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine and Surgery

Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology

Melissa Hawkins-Holt, MD 
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Sleep Medicine

Montserrat Diaz-Abad, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Spine Surgery

Steven Ludwig, MD
Professor of Orthopaedics                                                                                                                                                            
Division Head, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery

Charles Sansur, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Director of Spine Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery

Sports Medicine (Non-Surgical)

Jaron Santelli, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Orthopaedics

Brian Corwell, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Orthopaedics
Director, The Concussion Clinic, Emergency Medicine

Surgical Oncology

Nader Hanna, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director of Clinical Operations, Division of General & Oncologic Surgery
Cancer Institute Director, University of Maryland, St. Joseph Medical Center

Richelle Williams, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Thoracic Surgery

Whitney Burrows, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery

Gavin Henry, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Clinical Operations, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Shelby Stewart, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Transplant-Cardiac

Bartley Griffith, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director of the Cardiac and Lung Transplant Programs

David Kaczorowski, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery

Transplant-Lung

Bartley Griffith, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director of the Cardiac and Lung Transplant Programs

Christine Lau, MD, MBA
Dr. Robert W. Buxton Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, University of Maryland Medical Center

Transplant: Kidney/Pancreas/Liver

Joseph Scalea, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology

Urogynecology

Harry Johnson, MD
Assistant Professor of OB GYN & Reproductive Sciences and Surgery
Division Head, Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstruction

Rena Malik, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and OB GYN & Reproductive Sciences
Director of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Division of Urology

Urology

Rena Malik, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and OB GYN & Reproductive Sciences
Director of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Division of Urology

Michael Phelan, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery

M. Minhaj Siddiqui, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Urologic Oncology and Robotic Surgery

Vascular Surgery

Khanjan Nagarsheth, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Medical Director, UM Office Based Laboratory (OBL)
Co-Director, UM Limb Preservation Program

Rajabrata Sarkar, MD, PhD 
Professor of Surgery and Physiology
Division Head, Vascular Surgery
Vice Chair for Clinical Operations, Department of Surgery

Shahab Toursavadkohi, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery

Weight Management

Ava Port, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

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