Nearly 400 Atrium Health Physicians Recognized as ‘Charlotte Top Docs’
Charlotte magazine honors Atrium Health physicians nominated by their peers for exemplifying excellence
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 31, 2024 – A record number of Atrium Health physicians – nearly 400 across all specialties – have been recognized as “Charlotte Top Docs” by Castle Connolly’s annual rankings, the largest network of peer-nominated physicians in the country. Featured in Charlotte magazine, this list honors doctors from more than 60 specialties, including cardiology, internal medicine, neurology, oncology and pediatrics.
Charlotte Top Docs are nominated by their peers for exemplifying excellence in their field. Then, research firm Castle Connelly evaluates each nominated doctor according to criteria that includes qualifications, education, hospital and faculty appointments, research leadership, professional reputation and patient outcomes. In addition, each physician’s interpersonal skills (such as communicating effectively, demonstrating empathy and instilling trust) are also considered during the review process.
“We are delighted to see the most ever Atrium Health physicians honored as Charlotte Top Docs this year,” said Dr. Suzanna Fox, senior vice president and chief physician executive of the Southeast region for Atrium Health. “This recognition demonstrates our ongoing commitment to connecting patients with top-tier health care physicians in every community we serve.”
Atrium Health is pleased to recognize the following physicians who have been named Charlotte Top Docs in 2024:
Adolescent Medicine
- Shamieka Dixon
Allergy and Immunology
- Alekh Gupta
- Caroline Hobbs
- Ekta Shah
Anesthesiology
- Mark Ellis
- William Goglin
Bariatric Surgery
- Roc Bauman
- Keith Gersin
- Timothy Kuwada
Cardiac Electrophysiology
- William Bock
- Thomas Christopher
- John Fedor
- John Holshouser
- Rohit Mehta
- Brian Powell
- Sherry Saxonhouse
Cardiovascular Disease
- George Dodds
- Theodore Frank
- Sanjeev Gulati
- Robert Haber
- Esther Kim
- Heather Longin
- Richard Musialowski
- Felipe Navarro
- Geoffrey Rose
- Cheryl Russo
- Markus Scherer
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Rabiya Hasan
Child Neurology
- Daniel Bonthius
- Usha Dayal
- Ashley Helseth
Clinical Genetics
- Lauren Carter
- Laurie Demmer
Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Bradley Davis
- Kevin Kasten
Critical Care Medicine
- Stephen Cochran
- Alan Heffner
- Nehal Thakkar
Dermatology
- Tara Byer-Parsons
- Daniel Parsons
- Nikesh Patel
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
- Yasmin Senturias
Emergency Medicine
- Kelley Carlson
- Alison Ruwet Clemons
- James Mullins
- Ming Qi
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Gagneet Chauhan
- Stacy Goldbaum
- Sona Kashyap
- Victoria Rollins
- Raymond Stadiem
- Ellen Shannon Story
- Shwetha Sudhakar
Family Medicine
- Temitayo Adegbamigbe
- Parag Anandpura
- Jonathan Collins
- Emily Cooper
- Marc Dy
- Jack Faircloth
- Sarah Goodman
- Jody Holler
- Lauren Hull
- Carla Jones
- Darin Kennedy
- Barbara Meyer
- Steven Moore
- Jay Patel
- Joseph Pinckney
- Benjamin Simmons
Gastroenterology
- Nicholas Anthony
- Lauren Browne
- Maithili Chitnavis
- Andrew deLemos
- Andrew Dries
- Thomas Pacicco
- Mark Russo
- David Sachar
- Brittany Seminara
- Lee Sigmon
- Richard Sigmon
- Steven Zacks
- Philippe Zamor
Geriatric Medicine
- Erin Huston
- Deanna Mangieri
- Jennifer Woodward
Gynecologic Oncology
- Jubilee Brown
- Erin Crane
- R. Wendel Naumann
Hand Surgery
- Smiresh Shah
Hematology
- Jing Ai
- Payal Desai
- Nilanjan Ghosh
- Michael Grunwald
- Mary Ann Knovich
- Tamara Moyo
- Peter Voorhees
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Boris Krivitsky
- Beth Susi
Infectious Disease
- Lisa Davidson
- Joseph Lang
- Michael Leonard
- Lewis McCurdy
- Tue Ngo
- Katie Passaretti
- Christopher Polk
- David Weinrib
Internal Medicine
- Lorri Ayers
- Thomas Batchelor
- Erika Bono
- Anne Bowles
- Jason Brancato
- Robyn Brewer
- Iris Cheng
- Gregory Collins
- Olga Decker
- Vibhu Dhingra
- Michael Friedland
- Patrick Fry
- Carly Hamlin
- Barry Hanger
- Erin Haynes
- Peter Justis
- Prashanth Kamath
- Suneet Kaur
- Andrew Kindel
- Benjamin Kirk
- Stephen Lingo
- Anne Lutin
- John McIver
- Erika Myers
- Robert Roycroft
- Laura Seth
- W. Reed Shimberg
- Stephanie Simon
- Trang Vuong
Interventional Cardiology
- Paul Campbell
- William Downey
- Justin Haynie
- Michael Rinaldi
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
- Kelecia Brown
- Ngina Connors
- Nikki Koklanaris
- Julio Mateus Nino
- Rebecca Pollack
- Lorene Temming
Medical Oncology
- Sonia Abuzakhm
- Asim Amin
- Gregory Brouse
- Earle Burgess
- Daniel Carrizosa
- Seungjean Chai
- Edward Copelan
- Julie Fisher
- Reed Friend
- Daniel Haggstrom
- Lane Hellner
- Jimmy Hwang
- Kunal Kadakia
- Brinda Koya
- Kathryn Mileham
- Reza Nazemzadeh
- Sridhar Pal
- Ashley Sumrall
- Antoinette Tan
Nephrology
- Lisa Nanovic
Neurology
- Russ Bodner
- William Dawson
- Andrea Diedrich
- Danielle Englert
- Navid Jalali
- Rajdeep Singh
- Jason Todd
Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Natasha Adams-Denny
- Mitchell Alvarez
- Susan Antle
- Sarah Baker
- Stephen Blaha
- Susan Brown
- Grant Campbell
- Pamela Cobb
- Joshua Counihan
- Tamara Fox
- Kaci Hopkins
- Emily Hutcheson
- Astrid Jain
- Richard James
- Jennifer Kalich
- Leslie M. Hansen Lindner
- Scott Makemson
- Jerry Matkins
- James Palmer
- Steven Paterno
- Priya Pillai
- Sarah Pollock
- Kelley Rouse
- Christine Secrest
- Tricia Silverton
- Hannah Steele
- Aviva Stein
- Charles Termin
- M. Kathryn Whitten
- Robert Wicker
Ophthalmology
- Galen Grayson
Orthopedic Surgery
- Colin Anderson
- Matthew Duffin
- Luke Harmer
- Joseph Hsu
- Madhav Karunakar
- Laurence Kempton
- Jeffrey Kneisl
- Eric Kropf
- Joshua Patt
- Kevin Phelps
- Stephen Sims
Otolaryngology
- Briana Heniford
Pathology
- Chad Livasy
Pediatric Cardiology
- A. Resai Bengur
- Randall Bryant
- Amanda Cook
- Joseph Paolillo
- Aaron Prosnitz
- Matthew Schwartz
- Gonzalo Wallis
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Emily MacNeill
Pediatric Endocrinology
- Sungeeta Agrawal
- Lisa Houchin
- Mark Roger Vanderwel
Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Ricardo Caicedo
- Jason Dranove
- Nathan Fleishman
- Vani Gopalareddy
- Victor Pineiro
- Ameesh Shah
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- Ashley Hinson
- Chad Jacobsen
- Javier Oesterheld
- Jennifer Pope
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Amina Ahmed
- Kevin Buckley
- Keerti Dantuluri
- Lee Morris
Pediatric Nephrology
- Amanda Dale-Shall
- Susan Massengill
- Charles McKay
- Donald Weaver
- Megan Yanik
Pediatric Pulmonology
- Ashley Chadha
- Elizabeth Champion
- Rosemary Megalaa
- Dennis Schellhase
- Robert Tillman
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
- Tobias Tsai
Pediatric Rheumatology
- Sheetal Vora
Pediatric Surgery
- Steven Teich
Pediatric Urology
- Alison Keenan
- Mark Williams
Pediatrics
- Perry Almquist
- Nathaniel Bales
- Rachel Bozin
- Chpryelle Carr
- Karen Cloninger
- Mary Katherine Davis
- Julie DePalma
- Renu Doshi
- Margaret Ellis
- Adam Faizi
- Sharonjit Grewal
- Akilah Grimes
- Gregory Guerriero
- Jill Hopkins
- Stephanie Kwon
- Amanda Moran Lanier
- Anitha Leonard
- George Manousos
- Josh Martin
- Shivani Mehta
- Monica Miller
- Rhonda Patt
- Jodie Prosser
- Maria Panglao Rajan
- Harshita Reddy
- Stephen Renfrow
- Katherine Robinson
- Anna Schmelzer
- Nandita Singh
- Charles Smoak
- Arthur Spell
- Sharon Sullivan
- Andrew Travelli
- Rachel Wiese
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Puneet Aggarwal
- William Bockenek
- Vishwa Raj
- Nicole Rup
Plastic Surgery
- Nicholas Clavin
- David Fisher
- Jason Korn
- David Matthews
- Adam Ravin
- John Michael Robinson
- Edward Teng
Psychiatry
- John Barkenbus
Pulmonary Disease
- Grigor Badalyan
- Benjamin Bringardner
- Kenneth Coggins
- Joshua Davis
- John Doty
- Michael Green
- Daniel Howard
- Eugene Kim
- Scott Lindblom
- Sahar Mansoor
- Luke Neilans
- Alfred Papali
- Michael Reif
- Jaspal Singh
- Joshua Smith
- Justin Swartz
Radiation Oncology
- William Bobo
- Stuart Burri
- Carolina Fasola
- Roshan Prabhu
- Hadley Sharp
- Vipul Thakkar
Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
- Bradley Hurst
- Michelle Matthews
- Rebecca Usadi
Rheumatology
- Leslie Ranken
- Amanda Wakeley
Sleep Medicine
- Mark Letica
- Scott Ryals
Sports Medicine
- Kevin Burroughs
- Heather Havlik
- Antonio Howard
- Robert Jones
- Anthony Martin
- David Price
- Catherine Rainbow
- Patricia Shannon
- Eric Warren
Surgery
- Vedra Augenstein
- Erin Baker
- Michael Beckman
- Roger Denny
- B. Todd Heniford
- Kent Kercher
- Brent Duane Matthews
- Dionisios Vrochides
Surgical Oncology
- Lejla Hadzikadic-Gusic
- Joshua Hill
- David Iannitti
- John Martinie
- Zvonimir Milas
- Jonathan Salo
- Deba Sarma
- Shirley Scott
- Amy Voci
- Richard White
Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
- Ralph Christy
- John Frederick
- Jeffrey Hagen
- Paul Kirshbom
- Jeko Madjarov
- Thomas Maxey
- Eric Skipper
- Medhat Takla
Thoracic Surgery
- Michael Roach
Urogynecology/Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
- Erinn Myers
- Kevin Stepp
- Megan Tarr
Urology
- Peter Clark
- Michael Kennelly
- Mark Makhuli
- Manish Patel
- Stephen Riggs
- Ornob Roy
- Angela Schang
- Gillian Stearns-Parr
Vascular Surgery
- Frank Arko
- Charles Briggs
- Erin Murphy
- Gregory Stanley
- Wallace Tarry