By VCU Health Public Relations 

Compassionate. Respectful. Trustworthy.

These are just a few of the words used to describe our doctors, care teams and hospital staff at VCU Health. And words matter when it comes to finding the best people to care for you and your loved ones.

Of the 1,310 providers who made the list, we are proud to share that more than 370 VCU Health team members are considered "Virginia’s Top Doctors" by Virginia Business. The publication’s 2026 list is compiled from peer nominations of high-quality health care professionals among 87 specialties. 

As the health system connected to Virginia Commonwealth University, the largest producer of health science graduates in the state, we acknowledge the important role we play in training current and future health care workers to combine clinical expertise with compassion, ensuring each patient is supported with personalized care. We are grateful that our team members are recognized for their unwavering dedication to our patients and community.

Meet Virginia’s Top Doctors from VCU Health:

Addiction Medicine

• Caitlin Martin, M.D., MPH
• Monica Melmer, M.D.
• F. Gerard Moeller, M.D.
• Brandon Wills, D.O., MS, FACEP, FACMT

Adolescent Medicine

• Richard Brookman, M.D.
• Stephanie Crewe, M.D., MHS
• An Pham, M.D., MPH

Anesthesiology

• Ilia Brusilovsky, M.D.
• Alice Coombs, M.D.
• Ronsard Daniel, M.D.
• Matthew Isenhower, M.D.
• Arunthevaraja Karuppaih, M.D.
• Christin Kim, M.D.
• Fatoumata Kromah, M.D.
• Aaron Lim, M.D.
• Sergio Navarrete, D.O.
• Nirvik Pal, M.D.
• Pranav Shah, M.D.
• Laura Webb, M.D.

Breast Surgery

• Kandace P. McGuire, M.D.

Cardiology

• Hem Bhardwaj, M.D.
• Wendy Bottinor, M.D., MSCI
• Kenneth Ellenbogen, M.D.
• Gautham Kalahasty, M.D.
• Michael C. Kontos, M.D.
• Jayanthi N. Koneru, M.D.
• Jordana Kron, M.D.
• Ajay Pillai, M.D.
• Keyur B. Shah, M.D.
• Sangeeta Shah, MD, FACC, FASE
• Melissa C. Smallfield, M.D.
• Cory Trankle, M.D.
• Deepak P. Thomas, M.D.
• Jeremy Turlington, M.D.

Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Josue Chery, M.D.
• Vigneshwar Kasirajan, M.D., FACS
• Brian Kogon, M.D.
• Patricia Nicolato, D.O.
• Mohammed A. Quader, M.D.

Colon and Rectal Surgery

• Jaime L. Bohl, M.D., FACS, FASCRS
• Emily Rivet, M.D.
• Nicole Wieghard, M.D., FACS, FASCRS

Dermatology

• Justin Haught, M.D.
• Arturo Saavedra, M.D., Ph.D., MBA
• Kimberly S. Salkey, M.D.

Emergency Medicine

• Kirk Lawrence Cumpston, D.O., FACEP, FACMT, FAACT
• Harinder Dhindsa, M.D., M.P.H.
• Venkata Ramana Feeser, M.D.
• Jason Brian Jennings, M.D.
• John Michael Joyce, M.D.
• Peter Moffett, M.D.
• Jessica Morton, M.D.
• Pawan Suri, M.D.
• Jordan Tozer, M.D.
• Shannon Walsh, M.D.
• Grace Hickam, M.D.

Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism

• Trang N. Le, M.D.
• Edmond P. Wickham, M.D., FAAP

Family Medicine

• Melissa Bradner, M.D., MSHA
• Lori Landes, M.D.
• Mark Lutterbie, M.D.
• Giancarlo E. Pierantoni, M.D.
• Michael E. Pitzer, M.D.
• Mark Ryan, M.D.
• Scott Strayer, M.D., MPH
• Patrick Turner, M.D.

Gastroenterology

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

General Surgery

• Michel Aboutanos, M.D.
• Jonathan D. Bennett, M.D.
• Patrick Melmer, M.D.
• Levi Procter, M.D.
• Edgar Rodas, M.D.

Geriatric Medicine

• Arline D. Bohannon, M.D.
• Brittany L. Craven, M.D.
• Kathryn M. Rackson, M.D.
• Sarah Hobgood, M.D.

Gynecologic Oncology

• Jaclyn Wall, M.D.
• Chelsea Salyer, M.D.

Hand Surgery

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

Hematology Oncology

• Erin Alesi, M.D.
• J. Christian Barrett, M.D.
• Vikrant Brar, M.D.
• Mary Helen Hackney, M.D.
• Asit Paul, M.D., Ph.D.
• Khalid Matin, M.D.
• John Melson, M.D.
• Andrew S. Poklepovic, M.D.
• Masey Ross, M.D.
• Hetal Vachhani, M.D.
• Victor Yazbeck, M.D.

Hospital Medicine

• Stephen Biederman, M.D.
• Aimee Collins, M.D.
• Alan Dow, M.D.
• Adam Garber, M.D.
• Margaret Guy, M.D.
• David Kelly Jessee, M.D.
• Pete Meliagros, M.D.
• Kimberly Pedram, M.D.
• Manish Pradhan, M.D.
• Evan Ritter, M.D.
• Dennis Damian Wixted, M.D.

Infectious Disease

• Gonzalo M. Bearman, M.D.
• Michelle Doll, M.D.
• Megan Morales, M.D.
• Laura Pedersen, M.D.
• Jillian E. Raybould, M.D.
• Julia E. Reznicek, D.O.
• Sangeeta R. Sastry, M.D.
• Nicole Vissichelli, M.D.
• Nathaniel Warner, M.D.

Internal Medicine

• Jessica Allen, D.O.
• Amanda George, M.D., Ph.D.
• Danielle Johnson, M.D.
• Jeffrey T. Kushinka, M.D.
• Bennett B. Lee, M.D.
• Megan Lemay, M.D.
• Devon Wojcikewych, M.D.
• Darren S. Witte, M.D. 

Interventional Cardiology

• Richard H. Cooke, M.D.
• Zachary Gertz, M.D.
• Barbara D. Lawson, M.D.

Maternal and Fetal Medicine

• Ronald Ramus, M.D.
• Fidelma B. Rigby, M.D.
• Edward Springel, M.D.

Nephrology

• Todd W. Gehr, M.D.
• Gaurav Gupta, M.D.
• Yahya Imran Fatani, M.D.
• Layla Kamal, M.D.
• Jason M. Kidd, M.D.
• Dhiren Kumar, M.D.

Neurology

• Christine Baca, M.D.
• Matthew Barrett, M.D.
• Stephanie Bissonnette, D.O.
• Thomas Chelimsky, M.D.
• Leslie J Cloud, M.D.
• Neel Dixit, M.D.
• Shraddha Mainali, M.D.
• Aarti Sarwal, M.D.
• Gordon Smith, M.D., FAAN

Neurosurgery

• William Broaddus, M.D., Ph.D.
• Brian Cameron, M.D.
• R. Scott Graham, M.D
• Kathryn Holloway, M.D.
• Paul Koch, M.D.
• Jessica Lane, M.D.
• John F. Reavey-Cantwell, M.D.
• Ann M. Ritter, M.D.
• Dennis Rivet, M.D.
• Gary W. Tye, M.D.

Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Emily Barrows, M.D.
• David Chelmow, M.D.
• Katherine Czyszczon, M.D.
• Aaron E. Goldberg, M.D.
• Jordan Hylton, D.O.
• Christine Isaacs, M.D.
• Myrlene Jeudy, M.D.
• Nicole W. Karjane, M.D.
• Tashima Lambert Giles, M.D.
• Stephanie Lee, M.D.
• Sarah H. Milton, M.D., M.S.
• Amanda H. Ritter, M.D.

Ophthalmology

• Surbhi Bansal, M.D.
• William H. Benson, M.D.
• Vikram Brar, M.D.
• Christopher T. Leffler, M.D.
• Nikisha Q. Richards, M.D.

Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery

• A. Omar Abubaker, D.M.D.
• Yotom Rabinowitz, DDS
• Shravan Renapurkar, DMD
• Robert A Strauss, DDS, M.D.

Orthopedic Surgery

• Gregory F. Domson, M.D.
• Daniel Layon, M.D.
• Jibanananda Satpathy, M.D.
• Jennifer L. Vanderbeck, M.D.
• David Zuelzer, M.D.

Orthopedics

• Seth A. Cheatham, M.D.
• Gregory J. Golladay, M.D.
• Stephen L. Kates, M.D.
• Jeremy A. Ross, M.D.

Otolaryngology Ear Nose Throat

• Daniel Coelho, M.D., FACS
• Laurence DiNardo, M.D.
• Michael Godin, M.D.
• Thomas Lee, M.D.
• Ryan Nord, M.D.
• Evan R. Reiter, M.D.
• Theodore Schuman, M.D.

Pain Management

• Andrew W. Chapman, M.D.
• Nicolas Maxymiv, D.O.

Pathology

• Chelsea Kidd, M.D
• Taylor Jenkins, M.D.
• Rajeshwari Jayakumar, M.D.
• Hope Richard, M.D.
• Susan Roseff, M.D.
• Kimberly Sanford, M.D.
• Sadia Sayeed, M.D.

Pediatric Allergy Immunology

• Anne Marie Irani, M.D.
• Wei Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., FAAAAI, FACAAI

Pediatric Anesthesiology

• Arkadiy Dubovoy, M.D.
• James Dore, M.D.

Pediatric Cardiology

• Dilli Bhurtel, M.D., MRCPCH
• Kerri A. Carter, M.D.
• Samuel L. Casella, M.D., MPH
• Zachary Goode, D.O.
• Scott D. Gullquist, M.D.
• Bradford R. McQuilkin, M.D.
• John R. Phillips, M.D.
• Frank Raucci, M.D., Ph.D.
• Andrew Reittinger, M.D.
• Christopher Snyder, M.D.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

• Kara D. Greenfield, D.O.
• Nikki Miller Ferguson, D.O.
• Alia Marie Iqbal O'Meara, MD
• Mark Marinello, M.D.
• Michelle Olson, M.D.
• Christopher Ray, M.D.
• Duane Williams, M.D.

Pediatric Developmental Behavioral

• Jennifer Accardo, M.D., MSCE
• Anson John Koshy, M.D., MBE

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

• Samuel Bartle, M.D., FAAP, FACEP
• Judy Barto, M.D.
• Robin Foster, M.D.
• Frank Petruzella, M.D.
• Jonathan Silverman, M.D., MPH
• Christopher Woleben, M.D.
• Rashida Woods, M.D.

Pediatric Endocrinology

• Sarah G. Hensley, M.D.
• Apoorva Ravindranath-Waikar, MBBS

Pediatric Gastroenterology

• Gisela Chelimsky, M.D.
• Kathleen A. Moyer, M.D.
• Shiva Sharma, M.D.
• Flora K. Szabo, M.D., Ph.D.
• Narendra Vadlamudi, M.D., DCH, MRCPCH

Pediatrics General

• Gauri Gulati, M.D., IBCLC
• Tiffany N. Kimbrough, M.D.
• Linda O. Meloy, M.D.
• Sean O. McKenna, M.D.
• Bergen B. Nelson, M.D., MS
• Niran Romesh Wijesooriya, M.D.
• Elizabeth R. Wolf, M.D., MPH

Pediatric Hematology Oncology

• Frances Austin, M.D.
• Nadirah El-Amin, D.O., MPH
• Madhu S. Gowda, M.D.
• Marieka Helou, M.D., MPH
• Elizabeth Krieger, M.D.
• India Yount Sisler, M.D.
• Jordyn Ramsey Griffin, M.D., MS

Pediatric Hospital Medicine

• Clifton Lee, M.D., FAAP, SFHM
• Ashlie Tseng, M.D., MEd
• Lauren McGill, M.D.
• Matthew Schefft, D.O., MSHA, FAAP
• Allison Young, M.D.

Pediatric Infectious Disease

• David Friedel, M.D.
• Suzanne R. Lavoie, M.D.

Pediatric Nephrology

• Timothy Bunchman, M.D.
• Megan Lo, M.D.
• Khalid Mohamed Taha, M.D.
• Kirollos Yousef, MBBCh, MSc

Pediatric Neurology

• Candace Curry, M.D.
• Lauren Doyle Strauss
• Amy D. Harper, M.D.
• Monica Islam, M.D.
• David J. Jaffe, M.D.
• Ewa Way, M.D.

Pediatric Ophthalmology 

• Evan Silverstein, M.D.

Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery

• James Engels, M.D.
• Victoria G. Kuester, M.D.
• Chester Sharps, M.D., M.B.A.

Pediatric Otolaryngology Ent

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

Pediatric Palliative Care

• Daniel Cannone, D.O., MS, FAAP
• Kelly K. Lastrapes, M.D.

Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Eugenio A. Monasterio, M.D.
• Olivier Rolin, M.D., Ph.D.

Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

• Jennifer L. Rhodes, M.D., FACS, FAAP

Pediatric Pulmonology 

• Andrew " Drew" Barber, M.D.
• Jonathan T. Ma, M.D.
• Michael S. Schechter, M.D., MPH
• Judith Voynow, M.D.

Pediatric Radiology

• Kathryn S. Jones, M.D.
• Eman Mahdi, M.D.
• Gregory Vorona, M.D.

Pediatric Rheumatology

• Sarah Hoffmann, M.D.

Pediatric Surgery

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

Pediatric Urology

• John D. Edmondson, M.D.
• C.D. Anthony Herndon, M.D., FAAP, FACS
• Rebecca Zee, M.D., Ph.D.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Mary E. Caldwell, D.O.
• David Cifu, M.D.
• Richard D. Kunz, M.D.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

• Michael Feldman, M.D.
• Paschalia Mountziaris, M.D., Ph.D.

Psychiatry

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

Pulmonology

• Lisa Brath, M.D.
• Alpha A. Fowler, M.D.
• Daniel C. Grinnan, M.D.
• Catherine E. Grossman, M.D.
• Thomas C. Iden, M.D.
• Sammy Pedram, M.D.
• Apostolos Perelas, M.D.
• R. Wes Shepherd, M.D.
• Aamer Syed, M.D.

Radiation Oncology

• Douglas W. Arthur, M.D.
• Emma C. Fields, M.D.
• Timothy Harris, M.D., Ph.D.
• Bridget Quinn, M.D.
• Shiyu Song, M.D., Ph.D.
• Alfredo Urdaneta, M.D.
• Elisabeth Weiss, M.D.

Radiology

• Kelley Allison, M.D.
• Jill Bruno, D.O.
• Laura Carucci, M.D.
• Ryan Clayton, M.D.
• Shaimaa Fadl, M.D.
• Stephen Foxx, M.D.
• Ann S. Fulcher, M.D.
• Leila Rezai Gharai, M.D.
• Mohammad Gharavi, M.D.
• John Grizzard, M.D.
• Melissa Kang, M.D.
• Mark Parker, M.D.
• Brian Suddarth, M.D.
• Yang Tang, M.D.
• Tiffany Tucker, M.D.
• Mary Turner, M.D.
• Josephina Vossen, M.D., Ph.D.
• Jinxing Yu, M.D.

Reproductive Endocrinology

• Erika New, M.D.
• Richard S. Lucidi, M.D.

Rheumatology

• Neha Gupta, M.D.
• Beth Rubinstein, M.D.
• Nehal R. Shah, M.D.
• Huzaefah J. Syed, M.D.
• Christopher M. Wise, M.D.

Sleep Medicine

• Maha Alattar, M.D.
• Samuel Taylor, M.D., MS

Spine Surgery

• Ricky J. Placide, M.D.
• Bruce Mathern, M.D.
• R. Scott Graham

Sports Medicine

• Douglas Cutter, M.D.

Surgical Oncology

• Amelia Grover, M.D.
• Leopoldo Fernandez, M.D.
• Adam Khader, M.D.
• Raphael Louie, M.D., MPH
• Jose Trevino, M.D., FACS

Thoracic Surgery

• Anthony Cassano, M.D.
• Rachit D. Shah, M.D.

Urology

• Baruch Grob, M.D.
• Georgi Guruli, M.D., Ph.D.
• Lance Hampton, M.D.
• Alexander Kenigsberg, M.D.
• Adam Klausner, M.D.
• J. Tyler Roseman, M.D.

Vascular Surgery

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

Weight Loss Surgery

• Guilherme M. Campos, M.D., PhD, FACS, FASMBS
• Ryan Fairley, D.O.
• Jennifer L. Salluzzo, M.D., FACS

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