Twenty four (24) Temple Heart and Vascular Institute physicians have been named to Philadelphia magazine’s “Top Doctors” list for 2018. Physicians on the list were nominated by their professional peers and practice at Temple University Hospital (TUH), Jeanes Hospital Temple University Hospital-Episcopal Campus and in the community as part of Temple Physicians, Inc. (TPI).
“We are proud to have such a large number of Temple Health physicians selected to be part of this year’s Philadelphia magazine ‘Top Doctors’ list,” says Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS, President and CEO of Temple University Health System, Lewis Katz Dean of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Senior Executive Vice President for Health Affairs at Temple University.
The Temple Heart and Vascular Institute doctors on this year’s “Top Doctors” list include:
- René J. Alvarez, Jr., MD – Cardiovascular Disease (TUH/Jeanes)
- Manavendra Bakhshi, MD – Cardiovascular Disease (TUH-Episcopal/TPI)
- Riyaz Bashir, MD, FACC, RVT – Cardiovascular Disease (TUH/Jeanes)
- David Becker, MD, FACC – Cardiovascular Disease (TUH/Jeanes/TPI)
- Robert Boova, MD – Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery (Jeanes/TUH)
- Alison Branigan, MD, FACC – Cardiovascular Disease (Jeanes/TPI)
- David E. Chinn, MD, FACC – Cardiovascular Disease (Jeanes/TPI)
- Eric T. Choi, MD – Vascular Surgery (TUH/Jeanes)
- Joshua M. Cooper, MD – Cardiac Electrophysiology (TUH/Jeanes)
- Deborah Crabbe, MD – Cardiovascular Disease (TUH)
- Thomas F. Diaz, MD – Cardiovascular Disease (Jeanes/TPI)
- Daniel Edmundowicz, MD, MS, FACC – Cardiovascular Disease (TUH/Jeanes)
- David Fiss, MD – Interventional Cardiology (TUH/Jeanes)
- Paul Forfia, MD – Cardiovascular Disease (TUH)
- Garo Garibian, MD, FACC – Cardiovascular Disease (Jeanes/TUH)
- Richard M. Greenberg, MD, FACC, FACP, FHRS, CCDS – Cardiac Electrophysiology (TUH/Jeanes)
- David Masiak, DO, FCCP, FACC, FACP – Cardiovascular Disease (Jeanes/TUH)
- Brian O’Murchu, MD – Interventional Cardiology (TUH)
- Ted M. Parris, MD, FACC – Interventional Cardiology (Jeanes/TUH)
- Bindi K. Shah-Johnson, MD, FACC – Cardiac Electrophysiology (TUH/Jeanes)
- Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, PhD – Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery (TUH/Jeanes)
- William Van Decker, MD – Cardiovascular Disease (TUH)
- Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FACC, FASE – Cardiovascular Disease (TUH)
- George A. Yesenosky, MD – Cardiac Electrophysiology (Jeanes/TUH)