By Sara McCloskey

Out of more than 6,000 doctors who were submitted by their colleagues this year, more than 150 affiliated with VCU Health rose to the top of Virginia’s Top Doctors by Virginia Business.

This is the first year Virginia Business has compiled a list of top ranked providers across the commonwealth. The publication reached out to more than 10,000 medical professionals to identify which of their peers were the best doctors in their fields, across 60 different medical specialties.

In total, 6,366 doctors were nominated and 1,163 made the final list. Virginia business plans to expand the categories next year, including a wider range of pediatric specialties.

Virginia Business also highlighted several of our providers in featured interviews, including Taruna Aurora, M.D., Laura A. Boomer, M.D., FACS, FAAP, and David Lanning, M.D., Ph.D.

Meet Virginia’s Top Doctors from VCU Health:

Addiction Medicine

• Gerard F. Moeller, M.D.

Anesthesiology

• Ronsard Daniel, M.D.
• Alice Coombs, M.D.
• Nirvik Pal, M.D.
• Ilia Brusilovsky, M.D.

Cardiology

• Kenneth Ellenbogen, M.D.
• Gautham Kalahasty, M.D.
• Keyur B. Shah, M.D.
• Melissa C. Smallfield, M.D.
• Jordana Kron, M.D.
• Richard H. Cooke, M.D.

Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Anthony Cassano, M.D.
• Vigneshwar Kasirajan, M.D., FACS
• Mohammed A. Quader, M.D.
• Rachit D. Shah, M.D.

Colon and Rectal Surgery

• Jaime L. Bohl, M.D., FACS, FASCRS
  

Dermatology

• Justin Haught, M.D.
• Kimberly S. Salkey, M.D.

Diagnostic Radiology

• Jill Bruno, D.O.
• Priti Shah, M.D.
• Ann Fulcher, M.D.

Emergency Medicine

• Taruna Aurora, M.D.
• Harinder Dhindsa, M.D., M.P.H.
• Venkata Ramana Freeser, M.D.
• Pawan Suri, M.D.
• Brandon Wills, D.O., M.S., FACEP, FACMT
• Jessica Morton, M.D.
• Shannon Walsh, M.D.
• Peter Moffett, M.D.

Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism

• Edmond P. Wickham, M.D., FAAP

Family Medicine

• Giancarlo Pierantoni, M.D.
• Michael Pitzer, M.D.

Gastroenterology

• Stephen J. Bickston, M.D.
• Ravi K. Vachhani, M.D.
• Doumit BouHaidar, M.D.
• Richard K. Sterling, M.D.

General Surgery

• Jennifer L. Salluzzo, M.D., FACS
• Michel Aboutanos, M.D.
• Edgar Rodas, M.D.
• Levi Procter, M.D.

Geriatric Medicine

• Peter Boling, M.D.
• Sarah Hobgood, M.D.

Gynecologic Oncology

• Leslie Randall, M.D., M.A.S.

Hand Surgery

• Ilvy H. Cotterell, M.D.
• Jessica A. Frankenhoff, M.D.
• Jonathan E. Isaacs, M.D.

Hematology

• Vikrant Brar, M.D.

Hospice And Palliative

• Danielle Noreika, M.D.

Infectious Disease

• Gonzalo M. Bearman, M.D.
• Julia E. Reznicek, D.O.
• Sangeeta R. Sastry, M.D.
• David Friedel, M.D.
• Michelle Doll, M.D.
• Jillian E. Raybould, M.D.

Internal Medicine

• Amanda George, M.D., Ph.D.
• Jeffrey T. Kushinka, M.D.

Interventional Cardiology

• Zachary Gertz, M.D.
• Barbara D. Lawson, M.D.

Maternal and Fetal Medicine

• Susan M. Lanni, M.D.
• Ronald Ramus, M.D.
• Fidelma B. Rigby, M.D.

Nephrology

• Todd W. Gehr, M.D.
• Jason M. Kidd, M.D.
• Yahya Imran Fatani, M.D.
• Dhiren Kumar, M.D.

Neurological Surgery

• Gary W. Tye, M.D., FAANS
• Brian M. Cameron, M.D.
• John F. Reavey-Cantwell, M.D.
• Kathryn Holloway, M.D.
• R. Scott Graham, M.D.

Neurology

• Gordon Smith, M.D., FAAN
• Leslie J. Cloud, M.D.
• Warren Felton, M.D.

Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Christine Isaacs, M.D.
• Stephanie Lee, M.D.
• Sarah H. Milton, M.D., M.S.
• Aaron E. Goldberg, M.D.
• Jordan Hylton, D.O.
• Nicole W. Karjane, M.D.

Oncology

• Mary Helen Hackney, M.D.
• Khalid Matin, M.D.
• Asit Paul, M.D., Ph.D.
• Masey Ross, M.D.
• Hetal Vachhani, M.D.
• Andrew S. Poklepovic, M.D.

Ophthalmology

• Evan Silverstein, M.D.
• Vikram Brar, M.D.
• William H. Benson, M.D.
• Jessica D. Randolph, M.D.
• Nikisha Q. Richards, M.D.

Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery

• George Deeb, D.D.S., M.D.
• Robert A. Strauss, D.D.S., M.D.
• Vickas Agarwal, D.D.S., M.D.
• Samuel Tack, D.D.S., M.D.
• A. Omar Abubaker, D.M.D.

Orthopedic Surgery

• Gregory F. Domson, M.D.

Orthopedics

• Jibanananda Satpathy, M.D.
• Gregory J. Golladay, M.D.
• Wilhelm A. Zuelzer, M.D.
• Stephen L. Kates, M.D.

Otolaryngology Ear Nose Throat

• Laurence DiNardo, M.D.
• Evan R. Reiter, M.D.

Pathology

• Susan Roseff, M.D.
• Kimberly Sanford, M.D.

Pediatric Allergy Immunology

• Wei Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., FAAAAI, FACAAI

Pediatric Cardiology

• Bradford R. McQuilkin, M.D.
• Scott D. Gullquist, M.D.
• Dilli Bhurtel, M.D., MRCPCH
• Kerri A. Carter, M.D.

Pediatric Endocrinology

• Sarah G. Hensley, M.D.

Pediatric Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery

• Victoria G. Kuester, M.D.
• Chester Sharps, M.D., M.B.A.
• Joanna J. Horstmann, M.D.

Pediatric Otolaryngology Ent

• Rajanya Shah Petersson, M.D., M.S., FACS
• Kelley M. Dodson, M.D.

Pediatric Surgery

• Jeffrey Haynes, M.D., FACS, FAAP
• Patricia A. Lange, M.D.
• David Lanning, M.D., Ph.D.
• Claudio Oiticica, M.D.
• Jason Sulkowski, M.D.
• Charles E. Bagwell, M.D.
• Laura A. Boomer, M.D., FACS, FAAP

Pediatrics General

• Gauri Gulati, M.D., IBCLC (Specializes in lactation medicine)
• Sean O. McKenna, M.D.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Olivier Rolin, M.D.
• David Cifu, M.D.

Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery

• Jennifer L. Rhodes, M.D., FACS, FAAP
• Paschalia Mountziaris, M.D., Ph.D.
• Michael J. Feldman, M.D.

Podiatry

• Emily Wehman, D.P.M.

Psychiatry

• Melissa Bui, M.D.
• James Levenson, M.D.

Pulmonology

• Lisa Brath, M.D.
• Sammy Pedram, M.D.
• R. Wes Shepherd, M.D.

Radiation Oncology

• Emma C. Fields, M.D.
• Elizabeth Weiss, M.D.
• Alfredo Urdaneta, M.D.
• Douglas W. Arthur, M.D.
• Monica Morris, M.D.

Reproductive Endocrinology

• Richard S. Lucidi, M.D.

Rheumatology

• Beth Rubinstein, M.D.
• Huzaefah J. Syed, M.D.
• Nehal R. Shah, M.D.

Spine Surgery

• Ricky J. Placide, M.D.
• Bruce E. Mathern, M.D.

Sports Medicine

• Mary E. Caldwell, D.O.
• Seth A. Cheatham, M.D.

Surgical Oncology

• Amelia Grover, M.D.
• Harry Bear, M.D., Ph.D.
• Leopoldo Fernandez, M.D.
• Raphael Louie, M.D., MPH
• Kandace P. McGuire, M.D.

Urology

• Georgi Guruli, M.D., Ph.D.
• Lance Hampton, M.D.
• Adam Klausner, M.D.

Vascular Surgery

• Mark Levy, M.D.
• Daniel Newton, M.D.
• Robert A. Larson, M.D.
• Francisco Albuquerque, M.D.