2024 Top Doctors in San Diego

Many UC San Diego Health physicians in 40 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 2024 Top Docs!

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Abdominal Surgery

Garth Ross Jacobsen, MD

Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

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

Anesthesiology

Rekha Chandrabose, MD
Brian Frugoni, MD  
Rodney Gabriel, MD, MAS, FASRA
Hetal Hosalkar, MD
Alvaro Macias, MD
Engy Said, MD
Ruth S. Waterman, MD

Cardiothoracic Radiology

Sharon S. Brouha, MD
Elizabeth K. Weihe, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Eugene Golts, MD
Victor Pretorius, MBChB

Cardiovascular Disease

Anna McDivit Mizzell, MD
Anna Anya Narezkina, MD
Pam R. Taub, MD, FACC, FASPC 

Clinical Informatics

Robert El-Kareh, MD, MPH  

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD

Critical Care Medicine

Jess Mandel, MD
Angela Meier, MD, PhD
Anushirvan Minokadeh, MD

Diagnostic Radiology

Brady K. Huang, MD

Emergency Medicine

Theodore Chan, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Allyson Kreshak, MD, FACEP, FACMT
Vaishal Tolia, MD, MPH, FACEP

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Heather L. Hofflich, DO

Family Medicine

Michelle Lee Johnson, MD
Caitlin MacMillen, DO

Gastroenterology

Syed M. Abbas Fehmi, MD
Thomas John Savides, MD

General Surgery

Ryan Broderick, MD

Geriatric Medicine

Parag Agnihotri, MD
Tessa Antalan, MD
Roopali Gupta, MD
Aireen Gutierrez, 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
Anjoulie Pujji, DO
James R. Templeman, MD, MPH

Hematology Oncology

Rebecca A. Shatsky, MD

Infectious Disease

Edward R. Cachay, MD
Anne N. Cowell, MD, MPH

Maternal and Fetal Medicine

Maryam Tarsa, MD

Nephrology

Joseph A. Abdelmalek, MD
Amber Paratore Sanchez, MD

Neurological Surgery

Alexander A. Khalessi, MD, MBA
Marc S. Schwartz, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ramez N. Eskander, MD
D. Yvette LaCoursiere, MD, MPH

Ophthalmology

Bobby S. Korn, MD, PhD, FACS
Jeffrey Ewing Lee, MD

Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

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

Orthopaedic Surgery

Scott Taber Ball, MD
Alexandra K. Schwartz, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

Richard Allen, MD, PhD

Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery

Reid Allen Abrams, MD

Otolaryngology

Kevin Thomas Brumund, MD
Joseph A. Califano, III, MD
Charles Coffey, MD
Adam DeConde, MD
David B. Hom, MD, FACS
Deborah Watson, MD
Philip Weissbrod, MD
Carol H. Yan, MD

Pain Management

Timothy Furnish, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Alyssa Brittany Brzenski, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Shira L. Robbins, MD, FAAO, FAAP 

Plastic Surgery

Anne M. Wallace, MD

Public Health and General Preventive Medicine

Christine Thorne, MD, MPH

Radiation Oncology

Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD
Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD
Loren K. Mell, MD
Ajay Sandhu, MD
Parag Sanghvi, MD, MSPH
Catheryn M. Yashar, MD

Radiology

Claude Sirlin, MD

Sports Medicine

Suraj A. Achar, MD, FAAFP
Alan Shahtaji, DO
Kenneth S. Taylor, MD

Surgical Oncology

Andrew M. Lowy, MD, FACS

Transplantation Surgery

Kristin L. Mekeel, MD

Undersea Medicine

Charlotte Sadler, MD

Urology

Seth K. Bechis, 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.