Each
year, Philadelphia Magazine compiles its "Top
Doctors" list of the region's best physicians.
The physicians of the University of Pennsylvania
Health System always figure prominently on this
list, and 2008 was no exception.
Congratulations
to the 134 Penn physicians listed
below who were included in Philadelphia
Magazine's Top Doctors 2008.
For more information, visit the Philadelphia
Magazine web site.
| Addiction Psychiatry |
Kyle Kampman, MD | Addiction/substance abuse, cocaine addiction, opiate addiction |
| Adolescent Medicine |
Janice Hillman, MD | Eating disorders |
| Allergy & Immunology |
Arnold Levinson, MD | Autoimmune disease, immune deficiency, allergy |
| Cardiac Electrophysiology |
David Callans, MD | Arrhythmias, pacemakers |
Francis Marchlinski, MD | Pacemakers, arrhythmias |
| Cardiovascular Disease |
Susan Brozena, MD | Transplant medicine (heart), congestive heart failure, heart disease in women |
Irving Herling, MD | Cholesterol/lipid
disorders, preventive cardiology |
Harvey Waxman, MD | Arrhythmias, cardiac catheterization, heart valve disease |
| Clinical Genetics |
Deborah Driscoll, MD | Prenatal
genetic diagnosis, fetal abnormalities |
Reed Pyeritz, MD, PhD | Marfan's syndrome, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, inherited disorders |
| Dermatology |
Alain Rook, MD | Cutaneous lymphoma, immune deficiency (skin disorders), mycosis fungoides |
John
Stanley, MD |
Blistering diseases, pemphigus |
Victoria
Werth, MD | Autoimmune
disease, lupus/SLE, connective tissue disorders, blistering diseases |
| Diagnostic Radiology |
Beverly
Coleman, MD, FACR |
Ultrasound |
Emily Conant, MD | Breast cancer, breast imaging |
Warren Gefter, MD | Thoracic imaging |
Susan Orel, MD | Breast imaging, breast cancer |
| Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism |
Susan Mandel, MD, MPH | Thyroid disorders, calcium disorders |
Stanley Schwartz, MD | Diabetes |
Peter Snyder, MD | Pituitary tumors, reproductive endocrinology (male) |
| Family Medicine |
Marjorie Bowman, MD, MPA | Preventive medicine, women's health |
David Nicklin, MD | AIDS/HIV, gastrointestinal complications of HIV |
| Gastroenterology |
Gregory Ginsberg, MD | Pancreatic/biliary endoscopy (ERCP), endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound |
Timothy Hoops, MD | Esophageal
disorders, endoscopy, colonoscopy |
Michael Kochman, MD | Endoscopy, pancreatic/biliary endoscopy (ERCP), gastrointestinal cancer |
Gary Lichtenstein, MD | Inflammatory bowel disease |
William Lipshutz, MD | Inflammatory
bowel disease/Crohn's, colonoscopy, esophageal disorders,
gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) |
David Metz, MD | Peptic acid disorders, neuroendocrine tumors, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastrointestinal motility disorders |
| Geriatric Medicine |
Joan
Weinryb, MD | |
| Geriatric Psychiatry |
Joel E. Streim, MD | Psychiatry
in chronic medical illness, Alzheimer's disease |
| Gynecologic Oncology |
George Coukos, MD, PhD | Ovarian cancer, gynecologic cancer, vaccine therapy, clinical trials |
Thomas Randall, MD | Gynecologic cancer, pelvic floor reconstruction, laparoscopic hysterectomy, minimally invasive surgery |
Stephen C. Rubin, MD | Gynecologic cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer |
| Hand Surgery |
David J. Bozentka, MD | Hand
and upper extremity surgery, elbow surgery |
| Hematology |
Charles Abrams, MD | Bleeding/coagulation
disorders, thrombotic disorders |
Alan Gewirtz, MD | Leukemia, gene therapy |
Jack Goldberg, MD | Leukemia,
lymphoma |
David Porter, MD | Leukemia, bone marrow transplant |
| Infectious Disease |
Ian Frank, MD | AIDS/HIV |
Jay
Kostman, MD |
AIDS/HIV, gastrointestinal
complications of HIV |
John
Stern, MD | |
| Internal Medicine |
Seth Braunstein, MD, PhD | Diabetes |
Michael Cirigliano, MD | Complementary medicine, women's health |
Allison Oler, MD | Women's health, heart disease in women, preventive medicine |
Daniel Rader, MD | Cholesterol/lipid disorders, preventive cardiology, metabolic disorders |
| Interventional Cardiology |
Howard
Herrmann, MD |
Cardiac catheterization,
angioplasty and stent placement, heart valve disease, atrial septal defect
closure |
| Maternal and Fetal Medicine |
Samuel
Parry, MD | |
| Medical Oncology |
Kevin Fox, MD | Breast cancer |
John Glick, MD | Breast cancer, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, |
Daniel Haller, MD | Gastrointestinal cancer, colon and rectal cancer, cancer prevention |
Corey
Langer, MD |
Lung cancer, head and neck
cancer, mesothelioma |
David Mintzer, MD | Breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, head and neck cancer |
Lynn Schuchter, MD | Melanoma, breast cancer, clinical trials |
Arthur
Staddon, MD |
Sarcoma |
Edward
Stadtmauer, MD |
Bone marrow and stem cell
transplant, leukemia, multiple myeloma |
David
Vaughn, MD | Testicular
cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, genitourinary cancer |
| Nephrology |
Sidney Kobrin, MD | Diabetic
kidney disease, kidney failure, kidney stones |
Michael Rudnick, MD | Hypertension, kidney disease |
Raymond Townsend, MD | Hypertension (complex), renal artery stenosis |
| Neurological Surgery |
Gordon Baltuch, MD, PhD | Movement disorders, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy/seizure disorders |
M.
Sean Grady, MD | Cerebrovascular
surgery, aneurysm (cerebral), arteriovenous malformations |
Kevin Judy, MD | Brain tumors |
Donald O'Rourke, MD | Neuro-oncology, brain tumors, spinal disorders (cervical) |
| Neurology |
Steven
Galetta, MD | Neuro-ophthalmology,
optic nerve disorders, multiple sclerosis |
Howard Hurtig, MD | Parkinson's
disease, movement disorders |
Grant Liu, MD | Pediatric and adult neuro-ophthalmology |
Myrna Rosenfeld, MD, PhD | Neuro-oncology, brain tumors |
Matthew Stern, MD | Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, botox therapy |
| Neuroradiology |
Robert
Hurst, MD |
Interventional neuroradiology,
aneurysm, carotid artery stent placement, intracranial angioplasty and
stent |
Laurie
Loevner, MD | Head
and neck surgery |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Robert Weinstein, MD | Gynecology only |
Victor Zachian, MD, FACOG | Pregnancy (solo care), pap smear abnormalities, uterine fibroids |
| Ophthalmology |
Alexander Brucker, MD | Retinal disorders, retina/vitreous surgery, macular degeneration |
| Orthopaedic Surgery |
Richard Balderston, MD | Scoliosis, spinal surgery, spinal disc replacement |
Arthur Bartolozzi, MD | Sports
medicine, arthroscopic surgery (knee), knee ligament reconstruction |
Robert Booth, MD | Knee replacement |
Frederick Kaplan, MD | Metabolic bone disease, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), progressive osseous heteroplasia (POH) |
Mary Ann Keenan, MD | Neuro-orthopaedic
surgery, arthritis, deformity reconstruction |
Richard
Lackman, MD, FACS |
Bone cancer, sarcoma, limb-sparing
surgery |
Enyi
Okereke, PharmD, MD | Foot
and ankle surgery |
Keith Wapner, MD | Foot and ankle surgery, tendon surgery, arthritis |
| Otolaryngology |
Ara Chalian, MD | Head
and neck cancer, head and neck reconstruction, thyroid cancer, reconstructive
plastic surgery |
David Kennedy, MD | Sinus disorders/surgery, skull base tumors and surgery, endoscopic sinus surgery, minimally invasive transnasal surgery |
Bert W. O'Malley, MD | Head and neck cancer, sinus tumors, skull base tumors |
Gregory Weinstein, MD, FACS | Head and neck cancer, laryngeal cancer |
| Pathology |
John Brooks, MD, FRCPath | Tumor diagnosis, sarcoma, bone and soft tissue pathology |
Franz
Fogt, MD |
Gastrointestinal pathology |
Prabodh Gupta, MD | Lung pathology, cervical cancer, fine needle aspiration biopsy |
Carolyn Mies, MD | Breast cancer |
John Tomaszewski, MD | Kidney
pathology, immunopathology, uterine cancer |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
Curtis Slipman, MD | Spinal
rehabilitation, pain management, musculoskeletal disorders |
| Plastic Surgery |
Scott Bartlett, MD |
Craniofacial surgery/reconstruction,
pediatric plastic surgery, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery |
Louis Bucky, MD | Cosmetic
surgery (face), botox therapy, cosmetic surgery (breast), liposuction and
body contouring |
David Low, MD | Microsurgery,
cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, vascular malformations, cleft palate/lip |
Joseph Serletti, MD, FACS | Breast reconstruction, reconstructive surgery, cosmetic surgery |
| Psychiatry |
Michael
Thase, MD | Anxiety
and mood disorders, psychopharmacology, depression |
| Pulmonary Disease |
Joel
Deitz, MD |
Respiratory failure, chronic
obstructive lung disease (COLD), cough |
John Hansen-Flaschen, MD | Interstitial
lung disease, diagnostic problems, chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) |
Robert Kotloff, MD | Lung transplant medicine, complex lung disease |
Allan Pack, MD, PhD | Sleep disorders/apnea |
Harold Palevsky, MD | Pulmonary
hypertension, pulmonary vascular disease, thromboembolic disorders, pulmonary
embolism |
Milton Rossman, MD | Beryllium-induced
lung disease, sarcoidosis, interstitial lung disease |
Richard Schwab, MD, DABSM | Sleep disorders/apnea |
| Radiation Oncology |
John Glassburn, MD, FACR | Gynecologic cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer |
Eli Glatstein, MD | Lymphoma, lung cancer, photodynamic therapy, sarcoma |
| Reproductive Endocrinology |
Christos Coutifaris, MD, PhD | Infertility-IVF, fertility preservation in cancer, polycystic ovarian syndrome |
Samantha Pfeifer, MD | Female
infertility, endometriosis, Turner syndrome |
Steven
Sondheimer, MD |
Infertility |
Richard
Tureck, MD | Reproductive
surgery, infertility |
| Rheumatology |
Frederick Vivino, MD, FACR | Sjögren's syndrome |
| Surgery |
Jeffrey Drebin, MD, PhD, FACS | Pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, biliary cancer, stomach cancer |
Douglas
Fraker, MD |
Melanoma, endocrine tumors,
liver cancer, sarcoma |
Gary
Korus, MD |
Gastrointestinal surgery,
obesity/bariatric surgery |
Kim Olthoff, MD | Adult
and pediatric liver transplant, liver and heptobiliary surgery |
| Thoracic Surgery |
Michael Acker, MD | Heart transplant, ventricular assist device (LVAD), coronary artery surgery, heart valve surgery |
Joseph Bavaria, MD | Aortic surgery, heart valve surgery |
Charles Bridges, MD, ScD | Minimally
invasive cardiac surgery, MAZE procedure for atrial
fibrillation, aortic aneurysm, heart valve surgery |
Joel Cooper, MD, FACS, FRCS | Lung
transplant, lung
volume reduction for emphysema |
Joseph Friedberg, MD | Lung
cancer, mesothelioma, photodynamic therapy |
W. Clark Hargrove, MD | Mitral
valve robotic surgery, heart valve surgery, minimally invasive cardiac
surgery |
Larry Kaiser, MD | Lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mediastinal tumors |
Rohinton J. Morris, MD | Heart
transplant, ventricular assist device (LVAD), coronary artery surgery |
Alberto Pochettino, MD | Thoracic aortic aneursym, lung transplant, left ventricular assist device (LVAD), heart valve disease |
| Urology |
S.
Bruce Malkowicz, MD | Prostate
cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, gene therapy |
Keith Van Arsdalen, MD | Male
infertility, varicocele microsurgery, urologic cancer, vasectomy reversal |
Alan J. Wein, MD | Neuro-urology, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, urologic cancer |
| Vascular and Interventional Radiology |
Richard Shlansky-Goldberg, MD | Uterine fibroid embolization, varicocele embolization, pelvic congestion syndrome |
Michael C. Soulen, MD | Liver cancer/chemoembolization, kidney cancer, radiofrequency tumor ablation |
Scott Trerotola, MD | Uterine fibroid embolization, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, varicocele embolization |
| Vascular Surgery |
Keith Calligaro, MD | Abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysm, carotid artery disease |
Jeffrey Carpenter, MD | Abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysm, carotid artery surgery, peripheral vascular disease |
Ronald
Fairman, MD |
Aortic aneurysm, peripheral
vascular disease, carotid artery surgery |
Michael
Golden, MD |
Aneurysm, endovascular surgery |
Mark
Mantell, MD | Endovascular
surgery |
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