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More than 200 Atrium Health Physicians Named to SouthPark Magazine Top Doctors

Our physicians were selected by their peers as the most skilled in the Charlotte region for clinical care

We are pleased to announce that more than 200 Atrium Health physicians have been named to SouthPark Magazine Top Doctors in the Charlotte area – more than any other health system in the region. The 2023 list represents physicians in 49 specialties who were selected by their peers with a goal of saluting the area’s leading medical practitioners.

Congratulations to all Atrium Health physicians included on this impressive list. We are #AtriumHealthProud of the health, hope and healing you provide FOR ALL each day! 

Addiction Medicine

  • Stephanie Newby, MD – Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte

Allergy Immunology

  • Caroline Bennett Hobbs, MD – Atrium Health Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Charlotte
  • Ekta Shah, MD – Atrium Health Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Charlotte

Behavioral Health

  • Jonathan McKinsey, MD – Atrium Health Behavioral Health
  • David Litchford Jr., MD – Atrium Health Behavioral Health
  • Anthony DiNome, MD – Atrium Health Behavioral Health
  • Alicia Romeo, MD – Atrium Health Behavioral Health

Cardiology

  • George Craig Clinard, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • William E. Downey, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Michael David Elliott, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Theodore A. Frank, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Sanjeev K. Gulati, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • John W. Holshouser, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Stephen T. Iuliano, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Mooresville
  • Noreen Kelly, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Daniel Koehler, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Lincolnton
  • Joseph D. Mishkin, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Shomeet Vikram Patel, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Mooresville
  • Dermot Phelan, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Brian Douglas Powell, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Jonathan Schwartz, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte

Cardiothoracic Surgery

  • John Richards Frederick, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Eric R. Skipper, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Medhat William Takla, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Concord

Cardiovascular Disease

  • John M. Fedor, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Troy Leo, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Geoffrey Andrew Rose, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Cheryl A. Russo, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • John D. Symanski, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Hadley Wilson, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte

Colon And Rectal Surgery

  • Bradley R. Davis, MD – Atrium Health General Surgery Charlotte
  • Tiv A. Johnson, MD – Atrium Health General Surgery Monroe
  • Kevin Richard Kasten, MD – Atrium Health General & Complex Abdominal Surgery, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte

Cosmetic Surgery

  • John Michael Robinson, MD – Atrium Health Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Charlotte

Critical Care Medicine

  • Stephen George Cochran, MD – Atrium Health Pulmonary Critical Care Consultants Charlotte
  • Douglas William Haden, MD – Atrium Health Pulmonary Critical Care Consultants Charlotte
  • Michael Wade Haley, MD – Atrium Health Pulmonary Critical Care Consultants Charlotte
  • Alan Christopher Heffner, MD – Atrium Health Pulmonary Critical Care Consultants Charlotte
  • Sahar Mansoor, MD – Atrium Health Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine Concord
  • Thomas Michael Przybysz, MD – Atrium Health Pulmonary Critical Care Consultants Charlotte
  • John P. Wynne, MD – Atrium Health Pulmonary Critical Care Consultants Charlotte

Dermatology

  • Tara T. Byer-Parsons, MD – Atrium Health Dermatology Charlotte

Emergency Medicine

  • Sandra A. Craig, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte
  • Michael Gibbs, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte
  • Emily Champe MacNeill, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte

Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism

  • Kelli Coop Dunn, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte
  • Shannon Story, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte

Family Medicine

  • Jenny Lee Chen, MD – Atrium Health Mint Hill Primary Care Mint Hill
  • Vanessa Lynn Everett, MD – Atrium Health Primary Care One Health Family Medicine Huntersville
  • Lauren Bennett-Ale Hull, MD – Atrium Health Carmel Family Physicians Charlotte
  • Benjamin F. Simmons, MD – Atrium Health Union Family Practice Monroe
  • Christopher John J. Vieau, MD – Atrium Health Union Family Practice Monroe
  • Geoffrey Thomas Wrinkle, MD – Atrium Health Carmel Family Physicians Charlotte

Gastroenterology

  • Nicholas E. Anthony, MD – Atrium Health Gastroenterology and Hepatology Charlotte
  • Jason J. Lewis, MD – Atrium Health Gastroenterology and Hepatology Charlotte
  • Nilesh Lodhia, MD – Atrium Health Gastroenterology and Hepatology Charlotte
  • Martin W. Scobey, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte

General Surgery

  • Vedra Abdomerovic, MD – Atrium Health General & Complex Abdominal Augenstein Surgery
  • Ashley Britton Christmas, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
  • Kent Williams Kercher, MD – Atrium Health General & Complex Abdominal Surgery, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte
  • Timothy Shig Kuwada, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
  • Cynthia W. Lauer, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
  • Beverley L. Paton, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
  • Lynnette M. Schiffern, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center

Gynecologic Oncology

  • Jubilee Brown, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Erin K. Crane, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Wendel Naumann, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte

Hematology

  • Jennifer Atlas, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Edward A. Copelan, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Reed Friend, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Thomas Gregory Knight, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Mary Ann Knovich, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Ifeyinwa Osunkwo, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Charles H. Packman, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Brittany K. Ragon, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Srinivasa Sanikommu, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Peter Michael Voorhees, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte

Hepatology

  • Andrew Scott deLemos, MD – Atrium Health Liver Care & Transplant Charlotte
  • Mark W. Russo, MD – Atrium Health Liver Care & Transplant Charlotte
  • Paul Andrew Schmeltzer, MD – Atrium Health Liver Care & Transplant Charlotte
  • Steven Zacks, MD – Atrium Health Liver Care & Transplant

Hospice and Palliative Care

  • John Eldridge Barkley, MD – Atrium Health Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte
  • Bruce Kennedy, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Concord
  • Beth Elisa Susi, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Supportive Oncology Clinic Charlotte

Infectious Disease

  • Michael Leonard, MD – Atrium Health Infectious Disease Charlotte
  • Lewis H. McCurdy, MD – Atrium Health Infectious Disease Charlotte
  • Katie Passaretti, MD – Atrium Health Infectious Disease Charlotte
  • Mindy M. Sampson, MD – Atrium Health Infectious Disease Charlotte
  • Zainab Shahid, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Stephanie L. Strollo, MD – Atrium Health Infectious Disease Concord
  • David A. Weinrib, MD – Atrium Health Infectious Disease Charlotte

Internal Medicine

  • Thomas Allen Batchelor, MD – Atrium Health North Charlotte Medical Specialists Huntersville
  • Erika L. Bono, MD – Atrium Health Charlotte Medical Clinic Charlotte
  • Iris S. Cheng, MD – Atrium Health Charlotte Internal Medicine & Specialty Group Charlotte
  • Gregory V. Collins, MD – Atrium Health Randolph Internal Medicine Charlotte
  • Michael Friedland, MD – Atrium Health Primary Care Charlotte Medical Clinic
  • Lane Knox Jacobs, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
  • Leigh Ann Medaris, MD – Atrium Health Infectious Disease Charlotte

Interventional Cardiology

  • Glen John Kowalchuk, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Michael J. Rinaldi, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte

Maternal And Fetal Medicine

  • Nikki Koklanaris, MD – Atrium Health CMC Women’s Institute Charlotte
  • Rebecca Pollack, MD – Atrium Health CMC Women’s Institute Charlotte
  • Lorene A. Temming, MD – Atrium Health CMC Women’s Institute Charlotte

Medical Oncology And Hematology

  • Asim Amin, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Gregory Michael Brouse, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Monroe
  • Luke Farmer, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Monroe
  • Julie Gottlieb Fisher, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Gary P. Frenette, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Daniel E. Haggstrom, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Lane B. Hellner, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Bei Hu, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Kunal C. Kadakia, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Kathryn Mileham, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Reza Nazemzadeh, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte

Neonatology

  • Christopher Young, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children's Neonatology

Neurology

  • Andrea L. Diedrich, MD – Atrium Health Neurology Charlotte
  • Danielle Elizabeth Englert, MD – Atrium Health Neurology Charlotte
  • Kaiwen Lin, MD – Atrium Health Neurology Charlotte
  • Rajdeep Singh, MD – Atrium Health Neurology Charlotte
  • Anita T. Wu, MD – Atrium Health Neurology Charlotte

Obstetrics And Gynecology

  • Susan Antle, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Charlotte OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Allison Bell, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Charlotte OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Grant L. Campbell, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Eastover University OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Ginger Ann Dickerson, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Eastover University OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Suzanna J. Fox, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Eastover University OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Leslie M. Hansen-Lindner, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Charlotte OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Emily E. Hutcheson, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Eastover OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Astrid G. Jain, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Eastover OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Richard Jeremy James, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Charlotte OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Jennifer A. Kalich, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Eastover OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Steven A. Paterno, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Copperfield OB/GYN Concord
  • Laura Pekman, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Charlotte OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Christie Secrest, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Charlotte OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Aviva Ruth Stein, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Charlotte OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Charles Scott Termin, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Charlotte OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Kathryn Whitten, MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Eastover OB/GYN Charlotte
  • Robert Wicker Jr., MD – Atrium Health Women’s Care Charlotte OB/GYN Charlotte

Oncology

  • Jing Ai, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Chasse M. Bailey-Dorton, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Supportive Oncology Clinic Charlotte
  • Arielle L. Heeke, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Jessica-Lyn Masterson, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Sridhar E. Pal, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Antoinette Tan, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte

Ophthalmology

  • Galen Grayson, MD – Atrium Health Ophthalmology Charlotte

Orthopedics

  • Claude Moorman, MD – Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute
  • Stephen Sims, MD – Atrium Health Orthopedic Surgery

Pain Management

  • Landirs Williams, MD – Atrium Health Pain Management
  • James Hancock Jr., MD – Atrium Health Pain Management
  • Jason Ravanbakht, MD – Atrium Health Pain Management

Pediatric Cardiology

  • Joseph Anthony Paolillo Jr., MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s HEARTest Yard Congenital Heart Center Charlotte
  • Gonzalo Alberto Wallis, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s HEARTest Yard Congenital Heart Center Charlotte

Pediatric Endocrinology

  • Lisa Durham Houchin, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes Specialists Charlotte
  • Jakub Mieszczak, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes Specialists Charlotte

Pediatric Gastroenterology

  • Jason Eric Dranove, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s Specialty Center Gastroenterology Charlotte
  • Victor M. Pineiro-Carrero, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s Specialty Center Gastroenterology Charlotte

Pediatric Surgery

  • Paul Michel Kirshbom, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Thomas Scott Maxey, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s HEARTest Yard Congenital Heart Center Charlotte

Pediatrics General

  • Amina Ahmed, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital
  • Lubna S. Elahi, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s University Pediatrics Charlotte
  • Lawrence Bradford Hurst, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s Gastonia Children’s Clinic Gastonia
  • Jonathan Brownlee, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children's Shelby Children's Clinic
  • Amanda Moran Lanier, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s Perspective Pediatrics 
  • Anitha M. Leonard, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s Arboretum Pediatrics Charlotte
  • George Anthony Manousos, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s Charlotte Pediatric Clinic Matthews
  • Jodie Player Prosser, MD – Atrium Health Levine Children’s Charlotte Pediatric Clinic Matthews

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  • Puneet Kumar Aggarwal, MD – Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute
  • William Louis Bockenek, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte
  • Terrence M. Pugh, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Supportive Oncology Clinic Charlotte
  • Vishwa Sharma Raj, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte
  • Sonya G. Rissmiller, MD – Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute

Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery

  • Snehankita G. Kulkarni, MD – Atrium Health Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Charlotte

Psychiatry

  • Nicole Frances Aho, MD – Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center
  • David Williams Litchford Jr., MD – Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center
  • Jonathan McKinsey, MD – Atrium Health Behavioral Health Psychiatry & Counseling Concord
  • Alicia Romeo, MD – Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center

Pulmonary Medicine

  • Kenneth Gerald Coggins, MD – Atrium Health Jan & Ed Brown Center for Pulmonary Medicine Charlotte
  • Azeem Elahi, MD – Atrium Health Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine Concord
  • Daniel Howard, MD – Atrium Health Jan & Ed Brown Center for Pulmonary Medicine Charlotte
  • Scott Shannon Lindblom, MD – Atrium Health Jan & Ed Brown Center for Pulmonary Medicine Charlotte
  • Jaspal Singh, MD – Atrium Health Jan & Ed Brown Center for Pulmonary Medicine Charlotte
  • Justin Stephen Swartz, MD – Atrium Health Jan & Ed Brown Center for Pulmonary Medicine Charlotte
  • Robert James Updaw, MD – Atrium Health Pulmonology Charlotte

Radiation Oncology

  • Carolina Elizabeth Fasola, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Radiation Therapy Charlotte
  • Dean A. Gant, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Union Monroe
  • Roshan S. Prabhu, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Radiation Therapy Charlotte
  • Hadley Jean Sharp, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Matthew C. Ward Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Radiation Therapy Charlotte

Reproductive Endocrinology

  • Ashley M. Eskew, MD – Atrium Health CMC Women’s Institute Charlotte
  • Bradley Shawn Hurst, MD – Atrium Health CMC Women’s Institute Charlotte
  • Michelle Matthews, MD – Atrium Health CMC Women’s Institute Charlotte
  • Rebecca S. Usadi, MD – Atrium Health CMC Women’s Institute Charlotte

Rheumatology

  • Amanda Kocoloski, MD – Atrium Health Rheumatology Charlotte
  • Leslie Pack Ranken, MD – Atrium Health Rheumatology Charlotte
  • Manika K. Zeri, MD – Atrium Health Rheumatology Charlotte

Sleep Medicine

  • Kimberly N. Mims, MD – Atrium Health Sleep Medicine Charlotte
  • Michael S. Reif, MD – Atrium Health Jan & Ed Brown Center for Pulmonary Medicine Charlotte

Sports Medicine

Catherine Rogers Rainbow, MD – Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute

Surgical Oncology

  • Erin Hanna Baker, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute & Atrium Health HPB Surgery Charlotte
  • Meghan Forster, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Lejla Hadzikadic-Gusic, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Joshua Shaeffer Hill, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute & Atrium Health Gastroenterology & Hepatology Charlotte
  • David A. Iannitti, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute & Atrium Health HPB Surgery Charlotte
  • Jeffrey S. Kneisl, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • John Bennett Martinie, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute & Atrium Health HPB Surgery Charlotte
  • Zvonimir L. Milas, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Joshua Charles Patt, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute & Atrium Health Orthopaedic Surgery, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center
  • Terry Sarantou, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Ashley Ann Stewart, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Richard L. White Jr., MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte

Thoracic Surgery

  • Ralph Steven Christy Jr., MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Concord
  • Christopher Kevin Cicci, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Concord
  • Jeffrey August Hagen, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte

Urology

  • Peter E. Clark, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute & Atrium Health Urology Charlotte
  • Kris E. Gaston, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte
  • Michael J. Kennelly, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte
  • Stephen Boyd Riggs, MD – Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Charlotte

Vascular Surgery

  • Frank R Arko III, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Hobson, MD – Atrium Health General Surgery Shelby
  • Erin Heather Murphy, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Charlotte
  • Wallace Clements Tarry, MD – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Concord