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University of Minnesota Health is proud to announce that 140 of our physicians and associates representing 18 medical specialties have been recognized this year by Best Doctors in America.

The 2015-2016 Best Doctors in America list is developed by Best Doctors, Inc., based in Boston, MA. The company’s list results are generated by independently polling more than 40,000 physicians in 40 specialties and 400 subspecialties in the United States. These physicians are asked a single question: “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer?”

The list is audited and certified by Gallup. Only 5 percent of physicians in America earn this honor. For more information, visit Best Doctors.

Scroll down to view the complete list of University of Minnesota Health physicians and associates honored this year. Doctors are listed by their University of Minnesota Medical School department, though they may practice additional subspecialties of medicine.

Anesthesiology

• David Beebe
• Kumar Belani
• Michael Sweeney
• Michael Wall
• Richard Prielipp

Dermatology

• Maria Hordinsky

Family Medicine

• James Pacala
• Nancy Baker
• Suzanne Hecht

Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

• Patricia Ferrieri
• Robert McKenna

Medicine

• Alan Hirsch
• Bruce Peterson
• Charles Moldow
• Connie Manske
• Conrad Iber
• Craig Weinert
• Daniel Weisdorf
• David Benditt
• David Ingbar
• Edward Greeno
• Elizabeth Seaquist
• Gary Bryant
• Gary Francis
• Hassan Ibrahim
• Hyun Joo Kim
• James Bruce Redmon
• Jeffrey Miller
• Jo Anne Young
• John Bantle
• John Lake
• Jordan Dunitz
• Mark Rosenberg
• Mark Paller
• Mark Reding
• Marshall Hertz
• Philip McGlave
• Robert Kempainen
• Susan Kline
• Timothy Schacker
• Uma Valeti

Neurology

• Craig Hyser
• David Anderson
• David Walk
• Ilo Leppik
• John Tulloch
• Miles Belgrade
• Paul Tuite
• Thaddeus Walczak
• Thomas Henry

Neurosurgery

• Dan Guillaume
• Stephen Haines

Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health

• Daniel Landers
• Levi Downs, Jr.
• Linda Carson
• Melissa Geller
• Peter Argenta
• Sally Mullany

Ophthalmology

• Andrew Harrison
• Erick Bothun
• Martha Wright

Orthopaedic Surgery

• Ann Van Heest
• Bradley Nelson
• David Fischer
• David Polly
• Denis Clohisy
• Edward Cheng
• Elizabeth Arendt
• Fernando Pena
• Jon Braman
• Marc Swiontkowski
• Peter Cole

Otolaryngology

• Bevan Yueh
• Robert Maisel
• Samuel Levine

Pediatrics

• Angela Smith
• Anna Petryk
• Antoinette Moran
• Arif Somani
• Blanche Chavers
• Bradley Miller
• Brandon Nathan
• Brenda Weigel
• Bruce Blazar
• Bryce Binstadt
• Caroline George
• Catherine Bendel
• Chester Whitley
• Christopher Moertel
• Clifford Kashtan
• Glenn Gourley
• Jakub Tolar
• James Moller
• Jamie Lohr
• John Wagner, Jr.
• John Bass
• Joseph Neglia
• Julia Steinberger
• Kyriakie Sarafoglou
• Margaret MacMillan
• Marie Steiner
• Mark Schleiss
• Melena Bellin
• Michael Georgieff
• Michael Mauer
• Michael Verneris
• Michelle Rheault
• Neil Kooy
• Nimi Singh
• Parvin Dorostkar
• Paul Orchard
• Rebecca Ameduri
• Richard Vehe
• Sameer Gupta
• Sara Ramel
• Sarah Schwarzenberg
• Sixto Guiang III
• Susan Berry
• Terri Laguna
• Thomas George

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• James Agre

Psychiatry

• Elke Eckert
• Gail Bernstein
• Kelvin Lim
• Ronald Groat
• S. Charles Schulz
• Sheila Specker

Radiation Oncology

• Kathryn Dusenbery

Radiology

• David Hunter
• Jafar Golzarian

Surgery

• Bruce Cunningham
• Daniel Saltzman
• Donavon Hess
• Gregory Beilman
• Robert Acton
• Robert Madoff
• Sara Shumway
• Sayeed Ikramuddin

Urology

• Badrinath Konety
• Lawrence Cisek