PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE'S TOP DOCTORS, 2009

 
   
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Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs (2009)Each year, Philadelphia Magazine compiles its "Top Doctors" list of the region's best physicians. The physicians at Penn Medicine always figure prominently on this list, and 2009 was no exception.

Congratulations to the 123 Penn physicians listed below who were included in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Doctors 2009.

Also, check out 15 Penn Medicine doctors who were highlighted in Philadephia Magazine's Next Generation of Great Philadelphia Doctors.

For more information, visit the Philadelphia Magazine web site.

Adolescent Medicine

Janice Hillman, MD

Eating disorders

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, heart valve disease

Harvey Waxman, MD

Arrhythmias, cardiac catheterization, heart valve disease

Clinical Genetics

Deborah Driscoll, MD

Prenatal genetic diagnosis, fetal abnormalities, adolescent gynecology

Reed Pyeritz, MD, PhD

Marfan's syndrome, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, inherited disorders

Dermatology

William D. James, MD

Contact dermatitis, acne, rosacea

Alain Rook, MD

Cutaneous lymphoma, immune deficiency-skin disorders, mycosis fungoides

Victoria Werth, MD

Auto-immune disease, lupus/SLE, connective tissue disorders, blistering diseases

Diagnostic Radiology

Emily Conant, MD

Breast cancer, breast imaging

Warren Gefter, MD

Thoracic imaging

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Susan Mandel, MD, MPH

Thyroid disorders, calcium disorders

Stanley Schwartz, MD

Diabetes

Family Medicine

Marjorie Bowman, MD, MPA

Preventive medicine, women's health

David Nicklin, MD

 

 

Gastroenterology

Craig A. Aronchick,MD

Colonoscopy, colon cancer screening

Gregory Ginsberg, MD

Pancreatic/biliary endoscopy (ERCP), endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound

Timothy Hoops, MD

Gastrointestinal cancers, gastrointestinal cancer syndromes, colon cancer screening

Michael Kochman, MD

Endoscopy, pancreatic/biliary endoscopy (ERCP), gastrointestinal cancer

Gary Lichtenstein, MD

Inflammatory bowel disease

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 physical illness, psychiatric barriers to physical rehabilitation, 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, robotic hysterectomy, robotic pelvic surgery

Stephen C. Rubin, MD

Gynecologic cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, uterine 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, breast cancer, bone marrow transplant

David Porter, MD

Leukemia, bone marrow transplant, lymphoma

Infectious Disease

Ian Frank, MD

AIDS/HIV

Jay Kostman, MD

AIDS/HIV, HIV-gastrointestinal complications

 

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, lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's

Daniel Haller, MD

Gastrointestinal cancer, colon and rectal cancer, cancer prevention

Corey Langer, MD

Lung cancer, head and neck cancer, mesothelioma, thoracic cancers

David Mintzer, MD

Hemotology, oncology, palliative care

Lynn Schuchter, MD

Melanoma, breast cancer, clinical trials

Weijing Sun, MD

Gastrointestinal cancer, pancreatic cancer

 

Nephrology

Raphael Cohen, MD

Hypertension

Sidney Kobrin, MD

Diabetic kidney disease, kidney failure

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

Skull base tumors, meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas

Kevin Judy, MD

Brain tumors

Donald O'Rourke, MD

Neuro-oncology, brain tumors, spinal surgery-cervical

Neurology

Steven Galetta, MD

Neuro-ophthalmology, optic nerve disorders, multiple sclerosis

Grant Liu, MD

Pediatric neuro-ophthalmology, 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 cancer, thyroid cancer, brain imaging, spinal imaging, imaging-guided skull-based biopsy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Thomas J. Bader, MD

Pregnancy-high risk

Victor Zachian, MD, FACOG

Gynecology only, Pap smear abnormalities, uterine fibroids

Ophthalmology

Alexander Brucker, MD

Retinal disorders, retina/vitreous surgery, macular degeneration

Nicholas J. Volpe, MD

Neuro-ophthalmology

Orthopedic Surgery

Richard Balderston, MD

Scoliosis, spinal surgery, spinal disc replacement

Arthur Bartolozzi, MD

Sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery-knee, knee ligament reconstruction, shoulder surgery

Mary Ann Keenan, MD

Neuro-orthopedic surgery, arthritis, deformity reconstruction

Richard Lackman, MD, FACS

Bone cancer, sarcoma, limb-sparing 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

Virginia A. LiVolsi, MD

Endocrine cancers, thyroid cancer, gynecologic cancer

Carolyn Mies, MD

Breast cancer

John Tomaszewski, MD

Kidney pathology, lung pathology, uterine cancer, genito-urinary pathology

Plastic Surgery

Scott Bartlett, MD

Craniofacial surgery/reconstruction, pediatric plastic surgery, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery

David Low, MD

Microsurgery, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, vascular malformations, cleft palate/lip

Joseph Serletti, MD, FACS

Breast reconstruction, reconstructive surgery, cosmetic surgery

Louis Bucky, MD

Cosmetic surgery-face, cosmetic surgery-breast, liposuction and body contouring, breast reconstruction

Psychiatry

Edward S. Brodkin, MD

Autism, Asperger's syndrome

Michael E. Thase, MD

Anxiety and mood disorders, psychopharma-cology, depression

Pulmonary Disease

John Hansen-Flaschen, MD

Interstitial lung disease, diagnostic problems, chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD)

Robert Kotloff, MD

Transplant medicine-lung, lung disease-complex, interstitial lung disease

Allan Pack, MD, PhD

Sleep disorders/apnea

Joel Deitz, MD

Respiratory failure, chronic obstructive lung _disease (COPD), cough

Harold Palevsky, MD

Pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary vascular disease, thrombo-embolic _disorders, pulmonary embolism

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

Infertility-female,endometriosis, Turner syndrome

Steven Sondheimer, MD

Infertility

Rheumatology

Frederick Vivino, MD, FACR

Sjogren's syndrome

Surgery

Jeffrey Drebin, MD, PhD, FACS

Pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, biliary cancer, gastrointestinal cancer

Douglas Fraker, MD

Melanoma, endocrine tumors, liver cancer, sarcoma

Gary Korus, MD

Gastrointestinal surgery, obesity/bariatric surgery

Kim Olthoff, MD

Transplant-liver-adult and pediatric, liver and biliary surgery, liver cancer

Thoracic Surgery

Michael Acker, MD

Transplant-heart, ventricular assist device (LVAD), coronary artery surgery, heart valve surgery

Joseph Bavaria, MD

Aortic surgery, transplant-lung, heart valve surgery

Charles Bridges, MD, ScD

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery, maze procedure for atrial fibrillation, aneurysm-aortic, heart valve surgery

Joseph Friedberg, MD

Lung cancer, mesothelioma, photodynamic therapy

W. Clark Hargrove, MD

Mitral valve robotic surgery, heart valve surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery

Rohinton J. Morris, MD

Transplant-heart, ventricular assist device (LVAD), coronary artery surgery

Alberto Pochettino, MD

Aneurysm-thoracic aortic, transplant-lung, left ventricular assist device (LVAD), heart valve disease

Y. Joseph Woo, MD

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery, robotic cardiac surgery, aneurysm-abdominal and thoracic aortic, mitral valve robotic surgery

Urology

S. Bruce Malkowicz, MD

Prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, gene therapy

Keith Van Arsdalen, MD

Infertility-male, varicocele microsurgery, urologic cancer, vasectomy reversal

Alan J. Wein, MD

Neuro-urology, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, bladder cancer

Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Richard Shlansky-Goldberg, MD

Uterine fibroid embolization, varicocele embolization, pelvic congestion syndrome

Michael C. Soulen, MD

Liver cancer/chemo-embolization, kidney cancer, radiofrequency tumor ablation

Scott Trerotola, MD

Uterine fibroid embolization, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, varicocele embolization

Vascular Surgery

Keith Calligaro, MD

Aneurysm-abdominal and thoracic aortic, carotid artery disease

Matthew J. Dougherty, MD

Endovascular stent grafts, aneurysm

Ronald Fairman, MD

Aneurysm-aortic, peripheral vascular disease, carotid artery surgery, aneurysm-abdominal and thoracic aortic

Michael Golden, MD

Aneurysm, endovascular surgery

Mark Mantell, MD

Endovascular surgery

Edward Y. Woo, MD

Aneurysm, endovascular surgery, aortic stent grafts, carotid artery surgery

 


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