Feinberg School Well Represented Among Chicago’s “Top Docs”

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Elias
Steinhorn
Chen
Rubin
Of the 350 physicians selected as “Top Doctors” by Chicago magazine, one- third are on faculty at the Feinberg School of Medicine. The magazine’s January 2004 issue identifies physicians in 58 specialties who garnered recognition through a survey conducted by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Castle Connolly contacted thousands of health care professionals in metropolitan Chicago, asking them to whom they would send an ill family member for care.
Among the 115 Feinberg physicians making this year’s list, 4 were chosen to be profiled by the magazine: David Chen, MD, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and medical director of the spinal cord injury program at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; Sherman Elias, MD, John J. Sciarra, MD, PhD, Professor and chair of obstetrics and gynecology; Susan M. Rubin, MD, instructor in neurology and director of Evanston Northwestern Healthcare’s Women’s Neurology Center at Glenbrook Hospital; and Robin H. Steinhorn, MD, professor of pediatrics and neonatology division chief at Children’s Memorial Hospital.

Also making the “Top Docs” list were the following faculty members, listed by specialty. Less commonly consulted specialties were excluded by the magazine, as were emergency medicine and anesthesiology.

Addiction Psychiatry: Sheldon I. Miller, MD, Lizzie Gilman Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences

Allergy and Immunology: Leslie C. Grammer, MD, professor of medicine; Paul A. Greenberger, MD, professor of medicine; and Paul M. Kentor, MD, associate in clinical medicine

Cardiology: Robert O. Bonow, MD, Max and Lilly Goldberg Distinguished Professor, chief of cardiology, and professor of medicine; David J. Mehlman, MD, associate professor of medicine; and Timothy A. Sanborn, MD, professor of medicine.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Mina K. Dulcan, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Marcia Slomowitz, MD, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry and behavioral sciences

Child Neurology: Leon G. Epstein, MD, professor of pediatrics, and David A. Stumpf, MD, PhD, professor of clinical neurology

Clinical Genetics: Joel Charrow, MD, professor of pediatrics, and Eugene Pergament, MD, PhD, professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology

Colon and Rectal Surgery: Steven J. Stryker, MD, professor of clinical surgery

Dermatology: Jerome M. Garden, MD, associate professor of clinical dermatology; Mark D. Gendleman, MD, assistant professor of clinical dermatology; and Amy S. Paller, MD, professor of pediatrics

Diagnostic Radiology: Ellen B. Mendelson, MD, professor of radiology

Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism: Susan F. Burke, MD, instructor in clinical medicine

Family Practice: Martin S. Lipsky, MD, professor and chair of family medicine

Gastroenterology: Andres T. Blei, MD, professor of medicine; Robert M. Craig, MD, professor of clinical medicine; Peter J. Kahrilas, MD, professor of medicine; and Mick S. Meiselman, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine

Geriatric Medicine: Wayne C. Williamson, MD, instructor in clinical medicine

Gynecologic Oncology: John R. Lurain, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology

Hand Surgery: Charles Carroll, MD, associate professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery; Daniel J. Nagle, MD, professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery; and Clayton A. Peimer, MD, professor of orthopaedic surgery

Hematology: Leo I. Gordon, MD, Abby and John Friend Professor of Cancer Research, chief of hematology/oncology, and professor of medicine, and David Green, MD, Martin S. Tallman, MD, and Jane N. Winter, MD, professors of medicine

Infectious Diseases: Francis V. Cook, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine

Internal Medicine: Harry J. Jaffe, MD, and Arnold M. Tatar, MD, assistant professors of clinical medicine

Interventional Cardiology: Ted E. Feldman, professor of medicine

Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Sharon L. Dooley, MD, MPH, Albert B. Gerbie, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Michael L. Socol, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology

Medical Oncology: Al B. Benson III, MD, professor of medicine; Richard K. Burt, MD, associate professor of medicine; and Steven T. Rosen, MD, Genevieve E. Teuton Professor of Medicine and director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: Michael S. Caplan, MD, associate professor of pediatrics

Nephrology: Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine

Neurological Surgery: H. Hunt Batjer, MD, Michael J. Marchese Professor and chair of neurological surgery; Robert M. Levy, MD, PhD, and David G. McLone, MD, professors of neurological surgery; and Stephen L. Ondra, MD, associate professor of neurological surgery

Neurology: Allan M. Burke, MD, associate professor of clinical neurology; M.-Marsel Mesulam, MD, Ruth and Evelyn Dunbar Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and director of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center; Teepu Siddique, MD, Abbott Labs Duane and Susan Burnham Research Professor and professor of neurology; and Nicholas A. Vick, MD, professor of neurology

Obstetrics and Gynecology: John J. Sciarra, MD, PhD, Thomas J. Watkins Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Lee P. Shulman, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology; Lauren F. Streicher, MD, instructor in clinical obstetrics and gynecology; Merita R.C. Tan, MD, instructor in clinical obstetrics and gynecology; and Randall M. Toig, MD, assistant professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology

Ophthalmology: Robert S. Feder, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology; Marian S. Macsai, MD, professor of ophthalmology; Marilyn B. Mets, MD, professor of ophthalmology; and Michael A. Rosenberg, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology

Orthopaedic Surgery: Gordon W. Nuber, MD, professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery; John F. Sarwark, MD, professor of orthopaedic surgery; Michael F. Schafer, MD, Edwin W. Ryerson Professor and chair of orthopaedic surgery; and S. David Stulberg, MD, and Richard L. Wixson, MD, professors of clinical orthopaedic surgery

Otolaryngology: Robert C. Kern, MD, associate professor of otolaryngology—head and neck surgery; Harold J. Pelzer, MD, DDS, assistant professor of otolaryngology—head and neck surgery; and Gordon J. Siegel, MD, assistant professor of clinical otolaryngology—head and neck surgery

Pain Management: Honorio T. Benzon, MD, professor of anesthesiology, and R. Norman Harden, MD, associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology: Jacqueline A. Pongracic, MD, associate professor of pediatrics

Pediatric Cardiology: Peter C. Sodt, MD, associate professor of clinical pediatrics

Pediatric Endocrinology: Donald Zimmerman, MD, professor of pediatrics

Pediatric Gastroenterology: Peter F. Whitington, MD, professor of pediatrics

Pediatric Infectious Disease: Stanford T. Shulman, MD, professor of pediatrics

Pediatric Nephrology: Richard A. Cohn, MD, and Craig B. Langman, MD, professors of pediatrics

Pediatric Otolaryngology: Lauren D. Holinger, MD, professor of otolaryngology—head and neck surgery

Pediatrics: Bennett A. Kaye, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics, and Ira S. Salafsky, MD, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics

Pediatric Surgery: Robert M. Arensman, MD, and Marleta Reynolds, MD, professors of surgery

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R): Todd A. Kuiken, MD, PhD, and Joel M. Press, MD, assistant professors of PM&R; Elliot J. Roth, MD, Paul B. Magnuson Professor and chair of PM&R; Charles E. Sisung, MD, assistant professor of PM&R; James A. Sliwa, DO, professor of PM&R; and Joanne C. Smith, MD, assistant professor of PM&R

Plastic Surgery: Bruce S. Bauer, MD, professor of surgery; Laurie A. Casas, MD, and Neil Fine, MD, associate professors of surgery; Thomas A. Mustoe, MD, professor of surgery; and Jay M. Pensler, MD, associate professor of clinical surgery

Radiation Oncology: Krystyna D. Kiel, MD, assistant professor of clinical radiology

Reproductive Endocrinology: Randall B. Barnes, MD, Ralph R. Kazer, MD, and Magdy P. Milad, MD, associate professors of obstetrics and gynecology

Rheumatology: Walter G. Barr, MD, professor of medicine; Rowland W. Chang, MD, professor of preventive medicine; and Richard M. Pope, MD, professor of medicine

Surgery: Monica Morrow, MD, professor of surgery

Thoracic Surgery: James W. Frederiksen, MD, associate professor of surgery, and Todd K. Rosengart, MD, professor of surgery

Urology: James M. Kozlowski, MD, and Kevin T. McVary, MD, associate professors of urology, and Anthony J. Schaeffer, MD, Herman L. Kretschmer Professor and chair of urology

Vascular and Interventional Radiology: Albert A. Nemcek, MD, associate professor of radiology, and Robert L. Vogelzang, MD, professor of radiology

Vascular Surgery: William H. Pearce, MD, Violet R. and Charles A. Baldwin Professor, chief of vascular surgery, and professor of surgery, and James S.T. Yao, MD, PhD, Magerstadt Professor of Surgery