Leaders in Medicine | America's Best Doctors by the AHC

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Congratulations to Glenn Talboy, MD, Professor and Chairman of Surgery @UMKCmedschool! https://t.co/0zrkHq2SNt
— UMKC (@UMKansasCity) April 23, 2017

Congratulations to Dr. Patel! She is faculty at our sister school @NJMSDeansOffice https://t.co/66D6RHktdy
— Rutgers RWJMedSchool (@RWJMS) February 2, 2017

Selection for the American Health Council’s “Leader in Medicine” award is reserved for those individuals who have exhibited exemplary conduct in their field. These doctors and medical educators serve as the guiding light for advancement from the classroom to the consultation room to the operating room. Leading by example, the difference begins with them.

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All 100 /2019 Awardees 0 /Addiction Medicine 0 /Advisory 0 /Aesthetic Medicine 0 /Allergy and Immunology 1 /Ambulatory Care 1 /Anesthesiology 4 /Bariatric Surgery 1 /Best Doctor in New Mexico 0 /Best Doctor in New York 0 /Best Doctor in North Carolina 0 /Best Doctor in Ohio 0 /Best Doctor in Oklahoma 0 /Best Doctor in Oregon 0 /Best Doctor in Pennsylvania 0 /Best Doctor in Rhode Island 0 /Best Doctor in South Carolina 0 /Best Doctor in Tennessee 0 /Best Doctor in Texas 0 /Best Doctor in Utah 0 /Best Doctor in Vermont 0 /Best Doctor in Virginia 0 /Best Doctor in Washington 0 /Best Doctor in West Virginia 0 /Best Doctors 0 /Best Doctors in Arizona 0 /Best Doctors in Arkansas 0 /Best Doctors in California 0 /Best Doctors in Colorado 0 /Best Doctors in Connecticut 0 /Best Doctors in Delaware 0 /Best Doctors in Florida 0 /Best Doctors in Georgia 0 /Best Doctors in Idaho 0 /Best Doctors in Illinois 0 /Best Doctors in Indiana 0 /Best Doctors in Iowa 0 /Best Doctors in Kansas 0 /Best Doctors in Louisiana 0 /Best Doctors in Maine 0 /Best Doctors in Maryland 0 /Best Doctors in Massachusetts 0 /Best Doctors in Michigan 0 /Best Doctors in Minnesota 0 /Best Doctors in Mississippi 0 /Best Doctors in Missouri 0 /Best Doctors in Montana 0 /Best Doctors in Nebraska 0 /Best Doctors in Nevada 0 /Best Doctors in New Hampshire 0 /Best Doctors in New Jersey 0 /Cardiology 0 /Cardiothoracic Surgery 1 /Chiropractic 0 /Clinical Research 1 /Colon and Rectal Surgery 0 /Critical Care 3 /Dental 1 /Dermatology 2 /Diagnostic Radiology 0 /Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) 0 /Emergency Medicine 6 /Endocrinology 3 /Family Medicine 6 /Gastroenterology 1 /General Surgery 4 /Genetics and Genomics 0 /Gerontology 1 /Hematology 0 /Hospice Care 0 /Hospital Medicine 1 /Infectious Diseases 2 /Internal Medicine 14 /Leaders in Medicine 0 /Leaders in Medicine (NP) 0 /Leaders to Watch 0 /Neonatology 3 /Nephrology 2 /Neurology 4 /Neurosurgery 2 /Nutrition 1 /Obstetrics and Gynecology 7 /Oncology 4 /Ophthalmology 0 /Optometry 1 /Oral Surgery 0 /Orthopedic Surgery 4 /Orthopedics 2 /Osteopathy 1 /Pain Management 0 /Palliative Medicine 0 /Pathology 1 /Pediatrics 16 /Pharmacology 1 /Pharmacy 6 /Physical Medicine and Rehab 1 /Plastic Surgery 0 /Podiatry 0 /Psychiatry 12 /Psychology 4 /Psychotherapy 2 /Pulmonology 2 /Radiology 3 /Rheumatology 0 /Sleep Medicine 2 /Sports Medicine 0 /Uncategorized 0 /Urology 0 /Vascular Surgery 1

Dr. M. Angie Almond

March 19, 2020/by Production Team

Scott Partridge

June 19, 2025/by Editorial Dept.

Hartmuth B. Bittner, MD, Ph.D., FACS

July 10, 2019/by AHC Medicine

Dr. Amina Woods

October 25, 2022/by Editorial Dept.

Mayur Sharma, MD

August 7, 2017/by Editorial Dept.

J. Philip Boudreaux, MD, FACS

January 30, 2020/by Production Team

Dr. Victoria Mondloch

August 23, 2022/by Editorial Dept.

Glenn Taylor, MD, FAAOS

October 19, 2017/by AHC Medicine

Dr. Jane Miller

April 14, 2022/by Editorial Dept.

Joseph Ciacci, DO

October 3, 2017/by Editorial Dept.

Dr. Nupur Ghoshal

July 13, 2020/by Editorial Dept.

Marta Galarza, M.D.

August 10, 2017/by Editorial Dept.

R. Michael Carlson, MD

August 28, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Tiffany Brown, DO

March 28, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Ruth Dapaah-Afriyie, Pharm.D., B.Pharm., BCACP, CDOE, CVDOE

June 8, 2018/by AHC Medicine

Carol Papov, MD

August 28, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Lisa Ford, BS-Pharm

September 10, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Roopika Reddy, MD

December 7, 2017/by Editorial Dept.

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Dr. Lena Bruce

December 9, 2020/by Editorial Dept.

Dr. James Bashkin

March 31, 2020/by AHC Medicine

Leif Nelin, MD

January 28, 2020/by Production Team

Daniel Lichtstein, MD

July 9, 2018/by AHC Medicine

Matthew Golkar, MD

January 17, 2019/by Production Team

Sandra Charles, MD

April 16, 2019/by AHC Medicine

Debbie Palmer, BBA, DO, FAOCD, FAAD

March 28, 2019/by AHC Medicine

Rohan A. Joseph, MD, FACS

November 30, 2018/by Production Team

Faoud T. Ishmael, M.D, Ph.D.

May 25, 2017/by AHC Medicine

Michael Clement, MD

August 28, 2019/by Media Dept.

Melissa Perkal, MD

August 20, 2019/by Production Team

Dr. LeslieBeth Wish

April 27, 2023/by AHC Medicine

Nancy Carroll, MD

December 20, 2019/by Production Team

Gerald Morley, MD

January 26, 2018/by AHC Medicine

Robert Resnik, M.D.

January 23, 2017/by AHC Medicine

Emilio Canal, Jr. DDS

October 10, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Dr. Kelly De Simone

May 7, 2020/by AHC Medicine

Dr. Richard Hughes, MD

November 13, 2018/by AHC Medicine

Tabitha Campbell, MD, FACEP, CHSE

March 1, 2019/by AHC Medicine

Mark Lokitus, DO

August 14, 2017/by Editorial Dept.

Dr. Gary Skankey

July 11, 2022/by Editorial Dept.

Deepika Jain, MD

August 18, 2017/by Editorial Dept.

Dr. Allan Gold

January 12, 2022/by Editorial Dept.

Mongkae Siripornsawan, M.D.

August 14, 2019/by AHC Medicine

Safiya K. Lyn-Lassiter, M.D.

October 3, 2017/by Editorial Dept.

Dr. Susan Kavaler-Adler

April 22, 2022/by Editorial Dept.

Katrin Arnolds, M.D.

January 23, 2017/by AHC Medicine

Dr. Robert Geller

May 7, 2020/by Production Team

Dr. Ayme Frometa

November 3, 2022/by Editorial Dept.

Valerie McRae, MD

June 26, 2018/by AHC Medicine

Dr. Andrea King

March 7, 2023/by AHC Medicine

Sadegh Amini Koves, MD

December 26, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Edmund C. Landry, M.D.

December 12, 2018/by AHC Medicine

Dr. Hassan Omer

February 28, 2020/by Editorial Dept.

Dr. Barbara Galantowicz, MD

August 20, 2019/by AHC Medicine

Nathan Markwart, DO

December 20, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Mark Moran, MD

June 6, 2019/by Production Team

Dr. Ben Guedes

December 15, 2021/by Editorial Dept.

Carolyn Drazinic, MD, PhD, MBA

January 28, 2020/by Production Team

Dr. Rex Mahnensmith

March 10, 2020/by AHC Medicine

Naghmana Masood, MD

September 5, 2019/by AHC Medicine

Glenn Talboy, M.D.

March 28, 2017/by AHC Medicine

Joy Awoniyi, PharmD

September 5, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Emmanuel Oni, MD

December 3, 2018/by Production Team

Kenneth Brooks

June 18, 2025/by Editorial Dept.

Farrell Lloyd, MD, MPH

June 5, 2019/by Production Team

Susan Matorin

March 16, 2022/by Editorial Dept.

Dr. William McGee

March 10, 2020/by Editorial Dept.

Shadi Ayyas, MD

March 28, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Kene Ugokwe, MD

December 11, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Sheng Liu, MD

October 1, 2019/by AHC Medicine

John Leimert, MD

September 16, 2019/by Production Team

Dr. Jeanne Mrozek

March 2, 2020/by Production Team

Husam Issa, MD

July 13, 2017/by AHC Medicine

Anna-Liisa Brownell, PhD

July 31, 2019/by Production Team

Cristina M. Alvira, MD

December 10, 2018/by Production Team

Fred R. Schultz, MHA, PA-C

March 28, 2017/by AHC Medicine

Marc McCollaum, PA-C, MPAS

July 25, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Maya Ramagopal, MD

August 22, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Dr. Julie Brahmer

September 6, 2022/by Editorial Dept.

Andrew C. Gombash, DO

December 11, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Derald Peters, B.S., RPh

November 1, 2018/by AHC Medicine

Rose-Anne Duvigneaud, PharmD, MBA

December 9, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Emilio Mantero-Atienza, MD, PhD

December 11, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Colin Rigney, DPT

January 17, 2020/by Editorial Dept.

Dorina Leibu, MD

November 29, 2017/by AHC Medicine

Dianne Georgian-Smith, M.D., FACR, FSBI

June 1, 2017/by AHC Medicine

John Mackey, MD, FACEP, CWS

August 22, 2019/by Production Team

Jeffrey L. Winters, MD

August 19, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Jagdip Gill, BS, MD

December 21, 2017/by AHC Medicine

Anas Hana, M.D.

January 23, 2017/by AHC Medicine

Vladimir Klebanov, M.D.

December 12, 2018/by AHC Medicine

Dr. Robert Letton

March 19, 2020/by Editorial Dept.

Teresa Charniga

July 21, 2025/by Editorial Dept.

Jerold Fadem, MD, ABIM, FACP

December 12, 2018/by Production Team

Iliyan Ivanov, MD

November 27, 2018/by AHC Medicine

Nelson Leung, MD

July 5, 2019/by Editorial Dept.

Neethi Patel, D.O.

July 31, 2019/by Production Team

Dr. R. Clement Darling III

June 3, 2020/by Production Team

Kevin Killough, M.D.

October 27, 2017/by AHC Medicine

Mona Mansour, MD, MS

February 16, 2018/by AHC Medicine