More Than 120 University of Maryland Medical Center Physicians Recognized As “Top Doctors” In Baltimore Magazine 2024 Survey

More than 260 physicians in 84 specialties and sub-specialties who provide care across University of Maryland Medical System hospitals and other care locations are recognized as "Top Doctors" in the November 2024 issue of Baltimore magazine. Of the doctors recognized, 122 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. More than 220 of these providers, representing 65 specialties, work with adult patients, and more than 40 doctors representing nearly 20 specialties care for pediatric patients.

"Each fall, we look forward to the "Top Doctors" list which always includes many of our physicians across the System," said Mohan Suntha, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer of UMMS. "Recognition by peers is one of the strongest validations of a clinician's work, and we are particularly proud of our 260-plus doctors who are being recognized for providing compassionate, high-quality health care."

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 130 specialties and subspecialties and more than 638 physicians who received the highest number of recommendations by their peers are included.

"We are honored to once again have so many of our specialists recognized among the most skilled in their respective fields," said Bert W. O'Malley, MD, President and CEO of the University of Maryland Medical Center. "Their dedication to advancing medicine through discovery-based, patient-centered care is the reason they've earned this coveted acknowledgement from their peers and continue to win the trust of the patients, families, and communities we serve every day."

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 UM Upper Chesapeake Medical Center Aberdeen, 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.

Adult Specialties

Addiction Medicine/Substance Use Disorder

• Kofi Owusu-Antwi, MD

Cardiology – Electrophysiology

• Timm Dickfeld, MD

Cardiology – Interventional

• Diljon Chahal, MD
• Mukta Srivastava, MD

Cardiology – Non-Interventional

• Brian Barr, MD
• Robert M. Benitez, MD
• Gautam Ramani, MD

Colo-Rectal

• Rebecca Brown, MD 

Emergency Medicine

• Brian Corwell, MD
• J. David Gatz, MD

Endocrinology

• Elizabeth Lamos, MD
• Rana Malek, MD
• Kashif Munir, MD
• Marjorie Pennant, MD

Family Medicine

• Diana Carvajal, MD
• Kyle Fletke, MD
• Shana Ntiri, MD
• Kristin Reavis, MD

Gastroenterology – General

• Eric Goldberg, MD

Gastroenterology – Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Lauren George, MD
• Seema Patil, MD
• Sandra Quezada, MD

Gynecology – OB/GYN

• Madeline Dick-Biascoechea, MD
• Julie Hurvitz, MD
• Doee Kitessa, MD
• Jessica K. Lee, MD

Infectious Disease

• Joel Chua, MD
• Omar Harfouch, MD
• Mariam Khambaty, MD
• Poonam Mathur, DO
• Shivakumar Narayanan, MD
• Kathryn Schlaffer, MD
• Sarah Schmalzle, MD
• David Riedel, MD
• Patrick Ryscavage, MD
• Ravi Tripathi, MD

Infectious Disease/HIV Primary Care

• Gregory Taylor, MD

Intensivists/Critical Care

• Andrea Levine, MD

Internal Medicine

• John Allen, MD
• Danielle Baek, MD
• Andrew Delapenha, MD
• Jessica R. Lee, MD
• Stacy Schwartz, MD
• Aseem Sood, MD

Neuro Interventional Radiology

• Dheeraj Gandhi, MBBS
• Timothy Miller, MD

Neurology – Epilepsy

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

Neurology – Neuroimmunology

• Sarah Fredrich, MD

Neurology – Neuromuscular

• Lindsay Zilliox, MD

Neuro-Oncology

• Haroon Ahmad, MD

Neurology – Vascular

• Michael Phipps, MD

Neurosurgery

• Jacob Cherian, MD
• Timothy Chryssikos, MD, PhD
• Kenneth Crandall, MD
• Alexander Ksendzovsky, MD, PhD
• Mohamed Labib, MD
• Charles Sansur, MD
• Gary Schwartzbauer, MD, PhD
• Graeme Woodworth, MD

Oncology – Orthopedic

• Vincent Ng, MD

Ophthalmology

• Lily Im, MD

Orthopedic Surgery – Foot and Ankle

• Natalie Danna, MD

Orthopedic Surgery – Hand

• Raymond Pensy, MD

Orthopedic Surgery – Sports Medicine

• R. Frank Henn III, MD
• Natalie Leong, MD
• Sean Meredith, MD
• Jonathan Packer, MD

Otolaryngology – General

• Rodney Taylor, MD
• Jeffrey Wolf, MD

Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Malignancies

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

Podiatry

• Jacob Wynes, MD

Psychiatry – General

• Marissa Flaherty, MD
• Constance Lacap, MD

Pulmonary

• Nirav Shah, MD

Radiation Oncology

• Mark Mishra, MD
• Elizabeth Nichols, MD
• William Regine, MD

Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology

• Bernadette Siaton, MD
• Afton Thomas, DO

Sports Medicine

• Valerie Cothran, MD
• Kyle Yost, DO

Surgery – Minimally Invasive Gynecology

• Adina Maniu, MD

Surgery – Cardiac

• Bartley Griffith, MD

Surgery – General

• Stephen Kavic, MD

Surgery – Reconstructive

• Yvonne Rasko, MD

Surgery – Spine

• Kenneth Crandall, MD
• Steven Ludwig, MD

Surgery – Thoracic

• Alexander Sasha Krupnick, MD
• Christine Lau, MD

Surgery – Transplant

• Daniel Maluf, MD

Surgery – Vascular

• Khanjan ‘KJ’ Nagarsheth, MD

Trauma

• Jaclyn Clark, MD
• Rebecca Schwartz, MD
• Richard Wittmeyer, DO