More than 170 School of Medicine faculty members and alumni have been identified by their peers as the top physicians in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The Kansas City Business Journal publishes a “Best Doctors Kansas City” list. The list is excerpted from the “Best Doctors in America 2015-16” database, which is compiled and maintained by Boston-based Best Doctors Inc. Founded in 1989, Best Doctors asks physicians to identify the doctors they consider the leaders in their field. The company says it is the largest ongoing, peer-reviewed survey in the medical industry.
UMKC School of Medicine faculty members and alumni ranked by specialty are (alumni are noted in boldface; ^ denotes alumni-faculty):
Allergy and Immunology: Jay M. Portnoy, Children’s Mercy; Lanny J. Rosenwasser, Children’s Mercy
Cardiovascular Disease: Timothy M. Bateman, Saint Luke’s Health System; Andrew C. Kao, Saint Luke’s Health System; James H. O’Keefe Jr., Saint Luke’s Health System; Barry D. Rutherford, Saint Luke’s Health System; Ibrahim M. Saeed, Saint Luke’s Health System; John A. Spertus, Saint Luke’s Health System; Tracy Stevens^, ’90, Saint Luke’s Health System
Colon and Rectal Surgery: Lina O’Brien, Saint Luke’s Health System
Dermatology: John C. Hall, Saint Luke’s Health System
Endocrinology and Metabolism: Leland Graves III, ’83, University of Kansas Medical Center; Mitchell S. Hamburg, Saint Luke’s Health System; Richard Hellman, North Kansas City Hospital; Lamont G. Weide, Truman Medical Centers
Family Medicine: Jane L. Murray, Truman Medical Centers; Gary A. Thompson, Saint Luke’s Health System
Gastroenterology: Mark J. Allen, Saint Luke’s Health System; Wendell Clarkston^, ’84, Saint Luke’s Health System; John H. Helzberg, Saint Luke’s Health System; Sreenivasa Jonnalagadda, Saint Luke’s Health System
Geriatric Medicine: Peter S. Holt, Saint Luke’s Health System
Geriatric Medicine/Hospice and Palliative Medicine: Richard E. Butin, Truman Medical Centers
Hepatology: Bradley L. Freilich, ’88, Kansas City Gastroenterology & Hepatology; John H. Helzberg, Saint Luke’s Health System
Infectious Disease: Micharl R. Driks, Baptist Medical Center
Internal Medicine: James B. Bautz, Saint Luke’s Health System; Richard E. Butin, Truman Medical Centers; C. Douglas Cochran^, ’88, Saint Luke’s Health System; Sam D. Hoeper Jr., Research Medical Center; Richard W. Lustig, Saint Luke’s Health System; James A. Maliszewski, Research Medical Center; John J. May, Saint Luke’s Health System; Robert E. Neihart, Saint Luke’s Health System; Rebecca Pauly, Truman Medical Centers; J. Chris Perryman, Saint Luke’s Health System; Stephen C. Salanski, Baptist Medical Center; Carol Stanford^, ’79, Truman Medical Centers; Matthew B. Sutton^, ’92, Saint Luke’s Health System; Ann E. Warner, Saint Luke’s Health System
Internal Medicine/Hospital Medicine: Sally Ling, Saint Luke’s Health System; David Wooldridge^, ’94, Saint Luke’s Health System
Medical Oncology & Hematology: Verda J. Hunter-Hicks, Research Medical Center; Kelly B. Pendergrass, Research Medical Center; Timothy J. Pluard, Saint Luke’s Health System
Nephrology: Walter L. Bender, Research Medical Center; Robert E. Golder^, ’91, Menorah Medical Center; Jim I. Mertz, Saint Luke’s Health System; Richard S. Muther, Baptist Medical Center
Neurology: Richard J. Barohn, ’80, University of Kansas Medical Center; Charles L. Weinstein, Saint Luke’s Health System
Obstetrics & Gynecology: Verda Hunter-Hicks, Research Medical Center; Frederick B. Lintecum, Saint Luke’s Health System; Timothy J. Martin, ’85, Women’s Healthcare Group; M. Kathleen Stone^, ’80, Overland Park Regional Medical Center; Tom G. Sullivan, Truman Medical Centers; John D. Yeast, Saint Luke’s Health System
Ophthalmology: William A. Godfrey, University of Kansas Medical Center
Orthopaedic Surgery: Timothy M. Badwey, Saint Luke’s Health System; Dan M. Gurba, Saint Luke’s Health System; Howard G. Rosenthal, University of Kansas Cancer Center
Otolaryngology: Terance T. Tsue, University of Kansas Medical Center
Pediatric Allergy & Immunology: Chitra Dinakar, Children’s Mercy; Paul Dowling Jr., Children’s Mercy; Jay M. Portnoy, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: James O’Brien Jr., Children’s Mercy; James D. St. Louis, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Cardiology: Mark C. Gelatt, Children’s Mercy; Girish S. Shirali, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Clinical Genetics: Holly H. Ardinger, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Critical Care: Geoffrey L. Allen, Children’s Mercy; Erica A. Molitor-Kirsch, Children’s Mercy; John F. Sommerauer, Children’s Mercy; Kelly Tieves, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Dermatology: Kimberly A. Horii, Children’s Mercy; Amy Jo Nopper, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Gregory P. Conners, Children’s Mercy; M. Denise Dowd, Children’s Mercy; Laura S. Fitzmaurice, Children’s Mercy; Milton A. Fowler Jr., Children’s Mercy; Lisa Schroeder^, ’89 , Children’s Mercy; Thomas W. Tryon, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Endocrinology: Jill D. Jacobson, Children’s Mercy; Wayne V. Moore, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Gastroenterology: Ruba Abdelhadi, Children’s Mercy; James F. Daniel, Children’s Mercy; Craig A. Friesen, Children’s Mercy; Joel D. Lim, Children’s Mercy; Charles C. Roberts, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology: Keith J. August, Children’s Mercy; Shannon Carpenter, Children’s Mercy; Alan S. Gamis, Children’s Mercy; Maxine Hetherington, Children’s Mercy; Karen B. Lewing, Children’s Mercy; Brian M. Wicklund, Children’s Mercy; Gerald M. Woods, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Infectious Disease: Denise Bratcher, Children’s Mercy; Christopher J. Harrison, Children’s Mercy; Mary Anne Jackson^, ’78, Children’s Mercy; Jason Newland, Children’s Mercy; Douglas S. Swanson, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Medical Genetics: Holly H. Ardinger, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Nephrology: Uri S. Alon, Children’s Mercy; Douglas Blowey, Children’s Mercy; Bradley A. Warady, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Neurological Surgery: Steven M. Shapiro, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Ophthalmology: Scott E. Olitsky, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery: John T. Anderson, Children’s Mercy; Richard M. Schwend, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Otolaryngology: Pamela J. Nicklaus, Children’s Mercy; Robert A. Weatherly, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Pain Management: Brian S. Carter, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Ann Modrcin, Children’s Mercy; Robert J. Rinaldi, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Plastic Surgery: Jeffrey A. Goldstein, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Pulmonology: Robert C. Beckerman, Children’s Mercy; Philip Black, Children’s Mercy; Terrence Carver Jr.^, ’90, Children’s Mercy; Hugo Escobar, Children’s Mercy; Jane B. Taylor, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Rheumatology: Mara Becker, Children’s Mercy; Cara M. Hoffart, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Sleep Medicine: Robert C. Beckerman, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Specialist/Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine: Daryl A. Lynch, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Specialist/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: J. Robert Batterson^, ’87, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Specialist/Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: Brian S. Carter, Children’s Mercy; Linda Gratny, Children’s Mercy; Howard W. Kilbride, Children’s Mercy; Winston Manimtim, Children’s Mercy; Steven L. Olsen, Children’s Mercy; Eugenia K. Pallotto, Children’s Mercy; Jotishna Sharma, Children’s Mercy; William E. Truog, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Specialist/Neurology, Epilepsy: Ahmed T. Abdelmoity, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Specialist/Neurology, General: Jennifer Bickel^, ’01 , Children’s Mercy; Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Specialist/Neurology, Movement Disorders: Jean-Baptiste Le Pichon, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Surgery: Richard Hendrickson, Children’s Mercy; George Holcomb III, Children’s Mercy; Shawn D. St. Peter, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Transplant Hepatology: James F. Daniel, Children’s Mercy
Pediatric Urology: J. Patrick Murphy, Children’s Mercy
Pediatrics/General: John D. Cowden, Children’s Mercy; Angela D. Etzenhouser, Children’s Mercy; Pooja T. French^, ’07, Children’s Mercy; Sara E. Gardner^, ’02, Children’s Mercy; Harvey M. Grossman, Children’s Mercy; Sarah E. Hampl^, ’92, Children’s Mercy; Amber M. Hoffman, Children’s Mercy; Keith Mann, Children’s Mercy; Bryan C. Nelson, Shawnee Mission Medical Center; Ross E. Newman, Children’s Mercy; Lien Pham Russell^, ’98, Children’s Mercy; Mary M. Tyson, Children’s Mercy; Jeffrey A. Waters, Saint Luke’s Health System
Pediatrics/Hospital Medicine: Amita R. Amonker^, ’96, Children’s Mercy; Lisa A. Carney, Children’s Mercy; Renee P. Cation, Children’s Mercy; Angela D. Etzenhouser, Children’s Mercy; Brian M. Pate, Children’s Mercy; Mary Ann J. Queen, Children’s Mercy; Judy A. Waldman, Children’s Mercy
Plastic Surgery: Jeffrey A. Goldstein, Children’s Mercy
Radiation Oncology: Vickie L. Massey^, ’85, Research Medical Center; Stephen R. Smalley, ’79, Radiation Oncology Center of Olathe
Radiology: Melissa L. Rosado de Christenson, Saint Luke’s Health System
Rheumatology: Kent A. Huston, Saint Luke’s Health System; Kent Kwasind Huston, Saint Luke’s Health System; Ann E. Warner, Saint Luke’s Health System
Surgery: Jameson Forster, Saint Luke’s Health System; Daniel Murillo, Research Medical Center; Glenn E. Talboy Jr., Truman Medical Centers
Surgical Oncology: Howard G. Rosenthal, University of Kansas Cancer Center; John W. Shook^, ’84, Saint Luke’s Health System
Thoracic Surgery: A. Michael Borkon, Saint Luke’s Health System
Urology: Mark Austenfeld, Saint Luke’s Health System