2017 Top Doctors in San Diego

One Place, Many Extraordinary Doctors

UC San Diego Health had over 100 physicians in 45 specialties named “Top Docs” in the annual San Diego Magazine “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence” survey.

These extraordinary doctors were rated among the best in San Diego County by their peers — members of the San Diego County Medical Society.

Congratulations to these UC San Diego Health physicians for being named 2017 Top Docs:

Critical Care Medicine

Kim Kerr, MD

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Martin T. Stein, MD

Diagnostic Radiology

Tudor H. Hughes, MD
Mini Pathria, MD
Dolores H. Pretorius, MD
Cynthia S. Santillan, MD
Claude B. Sirlin, MD

Emergency Medicine

Theodore Chan, MD
Christian M. Sloane, MD
Vaishal Tolia, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Heather L. Hofflich, DO
Kristen Kulasa, MD

Gastroenterology

Syed M. Abbas Fehmi, MD
William J. Sandborn, MD
Thomas John Savides, MD

General Surgery

Joel M. Baumgartner, MD
Jennifer Berumen, MD
Sarah L. Blair, MD
Michael Bouvet, MD
Bryan Clary, MD
Eugene Golts, MD
Alan Hemming, MD
Andrew M. Lowy, MD
Jason Sicklick, MD

Gynecologic Oncology

Michael McHale, MD

Hematology / Medical Oncology

Lyudmila A. Bazhenova, MD
Sandip P. Patel, MD

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Ami P. Doshi, MD

Infectious Disease

Saima Aslam, MBBS
Randy Taplitz, MD, MD

Internal Medicine

Lori A. Brown, MD
Eduardo Grunvald, MD
Marlene Millen, MD
Armelia Sani, MD
Robert T. Schooley, MD
Irine Vodkin, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Ehtisham Mahmud, MD
Mitul Patel, MD

Medical Oncology

Ezra Cohen, MD
Paul T. Fanta, MD
Barbara A. Parker, MD

Medical Toxicology

Christian A. Tomaszewski, MD

Nephrology

Amber P. Sanchez, MD
Danuta Trzebinska, MD

Neuroradiology

Mahmood F. Mafee, MD,

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Daphne Yvette LaCoursiere, MD
Charles W. Nager, MD

Ophthalmology

Natalie A. Afshari, MD
Don Kikkawa, MD
Bobby S. Korn, MD, PhD
Robert N. Weinreb, MD

Orthopedic Surgery

Scott T. Ball, MD
Steven Robert Garfin, MD
Alexandra K. Schwartz, MD

Otolaryngology

Kevin Thomas Brumund, MD
Joseph A. Califano, III, MD
Adam DeConde, MD
Philip Weissbrod, MD

Pain Medicine

Mark S. Wallace, MD

Pediatrics

Eyla Boies, MD
Janet Crow, MD
Benjamin Johnson, MD
Bret Pickering, MD
Julia Beauchamp-Walters, MD
Heather C. Pierce, MD
Laurie B. Stover, MD
Brian S. Williams, MD