The 2015-2016 Best Doctors in America ® List by Best Doctors, Inc., has selected 205 University of Virginia Health System physicians as among the best in their respective fields.
Approximately 5 percent of U.S. physicians earn this award, according to Best Doctors, Inc. The honor is based on a confidential survey of more than 40,000 physicians who have been named to the most recent edition of Best Doctors in America. Survey recipients are asked: “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer?” Survey results are then reviewed and verified by Best Doctors, Inc., to assemble the final listing.
“We are pleased to see so many of our physicians recognized for the high-quality, excellent care they provide together with team members from throughout UVA Health System,” said David S. Wilkes, MD, dean of the UVA School of Medicine.
The UVA physicians honored on the 2015-2016 list are highlighted below in alphabetical order. The UVA Health System Find a Doctor directory contains more information about this year’s award winners.
Physician Specialty
Mark F. Abel Pediatric Specialist
Reid Barton Adams Surgery and Surgical Oncology
Gerald Thomas Albrecht Pediatric Specialist
Alan P. Alfano Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Bennett A. Alford Pediatric Specialist and Radiology
Mark W. Anderson Radiology
Stacey M. Anderson Endocrinology and Metabolism
J. Fritz Angle Radiology
Ashok R. Asthagiri Neurological Surgery
Kristen A. Atkins Pathology
Kenneth A. Ballew Internal Medicine
John Barcia Pediatric Specialist
Barrett H. Barnes Pediatric Specialist
Eugene J. Barrett Endocrinology and Metabolism
Robert W. Battle Cardiovascular Disease
Daniel M. Becker Internal Medicine
James D. Bergin Cardiovascular Disease
David L. Bogdonoff Anesthesiology
W. Kline Bolton Nephrology
Stephen M. Borowitz Pediatric Specialist
Christiana M. Brenin Medical Oncology and Hematology
Steve F. Brockmeier Orthopedic Surgery
Thomas E. Brown Orthopedic Surgery
James A. Browne Orthopedic Surgery
Ted M. Burns Neurology
Christine Burt Solorzano Pediatric Specialist
Stephen H. Caldwell Hepatology
Leigh Cantrell Obstetrics and Gynecology
Jeannean Carver Pediatric Specialist
Catherine F. Casey Family Medicine
Jennifer E. Charlton Pediatric Specialist
Kenneth J. Cherry, Jr. Vascular Surgery
Abhinav (Bobby) Chhabra Orthopedic Surgery and Hand Surgery
Christian A. Chisholm Obstetrics and Gynecology
Karl T. Clebak Family Medicine
Brian P. Conway Ophthalmology
Thomas G. Cropley Dermatology
Quanjun “Trey” Cui Orthopedic Surgery
Alan Dalkin Endocrinology and Metabolism
Kelly M. Davidson Medical Oncology and Hematology
John Densmore Medical Oncology and Hematology
Paul Diamond Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
David R. Diduch Orthopedic Surgery
Patrick Michael Dillon Medical Oncology and Hematology
Gerald R. Donowitz Infectious Disease
Michael Douvas Medical Oncology and Hematology
David B. Drake Plastic Surgery
Robert Dreicer Medical Oncology and Hematology
Donald J. Dudley Obstetrics and Gynecology
Kimberly P. Dunsmore Pediatric Specialist
Charles G. Durbin, Jr. Critical Care Medicine
Linda R. Duska Obstetrics and Gynecology
William Jeffrey Elias Neurological Surgery
Gina G. Davis Engel Family Medicine
Avery Jennings Evans Radiology
William S. Evans Endocrinology and Metabolism
Karen Diane Fairchild Pediatric Specialist
James E. (Jef) Ferguson II Obstetrics and Gynecology
Nathan Benjamin Fountain Neurology
Charles M. Friel Colon and Rectal Surgery
Deborah K. Froh Pediatric Specialist
Thomas J. Gampper Pediatric Specialist and Plastic Surgery
John Day Gazewood Family Medicine
Joyce B. Geilker Internal Medicine
Myla D. Goldman Neurology
Howard P. Goodkin Pediatric Specialist
Matthew J. Goodman Internal Medicine
Kenneth E. Greer Dermatology
William W. Grosh Medical Oncology and Hematology
Leigh B. Grossman Pediatric Specialist and Infectious Disease
Elliott C. Haley, Jr. Neurology
Miriam E. Halpern Pediatric Specialist
Peter S. Ham Family Medicine
William G. Harmon Pediatric Specialist
Madaline Harrison Neurology
Jennifer Harvey Radiology
George T. Hashisaki Otolaryngology
Ziv J. Haskal Radiology
Fern Hauck Family Medicine
Evan Heald Internal Medicine
Steven Heim Family Medicine
Ira Marie Helenius Internal Medicine
C. D. Anthony Herndon Pediatric Specialist
Peter W. Heymann Pediatric Specialist
Kathie L. Hullfish Obstetrics and Gynecology
John Jane, Jr. Pediatric Specialist
Jeffrey G. Jenkins Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mary Elizabeth Jensen Radiology
Karen C. Johnston Neurology
David E. Jones Neurology
Kambiz Kalantari Nephrology
David Kaufman Pediatric Specialist
John Allen Kern Thoracic Surgery
Bradley William Kesser Otolaryngology
Tamila L. Kindwall-Keller Medical Oncology and Hematology
Susan E. Kirk Endocrinology and Metabolism
Benjamin D. Kozower Thoracic Surgery
Christopher Kramer Cardiovascular Disease
Arun Krishnaraj Radiology
Irving L. Kron Vascular Surgery and Thoracic Surgery
Charles N. Landen Obstetrics and Gynecology
Susan Laurie Internal Medicine
Kenneth V. Leone Neurology
Mark Lepsch Family Medicine
Paul A. Levine Otolaryngology
D. Scott Lim Pediatric Specialist
Kant Yuan-Kai Lin Pediatric Specialist
Kenneth C. Liu Neurological Surgery
Zhenqi Liu Endocrinology and Metabolism
Andrew Lockman Family Medicine
Thomas P. Loughran, Jr. Medical Oncology and Hematology
Carl Lynch III Anesthesiology
Barbara Gail Macik Medical Oncology and Hematology
John MacKnight Internal Medicine
John C. Marshall Endocrinology and Metabolism
Gabrielle Marzani-Nissen Internal Medicine and Psychiatry
G. Paul Matherne Pediatric Specialist
Alan H. Matsumoto Radiology
Karen Maughan Family Medicine
Anthony McCall Endocrinology and Metabolism
Daniel F. McCarter Family Medicine
Christopher McCartney Endocrinology and Metabolism
Nancy L. McDaniel Pediatric Specialist
Eugene D. McGahren Pediatric Specialist
Timothy E. McLaughlin Family Medicine
Mark D. Miller Orthopedic Surgery
Stacey E. Mills Pathology
Susan C. Modesitt Obstetrics and Gynecology
Peter A. Netland Ophthalmology
Steven A. Newman Ophthalmology
Victoria F. Norwood Pediatric Specialist
Mark D. Okusa Nephrology
Edward H. Oldfield Neurological Surgery
M. Norman Oliver Family Medicine
Jayashree Parekh Nuclear Medicine
Joe S. Park Orthopedic Surgery
Stephen S. Park Plastic Surgery and Otolaryngology
James W. Patterson Dermatology and Pathology
Spencer C. Payne Otolaryngology
Richard D. Pearson Infectious Disease
William Petri Infectious Disease
Lawrence H. Phillips II Neurology
JoAnn Pinkerton Obstetrics and Gynecology
Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills Allergy and Immunology
George D. Politis Pediatric Specialist
Susan Pollart Family Medicine
Maria G. Portilla Eating Disorders and Pediatric Specialist
Barbara Tyl Post Internal Medicine
Benjamin W. Purow Pediatric Specialist and Medical Oncology and Hematology
Mark S. Quigg Neurology
Michael Ragosta Cardiovascular Disease
Sean Reed Family Medicine
Patrice K. Rehm Radiology
David Repaske Pediatric Specialist
Karen S. Rheuban Pediatric Specialist
George Rich Anesthesiology
Tyvin Andrew Rich Radiation Oncology
Bradley Moreland Rodgers Thoracic Surgery and Pediatric Specialist
Mark J. Romness Pediatric Specialist
C. Edward Rose Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine
Mitchell H. Rosner Nephrology
John C. Rowlingson Anesthesiology
Mark A. Russell Dermatology
Michael Salerno Cardiovascular Disease
Richard Santen Endocrinology and Metabolism
William Michael Scheld Infectious Disease
David Schiff Neurology
Bruce D. Schirmer Surgery
Christopher I. Shaffrey Orthopedic Surgery and Neurological Surgery
Mark E. Shaffrey Neurological Surgery
Jason Sheehan Neurological Surgery
Frank H. Shen Orthopedic Surgery
Adam L. Shimer Orthopedic Surgery
Costi D. Sifri Infectious Disease
Robert A. Sinkin Pediatric Specialist
David Craig Slawson Family Medicine
Craig Slingluff Surgical Oncology
Justin S. Smith Neurological Surgery
Diane G. Snustad Geriatric Medicine and Internal Medicine
Michael C. Spaeder Pediatric Specialist
Richard Stevenson Pediatric Specialist
Mark H. Stoler Pathology
James L. Sutphen Pediatric Specialist
Jonathan R. Swanson Pediatric Specialist
Angela M. Taylor Cardiovascular Disease
W. Gerald Teague, Jr. Pediatric Specialist
Curtis G. Tribble Thoracic Surgery
Amy L. Tucker Cardiovascular Disease
Ronald B. Turner Pediatric Specialist
Gilbert Rivers Upchurch, Jr. Vascular Surgery
Mary Lee Vance Endocrinology and Metabolism
Dennis G. Vollmer Neurological Surgery
Linda A. Waggoner-Fountain Pediatric Specialist
David B. Weiss Orthopedic Surgery
Lynda T. Wells Pediatric Specialist and Anesthesiology
Mark R. Wick Pathology
Robert Phillips Wilder Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Michael E. Williams Medical Oncology and Hematology
Barbara B. Wilson Dermatology
William Grady Wilson Medical Genetics and Pediatric Specialist
Brian Wispelwey Infectious Disease
Andrew M. D. Wolf Geriatric Medicine and Internal Medicine
G. Frederick Wooten, Jr. Neurology
Bradford Worrall Neurology
Pearl Lee Yu Pediatric Specialist
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