Nine Temple Health heart specialists were named to Philadelphia magazine’s “Top Doctors” list for 2017. Top Docs are nominated by their professional peers, who are asked to identify the best local physicians in their medical specialty.
The nine Temple physicians include:
- Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, MD, MS, FACS – Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery (FCCC/TUH)
- Rene J. Alvarez, Jr., MD – Cardiovascular Disease (TUH/Jeanes)
- Eric T. Choi, MD – Vascular Surgery (TUH/Jeanes)
- Joshua M. Cooper, MD – Cardiac Electrophysiology (TUH)
- Daniel Edmundowicz, MD, MS, FACC – Cardiovascular Disease (TUH)
- Paul Forfia, MD – Cardiovascular Disease (TUH)
- Steven J. Mattleman, MD, FACC – Cardiovascular Disease (FCCC/Jeanes)
- Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, PhD – Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery (TUH)
- William Van Decker, MD – Cardiovascular Disease (TUH)
“It’s notable to have so many Temple heart and vascular specialists named as ‘Top Docs’ – a true honor when you consider that they were chosen by their fellow physicians,” says Daniel Edmundowicz, MD, MS, FACC, Professor of Medicine and Section Chief of Cardiology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. “Their inclusion on this list is an indicator of the recognized cardiovascular expertise found within Temple Health.”
In total, 76 Temple physicians were named to Philadelphia magazine’s “Top Doctors” list for 2017. These physicians – who cover 30 different specialties – practice at Temple University Hospital (TUH), Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC), Jeanes Hospital (Jeanes) and in the community as part of Temple Physicians Inc. (TPI)