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Pittsburgh Magazine's 2013 "Best Doctors"

In the 2013 "Best Doctors" list published by Pittsburgh Magazine, more than 450 UPMC physicians have been named in 76 areas of expertise, from anesthesiology to vascular surgery. The list was compiled by Best Doctors® and derived from the Best Doctors in America® database which includes the names and profiles of more than 45,000 of the best doctors in the United States.

An exhaustive peer review determines the physicians included in the database. Doctors cannot buy listings. Only those who earn the consensus support of their peers as well as meet additional qualification criteria are included.

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Review by specialty the UPMC physicians named to Pittsburgh Magazine's "Best Doctors" list for 2013:

Anesthesiology
Shushma Aggarwal, MD
Jacques Chelly, MD
ZongFu Chen, MD
Andrew Herlich, DMD, MD
Jerome Parness, MD, PhD
Erin Sullivan, MD

Cardiovascular Disease
Hunter C. Champion, MD, PhD
Michael A. Fallert, MD
William P. Follansbee, MD
Michael Mathier, MD
Dennis M. McNamara, MD
Steven E. Reis, MD
Samir F. Saba, MD
David Schwartzman, MD
A. J. Conrad Smith, MD
Prem Soman, MD PhD

Colon & Rectal Surgery
David S. Medich, MD
Wolfgang H. Schraut, MD

Critical Care Medicine
Derek Angus, MD, MPH
Charles Atwood, MD
Marie Baldisseri, MD, MS
Arthur J. Boujoukos, MD
Michael P. Donahoe, MD
Rachel J. Givelber, MD
Scott Gunn, MD
John A. Kellum, MD
John W. Kreit, MD
Holt N. Murray, MD
Joseph Pilewski, MD
John Andrew Raffensperger, MD
John J. Reilly, MD
Patrick J. Strollo, MD
Joel H. Weinberg, MD
Matthew E. Woodske, MD

Dermatology
Larisa J. Geskin, MD

Emergency Medicine
Clifton W. Callaway, MD
Susan M. Dunmire, MD
Charissa B. Pacella, MD
Richard Wadas, MD
Donald M. Yealy, MD

Endocrinology and Metabolism
Steven Paul Hodak, MD
Mara J. Horwitz, MD
Mary T. Korytkowski, MD
Shane Otto LeBeau, MD
Harsha Rao, MD
Michelle M. Roberts, MD
Rose Ann Salata, MD

Family Medicine
Diane Balestrino, MD
Vincent M. Balestrino, MD
Richard D. Bruehlman, MD
Colleen Kennedy Ebbert, MD
Eric A. Frankel, MD
Sarah Mendell Gilmour, MD
Michael Govi, MD
Jonathan Han, MD
Becky Jordan, MD
Barbara S. Kevish, MD
Norman Randall Kolb, MD
John M. Lagnese, MD
William Howard Markle, MD
Ann L. McGaffey, MD
Daniel Monahan, MD
Christopher Olbrich, MD
Ted Schaffer, MD
Kathleen T. Werner, MD
Stephen Wilson, MD

Gastroenterology
David G. Binion, MD
Randall E. Brand, MD
Miguel Regueiro, MD
Robert E. Schoen, MD
Adam Slivka, MD, PhD

Geriatric Medicine
Hollis Dorsett Day, MD
Amelia S. Gennari, MD
Susan E. Hardy, MD
Shuja Hassan, MD
David A. Nace, MD
Elizabeth A. O'Keefe, MD
David A. Pasquale, DO
Neil M. Resnick, MD
Eric G. Rodriguez, MD
Fred H. Rubin, MD
Stephanie A. Studenski, MD, MPH
Adele Towers, MD
Debra K. Weiner, MD 

Hand Surgery
Mark E. Baratz, MD 
Robert J. Goitz, MD
Dean Sotereanos, MD 

Infectious Disease
Deborah K. McMahon, MD
John W. Mellors, MD
Minh-Hong T. Nguyen, MD
Nalini Rao, MD
Robert Volosky, MD
David Weber, MD
David Lee Weinbaum, MD

Internal Medicine
Hollis Dorsett Day, MD
D. Michael Elnicki, MD
Michael Jonah Fine, MD
Michael W. Finikiotis, MD
Anthony B. Fiorillo, MD
Rosanne Granieri, MD
Peggy B. Hasley, MD
Wishwa N. Kapoor, MD
William Ira Levin, MD
Minh-Hong T. Nguyen, MD
Terence W. Starz, MD

Internal Medicine/Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Robert M. Arnold, MD

Internal Medicine/Hospital Medicine
Frank Bruns, MD

Medical Genetics
Georgianne Arnold, MD
Gerard (Jerry) Vockley, MD

Medical Oncology and Hematology
Mounzer Agha, MD
Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD
Nancy E. Davidson, MD
Martin F. Earle, MD
Peter G. Ellis, MD
Terry Lynn Evans, MD
William A. Ferri, MD
David M. Friedland, MD
Mark Georgiadis, MD
Venus Hadeed, MD
John M. Kirkwood, MD
Stanley Marks, MD
Louis Pietragallo, MD
Kiran Kumar Rajasenan, MD
Priya Rastogi, MD
Mark Anthony Socinski, MD
Ronald G. Stoller, MD
Robert Volkin, MD

Nephrology
Filitsa Bender, MD
Jose F. Bernardo, MD, MPH
Sundaram Hariharan, MD 
John P. Johnson, MD
James R. Johnston, MD 
Beth M. Piraino, MD
Christine M. Wu, MD

Neurological Surgery
Adnan Abla, MD
Daniel M. Bursick, MD
Hikmat (Matt) El-Kadi, MD, PhD
Johnathan Engh, MD
Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, MD
Robert M. Friedlander, MD
Paul A. Gardner, MD
Adam S. Kanter, MD
L. Dade Lunsford, MD
Joseph C. Maroon, MD
John J. Moossy, MD
David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD
Ian Pollack, MD
Raymond Sekula, MD
Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD

Neurology
Cheryl D. Bernstein, MD
Edward Burton, MD
Neil A. Busis, MD
Jan Drappatz, MD
Joseph M. Furman, MD, PhD
Gena Ghearing, MD
J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD
Rock A. Heyman, MD
David A. Hinkle, MD, PhD
Tudor G. Jovin, MD
Robert G. Kaniecki, MD
Laurie Knepper, MD
David Lacomis, MD
Valerie Suski, MD
Lawrence R. Wechsler, MD
Islam Zaydan, MD
Sasa Zivkovic, MD

Nuclear Medicine
James M. Mountz, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Carey D. Andrew-Jaja, MD
Steve N. Caritis, MD
Beatrice Chen, MD
Carole M. Chesin, MD
Wayne Christopherson, MD
John T. Comerci, MD
Daniel I. Edelstone, MD
Robert P. Edwards, MD
Stephen P. Emery, MD
Steele W. Filipek, MD
John M. Fisch, MD
Richard Guido, MD
Lyndon M. Hill, MD
W. Allen Hogge, MD
Maryanne Hugo, MD, MS
Robert John Kaminski, MD
Joseph L. Kelley, MD
Thomas C. Krivak, MD
Ted Teh Min Lee, MD
Suketu Mansuria, MD
Pamela A. Moalli, MD
Devereaux N. Saller, MD
Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD
Hyagriv Nara Simhan, MD
Gary Sutkin, MD
Robert Drexel Thomas, MD 
Margaret Louise Watt-Morse, MD
Deborah A. Whiteside, MD
Harold C. Wiesenfeld, MD
Halina M. Zyczynski, MD

Ophthalmology
Deepinder K. Dhaliwal, MD
Andrew Eller, MD
Thomas R. Friberg, MD
Joel S. Schuman, MD
S. Tonya Stefko, MD
Evan L. Waxman, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery
James Philip Bradley, MD
Charles J. Burke, MD
Lawrence S. Crossett, MD
Anthony M. DiGioia, MD
William F. Donaldson, MD
Freddie H. Fu, MD
Mark A. Goodman, MD
Gary S. Gruen, MD
Christopher D. Harner, MD
James D. Kang, MD
Joon Yung Lee, MD
Craig S. Mauro, MD
Dean Sotereanos, MD
Ivan S. Tarkin, MD
Robin V. West, MD
Vonda J. Wright, MD

Otolaryngology
Margaretha Casselbrant, MD
Scott E. Celin, MD
Berrylin J. Ferguson, MD
Robert Louis Ferris, MD, PhD
Grant S. Gillman, MD
Suman Golla, MD
Jennifer Grandis, MD
Barry E. Hirsch, MD
Jonas T. Johnson, MD
Steven R. Jones, MD
Philip A. Pollice, MD
Yael Raz, MD
Clark A. Rosen, MD
Barry Schaitkin, MD
Carl H. Snyderman, MD
Michael Scott Srodes, MD
Eric W. Wang, MD

Pathology
Robert Marshall Austin, MD, PhD
Fiona E. Craig, MD
Sanja Dacic, MD, PhD
Anthony J. Demetris, MD
Steven Swerdlow, MD
Samuel A. Yousem, MD

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
David Nash, MD

Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Melanie Gold, MD
Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiology
Barbara W. Brandom, MD
Franklyn P. Cladis, MD
Peter J. Davis, MD
Andrew Herlich, DMD, MD
Jerome Parness, MD, PhD

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Brian Feingold, MD
Victor Morell, MD
Peter Wearden, MD, PhD

Pediatric Cardiology
Vivek Allada, MD
Lee B. Beerman, MD
Brian Feingold, MD
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD
Frederick S. Sherman, MD

Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia
Erin Sullivan, MD

 

 

 

Pediatric Developmental and Behavioral Problems
Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD
Sara Christine Hamel, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Robert Hickey, MD

Pediatric Endocrinology
Silva A. Arslanian, MD
Dorothy J. Becker, MD
Oscar Escobar, MD
Luigi R. Garibaldi, MD
Ingrid M. Libman, MD
Mark A. Sperling, MD
Selma Feldman Witchel, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology
Maria Clavell, MD
Alka Goyal, MD
Sohail Z. Husain, MD
David J. Keljo, MD, PhD
Mark E. Lowe, MD, PhD
Jeffrey A. Rudolph, MD
Benjamin L. Shneider, MD
Robert H. Squires, MD

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
James Cooper, MD
Rakesh Kumar Goyal, MD
Regina I. Jakacki, MD
Linda McAlister-Lucas, MD
Salvatore J. Orlando, MD
A. Kim Ritchey, MD
Peter H. Shaw, MD
Jean Tersak, MD
Michael R. Wollman, MD

Pediatric Infectious Disease
Lee A. (Toni) Darville, MD
Michael D. Green, MD, MPH
Marian G. Michaels, MD
Andrew Nowalk, MD, PhD

Pediatric Medical Genetics
David N. Finegold, MD

Pediatric Nephrology
Demetrius Ellis, MD
Susan C. Lombardozzi-Lane, MD
Michael L. Moritz, MD
Abhay Vats, MD

Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Ian Pollack, MD
Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD

Pediatric Neuroradiology
Giulio Zuccoli, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmology
Ken Nischal, MD

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Patrick B. Bosch, MD
Vincent F. Deeney, MD
Stephen A. Mendelson, MD
James William Roach, MD
W. Timothy Ward, MD

Pediatric Otolaryngology
Cuneyt Alper, MD
Margaretha Casselbrant, MD
David H. Chi, MD
Joseph E. Dohar, MD
Robert Yellon, MD

Pediatric Pathology
Ronald Jaffe, MB, BCh

Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Joseph E. Losee, MD

Pediatric Pulmonology
Shean J. Aujla, MD
Patricia J. Dubin, MD
Jonathan D. Finder, MD
Jay K. Kolls, MD
Geoffrey Kurland, MD
David M. Orenstein, MD
Jonathan E. Spahr, MD
Daniel Weiner, MD

Pediatric Radiation Oncology
Melvin Deutsch, MD

Pediatric Radiology
Charles R. Fitz, MD
Mitchell E. Tublin, MD

Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Sangeeta S. Chakravorty, MD

Pediatric Specialist/Abused Children
Janet E. Squires, MD

Pediatric Specialist/Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Loreta Myra Matheo, MD
Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD
Jonathan R. Pletcher, MD
Gina S. Sucato, MD, MPH

Pediatric Specialist/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
David A. Axelson, MD
Boris Birmaher, MD
David A. Brent, MD

Pediatric Specialist/Neurology, Epilepsy
Patricia K. Crumrine, MD
Shelley D. Williams, MD

Pediatric Specialist/Neurology, General
Ira Bergman, MD, PhD
Amy C. Goldstein, MD

Pediatric Specialist/Pediatric Metabolic Diseases
Gerard (Jerry) Vockley, MD

Pediatric Surgery
Geoffrey (Geoff) J. Bond, MD
Barbara Anne Gaines, MD
George K. Gittes, MD
George V. Mazariegos, MD
Rakesh K. Sindhi, MD
Kyle A. Soltys, MD

Pediatric Thoracic Surgery
Victor Morell, MD

Pediatric Urology
Steven Docimo, MD
Francis X. Schneck, MD

Pediatrics/General

Kiran B. Bhat, MD
Sonika Bhatnagar, MD
Aimee Biller, MD
Debra L. Bogen, MD
Jane Mikuliak Breck, MD
Lawrence J. Butler, MD
Jennifer M. Chianese, MD
Mary Davitt, MD
Michael J. Decker, MD
Stephen T. Fowler, MD
Harold M. Glick, MD
Edward Gotkiewicz, MD
Kristin Hannibal, MD
Alejandro Hoberman, MD
Gregory M. Hoyson, MD
Leroy Indorato, MD
Phillip H. Kaleida, MD
Kenneth R. Keppel, MD
Laura E. Kisloff, MD
John LaBella, MD
Sanjay Lambore, MD
Sheldon R. Levine, MD
Thomas G. Lynch, MD
Thomas J. Maroon, MD
Deborah R. Moss, MD, MPH
JoAnn Nickleach, MD
Helen C. O'Hallaron, MD
Laura Panko, MD
Kumaravel Rajakumar, MD
Evelyn C. Reis, MD
Suzanne M. Reitz, MD
Paul L. Rowland, MD
Nader Shaikh, MD
Douglas P. Stewart, MD
Donald J. Vigliotti, MD

Pediatrics/Hospital Medicine

Carol Lynn Cabral, MD
Sylvia S. Choi, MD
Joyce S. Leifer, MD
Sara C. McIntire, MD
Laura Panko, MD
Andrew H. Urbach, MD
Basil J. Zitelli, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Michael Lee Boninger, MD
Gilbert Brenes, MD
Megan H. Cortazzo, MD
Lori Dean, MD
Kerry Gill DeLuca, MD
Amanda L. Harrington, MD
John Allen Horton, MD
Michael C. Munin, MD
Cara Camiolo Reddy, MD

Plastic Surgery
Grant S. Gillman, MD
Ernest K. Manders, MD
J. Peter Rubin, MD
James Russavage, MD
Kenneth C. Shestak, MD

Psychiatry

David A. Axelson, MD
Boris Birmaher, MD
David A. Brent, MD
Daniel J. Buysse, MD
Andrea F. DiMartini, MD
Antoine Douaihy, MD
Mary Ganguli, MD
Ariel Gildengers, MD
Roger F. Haskett, MD
Jordan Friedman Karp, MD
David J. Kupfer, MD
Robert S. Marin, MD
Mark D. Miller, MD
Charles F. Reynolds, MD
Jules Rosen, MD
Jason B. Rosenstock, MD
James M. Schuster, MD
LalithKumar K. Solai, MD
Wesley E. Sowers, MD
James D. Tew, MD
Ellen Whyte, MD

Pulmonary Medicine
Charles Atwood, MD
Arthur J. Boujoukos, MD
Maria M. Crespo, MD
Michael P. Donahoe, MD
Christopher N. Faber, MD
Kevin F. Gibson, MD
Rachel J. Givelber, MD
Mark Gladwin, MD
John W. Kreit, MD
Alison Morris, MD, MS
Joseph Pilewski, MD
John Andrew Raffensperger, MD
John J. Reilly, MD
Frank C. Sciurba, MD
Ronald Alan Stiller, MD
Patrick J. Strollo, MD
Joel H. Weinberg, MD
Sally E. Wenzel, MD
David O. Wilson, MD, MPH

Radiation Oncology
Sushil Beriwal, MD
Melvin Deutsch, MD
John C. Flickinger, MD
Joel S. Greenberger, MD
Dwight E. Heron, MD

 Radiology
Wendie Berg, MD
Carl Fuhrman, MD
William E. Rothfus, MD
Mitchell E. Tublin, MD
Albert Zajko, MD
Giulio Zuccoli, MD

Rheumatology

Thomas A. Medsger, MD
Larry W. Moreland, MD
Chester V. Oddis, MD
Terence W. Starz, MD

Sleep Medicine
Charles Atwood, MD
Daniel J. Buysse, MD
Rachel J. Givelber, MD
Rock A. Heyman, MD
Patrick J. Strollo, MD

Surgery

Christopher Bartels, MD
Timothy Robert Billiar, MD
Sally E. Carty, MD
Kevin O. Garrett, MD
David A. Geller, MD 
Christopher B. Hughes, MD
Abhinav Humar, MD
Kenneth K. W. Lee, MD
J.  Wallis Marsh, MD 
Andrew B. Peitzman, MD 
Wolfgang H. Schraut, MD
Ron Shapiro, MD 
Henkie Tan, MD, PhD
Andrew R. Watson, MD

Surgical Oncology
Gretchen McGuire Ahrendt, MD
David Bartlett, MD
David A. Geller, MD
Michael T. Lotze, MD
David S. Medich, MD
Joshua T. Rubin, MD
Herbert J. Zeh, MD

Thoracic Surgery
Peter F. Ferson, MD
Thomas G. Gleason, MD
Rodney J. Landreneau, MD
James D. Luketich, MD
V. R. Machiraju, MD
Matthew Schuchert, MD
Manisha R. Shende, MD
Lawrence M. Wei, MD
Benny Weksler, MD

Urology
Ronald M. Benoit, MD
Steven G. Docimo, MD
Ronald L. Hrebinko, MD
Joel Nelson, MD

Vascular Surgery
Rabih Chaer, MD
Steven Arnold Leers, MD
Michel S. Makaroun, MD
Luke Marone, MD

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