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Best Doctors 2017: More than 170 SLUCare Physicians Named To St. Louis Magazine List

07/25/2017

St. Louis Magazine has released its 2017 Best Doctors issue, revealing the area's top physicians as selected by other doctors. The list includes more than 170 physicians representing SLUCare Physician Group across more than 40 different specialties.

Best Doctors 2017

More than 170 SLUCare physicians from a variety of specialties have been recognized by St. Louis Magazine as best doctors of 2017.

The list is based on the annual "Best Doctors in America" database, which considers more than one million peer evaluations to create a directory of approximately 40,000 doctors, from 40 medical specialties.

Founded by Harvard Medical School physicians more than 25 years ago, Best Doctors, Inc., helps identify outstanding physicians across a range of medical specialties.

The selected SLUCare physicians — listed by specialty — are: 

Allergy and Immunology
  • Mark S. Dykewicz, M.D.
Anesthesiology
  • Wolf H. Stapelfeldt, M.D.
Cardiovascular
  • Lisa J. Alderson, M.D.
  • Bernard R. Chaitman, M.D.
  • Michael Forsberg, M.D.
  • Paul J. Hauptman, M.D.
  • Tarek A. Helmy, M.D.
  • Abhay Laddu, M.D.
  • Michael J. Lim, M.D.
  • Ali A. Mehdirad, M.D.
Dermatology
  • Ramona Behshad, M.D.
  • Nicole M. Burkemper, M.D.
  • Dee Anna Glaser, M.D.
  • M. Yadira Hurley, M.D.
  • Ian A. Maher, M.D.
  • Claudia Vidal, M.D.
Endocrinology
  • Stewart G. Albert, M.D.
  • Raymond E. Bourey, M.D.
  • Deepashree Gupta, M.D.
  • Alan B. Silverberg, M.D.
Family Medicine
  • Denise Hooks-Anderson, M.D.
  • Christine K. Jacobs, M.D.
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Banke Agarwal, M.D.
  • Samer Alkaade, M.D.
  • Bruce R. Bacon, M.D.
  • Alex S. Befeler, M.D.
  • Mary S. Burton, M.D.
  • Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, M.D.
  • Christine Y. Hachem, M.D.
  • Jennifer L. LaBundy, M.D.
  • M. Louay Omran, M.D.
  • Charlene Prather, M.D.
  • Jason Taylor, M.D.
  • Brent A. Tetri, M.D.
Geriatric Medicine
  • Joseph H. Flaherty, M.D.
  • Julie K. Gammack, M.D.
  • Milta O. Little, D.O.
  • Gerald Mahon, M.D.
  • John E. Morley, M.D.
Hematology and Oncology
  • Mark J. Fesler, M.D.
  • Carl E. Freter, M.D.
  • John M. Richart, M.D.
Infectious Diseases
  • Donald J. Kennedy, M.D.
  • Marcia Sokol-Anderson, M.D.
Internal Medicine (General)
  • Erin L. Bakanas, M.D.
  • Fred R. Buckhold, III, M.D.
  • Robert M. Heaney, M.D.
  • Thomas J. Olsen, M.D.
  • Douglas Walden, M.D.
Nephrology
  • Bahar Bastani, M.D.
  • Krista Lentine, M.D.
  • Kevin J. Martin, M.D.
  • Rosemary Ouseph, M.D.
  • Marie Philipneri, M.D.
  • Paul G. Schmitz, M.D.
Neurology
  • Aninda B. Acharya, M.D.
  • Pratap Chand, M.D.
  • Ghazala S. Hayat, M.D.
  • Raman K. Malhotra, M.D.
  • L. James Willmore, Jr., M.D.
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health
  • Erol Amon, M.D.
  • E. Cristian Campian, M.D.
  • Gil Gross, M.D.
  • Brigid Holloran-Schwartz, M.D.
  • Ming-Shian Kao, M.D.
  • Cherie A. LeFevre, M.D.
  • Fah Che Leong, M.D.
  • Leslie McCloskey, M.D.
  • Mary McLennan, M.D.
  • Dorothea J. Mostello, M.D.
  • Diane M. Petersen, M.D.
  • Amy J. Ravin, M.D.
  • Mitul B. Shah, M.D.
  • Jaye M. Shyken, M.D.
  • Andrew C. Steele, M.D.
  • Michael Thomure, M.D.
  • Tracy M. Tomlinson, M.D.
  •  D. Gregory Ward, M.D.
  • Francisco P. Xynos, M.D.
  • Pericles Xynos, M.D.
  • Patrick Yeung, Jr., M.D.
Ophthalmology
  • Sophia Chung, M.D.
  • Oscar A. Cruz, M.D.
  • Bradley Davitt, M.D.
  • Sean Edelstein, M.D.
  • Gabriela M. Espinoza, M.D.
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
  • John F. Eisenbeis, M.D.
  • Anthony Mikulec, M.D.
  • Ronald Walker, M.D.
Pathology
  • E. Stephen Bolesta, M.D.
  • David Brink, M.D.
  • Nancy J. Phillips, M.D.
  • Carole Vogler, M.D.
Psychiatry
 
  • Anjan Bhattacharyya, M.D.
  • Alan R. Felthous, M.D.
  • Miggie L. Greenberg, M.D.
  • George T. Grossberg, M.D.
  • Philip J. Lefevre, M.D.
  • Mirela D. Marcu, M.D.
  • Henry A. Nasrallah, M.D.
  • Brianne M. Newman, M.D.
  • W. Maurice Redden, M.D.
Pulmonary
 
  • Joseph Espiritu, M.D.
  • Ravi P. Nayak, M.D.
  • David Stoeckel, M.D.
Radiology
  • Jeffrey J. Brown, M.D.
  • Christina M. Doherty, M.D.
  • Medhat M. Osman, M.D.
Rheumatology
  • Rama Atluri, M.D.
  • Terry L. Moore, M.D.
  • Peri Hickman Pepmueller, M.D.
  • Reema Syed, M.D.
  • Katherine K. Temprano, M.D.


Pediatric Medicine

Pediatrics (General)
  • Matt A. Broom, M.D.
  • Ken Haller, M.D.
  • Donna R. Halloran, M.D.
  • M. Susan Heaney, M.D.
  • Gene LaBarge, M.D.
  • Jay E. Noffsinger, M.D.
  • Martin Schmidt, M.D.
  • Aline Tanios, M.D.
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
  • Alan P. Knutsen, M.D.
Pediatric Cardiology
  • Kenneth Schowengerdt, M.D.
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
 
  • Andrew C. Fiore, M.D.
Pediatric Critical Care
  • Teresa L. Andreone, M.D.
  • Jeremy Garrett, M.D.
  • Lia Lowrie, M.D.
  • Robert S. Ream, M.D.
Pediatric Dermatology
 
  • Elaine Siegfried, M.D.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
 
  • James M. Gerard, M.D.
  • Steven P. Laffey, M.D.
  • John R. Peter, M.D.
Pediatric Endocrinology
  •  David P. Dempsher, M.D.
  • Susan Myers, M.D.
  • Sherida E. Tollefsen, M.D.
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  •  Nisha Mangalat, M.D.
  • Jeffrey Teckman, M.D.
Pediatric Medical Genetics
 
  • Stephen R. Braddock, M.D.
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
 
  • William S. Ferguson, M.D.
  • Christopher Hugge, M.D.
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
 
  • Stephen J. Barenkamp, M.D.
Pediatric/Internal Medicine
  •  Marilyn Maxwell, M.D.
  • Nora L. Porter, M.D.
Pediatric Neonatology
 
  • Robert E. Fleming, M.D.
  • William J. Keenan, M.D.
  • H. Farouk Sadiq, M.D.
Pediatric Nephrology
  • Craig W. Belsha, M.D.
  • Ellen G. Wood, M.D.
Pediatric Neurology
  • Glen Fenton, M.D.
  • Sean E. Goretzke, M.D.
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Jasmin L. McGinty, M.D.
  • Aki S. Puryear, M.D.
Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • Dary J. Costa, M.D.
Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
  • Gary M. Albers, M.D.
  • Blakeslee E. Noyes, M.D.
  • Robert W. Wilmott, M.D.
Pediatric Toxicology
  • Anthony J. Scalzo, M.D.

Surgery

 Surgery (General)
 
  • Kevin Behrns, M.D.
  • Eddy Hsueh, M.D.
  • Theresa L. Schwartz, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery
 
  • John A. Boudreau, M.D.
  • Lisa K. Cannada, M.D.
  • David Greenberg, M.D.
  • Scott Kaar, M.D.
  • David Karges, D.O.
  • Djoldas Kuldjanov, M.D.
  • Berton R. Moed, M.D.
  • Thomas J. Otto, M.D.
  • Howard Place, M.D.
  • J. Tracy Watson, M.D.
  • Jeffrey B. Whiting, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery

  • Melanie A. Edwards, M.D.
  • Keith S. Naunheim, M.D.
Vascular Surgery
  • Donald L. Jacobs, M.D.

SLUCare Physician Group is the academic medical practice of Saint Louis University, with more than 500 health care providers and 1,200 staff members in hospitals and medical offices throughout the St. Louis region. SLUCare physicians are among the most highly trained in their fields - more than 50 specialties in all - and are national and international experts, renowned for research and innovations in medicine.