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UPMC's 2018 "Best Doctors"

Nearly 500 UPMC physicians have been recognized as 2018 "Best Doctors" in over 70 areas of expertise. UPMC doctors represent 75% of the physicians listed in Pittsburgh.

These physicians are part of the Best Doctors in America® list, which is compiled by Best Doctors, Inc. An exhaustive peer review determines the physicians included in the list. Doctors cannot buy listings. Only those who earn the consensus support of their peers and meet additional qualification criteria are included.

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Ophthalmology
Deepinder K. Dhaliwal, MD Andrew Eller, MD	Thomas R. Friberg, MD Joseph N. Martel, MD	Ellen B. Mitchell, MD Evan L. (Jake) Waxman, MD
Otolaryngology
James E. Blaugrund, MD Scott E. Celin, MD Umamaheswar Duvvuri, MD, PhD Robert Louis Ferris, MD, PhD Grant S. Gillman, MD Barry E. Hirsch, MD	Jonas T. Johnson, MD Seungwon Kim, MD Stella Lee, MD Andrew A. McCall, MD Philip A. Pollice, MD Barry Schaitkin, MD	Libby Smith, DO Carl H. Snyderman, MD Ryan Soose, MD Michael Scott Srodes, MD Eric W. Wang, MD

Cardiovascular Disease
Michael A. Fallert, MD William P. Follansbee, MD Daniel E. Forman, MD Michael Mathier, MD	Dennis M. McNamara, MD John J. Pacella, MD Steven E. Reis, MD	Samir F. Saba, MD A. J. Conrad Smith, MD Prem Soman, MD, PhD
Vascular Surgery
Rabih A. Chaer, MD Steven Arnold Leers, MD	Michel S. Makaroun, MD	Michael J. Singh, MD

Neurological Surgery
Matt El-Kadi, MD, PhD Robert M. Friedlander, MD Paul A. Gardner, MD Peter C. Gerszten, MD David Kojo Hamilton, MD	Brian T. Jankowitz, MD Adam S. Kanter, MD L. Dade Lunsford, MD Joseph C. Maroon, MD Edward A. Monaco, MD, PhD John J. Moossy, MD Ajay Niranjan, MD	David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD Ian Pollack, MD R. Mark Richardson, MD, PhD Raymond F. Sekula Jr., MD Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD
Neurology
Sarah Berman, MD, PhD Cheryl D. Bernstein, MD Edward Burton, MD Neil A. Busis, MD John "Jack" Doyle, MD Jan Drappatz, MD Joseph M. Furman, MD, PhD	J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD Rock A. Heyman, MD Tudor G. Jovin, MD Robert G. Kaniecki, MD Laurie E. Knepper, MD David Lacomis, MD	Frank Lieberman, MD R. Mark Richardson, MD, PhD Valerie Suski, DO Lawrence R. Wechsler, MD Islam Zaydan, MD Sasa Zivkovic, MD

Medical Oncology and Hematology
Mounzer Agha, MD Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD Edward (Ed) Chu, MD Martin F. Earle, MD Peter G. Ellis, MD Cynthia Kay Evans, MD Terry Lynn Evans, MD William A. Ferri, MD	Lanie K. Francis, MD David M. Friedland, MD Mark S. Georgiadis, MD Venus A. Hadeed, MD John M. Kirkwood, MD Stanley Marks, MD James Ohr, DO Dan P. Petro, MD	Margaret V. Ragni, MD, MPH Kiran Kumar Rajasenan, MD Priya Rastogi, MD Vincent Edgar Reyes, Jr., MD Alison R. Sehgal, MD Robert Volkin, MD
Radiation Oncology
Sushil Beriwal, MD Melvin Deutsch, MD	John Charles Flickinger, MD	Ryan P. Smith, MD
Surgical Oncology
David Bartlett, MD David A. Geller, MD Ronald Johnson, MD	Kenneth K. W. Lee, MD David S. Medich, MD	Joshua T. Rubin, MD Linwah Yip, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery
James Philip Bradley, MD Charles J. Burke III, MD Stephen F. Conti, MD Lawrence S. Crossett, MD Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD* William F. Donaldson III, MD Freddie H. Fu, MD Mark A. Goodman, MD	Gary S. Gruen, MD MaCalus V. Hogan, MD Brian A. Klatt, MD Joon Yung Lee, MD Craig S. Mauro, MD Edward J. McClain III, MD Richard L. McGough, MD Volker Musahl, MD	William E. Saar, DO Vincent J. Silvaggio, MD Peter A. Siska, MD Dean Sotereanos, MD Ivan S. Tarkin, MD Dharmesh Vyas, MD, PhD Kurt R. Weiss, MD Adolph J. Yates, MD
*Medical Director, Magee Bone and Joint Center

Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Franklyn P. Cladis, MD Peter J. Davis, MD	Andrew Herlich, MD Jerome Parness, MD, PhD	Doreen Soliman, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Vivek Allada, MD Gaurav Arora, MD Lee B. Beerman, MD	Stacey Drant, MD Brian Feingold, MD Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD, FAAC, FSCAI	Lizabeth M. Lanford, MD
Pediatric Critical Care
Rajesh K. Aneja, MD Hulya Bayir, MD	Joseph Anthony Carcillo, MD Robert S. B. Clark, MD	Melinda F. Hamilton, MD, MSc Urmila Tirodker, MD
Pediatric Developmental and Behavioral Problems
Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD	Sara Christine Hamel, MD	Kristin M. Hannibal, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Robert Hickey, MD Mioara D. Manole, MD, FAAP	Raymond D. Pitetti, MD	Richard A. Saladino, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology
Silva A. Arslanian, MD Dorothy J. Becker, MD	Oscar Escobar, MD Luigi R. Garibaldi, MD	Ingrid M. Libman, MD, PhD Selma Feldman Witchel, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Maria Clavell, MD Sohail Z. Husain, MD David J. Keljo, MD, PhD	Sandra C. Kim, MD Jeffrey A. Rudolph, MD	Robert H. Squires, Jr., MD Arvind I. Srinath, MD
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
James Cooper, MD Cheryl A. Hillery, MD	A. Kim Ritchey, MD Jean Tersak, MD	Randy M. Windreich, MD Michael R. Wollman, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Terence S. Dermody, MD Michael David Green, MD, MPH	Marian G. Michaels, MD, MPH Andrew Nowalk, MD, PhD	John V. Williams, MD
Pediatric Medical Genetics
Uta Lichter-Konecki, MD, PhD
Pediatric Nephrology
Michael L. Moritz, MD
Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Ian Pollack, MD	Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD
Pediatric Neuroradiology
Giulio Zuccoli, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmology
Kanwal K. Nischal, MD, FRCOphth
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Patrick Bosch, MD	Stephen A. Mendelson, MD	W. Timothy Ward, MD
Pediatric Pathology
Ronald Jaffe, M.B.B.Ch
Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehab
Amy J. Houtrow, MD, MPH, PhD
Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Joseph E. Losee, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology
Mark E. Dovey, MD Jonathan D. Finder, MD	Geoffrey Kurland, MD	Daniel Weiner, MD
Pediatric Radiation Oncology
Melvin Deutsch, MD
Pediatric Radiology
Charles R. Fitz, MD
Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Sangeeta S. Chakravorty, MD, Dip. ABSM	Hiren Muzumdar, MD
Pediatric Specialist/Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD
Pediatric Specialist/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Boris Birmaher, MD	David A. Brent, MD
Pediatric Specialist/Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Beverly S. Brozanski, MD	James R. Kiger, MD, MS	Jennifer L. Kloesz, MD
Pediatric Specialist/Neurology, Epilepsy
Patricia K. Crumrine, MD	Shelley D. Williams, MD
Pediatric Specialist/Neurology, General
Ira Bergman, MD, PhD
Pediatric Specialist/Pediatric Metabolic Diseases
Ingrid M. Libman, MD, PhD	Gerard (Jerry) Vockley, MD, PhD
Pediatric Surgery
Geoffrey J. Bond, MD Barbara Anne Gaines, MD	George K. Gittes, MD Marcus M. Malek, MD, FACS, FAAP	George V. Mazariegos, MD Rakesh K. Sindhi, MD
Pediatric Urology
Glenn M. Cannon, MD	Francis X. Schneck, MD
Pediatrics/General
Kiran B. Bhat, MD Sonika Bhatnagar, MD, MPH Aimee Biller, MD Debra L. Bogen, MD Jane Mikuliak Breck, MD, FAAP Lawrence J. Butler, MD Jennifer M. Chianese, MD Mary Jo Clark, MD, FAAP Stacey C. Cook, MD, PhD Mary C. Davitt, MD, FAAP Michael J. Decker, MD Maureen Fleming, DO, FAAP Stephen T. Fowler, MD Edward Gotkiewicz, MD, FAAP	Kristin M. Hannibal, MD Alicia L. Haupt, MD Alejandro Hoberman, MD Kenneth R. Keppel, MD Laura E. Kisloff, MD Sanjay Lambore, MD Sheldon R. Levine, MD, FAAP Susan C. Lombardozzi-Lane, MD Thomas G. Lynch, MD Ana M. Malinow, MD Thomas J. Maroon, MD, FAAP Benjamin Miller, MD Deborah R. Moss, MD, MPH JoAnn Nickleach, MD	Laura Panko, MD Kumaravel Rajakumar, MD, MS Kristin N. Ray, MD Evelyn C. Reis, MD Suzanne M. Reitz, MD Paul L. Rowland III, MD, PhD Nader Shaikh, MD, MPH Timothy R. Shope, MD, MPH Dwayne T. Shuhart, MD Douglas P. Stewart, MD Laura K. Voigt, MD, FAAP Katherine I. Watson, DO Amanda Willingham, MD
Pediatrics/Hospital Medicine
Carol Lynn Cabral, MD Sylvia Seung-Yun Choi, MD, FAAP Michael J. Decker, MD	Joyce S. Leifer, MD Sara C. McIntire, MD Benjamin Miller, MD	Laura Panko, MD Kishore Vellody, MD Basil J. Zitelli, MD

Family Medicine
Diane Balestrino, MD Vincent M. Balestrino, MD Richard D. Bruehlman, MD Geoffrey R. Camp, MD Eric A. Frankel, MD Sarah Mendell Gilmour, MD Michael J. Govi, MD Jonathan Han, MD	Lawrence R. John, MD Becky T. Jordan, MD Barbara S. Kevish, MD Norman Randall Kolb, MD William Howard Markle, MD Ann L. McGaffey, MD Daniel J. Monahan, MD Christopher Olbrich, MD	Ted Schaffer, MD Maryellen A. Schroeder, MD Jeannette E. South-Paul, MD Kathleen T. Werner, MD Brian K. Wilson, MD Stephen A. Wilson, MD, MPH Richard K. Zimmerman, MD, MPH
Family Medicine/Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Vincent M. Balestrino, MD
Internal Medicine
Lori H. Bigi, MD Patricia G. Coyle, MD Carolyn D. Ellis, MD D. Michael Elnicki, MD Michael Jonah Fine, MD	Michael W. Finikiotis, MD Anthony B. Fiorillo, Jr., MD Peggy B. Hasley, MD Wishwa N. Kapoor, MD William Ira Levin, MD	Natalia E. Morone, MD Minh-Hong T. Nguyen, MD Terence W. Starz, MD Dennis Stull, MD John T. Wisneski, Jr., MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Michael Lee Boninger, MD Leonard R. Cabacungan, MD Alan W. Chu, MD Megan H. Cortazzo, MD Kerry Gill DeLuca, MD Gary Galang, MD	Amanda L. Harrington, MD Wendy M. Helkowski, MD Eric R. Helm, MD Maryanne J. Henderson, DO John Allen Horton III, MD Julie A. Lanphere, DO	Jeffrey D. Lemberg, MD Betty Y. Liu, MD Michael C. Munin, MD Jennifer Shen, MD Gwendolyn A. Sowa, MD, PhD

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Sharon L. Achilles, MD, PhD Carey D. Andrew-Jaja, MD Richard H. Beigi, MD Steve N. Caritis, MD Beatrice Chen, MD, MPH Carole M. Chesin, MD John Thomas Comerci, Jr., MD Nicole Donnellan, MD Robert P. Edwards, MD Stephen P. Emery, MD	John M. Fisch, MD Richard Guido, MD Arun Jeyabalan, MD Robert John Kaminski, MD Joseph L. Kelley III, MD Ted Teh Min Lee, MD Suketu Mansuria, MD Kathy M. McIntyre-Seltman, MD Pamela A. Moalli, MD, PhD Devereux N. Saller, Jr., MD	Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD Hyagriv Nara Simhan, MD Robert Drexel Thomas, MD Margaret Louise Watt-Morse, MD, MPH Deborah A. Whiteside, MD Harold C. Wiesenfeld, MD Isabelle A. Wilkins, MD Halina M. Zyczynski, MD

Addiction Medicine
Antoine Douaihy, MD
Anesthesiology
Andrew Herlich, DMD, MD Steven L. Orebaugh, MD	Jerome Parness, MD, PhD Erin Sullivan, MD	Ajay D. Wasan, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery
David S. Medich, MD	Andrew R. Watson, MD
Critical Care Medicine
Ali Al-Khafaji Derek Angus, MD, MPH Charles Atwood, MD Marie Baldisseri, MD Arthur J. Boujoukos, MD Michael P. Donahoe, MD Rachel J. Givelber, MD	Scott R. Gunn, MD Steven P. Harris, MD John A. Kellum, MD Joann B. Kim, MD John W. Kreit, MD Holt N. Murray, MD	Joseph Pilewski, MD David H. Rice, MD Penny L. Sappington, MD Thomas L. Schauble, MD Lori A. Shutter, MD Patrick J. Strollo, MD
Dermatology Stephanie B. Dietz, MD Emergency Medicine
Clifton W. Callaway, MD, PhD Susan M. Dunmire, MD Scott R. Gunn, MD Maria E. Guyette, MD	Erik C. Holt, MD Holt N. Murray, MD Charissa B. Pacella, MD Joe (Joseph) Suyama, MD, FACEP	Richard Wadas, MD Donald M. Yealy, MD, FACEP
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Sue M. Challinor, MD Susan L. Greenspan, MD	Mary T. Korytkowski, MD	Shane Otto LeBeau, MD
Gastroenterology
David G. Binion, MD Randall E. Brand, MD	Kevin M. McGrath, MD Robert E. Schoen, MD, MPH	Adam Slivka, MD, PhD
Geriatric Medicine
Daniel E. Forman, MD Amelia S. Gennari, 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 Karen G. Scandrett, MD	Adele Towers, MD Debra K. Weiner, MD Rollin M. Wright, MD
Hand Surgery
Mark E. Baratz, MD	Robert J. Goitz, MD	Dean Sotereanos, MD
Hepatology Ramon Bataller, MD, PhD Infectious Disease
Karin Byers, MD Eun Jeong Kwak, MD	Deborah K. McMahon, MD Minh-Hong T. Nguyen, MD	Raymond Edward Pontzer, MD David Weber, MD
Internal Medicine/Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Robert M. Arnold, MD
Internal Medicine/Hospital Medicine
Franziska Jovin, MD
Medical Genetics
Gerard (Jerry) Vockley, MD
Nephrology
Filitsa H. Bender, MD Jose F. Bernardo, MD, MPH Sundaram Hariharan, MD	James Ray Johnston, MD Hoda K. Kaldas, MD Christopher J. Passero, MD	Beth M. Piraino, MD Nirav A. Shah, MD Christine M. Wu, MD
Nuclear Medicine
James M. Mountz, MD, PhD
Pathology
Robert Marshall Austin, MD, PhD Sheldon I. Bastacky, MD Sanja Dacic, MD, PhD	Anthony J. Demetris, MD Yuri Nikiforov, MD, PhD Liron Pantanowitz, MD	Steven H. Swerdlow, MD Samuel A. Yousem, MD
Plastic Surgery
Carolyn De La Cruz, MD Grant S. Gillman, MD Michael L. Gimbel, MD	Jeffrey A. Gusenoff, MD Joseph E. Losee, MD Ernest Kelvin Manders, MD	J. Peter Rubin, MD James Russavage, MD, DMD Kenneth C. Shestak, MD
Psychiatry
Sharon A. Altman, MD Boris Birmaher, MD David A. Brent, MD Daniel J. Buysse, MD William D. Cutlip, MD Andrea F. DiMartini, MD Antoine Douaihy, MD	Mary Ganguli, MD Rohan Ganguli, MD Ariel Gildengers, MD Jordan F. Karp, MD Robert S. Marin, MD Stephanie S. Richards, MD Jason B. Rosenstock, MD	LalithKumar K. Solai, MD Wesley E. Sowers, MD Robert A. Sweet, MD James D. Tew, Jr., MD Ajay D. Wasan, MD Ellen Whyte, MD
Pulmonary Medicine
Charles Atwood, MD Arthur J. Boujoukos, MD Michael P. Donahoe, MD Christopher N. Faber, MD Kevin F. Gibson, MD Rachel J. Givelber, MD Mark T. Gladwin, MD Steven P. Harris, MD	Joann B. Kim, MD Peter V. Kochupura, MD John W. Kreit, MD Phillip E. Lamberty, MD Jennifer G. McComb, MD Alison Morris, MD, MS Joseph Pilewski, MD	David H. Rice, MD Thomas L. Schauble, MD Frank C. Sciurba, MD Patrick J. Strollo, MD Joel H. Weinberg, MD Sally E. Wenzel, MD David O. Wilson, MD
Radiology
Wendie Berg, MD, PhD Vinod Nanik Chablani, MD Carl Fuhrman, MD	Emanuel Kanal, MD Joan M. Lacomis, MD Paula M. Novelli, MD	William E. Rothfus, MD, FACR, MBA Mitchell E. Tublin, MD Giulio Zuccoli, MD
Rheumatology
Larry W. Moreland, MD	Chester V. Oddis, MD	Terence W. Starz, MD
Sleep Medicine
Charles Atwood, MD	Rachel J. Givelber, MD	Patrick J. Strollo, MD
Surgery
Timothy Robert Billiar, MD Sally E. Carty, MD Kevin O. Garrett, MD David A. Geller, MD	Abhinav Humar, MD Donald Keenan, MD, PhD Kenneth K. W. Lee, MD Andrew B. Peitzman, MD	Henkie Tan, MD, PhD Amit Tevar, MD Andrew R. Watson, MD
Thoracic Surgery
Neil A. Christie, MD Thomas G. Gleason, MD	James D. Luketich, MD	Matthew Schuchert, MD
Urology
Ronald Gino Cercone, MD Benjamin J. Davies, MD	Ronald L. Hrebinko, Jr., MD Stephen V. Jackman, MD	Joel Nelson, MD

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UPMC's 2018 "Best Doctors"

Ophthalmology

Otolaryngology

Cardiovascular Disease

Vascular Surgery

Neurological Surgery

Neurology

Medical Oncology and Hematology

Radiation Oncology

Surgical Oncology

Orthopaedic Surgery

Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Pediatric Cardiology

Pediatric Critical Care

Pediatric Developmental and Behavioral Problems

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Endocrinology

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Pediatric Medical Genetics

Pediatric Nephrology

Pediatric Neurological Surgery

Pediatric Neuroradiology

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Pediatric Pathology

Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehab

Pediatric Plastic Surgery

Pediatric Pulmonology

Pediatric Radiation Oncology

Pediatric Radiology

Pediatric Sleep Medicine

Pediatric Specialist/Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

Pediatric Specialist/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Pediatric Specialist/Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Pediatric Specialist/Neurology, Epilepsy

Pediatric Specialist/Neurology, General

Pediatric Specialist/Pediatric Metabolic Diseases

Pediatric Surgery

Pediatric Urology

Pediatrics/General

Pediatrics/Hospital Medicine

Family Medicine

Family Medicine/Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Internal Medicine

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Addiction Medicine

Anesthesiology

Colon & Rectal Surgery

Critical Care Medicine

Dermatology

Emergency Medicine

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Gastroenterology

Geriatric Medicine

Hand Surgery

Hepatology

Infectious Disease

Internal Medicine/Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Internal Medicine/Hospital Medicine

Medical Genetics

Nephrology

Nuclear Medicine

Pathology

Plastic Surgery

Psychiatry

Pulmonary Medicine

Radiology

Rheumatology

Sleep Medicine

Surgery

Thoracic Surgery

Urology

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