Castle Connolly names nearly 350 Ohio State faculty physicians 2022 Top Doctors

When you or a loved one is sick, finding the best care is priority number one. Patients and physicians alike have come to rely on the Castle Connolly Top Doctors List to find the most trusted and skilled physicians by specialty. Each year Castle Connolly evaluates physicians based on their education, research leadership, interpersonal skills, professional success and disciplinary history, and publishes the resource directory. The independent research company states that their “premise is simple. As a doctor, where would you go if you needed care?”

The good news for those residing in central Ohio — The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine have nearly 350 physicians on the 2022 Top Doctors List. This is more than any other hospital facility in central Ohio. View the list of Top Doctors in central Ohio in the August 2022 issue of Columbus Monthly Health magazine (external link).

“Seeing so many of our Ohio State physicians listed on Castle Connolly’s roster is inspiring,” says Andrew Thomas, MD, MBA, interim co-leader and chief clinical officer of the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center. “It is further evidence that Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine is a national leader in academic health care.”

Carol R. Bradford, MD, MS, FACS, dean of the Ohio State College of Medicine, is very proud of the college’s faculty physicians.

“Ohio State’s faculty physicians offer world-class primary and specialty medical care,” says Dr. Bradford. “Their inclusion on Castle Connolly’s list is a well-deserved endorsement of the fact that they are some of nation’s top physicians.”

Congratulations to the Ohio State College of Medicine Castle Connolly Top Doctors!

Anesthesiology

• Dr. Andrew Springer

Anesthesiology: Pain Medicine

• Dr. Melissa Tornero-Bold

Dermatology

• Dr. Mark Bechtel
• Dr. David Carr
• Dr. Benjamin Kaffenberger
• Dr. Jessica Kaffenberger
• Dr. David R. Lambert
• Dr. Patricia Malerich
• Dr. Susan Massick
• Dr. Alisha Plotner
• Dr. Kelly Tyler

Family Medicine

• Dr. Aaron Clark
• Dr. Mimi Ghosh (community provider)
• Dr. Eunice Oppenheim-Knudsen
• Dr. Samuel Weller (community provider)

Family Medicine: Sports Medicine

• Dr. James Borchers
• Dr. Michael Jonesco
• Dr. Kendra McCamey
• Dr. Bryant James Walrod

Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine: Allergy and Immunology

• Dr. Kara Wada

Internal Medicine: Cardiac Electrophysiology

• Dr. John Hummel
• Dr. Steven Kalbfleisch

Internal Medicine: Cardiovascular Disease

• Dr. William Abraham
• Dr. Daniel Addison
• Dr. Cindy Baker
• Dr. Raymond Benza
• Dr. Michael Donnally
• Dr. Veronica Franco
• Dr. Ayesha Hasan
• Dr. Laxmi Mehta

Internal Medicine: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

• Dr. Kathleen Dungan
• Dr. Luma Ghalib
• Dr. Willa Hsueh
• Dr. Steven Ing
• Dr. Rebecca Jackson
• Dr. Lawrence Kirschner
• Dr. Fadi Nabhan
• Dr. Lekshmi Nair
• Dr. Matthew Ringel
• Dr. Laura Ryan
• Dr. Jennifer Sipos
• Dr. Kathleen Wyne

Internal Medicine: Gastroenterology

• Dr. Lanla Conteh
• Dr. Philip Hart
• Dr. Sean Kelly
• Dr. Somashekar Krishna
• Dr. Luis Lara
• Dr. Peter Stanich

Internal Medicine: General Internal Medicine

• Dr. Seuli Brill
• Dr. Jeanne Caligiuri
• Dr. Christopher Chiu
• Dr. Sarah Jonaus
• Dr. Stephen Koesters
• Dr. Cynthia Kreger
• Dr. Kristina Lehman
• Dr. Patricia A. Ryan
• Dr. Nazhat Taj-Schaal
• Dr. Neeraj Tayal
• Dr. Geoffrey Vaughan
• Dr. Harrison Weed

Internal Medicine: Geriatric Medicine

• Dr. Tanya Gure

Internal Medicine: Hematology

• Dr. Uma Borate
• Dr. Spero Catalan
• Dr. Narendranath Epperla
• Dr. Michael Grever
• Dr. Kami Maddocks
• Dr. Jennifer Woyach

Internal Medicine: Infectious Disease

• Dr. Jose Bazan
• Dr. Shandra Day
• Dr. Susan Koletar
• Dr. Christina Liscynesky
• Dr. Carlos Malvestutto
• Dr. David Wininger

Internal Medicine: Interventional Cardiology

• Dr. Ernest Mazzaferri Jr.
• Dr. Konstantinos Boudoulas

Internal Medicine: Medical Oncology

• Dr. Robert Baiocchi
• Dr. Marcelo Bonomi
• Dr. David Carbone
• Dr. Mathew Cherian
• Dr. Steven K. Clinton
• Dr. John Hays
• Dr. Alice Mims
• Dr. J. Paul Monk
• Dr. Gregory Otterson
• Dr. Ashley Rosko
• Dr. Sagar Sardesai
• Dr. Peter Shields
• Dr. Daniel Stover
• Dr. Nicole Williams

Internal Medicine: Nephrology

• Dr. Udayan Bhatt
• Dr. Aijaz Gundroo
• Dr. Nabil Haddad
• Dr. Uday Nori
• Dr. Todd Pesavento
• Dr. Brad Rovin
• Dr. Dan Spetie

Internal Medicine: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

• Dr. Aneesa M. Das
• Dr. Jonathan Parsons
• Dr. Philip Diaz
• Dr. Ulysses Magalang

Internal Medicine: Rheumatology

• Dr. Ali Ajam
• Dr. Wael Jarjour
• Dr. Zhanna Mikulik

Neurological Surgery

• Dr. Brian Dalm
• Dr. James Elder
• Dr. Andrew Grossbach
• Dr. Douglas Hardesty
• Dr. Russell Lonser
• Dr. Shahid Nimjee
• Dr. Daniel Prevedello

Neurology

• Dr. Miriam Freimer
• Dr. Pierre Giglio
• Dr. J. Chad Hoyle
• Dr. Yasushi Kisanuki
• Dr. Stephen Kolb
• Dr. Sandra Kostyk
• Dr. Douglas Scharre
• Dr. Benjamin Segal
• Dr. Andrew Slivka

Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Dr. Deborah Bartholomew
• Dr. Michael Blumenfeld
• Dr. Melissa Goist
• Dr. Geri Hewitt
• Dr. Katherine Rivlin
• Dr. Jacqueline Rohl
• Dr. Katherine Strafford
• Dr. Wayne Trout
• Dr. Brett Worly

Obstetrics and Gynecology: Gynecologic Oncology

• Dr. Floortje Backes
• Dr. Kristin Bixel
• Dr. David Cohn
• Dr. Larry Copeland
• Dr. David O'Malley

Obstetrics and Gynecology: Maternal & Fetal Medicine

• Dr. Michael Cackovic
• Dr. Mark Landon
• Dr. Philip Samuels
• Dr. Cynthia Shellhaas
• Dr. Stephen Thung

Obstetrics and Gynecology: Urogynecology/Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery

• Dr. Andrew Hundley

Ophthalmology

• Dr. David Castellano
• Dr. Colleen Cebulla
• Dr. Raymond Cho
• Dr. Gloria Fleming
• Dr. Andrew Hendershot
• Dr. Shelly Gupta Jain
• Dr. Rebecca Kuennen
• Dr. Matthew Ohr
• Dr. Andrea Sawchyn
• Dr. Mark Slabaugh
• Dr. Amit Tandon
• Dr. Michael Wells
• Dr. Fatoumata Yanoga

Ophthalmology: Community providers

• Dr. Kenneth Boyle
• Dr. Kenneth Cahill
• Dr. Megan Chambers
• Dr. Alice Epitropoulos
• Dr. Jill Foster
• Dr. Curtin Kelley
• Dr. Karl Pappa
• Dr. Daniel Straka

Orthopaedic Surgery

• Dr. Julie Bishop
• Dr. David Flanigan
• Dr. Adam Growth
• Dr. Grant Jones
• Dr. Christopher Kaeding
• Dr. Safdar Khan
• Dr. Robert Magnussen
• Dr. Joel Mayerson
• Dr. Timothy Miller
• Dr. Laura Phieffer
• Dr. W. Vasileff
• Dr. Elizabeth Yu

Otolaryngology

• Dr. Oliver Adunka
• Dr. Amit Agrawal
• Dr. Ricardo Carrau
• Dr. Brad DeSilva
• Dr. Edward Dodson
• Dr. L. Arick Forrest
• Dr. Laura Matrka
• Dr. Matthew Old
• Dr. Bradley Otto
• Dr. Enver Ozer
• Dr. James Rocco

Pathology

• Dr. Wei Chen
• Dr. Wendy Frankel
• Dr. Anil Parwani

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

• Dr. Sheital Bavishi
• Dr. Albert Clairmont
• Dr. Samuel Colachis
• Dr. Walter Mysiw
• Dr. William Pease
• Dr. Mark Tornero

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Pain

• Dr. Whitney Luke

Plastic Surgery

• Dr. Rajiv Chandawarkar
• Dr. Albert Chao
• Dr. Jeffrey Janis
• Dr. Amy Moore

Psychiatry

• Dr. Katherine Brownlowe
• Dr. Hossam Guirgis
• Dr. James Young

Psychiatry: Addiction Medicine

• Dr. Julie Teater

Radiation Oncology

• Dr. Arnab Chakravarti
• Dr. John Grecula
• Dr. Douglas Martin
• Dr. Men Welliver
• Dr. Julia White

Radiology

Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology

• Dr. Chadwick Wright

Radiology: Neuroradiology

• Dr. Eric Bourekas

Surgery

• Dr. Doreen Agnese
• Dr. Sylvester Black
• Dr. William Carson
• Dr. Daniel Eiferman
• Dr. Valerie Grignol
• Dr. Barbra Miller
• Dr. Bradley Needleman
• Dr. Bridget Oppong
• Dr. Ko Un Park
• Dr. Timothy Pawlik
• Dr. Raphael Pollock
• Dr. Benjamin Poulose
• Dr. Stephen Povoski
• Dr. Allan Tsung

Surgery: Colon & Rectal Surgery

• Dr. Mark Arnold
• Dr. Alan Harzman
• Dr. Emily Huang
• Dr. Matthew Kalady
• Dr. Amber Traugott

Surgery: Hand Surgery

• Dr. Hisham Awan
• Dr. Kanu Goyal

Surgery: Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery

• Dr. Mark Galantowicz
• Dr. Robert Merritt
• Dr. Nahush Mokadam

Surgery: Vascular Surgery

• Dr. Michael Go
• Dr. Jean Starr
• Dr. Bryan Tillman

Urology

• Dr. Geoffrey Box
• Dr. Michael Gong
• Dr. Bodo Knudsen
• Dr. Cheryl Lee
• Dr. Kamal Pohar
• Dr. Ahmad Shabsigh

Nationwide Children’s Hospital (on College of Medicine faculty)

Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine: Adolescent Medicine

• Dr. Andrea Bonny
• Dr. Cynthia Holland-Hall

Internal Medicine: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

• Dr. Elizabeth Erwin
• Dr. Mitchell Grayson
• Dr. Peter Mustillo
• Dr. David Stukus

Internal Medicine: Pediatric Cardiology

• Dr. Amy Armstrong
• Dr. Curt Daniels
• Dr. Robert Gajarski
• Dr. Naomi Kertesz
• Dr. Omar Khalid
• Dr. Kovalchin
• Dr. Deipanjan Nandi
• Dr. Karen Texter

Internal Medicine: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

• Dr. Markita Suttle

Internal Medicine: Pediatric Dermatology

• Dr. Patricia Witman

Internal Medicine: Pediatric Endocrinology

• Dr. Sasigarn Bowden
• Dr. Monica Chaudhari
• Dr. Robert Hoffman
• Dr. Aurelia Holland Wood

Internal Medicine: Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

• Dr. Rolla Abu-Arja
• Dr. Anthony Audino
• Dr. Jeffery Auletta
• Dr. Timothy Cripe
• Dr. Amy Dunn
• Dr. Maryam Fouladi
• Dr. Teri Guinipero
• Dr. Bryce Kerlin
• Dr. Randal Olshefski
• Dr. Mark Ranalli
• Dr. Bhuvana Setty
• Dr. Anthony Villella
• Dr. Nicholas Yeager

Internal Medicine: Pediatric Gastroenterology

• Dr. Brendan Boyle
• Dr. Steven Ciciora
• Dr. Cheryl Gariepy
• Dr. Kent Williams
• Dr. Desalegn Yacob

Internal Medicine: Pediatric Infectious Disease

• Dr. Willam Hunt
• Dr. Octavio Ramilo
• Dr. Pablo Sanchez

Internal Medicine: Pediatric Nephrology

• Dr. O.N. Ray Bignall
• Dr. John Mahan
• Dr. Hiren Patel
• Dr. John Spencer
• Dr. Beth Vogt
• Dr. Diana Zepeda-Orozco

Internal Medicine: Pediatric Pulmonology

• Dr. Debra Boyer
• Dr. Karen McCoy
• Dr. Richard Shell
• Dr. Shahid Sheikh

Internal Medicine: Pediatric Rheumatology

• Dr. Stacy Ardoin

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

• Dr. Elizabeth Bonanchea
• Dr. Leif Nelin

Child Neurology

• Dr. Anne Connolly
• Dr. Warren Lo
• Dr. Margie Ream
• Dr. Zarife Sahenk
• Dr. Laurel Slaughter
• Dr. Chang-Yong Tsao

Neurological Surgery

• Dr. Jeffrey Leonard

Ophthalmology

• Dr. Don Bremer
• Dr. Cybil Cassady
• Dr. Julie Lange
• Dr. Mary Lou McGregor

Orthopaedic Surgery

• Dr. Christopher Iobst

Pathology

• Dr. Christopher Pierson

Pediatric Otolaryngology

• Dr. Tendy Chiang
• Dr. Charles Elmaraghy
• Dr. Jonathan Grischkan
• Dr. Kris Jatana
• Dr. Meredith Merz Lind
• Dr. James Ruda
• Dr. Patrick Walz
• Dr. Gregory Wiet

Pediatrics

• Dr. Andrea Bonny
• Dr. Cynthia Holland-Hall
• Dr. Rena Kasick
• Dr. Jamie Macklin
• Dr. Kandamurugu Manickam
• Dr. Kim McBride
• Dr. Garey Noritz
• Dr. Catherine Sinclair
• Dr. Dominque Williams

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Dr. Carl Gelfius
• Dr. Karl Klamar
• Dr. Michelle Miller

Plastic Surgery

• Dr. Richard Kirschner

Psychiatry: Child & Adolescent

• Dr. David Axelson
• Dr. Richard Gilchrist

Radiology

• Dr. Brent Adler
• Dr. David Bates
• Dr. Jerome Rusin
• Dr. Mark Hogan

Sports Medicine

• Dr. Thomas Pommering

Surgery

• Dr. Jennifer Aldrink
• Dr. Gail Besner
• Dr. Renata Fabia
• Dr. Jonathan Groner
• Dr. Brian Kennedy
• Dr. Marc Michalsky
• Dr. Jaimie Nathan
• Dr. Benedict Nwomeh
• Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye
• Dr. Rajan Thakkar

Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery

• Dr. Mark Galentowicz

Urology

• Dr. Venkata Jayanthi