More Than 250 University of Maryland Medical System Physicians Recognized As “Top Doctors” In Baltimore Magazine 2022 Survey

More than 250 physicians in 90 specialties and sub-specialties who provide care across University of Maryland Medical System hospitals are recognized as "Top Doctors" in the November 2022 issue of Baltimore magazine. Of the doctors recognized, 146 practice at the System's flagship academic hospital, the University of Maryland Medical Center, and are also on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

"We are honored once again to have so many of our physicians included on this prestigious list," said Mohan Suntha, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer of UMMS. "Being recognized by peer physicians is one of the strongest validations of their work as clinicians providing compassionate, high-quality health care for tens of thousands of patients every year."

The "Top Doctors" results are based on Baltimore magazine's annual survey of thousands of physicians in the Baltimore region who were asked to name the best doctors; the list covers 116 specialties and subspecialties and more than 600 doctors who received the highest number of recommendations by 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, and University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute, located 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.

Adolescent Medicine

• Matthew Grant, MD

Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics

• Deborah Badawi, MD

Breast Surgery

• Suliat Nurudeen, MD
• Ethan Rogers, MD

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

• Mehrdad Ghoreishi, MD
• Rawn Salenger, MD

Cardiology - Electrophysiology

• Timm-Michael Dickfeld, MD
• Minesh Patel, MD
• Vincent See, MD
• Paresh Shah, MD

Cardiology - Interventional

• Diljon Chahal, MD
• Anuj Gupta, MD 
• Amir Najafi, MD
• Mukta Srivastava, MD
• Ali Tabrizchi, DO
• Mark Vesely, MD
• Matthew Voss, MD

Cardiology - Non-Interventional

• Brian Barr, MD
• Sonia Baker, MD
• Vivek Dhruva, DO
• Amir Najafi, MD
• Jeremy Pollock, MD
• Gautam Ramani, MD
• Ali Tabrizchi, DO
• Libin Wang, MD, PhD

Colo-Rectal

• Andrea Bafford, MD
• David Juan, MD

Cosmetic Surgery - Breast/Body Contouring

• Nassif Soueid, MD

Dermatology

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

Emergency Medicine

• Afrah Ali, MD
• Brian Corwell, MD
• Angela Smedley, MD

Endocrinology

• May Alattar, MD
• Meena Khan, MD
• Elizabeth Lamos, MD
• Kashif Munir, MD
• Hilary Whitlatch, MD

Endocrinology - Diabetes Care

• Rana Malek, MD

Family Medicine

• Diana Carvajal, MD
• Shana Ntiri, MD
• Kristin Reavis, MD
• Lisё Satterfield, MD

Gastroenterology

• Joshua Forman, MD
• Eric Goldberg, MD
• Eiad Nasser, MD
• Sandra Quezada, MD
• Dana Sloane, MD
• Ernest Tsao, MD
• Jordan Wolff, MD

Gastroenterology - Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Raymond Cross, MD

General Gynecology

• Jessica Lee, MD
• Adina Maniu, MD
• Janelle Taylor-Thomas, MD

General Obstetrics/High-Risk Obstetrics

• Nancy Huang, MD
• Julie Hurvitz, MD
• Doee Kitessa, MD
• Alicia Sussman, MD

General Pediatrics

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

General Pediatrics - Pediatric Behavior & Development

• Ajoke Akintade, MD

General Pediatrics - Pediatric Dermatology

• Teri Kahn, MD, MPH

General Surgery

• Stephen Kavic, MD
• Jonathan Pearl, MD
• Samana Zulu, MD

Genetics

• Carol Greene, MD

Gynecologic Oncology

• Fouad Abbas, MD
• Teresa Diaz-Montes, MD
• Dwight Im, MD

Hematology

• Ashkan Bahrani, MD
• Jennie Law, MD
• Myo Min, MD

Hepatobiliary

• Richard Mackey, MD

Hospitalist Medicine

• Manisha Bahl, MD
• Elie Cheikh, MD
• Irina Medwin, MD
• Norman Retener, MD
• Kapil Sharma, MD
• Mitesh Trambadia, MD
• Angelica White, MD

Infectious Disease

• Uzoamaka Eke, MD
• Mona Gahunia, DO
• Mettassebia Kanno, MD
• Shivakumar Narayanan, MBBS
• Devang Mahesh Patel, MD
• David Riedel, MD
• Patrick Ryscavage, MD
• Paul Saleeb, MD
• Melanie Malave Sanchez, MD
• Kathryn Schlaffer, MD
• Sarah Schmalzle, MD

Intensivists/Critical Care

• Madhat Arnouk, MD
• Michael Scott, MD
• Avelino Verceles, MD
• David Vitberg, MD

Intensivists/Critical Care - Trauma

• Joseph Herrold, MD
• Rishi Kundi, MD

Internal Medicine - General

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

Interventional Radiology

• Edward Ahn, MD
• Ruchika Bhatt, MD
• Gaurav Jindal, MD
• Christopher McGinn, MD
• Shreyas Patel, MD
• Howard Richard, III, MD
• John Werner, MD

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

• Andrea Desai, MD
• Pamela Matia, MD
• Ozhan Turan, MD

Neonatology

• Natalie Davis, MD
• Francesca Okolie, DO

Nephrology

• Veena Acharya, MD
• Khalid Al-Talib, MD
• Eric Brown, MD

Neurology - Epilepsy

• Stephanie Chen, MD
• Peter Crino, MD, PhD
• Jennifer Hopp, MD
• Megan Margiotta, MD

Neurology - General

• Chandana Chauhan, MD
• Michael Phipps, MD
• Jason Rosenberg, MD
• Syed Salahuddin, MD

Neurology - Movement Disorder

• Lynn Chouhfeh, MD
• Stephen Reich, MD
• Joseph Savitt, MD, PhD

Neurosurgery

• William Ashley, MD
• James Frazier, MD
• Mohamed Labib, MD
• Charles Sansur, MD
• Gary Schwartzbauer, MD, PhD
• Graeme Woodworth, MD
• Omar Zalatimo, MD

Oncology - Breast

• Paula Rosenblatt, MD

Oncology - General

• Sandy Kotiah, MD

Oncology - Orthopedic

• Vincent Ng, MD

Ophthalmology

• Eva DeVience, MD
• Lily Im, MD
• Sachin Kalyani, MD
• Wuqaas Munir, MD
• Sarah Sunshine, MD

Orthopedic Surgery - Foot and Ankle

• Roberto Brandão, DPM
• Jeffrey Brodie, MD
• Natalie Danna, MD
• Kenneth DeFontes, MD

Orthopedic Surgery - Hand

• Elizabeth Langhammer, MD
• Raymond Pensy, MD
• Khurram Pervaiz, MD

Orthopedic Surgery - Joint

• Theodore Manson, MD
• Brian Mulliken, MD
• Sumon Nandi, MD
• David Schroder, MD
• Ke Xie, MD

Orthopedic Surgery/Sports Medicine

• Scott Adams, MD
• Craig Bennett, MD
• R. Frank Henn, MD
• Natalie Leong, MD
• Jonathan Packer, MD
• Morris Brian Polsky, MD
• Brian Shiu, MD
• Scott Silverstein, MD
• Ralph Zade, MD

Orthopedics - General

• Scott Silverstein, MD
• Scott Tarantino, MD

Otolaryngology - Adult General

• Sungjoo Kim, MD
• Jeffrey Wolf, MD

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Malignancies

• Rodney Taylor, MD

Pain Management

• Sudhir Rao, MD
• Hyon Schneider, MD
• Michael Wong, MD

Palliative Medicine

• Thomas Pembroke, MD

Pathology

• Sara Brownschidle, MD
• Fadi Habib, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiology

• Stephanie Kahntroff, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine

• Stacie Peddy, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

• Barry Deatrick, MD
• Joseph Forbess, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

• Alicia Chaves, MD
• Peter Gaskin, MD
• Rachel Moore, MD
• Nicholas Pietris, MD
• Geoffrey Rosenthal, MD, PhD
• Sudhir Vashist, MD

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

• Jason Custer, MD
• Cortney Foster, MD
• Adrian Holloway, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

• Forrest Closson, MD

Pediatric Endocrinology

• Paula Newton, MD
• Maria Eleni Nikita, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology

• Samra Blanchard, MD
• Runa Watkins, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology - Pediatric Eating Disorders

• Richard Katz, MD, MBA

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

• Regina Macatangay, MD
• Ashley Munchel, MD
• Teresa York, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine

• Michelle Chudow, MD 
• Jack Gladstein, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine - Pediatric Pain Management

• Julia Rosenstock, MD

Pediatric Nephrology

• Bakri Alzarka, MD

Pediatric Neurology

• Gozde Erdemir, MD
• Stephen Thompson, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmology

• Samuel Andorsky, MD
• Jana Bregman, MD
• Dean Fiergang, MD
• M. Roni Levin, MD

Pediatric Pulmonology

• Anayansi Lasso-Pirot, MD

Pediatric Surgery

• Eric Strauch, MD

Pediatric Surgery - Otorhinolaryngology

• Amal Isaiah, MD, DPhil

Pediatric Surgery - Pediatric Urology

• Kimberly Lumpkins, MD

Plastic Surgery - Reconstructive

• Yvonne Rasko, MD
• Nassif Soueid, MD

Podiatry

• Hummira Abawi, DPM
• Tammer Elmarsafi, DPM
• Jacob Wynes, DPM

Psychiatry - General

• Marissa Flaherty, MD
• Constance Lacap, DO
• Richard Lewis, MD

Pulmonary

• Fiona Azrieli, MD
• Janaki Deepak, MD
• Kathryn Robinett, MD
• Ashutosh Sachdeva, MD, MBBS
• Nirav Shah, MD
• Avelino Verceles, MD

Pulmonary Critical Care

• Peter Olivieri, III, MD

Radiation Oncology

• Mark Mishra, MD
• William Regine, MD

Radiology

• David Fox, MD
• David Safferman, MD
• Shadi Yousefi, MD

Radiology - Nuclear Medicine

• Ethan Spiegler, MD

Spine Surgery

• Oren Blam, MD
• Uchechi Iweala, MD
• Steven Ludwig, MD
• P. Justin Tortolani, MD

Sports Medicine

• Valerie Cothran, MD
• Claudia Dal Molin, DO, RMSK
• Kyle Yost, DO

Surgical Oncology

• Nader Hanna, MD, BCh

Thoracic Surgery

• Gavin Henry, MD
• S. Alexander Krupnick, MD
• Shelby Stewart, MD

Transplant - Cardiac

• Manjula Ananthram, MD, MBBS
• Gautam Ramani, MD

Transplant - Kidney/Pancreas/Liver

• Chandra Bhati, MD

Transplant - Lung

• Christine Lau, MD

Urogynecology

• Madeline Dick-Biascoechea, MD
• Rena Malik, MD

Urology

• Mohummad Minhaj Siddiqui, MD

Vascular Surgery

• Khanjan Nagarsheth, MD
• Rajabrata Sarkar, MD, PhD
• Kristian Ulloa, MD