More than 140 UMKC School of Medicine alumni and faculty were recognized as Kansas City’s “Best Doctors” in the January issue of 435 Magazine.
435 derived its list from the “Best Doctors in America” 2015–2106 database, which is compiled and maintained by Boston-based Best Doctors Inc. The company conducts a biennial poll that asks physicians to identify the doctors they consider the leaders in their field. The proprietary database includes more than 45,000 U.S. physicians across a range specialties and subspecialties.
Alumnus Bradley L. Freilich, M.D. ’88, of Kansas City Gastroenterology and Hepatology appeared on the cover of the “Best Doctors” issue. A web version of the feature is available at http://www.435mag.com/January-2015/Doctors-Orders/.
UMKC School of Medicine faculty members and alumni ranked by speciality are (alumni are noted in boldface; ^ denotes alumni-faculty):
Adolescent Medicine: Daryl A. Lynch
Allergy and Immunology: Jay M. Portnoy, Lanny J. Rosenwasser
Cardiovascular Disease: Timothy M. Bateman, Andrew C. Kao, James H. O’Keefe Jr., Brian M. Ramza, Barry D. Rutherford, Ibrahim M. Saeed, Tracy Stevens^ ’90, Robert T. Tung, ’85
Critical Care Medicine: Vincent M. Lem, Michael J. Waxman
Dermatology: John C. Hall
Endocrinology and Metabolism: Betty M. Drees, Leland Graves III, ’92, Mitchell S. Hamburg, Richard Hellman
Gastroenterology: Mark J. Allen, John H. Helzberg, Sreenivasa S. Jonnalagadda
Hepatology: Bradley L. Freilich, ’88, John H. Helzberg
Internal Medicine: Richard E. Butin, Sam D. Hoeper Jr., Rick Lustig, James A. Maliszewski, John J. May, Robert E. Neihart, Rebecca Pauly, J. Chris Perryman, Stephen C. Salanski, Anne K. Sly^ ’78, Matthew B. Sutton^ ’92, Ann E. Warner
Internal Medicine/Hospital Medicine: Sally Ling, David Wooldridge^ ’94
Medical Genetics: Laurie D. Smith
Medical Oncology & Hematology: Verda J. Hunter-Hicks, Kelly B. Pendergrass, Timothy J. Pluard, Stephen R. Smalley ’79
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: John V. Anderson, Brian S. Carter, Linda Gratny, Howard W. Kilbride, Winston Manimtim, Steven L. Olsen, Eugenia K. Pallotto, William E. Truog
Nephrology: Robert E. Golder^ ’91, Jim I. Mertz, Richard S. Muther
Neurology: Richard Dubinsky ’82, Anne L. Foundas, Marilyn Rymer
Obstetrics & Gynecology: Verda Hunter-Hicks, Frederick B. Lintecum, Timothy J. Martin ’85, Tom G. Sullivan, John D. Yeast
Orthopaedic Surgery: Timothy M. Badwey, Howard G. Rosenthal
Otolaryngology: Terance T. Tsue
Pathology: David Zwick
Pediatric Allergy & Immunology: Paul Dowling Jr., Jay M. Portnoy
Pediatric Anesthesiology: Paul William Sheeran
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: James O’Brien Jr.
Pediatric Cardiology: Mark C. Gelatt, Girish S. Shirali
Pediatric Clinical Genetics: Holly H. Ardinger
Pediatric Critical Care: Geoffrey L. Allen, Erica A. Molitor-Kirsch, Paul William Sheeran, John F. Sommerauer, Kelly Tieves
Pediatric Dermatology: Kimberly Aiko Horii, Amy Jo Nopper
Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Gregory P. Conners, M. Denise Dowd, Laura S. Fitzmaurice, Thomas W. Tryon
Pediatric Endocrinology: Jill D. Jacobson, Wayne V. Moore
Pediatric Gastroenterology: Ruba Abdelhadi, James F. Daniel, Craig A. Friesen, Joel D. Lim, Charles C. Roberts
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology: Shannon Carpenter, Jignesh D. Dalal, Alan S. Gamis, Maxine Hetherington, Karen B. Lewing, Brian M. Wicklund, Gerald M. Woods
Pediatric Hospital Medicine: Brian M. Pate, Mary Ann J. Queen
Pediatric Infectious Disease: Denise Bratcher, Christopher J. Harrison, Mary Anne Jackson^ ’78, Jason Newland, Douglas S. Swanson
Pediatric Medical Genetics: Holly H. Ardinger
Pediatric Neurology: Sergio A. Facchini
Pediatric Nephrology: Douglas Blowey, Bradley A. Warady
Pediatric Ophthalmology: Scott E. Olitsky
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery: Richard M. Schwend
Pediatric Otolaryngology: Pamela J. Nicklaus, Robert A. Weatherly
Pediatric Pain Management: Brian S. Carter
Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Ann Modrcin, Robert J. Rinaldi
Pediatric Plastic Surgery: Jeffrey A. Goldstein
Pediatric Pulmonology: Robert C. Beckerman, Philip Black, Terrence Carver Jr.^ ’90, Hugo Escobar, Jane B. Taylor
Pediatric Rheumatology: Mara Becker
Pediatric Sleep Medicine: Robert C. Beckerman
Pediatric Surgery: Richard Hendrickson, Shawn D. St. Peter
Pediatric Urology: J. Patrick Murphy
Pediatrics/General: John D. Cowden, Harvey M. Grossman, Sarah E. Donnelli Hampl^ ’92, Amber M. Hoffman, Keith Mann, Bryan C. Nelson, Lien Pham Russell^ ’98, Kenneth Wible
Plastic Surgery: Jeffrey A. Goldstein
Pulmonary Medicine: Vincent M. Lem
Radiation Oncology: Scott C. Cozad, Vickie L. Massey^ ’85, Stephen R. Smalley ’79
Radiology: Melissa Rosado de Christenson
Rheumatology: Kent A. Huston, Kent Kwasind Huston, Ann E. Warner
Surgery: Daniel Murillo, Glenn E. Talboy Jr.
Surgical Oncology: Howard G. Rosenthal, John W. Shook^ ’84
Thoracic Surgery: A. Michael Borkon
Urology: Mark Austenfeld