2022 Top Doctors in San Diego

One Place, Many Extraordinary Doctors

More than 100 UC San Diego Health physicians in 46 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 2022 Top Docs!

Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Dalia A. Banks, MD, FASE
Timothy M. Maus, MD

Anesthesiology

Engy Tadros Said, MD
Ruth S. Waterman, MD

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Heidi Yeung, MD

Hospitalist

Deepak Asudani, MBBS
Ali Farkhondehpour, MD
Meghan Sebasky, MD
Gregory B. Seymann, MD
Kenton O. Smitherman, MD

Infectious Disease

Shira Abeles, MD
Edward R. Cachay, MD
Nancy Law, DO

Internal Medicine

Ramona Master, MD
Marlene Millen, MD
Amy Sitapati, MD

Internal Medicine Pediatrics

Lawrence Ma, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Mitul Patel, MD

Maternal and Fetal Medicine

Jerasimos 'Jerry' Ballas, MD, MPH, FACOG
Maryam Tarsa, MD

Medical Oncology

Kathryn A. Gold, MD

Nephrology

Joseph A. Abdelmalek, MD
Tamara Rubenzik, MD
Amber Paratore Sanchez, MD

Neurological Surgery

Thomas L. Beaumont, MD, PhD
Alexander A. Khalessi, MD, MBA
Marc S. Schwartz, MD

Neuroradiology

Marin Alisa McDonald, MD

Neurotology

Rick A. Friedman, MD, PhD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ramez N. Eskander, MD
D. Yvette LaCoursiere, MD, MPH
Christine B. Miller, MD

Ophthalmology

Chris W. Heichel, MD
Bobby S. Korn, MD, PhD, FACS

Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

Bryan T. Leek, MD
Catherine M. Robertson, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Scott Taber Ball, MD
Alexandra K. Schwartz, MD

Otolaryngology

Joseph A. Califano, III, MD
Adam DeConde, MD
Ryan K. Orosco, MD

Pain Management

Timothy Furnish, MD

Pediatrics

Bret D. Pickering, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Alyssa Brittany Brzenski, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Matthew Paul Murray, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Shira L. Robbins, MD

Psychiatry

Ashley Clark, MD

Public Health and General Preventive Medicine

Christine Thorne, MD, MPH

Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine

Kamyar Afshar, DO
Daniel R. Crouch, MD
Naveen Gupta, MD
Kim M. Kerr, MD
Robert Owens, MD
Rebecca E. Sell, MD
Bernie Y. Sunwoo, MBBS
Angela Wang, MD

Radiation Oncology

John P. Einck, MD
Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD
Gina J. Mansy, MD
Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD
Ajay Sandhu, MD
Parag Sanghvi, MD, MSPH
Andrew B. Sharabi, MD, PhD
Catheryn M. Yashar, MD

Rheumatology

Katherine Nguyen, MD

Sports Medicine

Suraj A. Achar, MD, FAAFP
David E.J. Bazzo, MD
Alan Shahtaji, DO
Kenneth S. Taylor, MD

Surgical Critical Care

Todd W. Costantini, MD, FACS

Surgical Oncology

Bryan Clary, MD, FACS
Andrew M. Lowy, MD, FACS
Jason Sicklick, MD, FACS

Undersea Medicine

Ian Grover, MD

Urology

Seth K. Bechis, MD
Christopher J. Kane, MD

Vascular Neurology

Royya Modir, MD

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.