More than 250 University of Maryland Medical System Physicians Recognized as 'Top Doctors' in Baltimore Magazine 2026 Survey

More than 250 physicians in 80 adult and pediatric specialties and subspecialties who provide care across University of Maryland Medical System hospitals and care locations have been recognized as "Top Doctors" in the November 2026 issue of Baltimore magazine.

The "Top Doctors" selections are based on peer nominations and evaluated by a panel of physician advisors representing multiple Maryland health systems and hospitals. This year's Baltimore magazine Top Doctors list includes physicians across more than 125 specialties and subspecialties.

UMMS hospitals in Central Maryland include the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) Downtown and Midtown campuses, the System's flagship academic medical center in Baltimore City; University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie (Anne Arundel County); University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson (Baltimore County); University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air and Aberdeen (Harford County); and University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute in Baltimore City. UMMS also co-owns Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital. Other UMMS member organizations include University of Maryland Capital Region Health in Prince George's County, University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in Charles County, and University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, which serves Maryland's Mid-Shore region.

Our "Top Doctors" are listed below by specialty. Visit their profiles to learn more or schedule an appointment.

Addiction Medicine Substance Use Disorder

• Natalie Spicyn, MD, MHS

Allergy Immunology

• Manav Singla, MD

Anesthesiology

• Cynthia J. Bucci, MD
• Glen J. Hessinger, MD
• Justin E. Richards, MD
• Michael Shteyman, MD
• Matthew R. Tulis, MD
• Earl Laurence Wilson, MD

Cardiac Anesthesia

• Seema P. Deshpande, MBBS
• Samhati Mondal, MD

Cardiology Electrophysiology

• Timm-Michael L. Dickfeld, MD
• Vikas Kalra, MD
• Minesh R. Patel, MD
• Paresh M. Shah, MD

Cardiology General

• Masood Anwar, MD
• Brian Barr, MD
• Robert M. Benitez, MD
• Catherine Y. Campbell, MD
• Asghar Fakhri, MD
• Mitika Trisha Maddula, MD
• Manu Murali Mysore, MD
• Amir Najafi, MD, FACC, FSCAI
• Sudarshan Paudel, MD
• Jeremy Stephen Pollock, MD, MC, FACC
• Gautam V. Ramani, MD
• Elliot Sultanik, MD
• Emil G. Thattassery, MD

Cardiology Interventional

• Martin A. Albornoz, MD
• Daniel Isaac Ambinder, MD
• Diljon S. Chahal, MD
• Michael Norman Drossner, MD
• Anuj Gupta, MD
• Ratnakar Mukherjee, MD
• Mukta Chandra Srivastava, MD
• Matthew Voss, MD
• Syed Shumile Haider Zaidi, MD

Colo Rectal

• Ivane Chan Chua, MD
• David Juan, MD

Cosmetic Surgery Breast Body Contouring

• Nassif Elias Soueid

Dermatology General

• Jamie L. Goldberg, MD
• Shawn G. Kwatra, MD
• Zaineb H. Makhzoumi, MD, MPH
• Aisha Amber Mumtaz, MD
• Tola T. Oyesanya, MD
• Ji Qi, MD
• Dakara R. Wright, MD

Diabetes Care

• Kashif M. Munir, MD

Emergency Medicine

• Kim Allison Boswell, MD
• Brian Niall Corwell, MD
• Amar B. Deshwar, MD
• Emily C. Esposito, MD
• J. David Gatz, MD
• Neeraja Murali, MD
• Alexis Salerno Rubeling, MD
• Kathleen Stephanos, MD
• Richard G. Wilkerson, MD
• Michael E. Winters, MD

Endocrinology

• Elizabeth Mary Lamos, MD
• Rana Malek, MD
• Leen Wehbeh, MD
• Hilary Brooke Whitlatch, MD

Environmental Occupational Health

• Stella E. Hines, MD

Family Medicine

• Katherine J. Jacobson, MD

Gastroenterology General

• Joshua Seth Forman, MD
• Hassan Mohamed Mostafa Fawzy Ghoz, MD
• Eric M. Goldberg, MD
• Ekta Gupta, MD
• Eiad Nasser, MD
• Asheesh Sood, MD
• Jordan H. Wolff, MD

Gastroenterology Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Sandra M. Quezada, MD

Gastroenterology Liver Disease

• Neha Jakhete, MD
• Anurag Maheshwari, MD
• Sasan Sakiani, MD

Gynecology High Risk Obstetrics

• Michelle C. Garner, MD
• Allison S. Lankford, MD
• Amanda R. Tellawi, MD

Gynecology Ob Gyn

• Suzanne Aly Abdelazim, MD
• Steven J. Adashek, MD
• Cynthia C. Cesaire, MD
• Jacqueline Fleuriscar, MD
• Alyssa R. Hammer, MD
• Julie A. Hurvitz, MD
• Jessica K. Lee, MD
• Julita Y. Lett, MD

Hematology

• Ashkan Bahrani, MD
• Sandy D. Kotiah, MD
• Jennie Y. Law, MD
• Panayotis Ledakis, MD
• Lillian C. Man, MD
• Myo Min, MD

Hospitalist Internal Medicine

• Manisha Bahl, MD
• Margie R. Banzuelo-Rio, MD
• Elie Cheikh, MD
• Philip C. Dittmar, MD
• Dara Farber, MD
• Rebecca A. Krey, MD
• Norman F. Retener, MD

Hyperbaric Medicine

• Sabrina G. Kratz, MD
• Kinjal N. Sethuraman, MD
• Douglas G. Sward, MD

Infectious Disease

• Brandon O. Eilertson, MD
• Mettassebia B. Kanno, MD
• Ronald P. Rabinowitz, MD
• Aliya F. Rehman, DO
• Gregory M. Schrank, MD

Intensivists Critical Care

• Faith Mary Armstrong, MD
• Madhat A. Arnouk, MD
• Jason M. Birnbaum, MD
• Elizabeth K. Powell, MD
• Hasan Shakoor, MD
• Mark Sutherland, MD
• William A. Teeter, MD
• Kami Michelle Hu Windsor, MD

Internal Medicine

• John Charles Allen, MD
• Danielle Yoo Baek, MD
• Katelyn Elizabeth Donohue, MD
• Jessica R. Lee, MD
• Stacy Erin Schwartz, MD

Maternal Fetal Medicine

• Andrea Desai, MD
• Katherine R. Goetzinger, MD
• Krista Maree Mehlhaff, DO

Neonatology

• Eunsung Cho, MD
• Natalie Louise Davis, MD
• Erin Schofield, MD

Nephrology

• Khalid K. Al-Talib, MD
• Alison Grazioli, MD
• Mohamad Hanouneh, MD
• Aiman S. Shammas, MD
• Irfan Shukrullah, MD

Neurology General

• Melissa Motta, MD
• Lily Crystal Pham, MD
• Syed A. Salahuddin, MD

Neurology Movement Disorder

• Lynn Chouhfeh, MD

Neurology Vascular

• Shyam Chandravadan Majmundar, MD

Neurosurgery

• Jacob Cherian, MD
• Timothy J. Chryssikos, MD
• Kenneth M. Crandall, MD
• Dheeraj Gandhi, MD
• Mohamed AM Labib, MD
• Timothy Ryan Miller, MD
• Joshua Robert Olexa, MD
• Charles A. Sansur, MD
• Gary T. Schwartzbauer, MD
• Graeme F. Woodworth, MD
• Omar A. Zalatimo, MD

Oncology General

• Emily K. Fay, MD
• Mian K. Khalid, MD
• Shanique R. Palmer, MD

Oncology Gynecologic

• Teresa Diaz-Montes, MD
• Dwight D. Im, MD
• Gautam G. Rao, MD

Oncology Orthopedic

• Vincent Y. Ng, MD

Ophthalmology

• Eva N. DeVience, MD
• Moran R. Levin, MD
• Lazaros T. Volikas, MD

Orthopedic Medicine General

• Scott J. Tarantino, MD
• Tiffany Tsay, MD

Orthopedic Surgery Foot and Ankle

• Jeffrey T. Brodie, MD
• Natalie R. Danna, MD
• Kenneth DeFontes, MD

Orthopedic Surgery Hand

• Alexander D. Choo, MD
• Alexander M. Hahn, MD
• Elizabeth Inkellis Langhammer, MD
• Christopher G. Langhammer, MD
• Michael J. Marion, MD
• Raymond A. Pensy, MD
• Karren Midori Takamura, MD
• Bruce S. Wolock, MD

Orthopedic Surgery Joint

• Theodore T. Manson, MD
• Brian D. Mulliken, MD
• David T. Schroder, MD
• Jack Steele, MD

Orthopedic Surgery Shoulder

• Timothy P. Codd, MD
• Mohit N. Gilotra, MD
• Brian Shiu, MD

Orthopedic Surgery Sports Medicine

• Scott McDowell Adams, MD
• Mark V. Clough, MD
• Alvin J. Detterline, MD
• R. Frank Henn, MD
• Sarah J. Hobart, MD
• Sean J. Meredith, MD
• Jonathan D. Packer, MD
• Richard D. Winakur, MD
• Ralph T. Zade, III, MD

Otolaryngology General

• Natalie Justicz, MD
• Rodney J. Taylor, MD

Otolaryngology Head And Neck Malignancies

• Jeffrey S. Wolf, MD

Palliative Medicine

• Helen Minifie Gordon, MD

Pediatric Allergy

• Anupama Kewalramani, MD

Pediatric Anesthesia

• Stephanie L. Kahntroff, MD

Pediatric Behavior and Development

• Deborah G. Badawi, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

• Peter R. Gaskin, MD

Pediatric Critical Care

• Adrian Jamon Holloway, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

• Jennifer A. Lammers, DO
• Rachel Wiltjer, DO

Pediatric Endocrinology

• Paula G. Newton, MD

Pediatric ENT

• Amal Isaiah, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology

• Runa Diwadkar Watkins, MD

Pediatric Genetics

• Carol Lynn Greene, MD

Pediatric Hematology Oncology

• Regina Ann Macatangay, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine

• Nidhi Goel, MD
• Krista Tookhan, MD

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

• James Daniel Campbell, MD

Pediatric Neurology

• Jessica Carpenter, MD
• Stephen J. Thompson, MD

Pediatric Neurosurgery

• Whitney E. Parker, MD

Pediatric Pulmonology

• Anayansi Lasso-Pirot, MD

Pediatric Sports Medicine

• Teri Metcalf McCambridge, MD

Pediatric Surgery

• Helena M. Crowley, MD
• Kimberly M. Lumpkins, MD
• Eric D. Strauch, MD

Pediatrics General

• Rebecca Carter, MD
• Matthew John Grant, MD
• Francesca Okolie, DO

Physical Medicine Rehab Physiatry

• Idris Amin, MD
• Samuel Torres Dona Jr., MD

Podiatry

• Mikel Daniels, DPM
• Michael A. Gerrity, DPM
• Jacob Wynes, DPM

Psychiatry - General

• Marissa Ann Kaleina Flaherty, MD
• Constance N. Lacap, DO

Pulmonary

• Steven F. Cocciardi, MD
• Kathryn S. Robinett, MD

Radiation Oncology

• Mark V. Mishra, MD

Radiology

• Edward H. Ahn, MD
• Ryan Sutherland, MD

Radiology - Diagnostic

• Elana Smith, MD

Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology

• Bernadette C. Siaton, MD

Sleep Medicine

• Danielle R. Glick, MD

Sports Medicine

• Valerie Cothran, MD

Surgery - Cardiac

• Rawn Salenger, MD

Surgery - General

• Stephen M. Kavic, MD
• Kerri Elizabeth Lopez, MD

Surgery - Spine

• Daniel L. Cavanaugh, MD
• Julio J. Jauregui, MD
• Steven C. Ludwig, MD

Surgery - Thoracic

• Christine L. Lau, MD

Surgery - Vascular

• Mark Gonze, MD
• Khanjan H. Nagarsheth, MD
• Shahab A. Toursavadkohi, MD

Trauma

• Jaclyn Clark, MD
• Rishi Kundi, MD
• Richard Graham Wittmeyer III, DO

Urogynecology

• Madeline A. Dick-Biascoechea, MD

Urology

• Benjamin R. Cohen, MD
• David S. Goldstein, MD
• Brian P. Neuman, MD
• Chirag Y. Patel, MD
• Marc H. Siegelbaum, MD

Weight Management

• Mihir K. Patel, MD