More than 100 UA Physicians Among 'Best Doctors in America'
More than 100 University of Arizona Health Network physicians have been named among the 2013 Best Doctors in America.

By Katie Riley, Arizona Health Sciences Center
July 8, 2013


More than 100 Tucson physicians with The University of Arizona Health Network are ranked among the 2013 Best Doctors in America and are featured in Tucson Lifestyle magazine's July issue on Best Doctors in Tucson.

The prestigious national list, compiled for more than 20 years by Best Doctors Inc., includes about 45,000 U.S. physicians in more than 40 specialties and 400 subspecialties of medicine. They represent the top 3 to 5 percent of specialists in the country. 

The list is based on a biennial survey of tens of thousands of leading physicians who were asked whom they would go to for treatment in their own specialty. The 2013 list includes more than 400 Tucson physicians, more than 100 of whom are part of The University of Arizona Physicians, the practice plan of the physician faculty of the UA College of Medicine.

"These eminent physicians are stellar clinicians, researchers and educators. We are proud but not surprised that their peers consider them the best in the profession," said Lynn Schneider Grennan, senior vice president and executive director of The University of Arizona Physicians.

This year's University of Arizona Health Network top doctors are:

Allergy and Immunology

Randy J. Horwitz

 
Anesthesiology

Steven J. Barker

R. Dennis Bastron

Brenda A. Gentz

Stuart Roy Hameroff

Wayne K. Jacobsen

Peter R. Lichtenthal

Robert G. (Butch) Loeb

Wallace M. Nogami

Craig M. Palmer

David S. Sheinbein

 
Cardiovascular Disease

Joseph S. Alpert

Eric A. Brody

Gordon A. Ewy

Paul E. Fenster

Mark J. Friedman

Julia H. Indik

Karl B. Kern

Peter Ott

 
Clinical Pharmacology

John W. Bloom

 
Critical Care Medicine

C. Mark Bazzell

John W. Bloom

Steven R. Knoper

Kenneth S. Knox

Laura Meinke

Charles W. Otto

Linda S. Snyder

Michael R. Waldrum

 
Dermatology

Clara Curiel

 
Emergency Medicine

Daniel L. Beskind

Albert B. Fiorello

Samuel Keim

Harvey W. Meislin

John C. Sakles

Arthur B. Sanders

Frank G. Walter

 
Family Medicine

Colleen Cagno

Anthony P. Catinella

Barbara Eckstein

Paul R. Gordon

James P. Kerwin

Randa M. Kutob

Patricia Lebensohn

Victoria Hope Maizes

Lawrence M. Moher

Myra L. Muramoto

Victoria E. Murrain

 
Gastroenterology

John Thomas Cunningham

 
Geriatric Medicine

Mindy Fain

 
Hepatology

Thomas D. Boyer

 
Infectious Disease

Stephen Klotz 

 
Internal Medicine

Carlos J. Borras

Paul Gee

David Gortner

Dawn P. Lemcke

Kevin Moynahan

Anthony M. Stazzone

Jennifer L. Suriano

 
Medical Oncology & Hematology

Frederick R. Ahmann

David S. Alberts

Lee D. Cranmer

Evan M. Hersh

Robert B. Livingston

Ana Maria Lopez

Thomas P. Miller

Alison T. Stopeck

 
Neurological Surgery

Jack H. Dunn

Allan J. Hamilton

G. Michael Lemole, Jr.

 
Neurology

Geoffrey L. Ahern

Harvey W. Buchsbaum

Bruce M. Coull

Hemant S. Kudrimoti

David M. Labiner

 
Obstetrics & Gynecology

Setsuko Chambers

Lynn Marie Coppola

Kenneth D. Hatch

James E. Maciulla

Kathryn L. Reed

 
Ophthalmology

John Christoforidis

 

Orthopaedic Surgery

John T. Ruth

 
Otolaryngology

Alexander G. Chiu

Abraham Jacob

 
Pathology

Richard E. Sobonya

 
Pediatric Allergy & Immunology

Michael O. Daines

 
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Michael F. Teodori

 
Pediatric Cardiology

Brent J. Barber

Stanley J. Goldberg

Scott E. Klewer

Daniela Lax

Ricardo Samson

 
Pediatric Critical Care

Marc D. Berg

Hillary A. Franke

Robyn Meyer

Andreas A. Theodorou

Katri Typpo

 
Pediatric Developmental & Behavioral Problems

Sydney Rice

 
Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Dale P. Woolridge

 
Pediatric Endocrinology

Mark D. Wheeler

 
Pediatric Gastroenterology

Fayez K. Ghishan

H. Hesham A-Kader Hassan

 
Pediatric Infectious Disease

Sean P. Elliott

Ziad M. Shehab

 
Pediatric Oncology & Hematology

Andrew M. Yeager

 
Pediatric Ophthalmology

Joseph M. Miller

 
Pediatric Pulmonology

Mark A. Brown

Cori L. Daines

Roni Grad

Fernando D. Martinez

Wayne J. Morgan

 
Pediatric Specialist/Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine

Richard A. Wahl

 
Pediatric Specialist/Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Alan D. Bedrick

 
Pediatrics, General

Kathryn A. Bowen

Conrad Clemens

Karen M. Davenport

Martha L. Eicher

Jennifer B. Moher

Philip J. Starceski

Maria S. Theodorou

 
Psychiatry

Mark Gilbert

Stephen T. Herron

Richard D. Lane

John Misiaszek

Francisco A. Moreno

Bernard Martin Morenz

Kathy Smith

Karen Weihs

 
Pulmonary Medicine

John W. Bloom

Steven R. Knoper

Kenneth S. Knox

Franz Rischard

Linda S. Snyder

Michael R. Waldrum

 
Radiation Oncology

Shona T. Dougherty

Baldassarre D. Stea

 
Radiology

Raymond F. Carmody

Theron W. Ovitt

 
Rheumatology

Eric P. Gall

Jeffrey R. Lisse

Margaret M. Miller

 
Urology

Mitchell Sokoloff

Christian Twiss

 
Vascular Surgery

Joseph L. Mills

In addition, the following Best Doctors are UA College of Medicine associate and affiliate faculty, providing  tremendous learning opportunities for UA medical students, residents and fellows:

  • Osama Abdelatif, Pathology
  • Kenneth G. Adler, Family Medicine
  • Neil M. Ampel, Infectious Disease
  • Katie S. Artz, Surgery
  • Laurie Ann Bergstrom, Rheumatology
  • Henry E. Bianchi, Pediatric/General
  • Dean C. Brick, Ophthalmology
  • Peter J. Burrows, Urology
  • Joseph Buscema, OB/GYN
  • Brian J. Cammarata, Anesthesiology
  • Kevin H. Concannon, Pediatric/General
  • Catherine M. Cosentino, Pediatric Surgery
  • Jeffrey M. Couchman, Pediatric/General
  • Robert B. Cravens, Jr., Otolaryngology
  • Jack H. Dunn, Neurological Surgery
  • Keith R. Dveirin, Pediatric/General
  • Philip S. Eiching, Sleep Medicine
  • William J. Fishkind, Ophthalmology
  • Kathleen E. Gibson, Internal Medicine
  • Gerald N. Goldberg, Dermatology
  • Steven Goldman, Cardiology
  • John C. Gray, Pediatric Specialist/Neurology
  • Melvin G. Hector, Family Medicine
  • Sandra B. Herron, Pediatric/Hospital Medicine
  • Scot M. Hutchison, OB/GYN
  • Cameron Javid, Ophthalmology
  • Leonard Joffe, Ophthalmology
  • Cynthia C. Johnston, Family Medicine
  • Elizabeth Juneman, Cardiology
  • Dianne M. Keller, Psychiatry
  • Brock Kuehner Bakewell, Ophthalmology
  • Kevin Leehey, Pediatric Specialist/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Adult Psychiatry
  • Robert B. Leff, Geriatric Medicine, and Internal Medicine
  • Ann b. Lettes, Pediatric Specialist/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Adult Psychiatry
  • Christopher T. Maloney, Jr., Plastic Surgery
  • Richard M. Mandel, Infectious Disease
  • Ann Z. McColgin, Ophthalmology
  • Frederick J. Menick, Plastic Surgery
  • Stephen J. Metz, Pediatric Pulmonology
  • Michael D. Miller, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Amy J. Montgomery, Pediatric/General
  • Sam E. Moussa, Gastroenterology
  • Timothy I. Mueller, Psychiatry
  • Jon K. Nisbet, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Thomas P. Norton, Neurological Surgery
  • Richard R. Ober, Ophthalmology
  • Jerold J. Olson, Plastic Surgery
  • David A. Parry, Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • Mimi M. Peterson, Pediatric/General
  • Deborah Jane Power, Rheumatology
  • Thomas F. Purdon, OB/GYN
  • Scott T. Radomsky, Pediatric/General
  • Steven Z. Rapcsak, Neurology
  • Judith E. Riley, OB/GYN
  • Gregory A. Robertson, Surgery
  • Abhay Sanan, Neurological Surgery
  • Reid F.Schindler, Ophthalmology
  • Edward J. Schwager, Family Medicine
  • Gulshan K. Sethi, Thoracic Surgery
  • Eve Shapiro, Pediatric/General
  • David R. Siegel, Neurology
  • Barbara Lucille Smith, Pediatric/General
  • Kathy W. Smith, Psychiatry
  • Robert W. Snyder, Ophthalmology
  • Carol Ann Swanson, Pediatric/General
  • Dinesh Talwar, Pediatric Specialist/Neurology, Epilepsy
  • Hoang Thai, Cardiology
  • Sergio Thal, Cardiology
  • Alton Venson (Hank) Hallum, III, OB/GYN
  • Janet P. Warner, OB/GYN
  • Duane C. Whitaker, Dermatology
  • Rickey L. Williams, Pediatric/General
  • Mark A. Zaetta, Internal Medicine

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Katie Riley

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