147 Temple Physicians Named “Top Doctors” by Philadelphia Magazine

One hundred forty-seven (147) Temple physicians have been named to Philadelphia magazine’s “Top Doctors” list for 2021. Physicians on the list were nominated by their professional peers and practice at Temple University Hospital-Main Campus, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Hospital-Jeanes Campus, Temple University Hospital-Episcopal Campus and in the community as part of Temple Physicians, Inc. (TPI).

“We’re pleased that Philadelphia magazine recognizes so many of our Temple physicians on their annual ‘Top Doctors’ list,” said Michael A. Young, MHA, FACHE, President and CEO of Temple University Health System and Temple University Hospital. “This honor highlights the exceptional, high-quality service that our physicians deliver to our patients, day in and day out, across a continuum of care.”

The Temple doctors on this year’s “Top Doctors” list represent the following 39 specialties: Cardiac Electrophysiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Colon & Rectal Surgery; Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism; Diagnostic Radiology; Family Medicine; Gastroenterology; Gynecologic Oncology; Hand Surgery; Hematology; Infectious Disease; Internal Medicine; Interventional Cardiology; Medical Oncology; Nephrology; Neurological Surgery; Neurology; Obstetrics & Gynecology; Nuclear Medicine; Ophthalmology; Orthopaedic Surgery; Otolaryngology; Pain Medicine; Pathology; Pediatric Otolaryngology; Pediatrics; Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Plastic Surgery; Psychiatry; Pulmonary Disease; Radiation Oncology; Rheumatology; Sports Medicine; Surgery; Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery; Urogynecology/Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery; Urology; Vascular & Interventional Radiology; and Vascular Surgery.

The 2021 Temple Health “Top Doctors” are:

• Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, MD, MS, FACS – Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
• Ziauddin Ahmed, MD, FASN – Nephrology
• Penny R. Anderson, MD — Radiation Oncology
• Jonathan R. Anolik, MD, FACP, FACE – Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
• Manavendra Bakhshi, MD – Cardiovascular Disease
• Simeon L. Bardin, MD – Internal Medicine
• Riyaz Bashir, MD, FACC, RVT – Interventional Cardiology
• Jessica R. Bauman, MD – Medical Oncology
• David J. Becker, MD, FACC – Cardiovascular Disease
• Cynthia A. Bergman, MD — Gynecologic Oncology
• Richard J. Bleicher, MD, FACS — Surgery
• Robert S. Boova, MD – Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
• Lawrence H. Brent, MD – Rheumatology
• Michael E. Bromberg, MD, PhD – Hematology
• Roberto Caricchio, MD, FACR – Rheumatology
• Aaila I. Chaudhry, MD – Ophthalmology
• David Y.T. Chen, MD, FACS — Urology
• Emmie I. Chen, MD – Psychiatry
• David E. Chinn, MD, FACC – Cardiovascular Disease
• Eric T. Choi, MD, FACS – Vascular Surgery
• Christina S. Chu, MD — Gynecologic Oncology
• Marcin A. Chwistek, MD, FAAHPM — Pain Medicine
• Tatyan M. Clarke, MD, FACS, FASMBS – Surgery
• Gary S. Cohen, MD, FSIR – Vascular & Interventional Radiology
• Serban Constantinescu, MD, PhD – Nephrology
• Harry S. Cooper, MD — Pathology
• Joshua M. Cooper, MD, FACC, FHRS – Cardiac Electrophysiology
• Francis C. Cordova, MD – Pulmonary Disease
• Deborah L. Crabbe, MD, FACC, FAHA – Cardiovascular Disease
• Gerard J. Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP – Pulmonary Disease
• Paul G. Curcillo II, MD, FACS – Surgery
• Crystal S. Denlinger, MD, FACP – Medical Oncology
• Parag B. Desai, MD – Pulmonary Disease
• Antonio Di Carlo, MD, CM, FACS, FRCSC – Surgery
• Thomas F. Diaz, MD – Cardiovascular Disease
• Martin J. Edelman, MD — Medical Oncology
• Daniel Edmundowicz, MD, MS, FACP, FACC – Cardiovascular Disease
• Hormoz Ehya, MD — Pathology
• Cherie P. Erkmen, MD – Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
• Kadir Erkmen, MD, FAANS – Neurological Surgery
• Daniel D. Eun, MD – Urology
• Jeffrey M. Farma, MD, FACS — Surgery
• Richard I. Fisher, MD — Medical Oncology
• David M. Fiss, MD – Interventional Cardiology
• Paul R. Forfia, MD – Cardiovascular Disease
• Frank K. Friedenberg, MD, MS(Epi) – Gastroenterology
• Henry C. Fung, MD, FACP, FRCPE — Hematology
• Crystal A. Gadegbeku, MD, FAHA, FACP, FASN – Nephrology
• Garo S. Garibian, MD, FACC – Cardiovascular Disease
• Susan S. Gersh, MD, FACP, DABIHM – Internal Medicine
• Carol Ann Glowacki, MD, FACOG – Urogynecology/Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
• Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS – Surgery
• Richard E. Greenberg, MD, FACS — Urology
• Richard M. Greenberg, MD, FACC, FACP, FHRS, CCDS – Cardiac Electrophysiology
• Rohit Gupta, MD – Pulmonary Disease
• Alan D. Haber, MD, FCCP — Pulmonary Disease
• Michael J. Hall, MD, MS — Medical Oncology
• Eman A. Hamad, MD, FACC, FHFSA – Cardiovascular Disease
• Shelly B. Hayes, MD — Radiation Oncology
• Stephen J. Heller, MD – Gastroenterology
• Jeffrey D. Henderer, MD – Ophthalmology
• Enrique Hernandez, MD, FACOG, FACS – Gynecologic Oncology
• Gail M. Herrine, MD, FACOG, IBCLC, FABM – Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Sharon J. Herring, MD, MPH – Internal Medicine
• Brenda J. Horwitz, MD – Gastroenterology
• Eric M. Horwitz, MD, FABS, FASTRO — Radiation Oncology
• Karen L. Houck, MD, FACOG – Gynecologic Oncology
• Glenn C. Isaacson, MD, FACS, FAAP – Pediatric Otolaryngology
• Mercedes P. Jacobson, MD – Neurology
• Fredric Jaffe, DO – Pulmonary Disease
• Lawrence I. Kaplan, MD, FACP – Internal Medicine
• Paul S. Karlin, DO – Pulmonary Disease
• Cory J. Keller, DO – Sports Medicine
• Victor Kim, MD – Pulmonary Disease
• Stephanie A. King, MD — Gynecologic Oncology
• Christian A. Koch, MD, PhD, FACP, MACE — Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
• Benjamin Krevsky, MD, MPH – Gastroenterology
• Alexander Kutikov, MD, FACS — Urology
• Jeffrey C. Liu, MD, FACS – Otolaryngology
• Christopher M. Loftus, MD, FACS – Neurological Surgery
• Matthew P. Lorei, MD – Orthopaedic Surgery
• Ian B. Maitin, MD, MBA – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• A. James Mamary, MD – Pulmonary Disease
• Christopher J. Manley, MD — Pulmonary Disease
• Gina M. Mantia-Smaldone, MD – Gynecologic Oncology
• Nathaniel T. Marchetti, DO – Pulmonary Disease
• Steven J. Mattleman, MD, FACC – Cardiovascular Disease
• Alan H. Maurer, MD, MS – Nuclear Medicine
• Michael J. Metro, MD – Urology
• Barton N. Milestone, MD — Diagnostic Radiology
• Juhi Mittal, MD – Medical Oncology
• Curtis T. Miyamoto, MD – Radiation Oncology
• Jack H. Mydlo, MD, MBA, FACS – Urology
• Minhhuyen T. Nguyen, MD, AGAF, FACP — Gastroenterology
• Mark F. Obenrader, MD, PhD – Family Medicine
• David T. O’Gurek, MD – Family Medicine
• Brian O’Murchu, MD, FACC – Interventional Cardiology
• Anuradha S. Paranjape, MD, MPH, FACP – Internal Medicine
• Henry P. Parkman, MD – Gastroenterology
• Ted M. Parris, MD, FACC – Interventional Cardiology
• Rosaleen B. Parsons, MD, FACR, FSAR — Diagnostic Radiology
• Sameer A. Patel, MD, FACS — Plastic Surgery
• Roman V. Petrov, MD, PhD, FACS – Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
• Matthew M. Philp, MD – Colon & Rectal Surgery
• Elizabeth R. Plimack, MD, MS — Medical Oncology
• Natasha Pollak, MD – Otolaryngology
• Michel A. Pontari, MD – Urology
• Joseph V. Queenan, MD – Neurological Surgery
• Juan J. Diaz Quinones, MD, FACOG, MBA – Obstetrics & Gynecology
• A. Koneti Rao, MD – Hematology
• Adam C. Reese, MD – Urology
• John A. Ridge, MD, PhD, FACS — Surgery
• Elizabeth P. Renza-Stingone, MD, FACS – Surgery
• Lauren S. Rosenberg, MD – Family Medicine
• Howard M. Ross, MD, FACS, FASCRS – Colon & Rectal Surgery
• Daniel J. Rubin, MD, MSc, FACE – Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
• Stephen C. Rubin, MD — Gynecologic Oncology
• Denise A. Salerno, MD, FAAP – Pediatrics
• Rafik Samuel, MD – Infectious Disease
• Aditi G. Satti, MD – Pulmonary Disease
• Deric C. Savior, MD – Medical Oncology
• Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, FACS – Otolaryngology
• Elin R. Sigurdson, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS — Surgery
• Mark L. Sobczak, MD, FACR — Radiation Oncology
• Ahmed M. Soliman, MD – Otolaryngology
• Stacey Su, MD, FACS – Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
• Ellen M. Tedaldi, MD, MACP – Internal Medicine
• Joseph J. Thoder, MD – Hand Surgery
• Jeffrey L. Tokar, MD, FASGE, AGAF — Gastroenterology
• Neal S. Topham, MD, FACS — Plastic Surgery
• Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, PhD – Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
• John M. Travaline, MD – Pulmonary Disease
• Alan J. Twer, MD, FAAO – Ophthalmology
• Audrey B. Uknis, MD – Rheumatology
• Robert G. Uzzo, MD, MBA, FACS — Urology
• Anjali Vaidya, MD, FACC, FASE, FACP – Cardiovascular Disease
• William A. Van Decker, MD – Cardiovascular Disease
• Eric J. Velazquez, MD, FACS, FASMBS – Surgery
• Margaret von Mehren, MD – Medical Oncology
• Michael W. Weaver, MD – Neurological Surgery
• Sheila E. Weaver, DO – Pulmonary Disease
• Karl Whitley, MD – Otolaryngology
• David S. Weinberg, MD, MSc — Gastroenterology
• Stephanie E. Weiss, MD, FASTRO — Radiation Oncology
• Jennifer S. Winn, MD, MS — Medical Oncology
• George A. Yesenosky, MD – Cardiac Electrophysiology
• Jian Q. Yu, MD, FACNM, FRCPC — Nuclear Medicine