Baltimore Magazine Top Docs 2018

59 UM Upper Chesapeake Health Physicians Named 2018 Top Docs by Baltimore Magazine

Fifty-nine doctors (8 of whom were named in multiple categories) who practice at UM Upper Chesapeake Health were recognized as "Top Doctors" in the November 2018 issue of Baltimore magazine.

The results are based on a Baltimore magazine survey of nearly 12,000 physicians in the Baltimore area, including Baltimore City and the surrounding seven counties, asking where they would send a member of their family in dozens of specialties. Many doctors would choose to send their loved ones to us.

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

UM Upper Chesapeake Health

Pediatric Allergy

• Manav Singla, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

• Carissa Baker-Smith, MD
• Alicia Chaves, MD

Pediatric Orthopedics

• Joshua Abzug, MD

General Gynecology

• Harry W. Johnson, MD

Maternal Fetal Medicine

• Judith Rossiter, MD

Cardiology: Interventional

• Michael Drossner, MD
• Amir H. Najafi, MD
• Ali Tabrizchi, DO
• Matthew Voss, MD

Cardiology: Non-Interventional

• Vivek Dhruva, DO
• Mitika Trisha Maddula, MD
• Amir H. Najafi, MD
• Ali Tabrizchi, DO

Cardiology: Electrophysiology

• Joyce Zeno, MD

Emergency Medicine

• Steven Bentman, MD
• Michael Giordano, MD
• Jonathan L. Hansen, MD
• Lisa Thomas, MD

Endocrinology

• Julie L. Ducharme, MD

Intensivists/Critical Care

• Jason Birnbaum, MD
• Hasan Shakoor, MD
• Jeffrey Thompson, MD

Gastroenterology

• Q. Cindy Gao, MD
• Eiad Nasser, MD
• Asheesh Sood, MD

Hematology

• Venkata Parsa, MD
• Ashkan Bahrani, MD
• Myo Min, MD

Hospitalist

• Manisha Bahl, MD
• Kapil Sharma, MD

Infectious Disease

• Faheem Younus, MD

Nephrology

• Veena K. Acharya, MD
• Hyung "David" Lim, MD

Neurology: General

• Dong C. Park, MD
• Syed Shaukat, MD
• Rut Dholakia, MD

Oncology: General

• Myo Min, MD
• Venkata Parsa, MD

Orthopedics: General

• William Cook, MD

Pain Management

• Jeffrey Schneider, MD
• Michael Wong, MD

Otolaryngology: Adult General

• Katherine V. Day, MD

Psychiatry: General

• Julie Stancliff, DO
• Richard M. Lewis, MD

Pulmonary

• Hasan Shakoor, MD
• Jason Birnbaum, MD

Rheumatology

• Peter Holt, MD

Interventional Radiology

• Margaret Alma Lynch-Nyhan, MD
• John Werner, MD

Urology

• William T. Dowling, MD
• Sankar J. Kausik, MD

Wound Care

• Sherif Osman, MD

Breast Surgery

• Emily Bellavance, MD

Colorectal

• Joseph DiRocco, MD

General Surgery

• Scott Steinmetz, MD

Orthopedic Surgery: Hand

• Andrew Eglseder, MD

Spine Surgery

• Ira Fedder, MD
• Steven Ludwig, MD

Oral Maxillofacial

• Alexander E. Pazoki, DDS, MD

Thoracic Surgery

• Whitney Burrows, MD
• Shamus Carr, MD
• Gavin Henry, MD
• Shelby Stewart, MD

Vascular Surgery

• Mark Gonze, MD
• Peter Mackrell, MD

Surgery for Chronic Venous Disease/Varicose Veins

• Mark Gonze, MD