RWJBarnabas Health, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Doctors Named Healthcare Research All-Stars in 2025

(New Brunswick, New Jersey) - Avant-garde Health has named 26 doctors from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, Healthcare Research All-Stars in 2025. This honor recognizes the top five percent of physicians in the United States publishing leading-edge research, which ultimately contributes to better patient outcomes. More than 424,000 physicians and 4,700 hospitals were considered for the awards.Several physicians on the list were in the top 1% including:Jeffrey Carson, MD, distinguished professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the medical school and Provost-New Brunswick at Rutgers University (Internal Medicine Research)Andrew M. Evens, DO, MBA, MSc, professor of medicine at the medical school; deputy director for clinical services and chief physician officer, Rutgers Cancer Institute and Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center; system director of medical oncology and oncology lead, RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group; and associate vice chancellor for clinical information and data analytics, Rutgers Health (Hematology Research)Maya Guglin, MD, professor of medicine and section chief of heart failure in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension at the medical school and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (Cardiology Research)Partho Sengupta, MD, Henry Rutgers Professor of Cardiology and chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension at the medical school, and chief of cardiology at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (Cardiology Research)Arvind Trindade, MD, professor of medicine, associate director of endoscopy, and director of surgical endoscopic research and the Barrett's Esophagus Program at the medical school; co-chief of endoscopy for Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital; and vice president of GI Clinical Operations, Southern Region-Central for RWJBarnabas Health (Gastroenterology Research)Medical school faculty on the list, who also provide clinical services through Rutgers Health and RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group, represented more than a dozen specialties/subspecialties. They include:Endocrinology Research:Top 2-3%:Ankit Shah, MD, assistant professor of medicineGI/General Surgery Research:Top 2-3%:Theodore Eisenstat, MD, professor of surgeryDylan Nieman, MD, associate professor of surgeryGynecologic Surgery Research:Top 2-3%:Eugenia Girda, MD, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at the medical school, and gynecologic oncologist and associate chief of surgical officer research for Rutgers Cancer InstituteJuana Hutchinson-Colas, MD, professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, and chief of the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive SurgeryRuby Lin, MD, maternal-fetal medicine fellowNancy Phillips, MD, member of the medical school's Women's Health Institute and volunteer facultyTop 4-5%:Gloria A. Bachmann, MD, MMS, professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences; associate dean for women's health; and co-director, Women's Health InstituteLena Merjanian, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciencesInternal Medicine Research:Top 2-3%:Benjamin Bates, MD, instructor of medicinePayal Dave, MD, associate professor of medicineJigar Patel, MD, assistant professor of family medicine and community healthTop 4-5%:Andrew Azab, MD, assistant professor of medicinePatrick Boland, MD, associate professor of medicine and associate program director of GI Medical Oncology at Rutgers Cancer InstituteSneha Jacob, MD, MS, associate professor of family medicine and community healthSarang Kim, MD, professor of medicineIbiyonu Lawrence, MD, associate professor of medicine and division chief of geriatrics in the Department of MedicineJay Naik, MD, assistant professor of medicineManish Patel, MD, associate professor of medicineSheetal Patel, MD, assistant professor of medicineStephen Priest, MD, assistant professor of medicineVinod K. Rustgi, MD, distinguished professor of medicine, clinical director of hepatology, professor of epidemiology, and professor of pathology and laboratory medicineFrank Sonnenberg, MD, professor of medicineChristina Theodorou Ross, MD, assistant professor of medicineXiangbing Wang, MD, PhD, professor of medicineNeurology Research:Top 2-3%:Gian Pal, MD, associate professor of neurologyNeurosurgery and Spine ResearchTop 2-3%:Robert E. Gross, MD, PhD, chair, Department of Neurosurgery at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and senior vice president for neurosurgical services at RWJBarnabas HealthGaurav Gupta, MD, professor of neurosurgery and chief of cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery at the medical school, and system co-director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery at RWJBarnabas HealthTop 4-5%:Hai Sun, MD, associate professor of neurosurgery and assistant director of research in the medical school's Department of Neurosurgery, and a member of Rutgers Brain Health InstitutePulmonology Research:Top 2-3%:Reynold A. Panettieri Jr., MD, professor of medicine at the medical school, vice chancellor for translational medicine and science, and director of the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and ScienceTop 4-5%:Jared Radbel, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care MedicineRheumatology Research:Top 2-3%:Victor Sloan, MD, clinical professor of medicine (volunteer faculty)Urology Research:Top 2-3%:Saum Ghodoussipour, MD, assistant professor of surgery in the medical school's Division of Urology, and director of the Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Program at Rutgers Cancer InstituteTop 4-5%:Thomas Jang, MD, MPH, professor of surgery and chief of urologic oncology at the medical school and Rutgers Cancer InstituteVascular Surgery Research:Top 4-5%:William Beckerman, MD, associate professor of surgery, program director of the Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency Program, and medical co-director of the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Center for Wound HealingMedia Contacts:Claire Mulhern 862-252-1880 cm1417@rwjms.rutgers.eduPeter Haigney 908-227-9317peter.haigney@rwjbh.org RWJBarnabas Health NewsNews