2023 Top Doctors in San Diego
More than 100 UC San Diego Health physicians in 50 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 2023 Top Docs!
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Allergy and Immunology
Anatomic Pathology
Mojgan Hosseini-Varnamkhasti, MD
Anesthesiology
Hetal Hosalkar, MD
Cardiothoracic Radiology
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Eugene Golts, MD
Victor Pretorius, MBChB
Cardiovascular Disease
Anna McDivit Mizzell, MD
Pam R. Taub, MD, FACC
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Nicole Lopez, MD
Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD
Complex General Surgical Oncology
Critical Care Medicine
Jess Mandel, MD
Gabriel Wardi, MD, MPH, FACEP
Diagnostic Radiology
Brady K. Huang, MD
Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, MD
Mini Pathria, MD
Emergency Medicine
Theodore Chan, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Ian Grover, MD
Allyson Kreshak, MD, FACEP, FACMT
Michael Self, MD
Vaishal Tolia, MD, MPH, FACEP
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Heather L. Hofflich, DO
Kristen Kulasa, MD
Family Medicine
Caitlin MacMillen, DO
Cassandra Morn, MD
Ariel Portera, DO
Gastroenterology
Syed M. Fehmi, MD
Wilson Kwong, MD
Thomas John Savides, MD
General Surgery
Sarah L. Blair, MD, FACS
Garth Ross Jacobsen, MD
Geriatric Medicine
Parag Agnihotri, MD
Tessa Antalan, MD
Roopali Gupta, MD
Aireen Gutierrez, MD
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
Rana R. McKay, MD
Sandip P. Patel, MD
Rebecca A. Shatsky, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Toluwalase (Lase) Ajayi, MD
Hospitalist
Maryann Ally, MD, MPH, FACP, FHM
Deepak Asudani, MBBS
Talya Bordin-Wosk, MD
Ali Farkhondehpour, MD
Harshal Mehdi, MD, MS, MBA
Pedro Ramos, MD
Meghan Sebasky, MD
Lobna Shahatto, MD
Kenton O. Smitherman, MD
Infectious Disease
Edward R. Cachay, MD
Francesca Torriani, MD
Internal Medicine
Simerjot K. Jassal, MD
Steven Li, MD
Marlene Millen, MD
Ryan J. Moran, MD, MPH
Interventional Cardiology
Mitul Patel, MD
Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Medical Oncology
Lyudmila A. Bazhenova, MD
Assuntina G. Sacco, MD
Nephrology
Joseph A. Abdelmalek, MD
Tomasz Beben, MD
Tamara Rubenzik, MD
Amber Paratore Sanchez, MD
Neurological Surgery
Thomas L. Beaumont, MD, PhD
Alexander A. Khalessi, MD, MBA
Marc S. Schwartz, MD
Neurology
Brett C. Meyer, MD
David Piccioni, MD, PhD
Neuropathology
Neurotology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pratibha S. Binder, MD
Ramez N. Eskander, MD
D. Yvette LaCoursiere, MD, MPH
Christine B. Miller, MD
Mariana Ramos-Rivera, MD
Ophthalmology
Chris W. Heichel, MD
Don Kikkawa, 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
Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery
Otolaryngology
Kevin Thomas Brumund, MD
Joseph A. Califano, III, MD
Charles Coffey, MD
Adam DeConde, MD
Theresa Guo, MD
David B. Hom, MD, FACS
Deborah Watson, MD
Philip Weissbrod, MD
Carol H. Yan, MD
Pain Management
Pediatric Ophthalmology
Plastic Surgery
Psychiatry
Emily Troyer, MD
Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Bernie Y. Sunwoo, MBBS
Daniel Sweeney, MD
Radiation Oncology
Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD
Gina J. Mansy, MD
Jyoti S. Mayadev, MD
Dominique Rash, MD
Ajay Sandhu, MD
Parag Sanghvi, MD, MSPH
Catheryn M. Yashar, MD
Sports Medicine
Suraj A. Achar, MD, FAAFP
David E.J. Bazzo, MD
Amy Leu, DO
Alan Shahtaji, DO
Kenneth S. Taylor, MD
Surgical Oncology
Bryan Clary, MD, FACS
Andrew M. Lowy, MD, FACS
Transplantation Surgery
Undersea Medicine
Charlotte Sadler, MD
Peter Witucki, MD
Urology
Vascular and Interventional Radiology
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.