More Than 200 University of Maryland Medical System Physicians Recognized As “Top Doctors” In Baltimore Magazine 2023 Survey

Annual List Recognizes 220 UMMS Providers in 65 Adult and 18 Pediatric Specialties

BALTIMORE (October 16, 2023) – The University of Maryland Medical System is once again well-represented in Baltimore magazine's annual "Top Docs" feature, with 220 physicians in 65 adult and 18 pediatric specialties recognized. Of the doctors recognized, 115 practice at the System's flagship academic hospital, the University of Maryland Medical Center.

"Having 220 physicians included as Top Docs and being recognized by their peers is a true example of our System's commitment to excellence and compassion," said Mohan Suntha, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer of UMMS. "Our clinicians take great pride in providing world class, high-quality health care for the tens of thousands of patients we serve across Maryland and it is a high honor to receive this recognition from peers."

The results across 129 specialties are based on nominations from physicians to the Baltimore magazine website, where they had the chance to nominate their peers. The more than 600 doctors who received the highest number of recommendations from their peers are included.

UMMS hospitals represented in "Top Docs" include the University of Maryland Medical Center – Downtown Campus; University of Maryland Medical Center – Midtown Campus, both located in Baltimore City; University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie (Anne Arundel County); University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson (Baltimore County); University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center (Bel Air) and University of Maryland Harford Memorial Hospital (Havre de Grace), both in Harford County, University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute, located in Baltimore City, and the Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore City.

Our "top doctors" are listed below by specialty. Click on their names to learn more about them or to make an appointment.

Adult Specialties

Addiction Medicine/Substance Use Disorder

• Kofi Owusu-Antwi, MD

Cardiac Anesthesia

• Michael Boss, MD

Cardiology – Electrophysiology

• Paresh Shah, MD

Cardiology – Interventional

• Diljon Chahal, MD
• Anuj Gupta, MD,
• Amir Najafi, MD
• Mukta Srivastava, MD
• Mark Vesely, MD
• Matthew Voss, MD
• Syed Zaidi, MD

Cardiology – Non-Interventional

• Sonia Baker, MD
• Susie Hong-Zohlman, MD
• Carlos Ince Jr., MD
• Amir Najafi, MD
• Anoop Patel, MD
• Matthew Peters, MD
• Jeremy Pollock, MD
• Gautam Ramani, MD
• Emil Thattassery, MD
• Libin Wang, MD, PhD
• Shannon Winakur, MD

Colo-Rectal

• Rebecca Brown, MD
• Joseph DiRocco, MD

Cosmetic Surgery – Breast/Body Contouring

• Nassif Soueid, MD

Cosmetic Surgery – Facial

• Nassif Soueid, MD

Cosmetic Surgery – General

• Nassif Soueid, MD

Dermatology – General

• Jamie Goldberg, MD
• Zaineb Makhzoumi, MD
• Tola Oyesanya, MD

Emergency Medicine

• Brian Corwell, MD

Family Medicine

• Diana Carvajal, MD
• Natelaine Fripp, MD
• Kristin Reavis, MD

Gastroenterology – General

• Eric Goldberg, MD
• Eiad Nasser, MD
• Jordan Wolff, MD

Gastroenterology – Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Raymond Cross, MD

Gynecology – General

• Ada Emarievbe, MD

Gynecology – High Risk Obstetrics

• Pamela Matia, MD

Gynecology – OB/GYN

• Diane Boykin, MD
• Ada Emarievbe, MD
• Alyssa Hammer, MD
• Jessica K. Lee, MD
• Adina Maniu, MD
• Christine Sohn-Woo, MD
• Amanda Tellawi, MD

Hematology

• Jennie Law, MD

Hospitalist Medicine

• Margie Banzuelo-Rio, MD
• Daniel Bashari, MD
• Elie Cheikh, MD
• Philip Dittmar, MD
• Norman Retener, MD
• Fadi Saikali, MD
• Kapil Sharma, MD

Hyperbaric Medicine

• Ziad Mirza, MD

Infectious Disease

• Mona Gahunia, DO
• Omar Harfouch, MD
• Mettassebia Kanno, MD
• Mariam Khambaty, MD
• Poonam Mathur, DO
• Shivakumar Narayanan, MBBS
• Devang Patel, MD
• Rekha Rapaka, MD
• David Riedel, MD
• Kapil Saharia, MD
• Paul Saleeb, MD
• Kathryn Schlaffer, MD
• Sarah Schmalzle, MD
• Ravi Tripathi, MD

Intensivists – Critical Care

• Madhat Arnouk, MD
• Daniel Haase, MD
• Elizabeth Powell, MD
• Bethany Radin, DO
• Hasan Shakoor, MD

Internal Medicine

• John Allen, MD
• Danielle Baek, MD
• Jessica R. Lee, MD
• Stacy Schwartz, MD

Interventional Radiology

• Ruchika Bhatt, MD
• Gaurav Jindal, MD

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

• Andrea Desai, MD

Nephrology

• Khalid Al-Talib, MD
• Elias Ghandour, MD
• Mohamad Hanouneh, MD
• Tanuja Mishra, MD
• Tedine Ranich, MD

Neurology – Epilepsy

• Stephanie Chen, MD

Neurology – General

• Chandana Chauhan, MD
• Jason Rosenberg, MD

Neurology – Movement Disorder

• Lynn Chouhfeh, MD

Neurology – Multiple Sclerosis

• David Benavides, MD, PhD

Neurosurgery

• William Ashley, MD
• James Frazier III, MD

Oncology – Breast

• Paula Rosenblatt, MD

Oncology – General

• Sandy Kotiah, MD

Oncology – Gynecologic

• Dwight D. Im, MD

Oncology – Prostate

• Benjamin Lowentritt, MD

Oncology – Surgical

• Nader Hanna, MD

Ophthalmology

• Eva DeVience, MD
• Lily Im, MD
• Sachin Kalyani, MD
• Sarah Sunshine, MD
• Ramya Swamy, MD
• Kenneth Taubenslag, MD

Orthopedic Surgery – Foot and Ankle

• Jeffrey Brodie, MD
• Kenneth DeFontes III, MD

Orthopedic Surgery – Hand

• Alexander Choo, MD
• Emery Kim, MD
• Elizabeth Langhammer, MD
• Michael Marion, MD
• Raymond Pensy, MD
• Khurram Pervaiz, MD
• Bruce Wolock, MD

Orthopedic Surgery – Joint

• Timothy Codd, MD
• Theodore Manson, MD
• Brian Mulliken, MD
• Sumon Nandi, MD
• David Schroder, MD
• Scott Tarantino, MD
• Ke Xie, MD

Orthopedic Surgery – Sports Medicine

• Scott Adams, MD
• Craig Bennett, MD
• Alvin Detterline IV, MD
• R. Frank Henn, MD
• Sarah Hobart, MD
• M. Brian Polsky, MD
• Brian Shiu, MD
• Michael Wallace, MD
• Ralph Zade, MD

Otolaryngology – General

• Praveen Duggal, MD
• Rodney Taylor, MD,
• Jeffrey Wolf, MD,

Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Malignancies

• Kyle Hatten, MD
• Rodney Taylor, MD,
• Jeffrey Wolf, MD,

Pain Management

• Hasan Abed, MD

Pathology

• Fadi Habib, MD

Podiatry

• Mikel Daniels, DPM
• Michael Gerrity, DPM
• Carron Grant, DPM
• Alexandra Spangler, DPM

Psychiatry – General

• Marissa Flaherty, MD

Pulmonary Medicine

• Fiona Meller-Azrieli, MD
• Nirav Shah, MD

Radiation Oncology

• Elizabeth Nichols, MD
• William Regine, MD

Radiology

• Omer Awan, MD,
• Shadi Yousefi, MD

Sports Medicine

• Valerie Cothran, MD
• Kyle Yost, DO

Surgery – Breast

• Suliat Nurudeen, MD

Surgery – Cardiac

• Mehrdad Ghoreishi, MD
• Rawn Salenger, MD

Surgery – General

• Alok Gupta, MD
• Samana Zulu, MD

Surgery – Minimally Invasive

• Stephen Kavic, MD

Surgery – Reconstructive

• Nassif Soueid, MD

Surgery – Spine

• Oren Blam, MD
• Daniel Cavanaugh, MD
• Kenneth Crandall, MD,
• Steven Ludwig, MD
• P. Justin Tortolani, MD

Surgery – Thoracic

• Gavin Henry, MD
• Christine Lau, MD
• Shelby Stewart, MD

Surgery – Transplant

• Raphael Meier, MD

Surgery – Transplant (Lung)

• Christine Lau, MD

Surgery – Vascular

• David Coll, MD
• Mark Gonze, MD
• Khanjan 'KJ' Nagarsheth, MD
• Samer Saiedy, MD
• Shahab Toursavadkohi, MD
• Kristian Ulloa, MD

Trauma

• Rishi Kundi, MD
• Thomas Scalea, MD

Urogynecology

• Madeline Dick-Biascoechea, MD

Urology

• Nwamaka Fadahunsi, MD
• Brian Neuman, MD
• Michael Phelan, MD

Wound Care

• Adam Silverman, DPM

Pediatric Specialties

Adolescent Medicine

• Matthew Grant, MD

Behavior and Development

• Deborah Badawi, MD

Cardiology

• Alicia Chaves, MD
• Thomas Chin, MD
• Peter Gaskin, MD
• Rachel Moore, MD
• Nicholas Pietris, MD
• Michael Slack, MD
• Sudhir Vashist, MD

Critical Care

• Adrian Holloway, MD

Dermatology

• Dakara Wright, MD

Emergency Medicine

• Forrest Closson, MD
• Katelyn Donohue, MD
• Getachew Teshome, MD

Endocrinology

• Ryan Miller, MD
• Paula Newton, MD

ENT

• Amal Isaiah, MD

Gastroenterology

• Samra Blanchard, MD
• Jennifer Hong, MD
• Runa Watkins, MD

General

• Christina Brown, MD
• Rebecca Carter, MD
• Nisha Divakaruni, MD
• Jeralyn Jacobs, MD
• Mutiat Onigbanjo, MD
• Vandana Racherla, MD

Genetics

• Carol Greene, MD

Hematology/Oncology

• Regina Macatangay, MD
• Teresa York, MD

Hospitalist Medicine

• Bernadette Crowder, MD
• Stephanie de Wit, MD
• Jack Gladstein, MD
• Nidhi Goel, MD
• Virginia Keane, MD
• Ifeoluwa Omitowoju, MD
• Monique Satpute, MD
• Karen Willing, MD

Infectious Disease

• James Campbell, MD

Neonatology

• Eunsung Cho, MD
• Natalie Davis, MD
• Neena Jube-Desai, MD
• Francesca Okolie, DO

Neurology

• Jessica Carpenter, MD
• Gozde Erdemir, MD

Ophthalmology

• Samuel Andorsky, MD
• Dean Fiergang, MD
• Roni Levin, MD

Surgery

• Helena Crowley, MD

About the University of Maryland Medical System

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state's future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System's anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties.