UCI Health Physicians Receive 'Best Doctors' Honor

More than 90 UCI Health physicians have earned the distinction of being named Best Doctors in America® in the latest peer-reviewed list compiled by Best Doctors, Inc.

The independent organization asked more than 50,000 physicians across the nation to identify the most skilled among their peers in more than 400 medical subspecialties. The comprehensive survey began with the question, “Who would you choose to treat a loved one’s complex medical condition?”

The anonymous and confidential poll information was put through rigorous qualitative and quantitative analysis by Best Doctors. Physicians named “Best Doctors in America®” represent the top 5 percent of their peers nationwide.

Many of the following physicians at UCI Medical Center, Orange County’s only university medical center and hospital, have been recognized as “Best Doctors®” for 2011-2012 in more than one category:

Cardiovascular Disease
Morton J. Kern, MD
Dawn Marie Lombardo, DO, MS

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Steven D. Mills, MD
Michael J. Stamos, MD

Critical Care Medicine
Matthew Brenner, MD
Marianne E. Cinat, MD
Roy M. Fujitani, MD

Dermatology
Anand Ganesan, MD, PhD
Kristen M. Kelly, MD

Margaret Wing-Yan Mann, MD
Lucille L. Lemus, MD
Janellen Smith, MD
Christopher B. Zachary, MD

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Ping H. Wang, MD

Family Medicine
Emily Eunmee Dow, MD
Laura Mosqueda, MD
Wadie I. Najm, MD
Michael D. Prislin, MD

Gastroenterology

Gregory C. Albers, MD
Kenneth J. Chang, MD
John G. Lee, MD
Hooshang Meshkinpour, MD
V. Raman Muthusamy, MD

Geriatric Medicine
Laura Mosqueda, MD

Hand Surgery

Neil F. Jones, MD

Medical Genetics

Maureen E. Bocian , MD

Medical Oncology and Hematology

Michael B. Lilly, MD
Frank L. Meyskens Jr., MD
Sai-Hong Ignatius Ou, MD, PhD
Leonard S. Sender, MD
Lewis M. Slater, MD

Nephrology

Madeleine Pahl, MD
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD

Neurology

Mark Fisher, MD
Claudia Helen Kawas, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Michael T. Banchi, MD
Michael L. Berman, MD
Robert E. Bristow, MD, MBA
Afshan B. Hameed, MD
Carol A. Major, MD
Karen L. Noblett, MD
Manuel Porto, MD
Krishnansu S. Tewari, MD
Julianne S. Toohey, MD
Deborah Ann Wing, MD

Ophthalmology

Swaraj Bose, MBBS
Marjan Farid, MD
Ronald N. Gaster, MD
Baruch Kuppermann, MD, PhD
Ronald M. Kurtz, MD
Linda S. Lippa, MD
Donald S. Minckler, MD
Sameh Mosaed, MD
Roger F. Steinert, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Stuart Green, MD
Ranjan Gupta, MD
Steven Douglas Ross, MD

Otolaryngology

William B. Armstrong, MD
Naveen D. Bhandarkar, MD
Roger L. Crumley, MD
Hamid Djalilian, MD
Jason H. Kim, MD
Sunil P. Verma, MD
Brian J.F. Wong, MD

Pathology

Luis M. de la Maza, MD, PhD
Fritz Lin, MD

Pediatric Specialist

Dan Michael Cooper, MD
Joseph H. Donnelly, MD
Zeev Kain, MD
Antoine E. Khoury, MD
Marc Lerner, MD
Ira T. Lott, MD
Leonard S. Sender, MD
Jack H. Sills, MD
Jennifer L. Simpson, MD
Feizal Waffarn, MBBS

Plastic Surgery

Al Aly, MD
Gregory Randolph Evans, MD
Mark Robert Kobayashi, MD

Psychiatry

Gerald A. Maguire, MD

Pulmonary Medicine

Matthew Brenner, MD

Radiology

Stephen A. Feig, MD
Scott C. Goodwin, MD
Anton N. Hasso, MD

Rheumatology

George Vance Lawry, MD
Pamela Prete, MD, FACP, FACR

Surgery

Marianne E. Cinat, MD
Clarence Earl Foster III, MD
David Imagawa, MD, PhD
Michael Lekawa, MD
Ninh T. Nguyen, MD
Russell A. Williams, MBBS

Surgical Oncology

James G. Jakowatz, MD

Thoracic Surgery

Jeffrey C. Milliken, MD

Urology

Thomas E. Ahlering, MD
Ralph V. Clayman, MD
Jaime Landman, MD
Elspeth McDougall, MD

Vascular Surgery

Roy M. Fujitani, MD
John S. Lane, MD
Russell A. Williams, MBBS
Samuel Eric Wilson, MD