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 |
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Janice Hillman, MD |
Eating disorders |
Cardiac Electrophysiology |
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David Callans, MD |
Arrhythmias, pacemakers |
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Francis Marchlinski, MD |
Pacemakers, arrhythmias |
Cardiovascular Disease |
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Susan Brozena, MD |
Transplant medicine-heart, congestive heart failure, heart disease in women |
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Irving Herling, MD |
Cholesterol/lipid disorders, preventive cardiology, heart valve disease |
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Harvey Waxman, MD |
Arrhythmias, cardiac catheterization, heart valve disease |
Clinical Genetics |
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Deborah Driscoll, MD |
Prenatal genetic diagnosis, fetal abnormalities, adolescent gynecology |
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Reed Pyeritz, MD, PhD |
Marfan's syndrome, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, inherited disorders |
Dermatology |
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William D. James, MD |
Contact dermatitis, acne, rosacea |
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Alain Rook, MD |
Cutaneous lymphoma, immune deficiency-skin disorders, mycosis fungoides |
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Victoria
Werth, MD |
Auto-immune disease, lupus/SLE, connective tissue disorders, blistering diseases |
Diagnostic Radiology |
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Emily Conant, MD |
Breast cancer, breast imaging |
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Warren Gefter, MD |
Thoracic imaging |
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism |
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Susan Mandel, MD, MPH |
Thyroid disorders, calcium disorders |
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Stanley Schwartz, MD |
Diabetes |
Family Medicine |
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Marjorie Bowman, MD, MPA |
Preventive medicine, women's health |
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David Nicklin, MD |
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Gastroenterology |
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Craig A. Aronchick,MD |
Colonoscopy, colon cancer screening |
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Gregory Ginsberg, MD |
Pancreatic/biliary endoscopy (ERCP), endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound |
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Timothy Hoops, MD |
Gastrointestinal cancers, gastrointestinal cancer syndromes, colon cancer screening |
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Michael Kochman, MD |
Endoscopy, pancreatic/biliary endoscopy (ERCP), gastrointestinal cancer |
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Gary Lichtenstein, MD |
Inflammatory bowel disease |
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David Metz, MD |
Peptic acid disorders, neuroendocrine tumors, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastrointestinal motility disorders |
Geriatric Medicine |
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Joan
Weinryb, MD |
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Geriatric Psychiatry |
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Joel E. Streim, MD |
Psychiatry in physical illness, psychiatric barriers to physical rehabilitation, Alzheimer's disease |
Gynecologic Oncology |
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George Coukos, MD, PhD |
Ovarian cancer, gynecologic cancer, vaccine therapy, clinical trials |
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Thomas Randall, MD |
Gynecologic cancer, pelvic-floor reconstruction, robotic hysterectomy, robotic pelvic surgery |
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Stephen C. Rubin, MD |
Gynecologic cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, uterine cancer |
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Hand Surgery |
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David J. Bozentka, MD |
Hand and upper extremity surgery, elbow surgery |
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Hematology |
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Charles Abrams, MD |
Bleeding/coagulation disorders, thrombotic disorders |
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Alan Gewirtz, MD |
Leukemia, gene therapy |
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Jack Goldberg, MD |
Leukemia, lymphoma, breast cancer, bone marrow transplant |
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David Porter, MD |
Leukemia, bone marrow transplant, lymphoma |
Infectious Disease |
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Ian Frank, MD |
AIDS/HIV |
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Jay
Kostman, MD |
AIDS/HIV, HIV-gastrointestinal complications |
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Internal Medicine |
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Seth Braunstein, MD, PhD |
Diabetes |
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Michael Cirigliano, MD |
Complementary medicine, women's health |
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Allison Oler, MD |
Women's health, heart disease in women, preventive medicine |
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Daniel Rader, MD |
Cholesterol/lipid disorders, preventive cardiology, metabolic disorders |
Interventional Cardiology |
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Howard
Herrmann, MD |
Cardiac catheterization, angioplasty and stent placement, heart valve disease, atrial septal defect closure |
Maternal and Fetal Medicine |
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Samuel
Parry, MD |
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Medical Oncology |
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Kevin Fox, MD |
Breast cancer |
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John Glick, MD |
Breast cancer, Hodgkin's disease, lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's |
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Daniel Haller, MD |
Gastrointestinal cancer, colon and rectal cancer, cancer prevention |
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Corey
Langer, MD |
Lung cancer, head and neck cancer, mesothelioma, thoracic cancers |
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David Mintzer, MD |
Hemotology, oncology, palliative care |
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Lynn Schuchter, MD |
Melanoma, breast cancer, clinical trials |
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Weijing Sun, MD |
Gastrointestinal cancer, pancreatic cancer |
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Nephrology |
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Raphael Cohen, MD |
Hypertension |
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Sidney Kobrin, MD |
Diabetic kidney disease, kidney failure |
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Michael Rudnick, MD |
Hypertension, kidney disease |
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Raymond Townsend, MD |
Hypertension-complex, renal artery stenosis |
Neurological Surgery |
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Gordon Baltuch, MD, PhD |
Movement disorders, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy/seizure disorders |
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M.
Sean Grady, MD |
Skull base tumors, meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas |
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Kevin Judy, MD |
Brain tumors |
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Donald O'Rourke, MD |
Neuro-oncology, brain tumors, spinal surgery-cervical |
Neurology |
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Steven
Galetta, MD |
Neuro-ophthalmology, optic nerve disorders, multiple sclerosis |
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Grant Liu, MD |
Pediatric neuro-ophthalmology, neuro-ophthalmology |
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Myrna Rosenfeld, MD, PhD |
Neuro-oncology, brain tumors |
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Matthew Stern, MD |
Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, botox therapy |
Neuroradiology |
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Robert
Hurst, MD |
Interventional neuroradiology, aneurysm, carotid artery stent placement, intracranial angioplasty and stent |
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Laurie
Loevner, MD |
Head and neck cancer, thyroid cancer, brain imaging, spinal imaging, imaging-guided skull-based biopsy |
Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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Thomas J. Bader, MD |
Pregnancy-high risk |
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Victor Zachian, MD, FACOG |
Gynecology only, Pap smear abnormalities, uterine fibroids |
Ophthalmology |
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Alexander Brucker, MD |
Retinal disorders, retina/vitreous surgery, macular degeneration |
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Nicholas J. Volpe, MD |
Neuro-ophthalmology |
Orthopedic Surgery |
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Richard Balderston, MD |
Scoliosis, spinal surgery, spinal disc replacement |
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Arthur Bartolozzi, MD |
Sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery-knee, knee ligament reconstruction, shoulder surgery |
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Mary Ann Keenan, MD |
Neuro-orthopedic surgery, arthritis, deformity reconstruction |
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Richard
Lackman, MD, FACS |
Bone cancer, sarcoma, limb-sparing surgery |
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Keith Wapner, MD |
Foot and ankle surgery, tendon surgery, arthritis |
Otolaryngology |
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Ara Chalian, MD |
Head and neck cancer, head and neck reconstruction, thyroid cancer, reconstructive plastic surgery |
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David Kennedy, MD |
Sinus disorders/surgery, skull base tumors and surgery, endoscopic sinus surgery, minimally invasive transnasal surgery |
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Bert W. O'Malley, MD |
Head and neck cancer, sinus tumors, skull base tumors |
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Gregory Weinstein, MD, FACS |
Head and neck cancer, laryngeal cancer |
Pathology |
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John Brooks, MD, FRCPath |
Tumor diagnosis, sarcoma, bone and soft tissue pathology |
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Franz
Fogt, MD |
Gastrointestinal pathology |
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Virginia A. LiVolsi, MD |
Endocrine cancers, thyroid cancer, gynecologic cancer |
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Carolyn Mies, MD |
Breast cancer |
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John Tomaszewski, MD |
Kidney pathology, lung pathology, uterine cancer, genito-urinary pathology |
Plastic Surgery |
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Scott Bartlett, MD |
Craniofacial surgery/reconstruction, pediatric plastic surgery, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery |
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David Low, MD |
Microsurgery, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, vascular malformations, cleft palate/lip |
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Joseph Serletti, MD, FACS |
Breast reconstruction, reconstructive surgery, cosmetic surgery |
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Louis Bucky, MD |
Cosmetic surgery-face, cosmetic surgery-breast, liposuction and body contouring, breast reconstruction |
Psychiatry |
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Edward S. Brodkin, MD |
Autism, Asperger's syndrome |
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Michael E. Thase, MD |
Anxiety and mood disorders, psychopharma-cology, depression |
Pulmonary Disease |
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John Hansen-Flaschen, MD |
Interstitial lung disease, diagnostic problems, chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) |
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Robert Kotloff, MD |
Transplant medicine-lung, lung disease-complex, interstitial lung disease |
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Allan Pack, MD, PhD |
Sleep disorders/apnea |
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Joel
Deitz, MD |
Respiratory failure, chronic obstructive lung _disease (COPD), cough |
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Harold Palevsky, MD |
Pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary vascular disease, thrombo-embolic _disorders, pulmonary embolism |
Radiation Oncology |
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John Glassburn, MD, FACR |
Gynecologic cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer |
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Eli Glatstein, MD |
Lymphoma, lung cancer, photodynamic therapy, sarcoma |
Reproductive Endocrinology |
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Christos Coutifaris, MD, PhD |
Infertility-IVF, fertility preservation in cancer, polycystic ovarian syndrome |
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Samantha Pfeifer, MD |
Infertility-female,endometriosis, Turner syndrome |
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Steven
Sondheimer, MD |
Infertility |
Rheumatology |
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Frederick Vivino, MD, FACR |
Sjogren's syndrome |
Surgery |
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Jeffrey Drebin, MD, PhD, FACS |
Pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, biliary cancer, gastrointestinal cancer |
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Douglas
Fraker, MD |
Melanoma, endocrine tumors, liver cancer, sarcoma |
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Gary
Korus, MD |
Gastrointestinal surgery, obesity/bariatric surgery |
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Kim Olthoff, MD |
Transplant-liver-adult and pediatric, liver and biliary surgery, liver cancer |
Thoracic Surgery |
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Michael Acker, MD |
Transplant-heart, ventricular assist device (LVAD), coronary artery surgery, heart valve surgery |
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Joseph Bavaria, MD |
Aortic surgery, transplant-lung, heart valve surgery |
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Charles Bridges, MD, ScD |
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery, maze procedure for atrial fibrillation, aneurysm-aortic, heart valve surgery |
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Joseph Friedberg, MD |
Lung cancer, mesothelioma, photodynamic therapy |
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W. Clark Hargrove, MD |
Mitral valve robotic surgery, heart valve surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery |
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Rohinton J. Morris, MD |
Transplant-heart, ventricular assist device (LVAD), coronary artery surgery |
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Alberto Pochettino, MD |
Aneurysm-thoracic aortic, transplant-lung, left ventricular assist device (LVAD), heart valve disease |
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Y. Joseph Woo, MD |
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery, robotic cardiac surgery, aneurysm-abdominal and thoracic aortic, mitral valve robotic surgery |
Urology |
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S.
Bruce Malkowicz, MD |
Prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, gene therapy |
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Keith Van Arsdalen, MD |
Infertility-male, varicocele microsurgery, urologic cancer, vasectomy reversal |
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Alan J. Wein, MD |
Neuro-urology, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, bladder cancer |
Vascular and Interventional Radiology |
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Richard Shlansky-Goldberg, MD |
Uterine fibroid embolization, varicocele embolization, pelvic congestion syndrome |
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Michael C. Soulen, MD |
Liver cancer/chemo-embolization, kidney cancer, radiofrequency tumor ablation |
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Scott Trerotola, MD |
Uterine fibroid embolization, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, varicocele embolization |
Vascular Surgery |
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Keith Calligaro, MD |
Aneurysm-abdominal and thoracic aortic, carotid artery disease |
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Matthew J. Dougherty, MD |
Endovascular stent grafts, aneurysm |
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Ronald
Fairman, MD |
Aneurysm-aortic, peripheral vascular disease, carotid artery surgery, aneurysm-abdominal and thoracic aortic |
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Michael
Golden, MD |
Aneurysm, endovascular surgery |
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Mark
Mantell, MD |
Endovascular surgery |
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Edward Y. Woo, MD |
Aneurysm, endovascular surgery, aortic stent grafts, carotid artery surgery |
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