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Nearly 500 UPMC physicians have been recognized as 2025 "Top Doctors" across more than 60 different specialties.

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Elissa Gittes, MD
Loreta M. Matheo MD
Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD
Tahniat Sultana Syed, MD

Christin L. Deal, MD
Merritt L. Fajt, MD
Andrej Aleksandar Petrov, MD

Anita Courcoulas, MD

Cardiac Surgery

Victor O. Morell, MD
Norihisa Shigemura, MD
Ibrahim Sultan, MD

Thoracic Surgery

Neil A. Christie, MD
Arjun Pennathur, MD
Matthew Schuchert, MD

Gerard (Jerry) Vockley, MD, PhD

James J. Baran, MD
Marc Brozovich, MD
David S. Medich, MD

Theodore Vuchinich, MD

Stephanie B. Dietz, MD
Douglas W. Kress, MD
Suzan Obagi, MD
Kaitlin Peters, MD

Wendie Berg, MD, PhD
Barton F. Branstetter, MD
Emanuel Kanal, MD
Ashima Lall, MD
Sheila G. Moore, MD
James M. Mountz, MD, PhD
Alisa Sumkin, MD

Janet H. Leung, MD
Helena Levitt, MD
Sann Mon, MD
David A. Rometo, MD
Karen Selk, DO
Divya Sistla, MD
Jagdeesh Ullal, MD

Ophthalmology

Alexander Anetakis, MD
Gabrielle Bonhomme, MD
Joel D. Brown, MD
Ian P. Conner, MD
Deepinder K. Dhaliwal, MD
Denise Gallagher, MD
Anna G. Gushchin, MD
Roheena M. Kamyar, MD
Alex Mammen, MD
Joseph N. Martel, MD
Kanwal Ken Nischal, MD
Matthew S. Pihlblad, MD
Scott L. Portnoy, MD
Colin Prensky, MD
Pamela P. Rath, MD
Tarek Shazly, MD
Marshall W. Stafford, MD
Susan Tonya Stefko, MD
John S. Swogger, DO
Evan L. (Jake) Waxman, MD, PhD

Otolaryngology

James E. Blaugrund, MD
Joseph Dohar, MD
Bridget C. Hathaway, MD
Jonas T. Johnson, MD
Seungwon Kim, MD
Carl H. Snyderman, MD
Ryan Soose, MD
Matthew E. Spector, MD
Shaum S. Sridharan, MD
Sandra Stinnett, MD
Eric W. Wang, MD
José P. Zevallos, MD

Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery

Grant Gillman, MD

David G. Binion, MD
Randall E. Brand, MD
Jennifer S. Chennat, MD
Su Min Cho, MD
Kapil B. Chopra, MD
Howard M. Dubner, MD
Kevin M. McGrath, MD
Michael L. Mlecko, MD
Tina Musahl, MD
Michael A. Pezzone, MD, PhD
Marc B. Schwartz, MD
Adam Slivka, MD, PhD
Lee M. Weinberg, MD 

Fred H. Rubin, MD
Stasa Tadic, MD
Adele Towers, MD

Mark E. Baratz, MD
Robert J. Goitz, MD
Thomas B. Hughes, MD
H. James Pfaeffle, MD, PhD
Christopher C. Schmidt, MD

Cardiovascular Disease

Aryan N. Aiyer, MD
Kathryn L. Berlacher, MD
Sam A. Buffer, MD
Rabindra (Robin) Girdhar, MD
Jenifer E. Lee, MD
Joshua Levenson, MD
Oscar C. Marroquin, MD
Michael Mathier, MD
Dennis M. McNamara, MD
Michael Pecora, MD
Steven E. Reis, MD
James Richardson, MD
Olga Shabalov, MD
Prem Soman, MD, PhD
Brian Staub, MD
Benjamin Susco, MD
Kenneth Vesio, MD
Andrew H. Voigt, MD
Christopher M. Wentz, MD
Timothy C. Wong, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Sandeep K. Jain, MD
Norman C. Wang, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Sun Scolieri, MD
Krishnamurty V. Tummalapalli, MD
Rekhi Varghese, MD
Jose Venero, MD

Vascular Surgery

Georges E. Al-Khoury, MD
Eric S. Hager, MD
Steven Arnold Leers, MD
Michel S. Makaroun, MD
Michael J. Singh, MD
Theodore H. Yuo, MD

Amanda Worf Brown, MD
Jane Schell, MD

Tatiana Bogdanovich, MD
Karin Byers, MD
Carolyn Fernandes, MD
Nupur Gupta, DO
Christiane M. Hadi, MD
Ken S. Ho, MD
Sarah McBeth, MD
Deborah McMahon, MD
Raymond E. Pontzer, MD
Palash Samanta, MD
Fernanda Silveira, MD
John A. Viehman, MD
Mohamed H. Yassin, MD

Blaise W. Abramovitz, DO
Amar D. Bansal, MD
Filitsa Bender, MD
Ranil N. DeSilva, MD
Yan Dorneich, MD
Christopher J. Passero, MD
Evan C. Ray, MD, PhD
Helbert Rondon, MD

Neurological Surgery

Matt El-Kadi, MD
Robert M. Friedlander, MD
Paul A. Gardner, MD
Peter C. Gerszten, MD
Jorge A. Gonzalez-Martinez, MD, PhD, FAANS
Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD
David Kojo Hamilton, MD
L. Dade Lunsford, MD
Vincent J. Miele, MD
David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD
Ian Pollack, MD
Daniel A. Wecht, MD
Pascal O. Zinn, MD, PhD

Neurology

Sarah Berman, MD, PhD
Jan Drappatz, MD
Joanna S. Fong-Isariyawongse, MD
J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD
Rock A. Heyman, MD
Robert G. Kaniecki, MD
Laurie E. Knepper, MD
David Lacomis, MD
Erek M. Lam, MD
Megan Mantica, MD
Valerie Suski, DO
Alexandra Urban, MD

Gynecologic Oncology

Michelle M. Boisen, MD
Robert P. Edwards, MD
Alexander B. Olawaiye, MD
Paniti Sukumvanich, MD

Hematology

Stanley Marks, MD
Enrico M. Novelli, MD
Anastasios Raptis, MD

Medical Oncology

Afaq Ahmad, MD
Leonard J. Appleman, MD, PhD
Jason Bierenbaum, MD
Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD
Rushir Choksi, MD
Diwakar Davar, MD
Kathleen A. Dorritie, MD
Moon J. Fenton, MD, PhD
Lanie K. Francis, MD
Gaurav Goel, MD
Vikram C. Gorantla, MD
Venus A. Hadeed, MD
Jing-Zhou Hou, MD, PhD
John M. Kirkwood, MD
Hongmei Liang, MD, PhD
Dhaval Mehta, MD
Sajid M. Peracha, MD
Dan P. Petro, MD
Kiran Kumar Rajasenan, MD
Vincent Edgar Reyes, Jr., MD
Alison R. Sehgal, MD
Nishant Tageja, MD
Grace R. Tarabay-Caridad, MD
Roby A. Thomas, MD
John Waas, DO
Dan P. Zandberg, MD

Radiation Oncology

Parul N. Barry, MD
Steven Burton, MD
Sarahgene Gillianne DeFoe, MD
Veronica Eisen, MD
Heath Devin Skinner, MD
Ryan P. Smith, MD
Felicia E. Snead, MD
John A. Vargo IV, MD

Surgical Oncology

Emilia J. Diego, MD
David A. Geller, MD
Matthew P. Holtzman, MD
Ronald Johnson, MD
Kenneth K. W. Lee, MD
Priscilla F. McAuliffe, MD, PhD
James F. Pingpank, MD
Quart Ul Ain Sabih, MD
Jennifer G. Steiman, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Juston W. Arner, MD
James Philip Bradley, MD
Charles J. Burke III, MD
Stephen F. Conti, MD
Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD
William F. Donaldson III, MD
John R. Fowler, MD
Yram Jan Groff, MD
MaCalus V. Hogan, MD
Brian A. Klatt, MD
Alex J. Kline, MD
Joon Yung Lee, MD
Albert Lin, MD
Craig S. Mauro, MD
Edward J. McClain III, MD
Richard L. McGough, MD
Gele B. Moloney, MD
Volker Musahl, MD
Thomas S. Muzzonigro, MD
Mark W. Rodosky, MD
William E. Saar, DO
Vincent J. Silvaggio, MD
Peter A. Siska, MD
Patrick N. Smith, MD
Robert L. Waltrip, MD
Kurt R. Weiss, MD
Adolph J. Yates, MD

Trent D. Emerick, MD, MBA
Ajay Wasan, MD

Sheldon I. Bastacky, MD
Anthony J. Demetris, MD
Kanika Goel, MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Boris Birmaher, MD

Child Neurology

Ira Bergman, MD, PhD
Catalina Cleves-Bayon, MD
Dana D. Cummings, MD, PhD
Robyn A. Filipink, MD
Monica R. Naik, MD
Yoshimi Sogawa, MD

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Kristin M. Hannibal, MD

Pediatric Allergy & Immunology

Hey Jin Chong, MD, PhD
Desha M. Jordan, MD
Allyson Sara Larkin, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Tarek Alsaied, MD
Gaurav Arora, MD
Elizabeth C. Caris, MD
Adam B. Christopher, MD
Brian Feingold, MD
Bryan J. Funari, MD
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD, FAAC, FSCAI
Lizabeth M. Lanford, MD
Susan A. Miller, MD
Laura J. Olivieri, MD
Kirsten M. Rose-Felker, MD
Linda Russo, MD
Sara M. Trucco, MD

Pediatric Endocrinology

Silva A. Arslanian, MD
Oscar Escobar, MD
Kara S. Hughan, MD
Ingrid M. Libman, MD, PhD
Bach-Mai Vu-Boast, MD
Selma Feldman Witchel, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Feras Al-Issa, MD
Mary H. Ayers, MD
Simon Horslen, MD
Leah M. Siebold, MD
James Squires, MD
Whitney M. Sunseri, MD

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Andrew J. Bukowinski, MD
James Cooper, MD
Erika Friehling, MD
A. Kim Ritchey, MD
Jean Tersak, MD

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Brian T. Campfield, MD
Michael David Green, MD, MPH
Marian G. Michaels, MD, MPH
Andrew Nowalk, MD, PhD

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Michael P. McClincy, MD
Stephen A. Mendelson, MD

Pediatric Otolaryngology

David H. Chi, MD

Pediatric Pulmonology

Mark E. Dovey, MD
Traci M. Kazmerski, MD
Geoffrey Kurland, MD
Hiren V. Muzumdar, MD
Jane B. Taylor, MD
Daniel Weiner, MD

Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine

Dina B. Patterson, MD

Pediatric Rheumatology

Daniel A. Kietz, MD, PhD
Margalit E. Rosenkranz, MD
Kathryn Torok, MD

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Abeer Azzuqa, MD
Edward Hurley, MD
Burhanuddin Mahmood, MD
Kalyani R. Vats, MD

Pediatric Surgery

George K. Gittes, MD
Kevin P. Mollen, MD
Michael J. Morowitz, MD
Stefan Scholz, MD
Paul K. Waltz, MD

Pediatric Urology

Glenn M. Cannon, MD
Rajeev Chaudhry, MD
Francis X. Schneck, MD

Pediatrics

Kiran Bhat, MD
Lawrence J. Butler, MD
Diego G. Chaves-Gnecco, MD
Jennifer M. Chianese, MD
Norman L. Cohen, MD
Leigh Anne DiCicco, MD
Kristin L. Frederick, MD
Eric J. Friedlander, MD
Joseph Gatial, MD
Robin M. Gaus, MD
Timothy P. Hart, MD
Victoria K. Jewell-Mahler, MD
Laura E. Kisloff, MD
Thomas G. Lynch, MD
Deborah R. Moss, MD
JoAnn Nickleach, MD
Mary Pagnotto, MD
Beth Ann Papas, MD
Suzanne M. Reitz, MD
James J. Rodrigues, MD
Paul L. Rowland III, MD, PhD
Rachel K. Stewart, MD
Lidia C. Turzai, MD
Laura K. Voigt, MD, FAAP
Amanda M. Willingham, MD
David H. Wolfson, MD

Alan W. Chu, MD
Gary Galang, MD
Amanda L. Harrington, MD
Eric Robert Helm, MD
John Allen Horton III, MD
Amy J. Houtrow, MD
Michael C. Munin, MD
Edward D. Reidy, MD
Gwendolyn A. Sowa, MD, PhD
Christopher J. Standaert, MD

Carolyn De La Cruz, MD
Jeffrey A. Gusenoff, MD
Joseph E. Losee, MD
Vu T. Nguyen, MD
Brodie Parent, MD
J. Peter Rubin, MD
Mario G. Solari, MD
Guy Stofman, MD

Family Medicine

Roberta L. Bashore, MD
Mark R. Biedrzycki, MD
Rina Chabra, DO
Essam M. Demian, MD
Edward J. Garofolo, MD
Michael J. Govi, MD
Emily Ketterer, MD
Cara R. McAnaney, MD
Lindsay A. Nakaishi, MD, MPH
Stephen E. Perryman, MD
Jamie L. Probst-Sisak, MD
Aparna V. Taylor, MD
Juno E. Varghese, MD
Valerie P. Wislo, MD

Internal Medicine

Virginia M. Balderston, MD
Lori H. Bigi, MD
Rana Billeh, MD
Raquel A. Buranosky, MD
Bonnie K. Case, MD
Jennifer Ann Corbelli, MD
Mark A. Duca, MD
Carolyn D. Ellis, MD
D. Michael Elnicki, MD
Michael W. Finikiotis, MD
Gary S. Fischer, MD
Ibrahim I. Ghobrial, MD
Alda Maria Ribeiro Gonzaga, MD
Rebecca E. Green, MD
Heather M. Hanzlik, MD, PhD
Matthew A. Joseph, MD
Joseph L. Lipinski, MD
David J. McAdams, MD
Tracy R. Seewald, MD
Dennis Stull, MD
Sarah A. Tilstra, MD
John T. Wisneski, Jr., MD
Dianne M. Zalenski, MD

Geriatric Psychiatry

Tejal J. Bhojak

Psychiatry

Carmen Andreescu, MD
Daniel J. Buysse, MD
Ronald M. Glick, MD
Ellen M. Whyte, MD

Charles Atwood, MD
Michael P. Donahoe, MD
Steven P. Harris, MD
Daniel J. Kass, MD
Joann B. Kim, MD
Jennifer Gonzalez McComb, MD
Jennifer L. Newitt, MD
Joseph M. Pilewski, MD
Thomas B. Rice, MD
Patrick J. Strollo, MD
Daniel I. Sullivan, MD
Emily L. Yee, MD

Dana P. Ascherman, MD
Deborah J. Co, MD
Robyn T. Domsic, MD
David J. Helfrich, MD
Niveditha Mohan, MD
Chester V. Oddis, MD
Betsy F. Shook, MD

Deepa Burman, MD
Rachel J. Givelber, MD

Eric J. Anish, MD
Jeanne M. Doperak, DO
Matthew C. Fisher, MD
Daniel R. Lueders, MD
Matthew C. Schaffer, MD

Graciela Maria Bauza, MD
Randall R. Draper, MD
Kevin O. Garrett, MD
George V. Mazariegos, MD
Ramesh C. Ramanathan, MD
Kyle Soltys, MD
Andrew R. Watson, MD

Ronald M. Benoit, Jr., MD
Joel D. Bigley, MD
Benjamin J. Davies, MD
Bishoy Gayed, MD
Ronald L. Hrebinko, Jr., MD
Stephen V. Jackman, MD
Bruce L. Jacobs, MD
Jodi Maranchie, MD
Joel Nelson, MD
Michael C. Ost, MD
Paul J. Rusilko, DO
Tatum V. Tarin, MD
Amir Toussi, MD
Robert Turner, MD

Maternal and Fetal Medicine

Anna B. Binstock, MD
Francesca L. Facco, MD
Sami P. Makaroun, MD
Sarah C. Rogan, MD
Sara Beth Sakamoto, MD
Allison E. Serra, MD
Hyagriv N. Simhan, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology

David Badway, MD
Katherine E. Bunge, MD
Serena H. J. Chan, MD
Noedahn Copley-Woods, MD
Susan M. Lareau, MD
Suketu M. Mansuria, MD
Erin L. Rhinehart, MD
Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD
Anne Shaheen, MD
Rebecca I. Waltner-Toews, MD
Harold C. Wiesenfeld, MD

Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility

Gabriella G. Gosman, MD

Urogynecology/Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery

Michael J. Bonidie, MD
Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald, MD
Pamela A. Moalli, MD, PhD
Halina M. Zyczynski, MD

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