Best Doctors and Top Doctors

In 2012, more than 200 University of Cincinnati physicians were recognized by Best Doctors in America in Cincy Magazine and Top Doctors in Cincinnati by Cincinnati Magazine. We are proud that so many of our expert physicians were voted on by their peers to receive this prestigious honor. See below for a full list.  (*indicates recognition in both lists)

Additionally, UC Health University Hospital, UC Health Pulmonary, UC Health Ear, Nose and Throat, and dozens of our physicians were ranked among the best in the nation by US News and World Report for 2011-2012. Read our breakdown of the rankings and get more information about our top doctors.

UC Health ‘Best Doctors in America’ & ‘Top Doctors in Cincinnati’

Todd Abruzzo, MDRadiology

Brian Adams, MDDermatology

Opeolu Adeoye, MDEmergency Medicine

Caleb Adler, MDPsychiatry

Syed Ahmad, MDSurgical Oncology

Hisham Arar, MD* – Ophthalmology

Michael Archdeacon, MD* – Orthopaedic Surgery

Imran Arif, MDCardiovascular Disease

Lesley Arnold, MDPsychiatry

Ferhan Asghar, MDOrthopaedic Surgery

George Atweh, MDHematology/Oncology

James J. Augsburger, MDOphthalmology

Orson Austin, MDFamily Medicine

William Barrett, MD* – Radiation Oncology

Robert Baughman, MDPulmonary Medicine

Howard Lee Bell, MD – Ophthalmology

Christopher Bernheisel, MDFamily Medicine

David Bernstein, MD* – Allergy & Immunology

Jonathan Bernstein, MD* – Allergy & Immunology

Mark Bibler, MD* – General Internal Medicine

Jordan Bonomo, MDEmergency Medicine

R. Bruce Bracken, MD* – Urology

John Breneman, MDRadiation Oncology

Joseph Broderick, MD* – Neurology

Timothy Broderick, MDSurgery

Christine Burrows, MDInternal Medicine & Pediatrics

Michael Canos, MDEndocrinology

Steven Carleton, MD – Emergency Medicine

Keith A. Casper, MDEar, Nose & Throat

Jennifer Cavitt, MDNeurology

LeAnn Coberly, MD* – Internal Medicine

John S. Cohen, MD – Ophthalmology

Loren Cohen, MDNephrology

Robert Cohen, MDEndocrinology

Charles Collins, MDPsychiatry

Angelo Colosimo, MD* – Orthopaedic Surgery

Rebecca Sue Cornelius, MDRadiology

Anna M. Daddabbo, MDFamily Medicine

David D’ Alessio, MD* – Endocrinology

Bradley Davis, MDColon & Rectal Surgery

George S. Deepe, MDInfectious Diseases

Melissa DelBello, MDPsychiatry

John Deledda, MDEmergency  Medicine

Tiffany Diers, MDInternal Medicine & Pediatrics

Philip Diller, MDFamily Medicine

Krystene DiPaola, MDInfertility

Jon Divine, MDFamily Medicine (Sports Medicine)

James F. Donovan, Jr., MD* – Urology

Warren Dorlac, MD – Trauma Surgery

Stephanie Dunlap, DOCardiovascular Disease

Michael J. Edwards, MDSurgery

Mohamed A. Effat, MDCardiovascular Disease

Robert Ellis, MDFamily Medicine

Jean Elwing, MD* – Pulmonary Medicine

Alberto J. Espay, MDNeurology

Arthur Evans III, MD* – Maternal Fetal Medicine

Mercedes Falciglia, MD* – Endocrinology

Judith Feinberg, MD* – Infectious Diseases

Martha Ferguson, MDColon & Rectal Surgery

Carl J. Fichtenbaum, MD* – Infectious Diseases

David Ficker, MDNeurology

Andrew Filak, Jr., MDFamily Medicine

Fred D. Finkelman, MDRheumatology

Robert Finlay, MDInternal Medicine

David Fischer, MD* – General Surgery

Matthew Flaherty, MD* – Neurology

Kellie Flood-Shaffer, MD* – Obstetrics & Gynecology

Jennifer Wall Forrester, MDInfectious Diseases

Bernard B. Foster, MD – Psychiatry

Timothy Freeman, MDFamily Medicine

Andrew Friedrich, MD* – Anesthesiology

Krishnanath Gaitonde, MD* – Urology

John H. Galla, MDNephrology

Mary Gaskill-Shipley, MDRadiology

Myron C. Gerson, MDCardiovascular Disease

Ralph Giannella, MDGastroenterology

Joseph Giglia, MDVascular

Lesley Gilbertson, MDAnesthesiology

Norman Gillinsky, MD* – Gastroenterology

Hugh Morris Gloster, Jr., MD* – Dermatology

Mark Goddard, MD* – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Karl C. Golnick, MD* – Ophthalmology

Peter Grubbs, MDInfectious Diseases

Jenny Hamilton, MD – Ophthalmology

Matthew Hardin, MDInternal Medicine & Pediatrics

Michael A. Hater, MD – Ophthalmology

Tarek Helmy, MDCardiovascular Disease

Edward J. Holland, MD – Ophthalmology

David B. Hom, MDPlastic Surgery

J. Lawrence Houk, MD – Rheumatology

William Edward Hurford, MD* – Critical Care Medicine

Thomas Husted, MDGeneral Surgery

Robert K. Hutchins, MDOphthalmology

Ronald Jaekle, MD* – Maternal Fetal Medicine

Jay Johannigman, MDGeneral Surgery

Kay Johnson, MDGeneral Internal Medicine

Patricia Joseph, MDPulmonary Medicine

Kotagal Kant, MDNephrology

Daniel Kanter, MD* – Neurology

Reginald Kapteyn, MDPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Adam Kaufman, MDOphthalmology

Jeanne Kavinsky, MDGeneral Internal Medicine

Paul E. Keck, Jr., MD* – Psychiatry

Brendan Kelley, MDNeurology

Elizabeth Kelly, MDObstetrics & Gynecology

Gregory Kennebeck, MDGeneral Internal Medicine

Keith Kenter, MD* – Orthopaedic Surgery

Michael A. Keys, MD – Ophthalmology

Faisal Khan, MDCardiovascular Disease

Pooja Khatri, MDNeurology

Joseph Kiesler, Jr., MD – Family Medicine

Brett Kisella, MD* – Neurology

W. John Kitzmiller, MDPlastic Surgery

Dawn Olson Kleindorfer, MDNeurology

Karen Krone, MDPain Medicine

Dwight R. Kulwin, MD* – Ophthalmology

Charles Kuntz IV, MD* – Neurosurgery

Jonathan Kushner, MDGastroenterology

Lisa Larkin, MD* – General Internal Medicine/Women’s Health

Tahir Latif, MDHematology/Oncology

Ruth Lavigne, MD* – Radiation Oncology

John P. Lawrence, MDAnesthesiology

Massoud Leesar, MDCardiovascular Disease

Corrine Lehmann, MDInternal Medicine & Pediatrics

Steven Jay Lisco, MDCritical Care Medicine

Dianne Litwin, MDPulmonary Medicine

Michael Luggen, MDRheumatology

Robert Lukin, MDRadiology

Thomas Lundberg, MDGeneral Internal Medicine

Mary Mahoney, MDRadiology

George T. Mandybur, MDNeurosurgery

Vincent Martin, MD* – General Internal Medicine

Bradley Mathis, MD* – General Internal Medicine

Frank McCormack, MDPulmonary Medicine

Susan McElroy, MD – Psychiatry

Matt Meier, MDDermatology

George H. Meier III, MD* – Vascular

Christopher Miller, MDEmergency Medicine

Douglas Mossman, MDPsychiatry

Jonathan Moulton, MDRadiology

Caroline Mueller, MDInternal Medicine & Pediatrics

Srilakshmi S. Murthy, MDFamily Medicine

Diya Mutasim, MD* – Dermatology

Henry Nasrallah, MDPsychiatry

Robert Walton Neel IV, MD* – Neurology

Erik B. Nelson, MDPsychiatry

Jeffrey A. Nerad, MDOphthalmology

Minh-Doan Nguyen, MDPlastic Surgery

Michael L. Nordlund, MD – Ophthalmology

Olugbenga Olowokure, MDHematology/Oncology

Robert H. Osher, MD – Ophthalmology

Joseph Palascak, MD* – Hematology/Oncology

Arthur Pancioli, MDEmergency Medicine

Ralph Panos, MDPulmonary Diseases

Niranjana Parthasarathi, MDGeneral Internal Medicine

Nilesh Patil, MDUrology

Yash J. Patil, MD* – Ear Nose & Throat

Myles Pensak, MD* – Ear, Nose & Throat

Elsira Pina, DOPulmonary Medicine

Timothy Pritts, MDGeneral Surgery

Michael Privitera, MD* – Neurology

John G. Quinlan, MD* – Neurology

Elizabeth Rabkin, MDInternal Medicine

Janice Rafferty, MD* – Colon & Rectal Surgery

Mitchell Rashkin, MD* – Pulmonary Medicine

Kevin Redmond, MDRadiation Oncology

Max Reif, MDNephrology

Fredy J. Revilla, MDNeurology

W. Edward Richards, MD* – Gynecologic Oncology

Ross L. Ristagno, MDRadiology

Olivier Rixe, MDHematology/Oncology

Montiel Rosenthal, MDFamily Medicine

Gregory Rouan, MD* – General Internal Medicine

Harsh Sachdeva, MDPain Medicine

Floyd Randy Sallee, MDPsychiatry

Laura Sams, MDNeurology

Ravi Samy, MD* – Ear, Nose & Throat

Joshua Sands, MD* – Ophthalmology

Jeffrey D. Schlaudecker, MD – Family Medicine

Nathan Schmulewitz, MDDigestive Diseases

Mandi Sehgal, MDGeriatrics

Allen Seiden, MD* – Ear, Nose & Throat

Elizabeth Shaughnessy, MD* – Surgical Oncology

Kenneth Sherman, MDHepatology

Ralph Shipley, MDRadiology

Manoj Singh, MDFamily Medicine

Edward B. Silberstein, MDNuclear Medicine

Robert A. Sisk, MDOphthalmology

Franklin O. Smith, MD IIIPediatric Hematology/Oncology

J. Michael Smith, MDCardiac Surgery

Milton Smith, MDDigestive Diseases

A. George Smulian, MDInfectious Diseases

Michael Sostok, MDInternal Medicine

Sandra Starnes, MDThoracic Surgery

Peter Stern, MDHand Surgery

David Steward, MD* – Ear, Nose & Throat

Stephen Strakowski, MD* – Psychiatry

Victoria Surdulescu, MDSleep Medicine

Jeffrey Sussman, MDSurgical Oncology

Jerzy P. Szaflarski, MDNeurology

John M. Tew, MDNeurosurgery

Philip Theodosopoulos, MDNeurosurgery

Michael Thomas, MD* – Infertility

Thomas Tomsick, MD* – Radiology

James W. Van Hook, MD* – Maternal Fetal Medicine

Sadhna Verma, MDRadiology

Brian Edward Volck, MDPediatrics

Doan Vu, MDInterventional Radiology

Nita Walker, MDGeneral Internal Medicine

Arden H. Wander, MDOphthalmology

Avis Ware, MDRheumatology

Eric Warm, MDGeneral Internal Medicine

Ronald Warnick, MD* – Neurosurgery

Gregg Warshaw, MD* – Geriatrics

Abdul R. Wattar, MDCardiovascular Disease

Neal Weintraub, MD* – Cardiovascular Disease

Keith Wilson, MD* – Ear, Nose & Throat

Robert Wolterman, MDInternal Medicine & Pediatrics

Robert Wones, MDGeneral Internal Medicine

Daniel Woo, MDNeurology

Virgil Wooten, MD* – Sleep Medicine

Lawson Wulsin, MDPsychiatry

John Wyrick, MDOrthopaedic Surgery

Nadia Yaqub, MDEndocrinology

Michael S. Yi, MDPediatrics

Alan H. Zalta, MDOphthalmology

Lee Zimmer, MDEar, Nose & Throat

Mario Zuccarello, MD* – Neurosurgery

Stephen Zucker, MDGastroenterology & Hepatology



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