2026 Top Doctors in San Diego
Over 115 UC San Diego Health physicians in 49 specialties were named "Top Docs" in the annual San Diego Magazine "Physicians of Exceptional Excellence" survey.
These outstanding physicians were recognized among San Diego County's best doctors by their peers. Congratulations to our 2026 Top Docs!
2026 Top Doctors
Abdominal Surgery
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology
Hetal Hosalkar, MD
Diana Hylton, MD
Christie Mun, DO
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Joshua A. Boys, MD
Michael M. Madani, MD, FACS
Cardiovascular Disease
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Clinical Informatics
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Complex General Surgical Oncology
Critical Care Medicine
Amy Bellinghausen, MD
Jess Mandel, MD
Dermatology
Diagnostic Radiology
Sharon S. Brouha, MD
Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, MD
Emergency Medicine
Allyson Kreshak, MD, FACEP, FACMT
Vaishal Tolia, MD, MPH, FACEP
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Preethika Ekanayake, MD
Vala Hamidi, MD
Heather L. Hofflich, DO
Ravi M. Iyengar, MD
Patricia S. Juang, MD
Jimmy Mao, MD
Jodi Nagelberg, MD
Nandi Shah, MD
Robert Thomas, MD
Gina N. Woods, MD
Family Medicine
Melanie R. Fiorella, MD
Caitlin MacMillen, DO
Julia McPherson, MD
Ariel Portera, DO
Divya K. Reddy, MD
Rebecca L. Rosen, MD
Gastroenterology
Syed M. Abbas Fehmi, MD
Thomas John Savides, MD
Geriatric Medicine
Parag Agnihotri, MD
Tessa Antalan, MD
Jaeyoun Choi, MD
Veronica V. Gonzalez, MD
Roopali Gupta, MD
Momo Kurosaka, MD
Eddie Lam, MD, MPH
Alison Moore, MD, MPH, FACP
Ramin Motarjemi, MD
Ian C. Neel, MD
Khai H. Nguyen, MD, MHS
Angelica Suarez-Ramirez, MD
James R. Templeman, MD, MPH
Lindsey Yourman, MD
Geriatric Psychiatry
Omar Ghosn, MD
Kyle Hendrie, DO
Gynecologic Oncology
Hematology Oncology
Caitlin Costello, MD
Rebecca A. Shatsky, MD
Kay T. Yeung, MD, PhD
Hospitalist
Infectious Disease
Jill S. Blumenthal, MD
Nancy Law, DO, MPH
Cathy Logan, MD
Michele L. Ritter, MD
Francesca Torriani, MD
Internal Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Medical Oncology
Lyudmila A. Bazhenova, MD
Sandip P. Patel, MD
Assuntina G. Sacco, MD
Nephrology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Scott A. Harvey, MD, MS, FACOG
Jessica Kingston, MD
Christine B. Miller, MD
Shira Varon, MD
Ophthalmology
Bobby S. Korn, MD, PhD, FACS
Jeffrey Ewing Lee, MD
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Scott Taber Ball, MD
Frank E. Chiarappa, MD
Alexandra K. Schwartz, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery
Otolaryngology
David B. Hom, MD, FACS
Deborah Watson, MD
Carol H. Yan, MD
Otology/Neurotology
Pain Management
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Michael Chung, MD
Kenneth Vitale, MD
Psychiatry
Ashley L. Clark, MD
Stephanie Martinez, MD
Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Kamyar Afshar, DO
George Z. Cheng, MD, PhD
Daniel R. Crouch, MD
Michael Lam, MD
Mazen F. Odish, MD
Bernie Y. Sunwoo, MBBS
Radiation Oncology
Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD
Gina J. Mansy, MD
Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD
Loren K. Mell, MD
Ajay Sandhu, MD
Parag Sanghvi, MD, MSPH
Karen Tye, MD
Catheryn M. Yashar, MD
Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
Sports Medicine
Suraj A. Achar, MD, FAAFP
Alan Shahtaji, DO
Kenneth S. Taylor, MD
Surgical Critical Care
Surgical Oncology
Bryan Clary, MD, FACS
Andrew M. Lowy, MD, FACS
Jason Sicklick, MD, FACS
Thoracic Surgery
Transplantation Surgery
Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Urology
UC San Diego Health does not partake in the classification of Top Doc specialties. The list above includes specialty designations as provided by the San Diego County Medical Society.