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Compassion. Dedication. Innovation.

Those are a few of the values that continue to propel our doctors to the top of Minnesota Monthly’s yearly “Top Doctors” list. This week, we are honored to announce that 350 physicians from Fairview, M Physicians, and the independent clinics in our network have been recognized as high-performing doctors by the magazine in 2020. That’s more than any other health system in Minnesota.

“Congratulations to our exceptional Top Doctor honorees,” said Mark Welton, MD, the Fairview chief medical officer. “They exemplify the clinical excellence, community focus, and drive to improve healthcare that distinguish the M Health Fairview system.”

Minnesota Monthly has published the “Top Doctors” list since 2014. To compile the 2020 Top Doctors list, the magazine asks thousands of physicians from the 11-county Twin Cities metro area as well as Olmsted County which providers they would choose to care for their own health or the health of a loved one. The providers who are named most often by their peers are selected for inclusion on the list.

This year, the magazine honored more than 900 total doctors from a variety of Minnesota healthcare systems. Our winners represent 49 different medical specialty areas—so no matter what type of care you need, one of our experts has you covered.

“We’re delighted to have the highest number of doctors on the list this year. The fact that we have honorees in so many medical specialties demonstrates that our system is prepared to offer you top-notch care, no matter the nature of your healthcare need,” said Bevan Yueh, MD. MPH, interim CEO of M Physicians.

Scroll down to see the complete list of Fairview, M Physicians, and Fairview Physician Associates doctors recognized in 2020 by Minnesota Monthly. 

Addiction Medicine

Robert Levy, MD

Allergy & Immunology

Hiba Bashir, MD, FAAAAI

Gary Berman, MD

Richard Bransford, MD

Nicole Chase, MD

Joshua Dorn, MD

Philip Halverson, MD

Doug McMahon, MD

Hemalini Mehta, MD

Mee Lee Nelson, MD

Nancy Ott, MD

Aaron Pinion, DO, FAAAAI

Jason Raasch, MD

Allan Stillerman, MD

Michael Wexler, MD

Cherie Zachary, MD

Yuriy Zgherea, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI

Anesthesiology

Kumar Belani, MBBS, MS, FACA, FAAP

Brandon Davis, MD

Jacob Hutchins, MD

Tjorvi Perry, MD, MMSC

Breast Surgery

Jane Hui, MD, MS

Diane Ogren, MD

Sara Wildenberg, MD

Todd Tuttle, MD, MS

Ashley Zilles, DO

Cardiology

Mudassar Ahmed, MD

Matthew Ambrose, MD

Rebecca Ameduri, MD

Elizabeth Braunlin, MD, PhD

Rebecca Cogswell, MD, NNP

Gurumurthy Hiremath Mallikarjun, MD, MBBS, FACC

Thomas Johnson, MD

Jamie Lohr, MD

S. Kimara March, MD

Cindy Martin, MD

Nathan Rodgers, MD, MHA

Julia Steinberger, MD, MS

Thenappan Thenappan, MD

Mitchell Timmons, DO

Colon & Rectal Surgery

Wolfgang Gaertner, MD, MSC

Brett Gemlo, MD

Sarah Grahn, MD

Ann Lowry, MD

Robert Madoff, MD
Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD

Marc Osborne, MD

Michael Spencer, MD

Mark Sun, MD

Amy Thorsen, MD

James Williams II, MD

Critical Care Medicine

Gregory Beilman, MD

Caroline George, MD

Sameer Gupta, MD

Ashley Loomis, MD

Jennifer Needle, MD, MPH

Kathryn Pendleton, MD

Ronald Reilkoff, MD

Dermatology

Rehana Ahmed-Saucedo, MD, PhD

Kathryn Barlow, MD

Kimberly Bohjanen, MD, FAAD

Christina Boull, MD, FAAD

Jeremy Cook, MD

Julie Cronk, MD

Ronda Farah, MD, FAAD

Katy Gehrig, MD

Maria Hordinsky, MD, FAAD

Kristen Hook, MD, FAAD

Joseph Lazar, MD

Bailey Lee, MD, FAAD

Nancy Leitch, MD

Rajneesh Madhok, MD

Sheilagh Maguiness, MD, FAAD

Daniel Miller, MD, FAAD

Ingrid Polcari, MD, FAAD

Malinee Saxena, MD

Joseph Shaffer, MD

Kristina Shaffer, MD

Neil Shah, MD, FAAD

Mohiba Tareen, MD

Lydia Turnbull, MD

Brian Zelickson, MD

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Andrew Barnes, MD, MPH

Katherine Murray, MD, MPH

Diagnostic Radiology

Tadashi Allen, MD

Anjali Goel, MD

Tara Holm, MD

Michael Murati, MD

Emergency Medicine

Ronald Furnival, MD

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Melena Bellin, MD

Lynn Burmeister, MD

John Chow, MD, FACE

Lisa Chow, MD, MS

Bradley Miller, MD, PhD

Brandon Nathan, MD

Elizabeth Seaquist, MD

Family Medicine

Patricia Adam, MD, MSPH

Roli Dwivedi, MD

Jon Hallberg, MD

Kathryn Justesen, MD

Carrie Link, MD

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Stuart Amateau, MD, PhD

Nicholas Boetticher, MD

Paul Dambowy, MD

Martin Freeman, MD

Robert Ganz, MD

Ibrahim Hanouneh, MD

Mohamed Hassan, MD, FAASLD

Michelle Kennedy, MD

John Lake, MD

Catherine Larson-Nath, MD, CNSC

Samuel Leon, MD

Robert McCabe Jr., MD, AGAF

Benjamin Mitlyng, MD

Neil Phelan, MD

Peter Pico, MD

Federico Rossi, MD

Sarah Schwarzenberg, MD

Boris Sudel, MD

Julie Thompson, MD

General Surgery

Robert Acton, MD

Adrianne Bowen, MD, FACS

Jeffrey Chipman, MD

Michael Galle, MD

Jorge Granja, MD

Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD, MHA

Kourtney Kemp, MD, FACS

Steven Kern, MD, FACS

Michael Koeplin, MD

Nathaniel Kreykes, MD

Bradley Segura, MD, PhD

John Shearen, MD

Joshua Short, MD, PhD

Genetics

Susan Berry, MD

Geriatric Medicine

Teresa McCarthy, MD, MS

James Pacala, MD, MS

Gynecologic Oncology

Peter Argenta, MD

Britt Erickson, MD

Melissa Geller, MD

Amy McNally, MD

Sally Mullany, MD

Emily Prendergast, MD

Colleen Rivard Hunt, MD

Annie Tan, MD, PhD

Deanna Teoh, MD

Jessica Thomes Pepin, MD

Hand Surgery

Clare McCarthy, MD

Andrew Thomas, MD

Ann Van Heest, MD

Ariel Williams, MD

Hematology

Mark Reding, MD

Gregory Vercellotti, MD, FACP

Hematology/Oncology

Thomas Amatruda, MD

Anne Blaes, MD

Stuart Bloom, MD, MSc

Puneet Cheema, MD

Emily Greengard, MD

Naomi Fujioka, MD

Samith Kochuparambil, MD

Tim Larson, MD

Joseph Leach, MD

Emil Lou, MD, PhD, FACP

Christopher Moertel, MD

Joseph Neglia, MD, MPH

Manish Patel, DO

Karim Sadak, MD, MPH, MSE

Avina Singh, MD

Sarah Torgerson, DO

Michaela Tsai, MD

Lucie Turcotte, MD, MHH

Brenda Weigel, MD, MSc

Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Drew Rosielle, MD

Hospital Medicine

Andrew Olson, MD

Infectious Disease

Winston Cavert, MD

Susan Kline, MD, MPH

Laura Norton, MD, MS

Meghan Rothenberger, MD

Bazak Sharon, MD

Jo-Anne Young, MD

Internal Medicine

Bradley Benson, MD

Tammy Chiesa, MD

Bhavjot Kaur, MD, FACP

Jacob Liston, MD

Mary Logeais, MD

David Macomber, MD

Brian Sick, MD

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Stephen Contag, MD

Sarah Cross, MD

Katherine Jacobs, DO

Dan Landers, MD, FACOG

Cresta Wedel Jones, MD

Yasuko Yamamura, MD

Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine

Catherine Bendel, MD

Melissa Engel, MD

Michael Georgieff, MD

Sixto Guiang, MD

Erin Osterholm, MD

Johannah Scheurer, MD

Nephrology

Thomas Davin, MD

Carl Dean, MD

Sarah Elfering, MD

James Gitter, MD

John Gray, MD

Sandeep Gupta, MBBS

Michelle Rheault, MD

Samy Riad, MD, MS

Kimberlee Thielen, MD

Orvin Visaya, MD

Neurology

Irfan Altafullah, MD

Steven Janousek, MD

Pezhman Roohani, MD

David Walk, MD

Mark Young, MD

Neurosurgery

Andrew Grande, MD

Daniel Guillaume, MD, MS

Matthew Hunt, MD

Ramachandra Tummala, MD, FRCS, FAANS

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Erin Collins, MD

Rebecca French, MD

Samantha Hoffman, MD

Mary Pukite, MD

Christine Sarkinen, MD

Carrie Terrell, MD, FACOG

Ophthalmology

Raymond Areaux Jr., MD

John Berestka, MD

William Engel, MD

Marshall Everson, MD

David Folden, MD

Jafar Hasan, MD

Andrew Harrison, MD

Michael Lee, MD

Mark Lobanoff, MD

Collin McClelland, MD

Ali Mokhtarzadeh, MD

Mrunalini Parvataneni, MD

Scott Peterson, DO

Scott Schaefer, MD

Jeffrey Stephens, MD

Orthopedic Surgery

Elizabeth Arendt, MD

Edward Cheng, MD

Dennis Clohisy, MD

Chris Coetzee, MD, Mb, ChB

Alicia Harrison, MD, MS

Jeffrey Macalena, MD

Bradley Nelson, MD

Brian O’Neill, MD

Otolaryngology

Meredith Adams, MD, MS

Eric Becken, MD

Holly Boyer, MD

Brian Drew, MD

Karin Evan, MD

Kristin Gendron, MD

Geoffrey Getnick, MD

George Goding, MD

Luke Jakubowski, MD

Sobia Khaja, MD

Samir Khariwala, MD

Stephanie Misono, MD, MPH

Benhoor Soumekh, MD

Michael Tedford, MD

Jon Thomas, MD

Bevan Yueh, MD, MPH

Pain Management

Clarence Shannon IV, MD

Alfred Clavel Jr., MD

Matthew Armfield, MD, MAEd

Pathology

Mahmoud Khalifa, MD, PhD

Pediatrics

Emily Borman-Shoap, MD

Stella Evans, MD

Katie Sadak, MD

Lori Skallerud, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Physiatry)

Jason Holgers, DO

Jennifer Kendall Thomas, DO

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Marie-Claire Buckley, MD

Umar Choudry, MD

Sam Economou, MD

Garrett Griffin, MD

Nicholas Kim, MD

Valerie Lemaine, MD, MPH, FRCSC

Sofia Lyford-Pike, MD

Stephanie Peng, MD

David Ruebeck, MD, FACS

Timothy Schaefer, MD, FACS

David Thao, MD

Christopher Tolan, MD

Podiatry

Aaron Corfield, DPM

Joseph Schuster, DPM

Psychiatry

Raghu Gandhi, MBBS, MD

Pulmonology

Erhan Dincer, MD

Marshall Hertz, MD

Hyun Joo Kim, MD

Radiation Oncology

Stephanie Childs, MD

L. Chinsoo Cho, MD, MS

Kathryn Dusenbery, MD

Ryan Funk, MD

Stephanie Terezakis, MD

Ryan Youland, MD

Jianling Yuan, MD, PhD

Radiology

Brent Bullis, MD

John Caspers, MD

Tara Holm, MD

Mark Veldman, MD

Sara Veldman, MD

Rheumatology

Bryce Binstadt, MD, PhD

Colleen Correll, MD

Maren Hilton, MD

Patricia Hobday, MD

Jerry Molitor, MD, PhD

Daniel Mueller, MD

Erik Peterson, MD

Mona Riskalla, MD, MS

Richard Vehe, MD

Sleep Disorders

Tereza Cervenka, MD

Jason Cornelius, MD

John Damergis Jr., MD

Umesh Goswami, MD

Michael Howell, MD

Conrad Iber, MD

Sports Medicine

Amy Beacom, MD

David Jewison, MD

David Olson, MD

Dave Smith, DO

Steven Stovitz, MD

Thoracic Surgery

Rafael Andrade, MD

Matthew Graczyk, MD

Stephen Huddleston, MD, PhD

Louis Jacques, MD

Ranjit John, MD

Rosemary Kelly, MD

Madhuri Rao, MD

Urology

J. Kyle Anderson, MD

Joshua Bodie, MD

Matthew Braasch, MD

Sean Elliott, MD

Paul Fadden, MD

Cynthia Fok, MD, MPH

J. Karl Kemberling, MD, FACS

Christopher Knoedler, MD

Jane Lewis, MD

Aaron Milbank, MD

Nissrine Nakib, MD

Matthew O'Shaughnessy, MD

Yuri Reinberg, MD

Lioudmila Sitnikova, MD

Neil Skemp, MD

Jeffry Twidwell, MD

David Vandersteen, MD

Christopher Warlick, MD, PhD

Christopher Weight, MD

Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Siobhan Flanagan, MD

Andrew Hartigan, MD

Michael Rosenberg, MD