2022 Top Doctors in San Diego
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, FASETimothy M. Maus, MD
Anesthesiology
Engy Tadros Said, MDRuth S. Waterman, MD
Cardiothoracic Radiology
Elizabeth K. Weihe, MDCardiothoracic Surgery
Eugene Golts, MDCardiovascular Disease
Anna McDivit Mizzell, MDPam R. Taub, MD, FACC
Marcus Anthony Urey, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Sonia Ramamoorthy, MDComplex General Surgical Oncology
Jula Veerapong, MDCritical Care Medicine
Jess Mandel, MDAngela Meier, MD, PhD
Beverly J. Newhouse, MD
Kimberly S. Robbins, MD
Gabriel Wardi, MD, MPH, FACEP
Emergency Medicine
Theodore Chan, MD, FACEP, FAAEMChristian M. Sloane, MD
Vaishal Tolia, MD, MPH, FACEP
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Heather L. Hofflich, DOKristen Kulasa, MD
Family Medicine
Melanie R. Fiorella, MDMichelle Lee Johnson, MD
Caitlin MacMillen, DO
Cassandra Morn, MD
Gastroenterology
Syed M. Fehmi, MDThomas John Savides, MD
Geriatric Medicine
Parag Agnihotri, MDTessa Antalan, MD
Veronica V. Gonzalez, 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
Lindsey Yourman, MD
Hematology Oncology
Aaron Goodman, MDRana R. McKay, MD
Sandip P. Patel, MD
Rebecca A. Shatsky, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Heidi Yeung, MDHospitalist
Deepak Asudani, MBBSAli Farkhondehpour, MD
Meghan Sebasky, MD
Gregory B. Seymann, MD
Kenton O. Smitherman, MD
Infectious Disease
Shira Abeles, MDEdward R. Cachay, MD
Nancy Law, DO
Internal Medicine
Ramona Master, MDMarlene Millen, MD
Amy Sitapati, MD
Internal Medicine Pediatrics
Lawrence Ma, MDInterventional Cardiology
Mitul Patel, MDMaternal and Fetal Medicine
Jerasimos 'Jerry' Ballas, MD, MPH, FACOGMaryam Tarsa, MD
Medical Oncology
Kathryn A. Gold, MDNephrology
Joseph A. Abdelmalek, MDTamara Rubenzik, MD
Amber Paratore Sanchez, MD
Neurological Surgery
Thomas L. Beaumont, MD, PhDAlexander A. Khalessi, MD, MBA
Marc S. Schwartz, MD
Neuroradiology
Marin Alisa McDonald, MDNeurotology
Rick A. Friedman, MD, PhDObstetrics and Gynecology
Ramez N. Eskander, MDD. Yvette LaCoursiere, MD, MPH
Christine B. Miller, MD
Ophthalmology
Chris W. Heichel, MDBobby S. Korn, MD, PhD, FACS
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Bryan T. Leek, MDCatherine M. Robertson, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery
Scott Taber Ball, MDAlexandra K. Schwartz, MD
Otolaryngology
Joseph A. Califano, III, MDAdam DeConde, MD
Ryan K. Orosco, MD
Pain Management
Timothy Furnish, MDPediatrics
Bret D. Pickering, MDPediatric Anesthesiology
Alyssa Brittany Brzenski, MDPediatric Emergency Medicine
Matthew Murray, MDPediatric Ophthalmology
Shira L. Robbins, MDPsychiatry
Ashley Clark, MDPublic Health and General Preventive Medicine
Christine Thorne, MD, MPHPulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Kamyar Afshar, DODaniel 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, MDJona 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, MDSports Medicine
Suraj A. Achar, MD, FAAFPDavid E.J. Bazzo, MD
Alan Shahtaji, DO
Kenneth S. Taylor, MD
Surgical Critical Care
Todd W. Costantini, MD, FACSSurgical Oncology
Bryan Clary, MD, FACSAndrew M. Lowy, MD, FACS
Jason Sicklick, MD, FACS
Undersea Medicine
Ian Grover, MDUrology
Seth K. Bechis, MDChristopher J. Kane, MD
Vascular Neurology
Royya Modir, MDUC 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.