More than 130 School of Medicine faculty members and alumni have been identified by their peers as the top physicians in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The Kansas City Business Journal publishes a “Best Doctors Kansas City” list. The list is excerpted from the “Best Doctors in America 2014” database, which is compiled and maintained by Boston-based Best Doctors Inc. Founded in 1989, Best Doctors asks physicians to identify the doctors they consider the leaders in their field. The company says it is the largest ongoing, peer-reviewed survey in the medical industry.
UMKC School of Medicine faculty members and alumni ranked by speciality are (alumni are noted in boldface; ^ denotes alumni-faculty):
Adolescent Medicine: Daryl A. Lynch, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Allergy and Immunology: Jay M. Portnoy, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Lanny J. Rosenwasser, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Cardiovascular Disease: Timothy M. Bateman, Saint Luke’s Health System; Andrew C. Kao, Saint Luke’s Health System; James H. O’Keefe Jr., Saint Luke’s Health System; Brian M. Ramza, Saint Luke’s Health System; Barry D. Rutherford, Saint Luke’s Health System; Ibrahim M. Saeed, Saint Luke’s Health System; Tracy Stevens^, ’90, Saint Luke’s Health System
Critical Care Medicine: Vincent M. Lem, Saint Luke’s Health System; Michael J. Waxman, Research Medical Center
Dermatology: John C. Hall, Saint Luke’s Health System
Endocrinology and Metabolism: Betty M. Drees, Truman Medical Centers; Leland Graves III, ’92, University of Kansas Medical Center; Mitchell S. Hamburg, Saint Luke’s Health System; Richard Hellman, North Kansas City Hospital
Gastroenterology: Mark J. Allen, Saint Luke’s Health System; John H. Helzberg, Saint Luke’s Health System; Sreenivasa Jonnalagadda, Saint Luke’s Health System
Hepatology: Bradley L. Freilich, ’88, Kansas City Gastroenterology & Hepatology; John H. Helzberg, Saint Luke’s Health System
Internal Medicine: Richard E. Butin, Truman Medical Centers; Sam D. Hoeper Jr., Research Medical Center; Richard W. Lustig, Saint Luke’s Health System; John J. May, Saint Luke’s Health System; Rebecca Pauly, Truman Medical Centers; J. Chris Perryman, Saint Luke’s Health System; Stephen C. Salanski, Baptist Medical Center; Anne K. Sly^, ’78, Research Medical Center; Matthew B. Sutton^, ’92, Saint Luke’s Health System; Ann E. Warner, Saint Luke’s Health System
Internal Medicine/Hospital Medicine: Sally Ling, Saint Luke’s Health System; David Wooldridge^, ’94, Saint Luke’s Health System
Medical Genetics: Laurie D. Smith, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Medical Oncology & Hematology: Verda J. Hunter-Hicks, Research Medical Center; Kelly B. Pendergrass, Research Medical Center; Timothy J. Pluard, Saint Luke’s Health System; Stephen R. Smalley, ’79, Radiation Oncology Center of Olathe
Neonatal Medicine: John V. Anderson, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Brian S. Carter, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Linda Gratny, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Howard W. Kilbride, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Winston Manimtim, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Steven L. Olsen, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Eugenia K. Pallotto, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics, William E. Truog, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Nephrology: Robert E. Golder^, ’91, Menorah Medical Center; Jim I. Mertz, Saint Luke’s Health System; Richard S. Muther, Baptist Medical Center
Neurology: Richard J. Barohn, ’80, University of Kansas Medical Center; Richard Dubinsky, ’82, University of Kansas Medical Center; Anne L. Foundas, Truman Medical Centers; Marilyn Rymer, University of Kansas Medical Center
Obstetrics & Gynecology: Verda Hunter-Hicks, Research Medical Center; Frederick B. Lintecum, Saint Luke’s Health System; Timothy J. Martin, ’85, Women’s Healthcare Group; Tom G. Sullivan, Truman Medical Centers; John D. Yeast, Saint Luke’s Health System
Orthopaedic Surgery: Howard G. Rosenthal, University of Kansas Cancer Center
Otolaryngology: Terance T. Tsue, University of Kansas Medical Center
Pathology: David Zwick, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Allergy & Immunology: Chitra Dinakar, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Paul Dowling Jr., Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Jay M. Portnoy, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Anesthesiology: Paul W. Sheeran, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: James O’Brien Jr., Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Cardiology: Mark C. Gelatt, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Girish S. Shirali, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Clinical Genetics: Holly H. Ardinger, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Critical Care: Geoffrey L. Allen, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Erica A. Molitor-Kirsch, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Paul W. Sheeran, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; John F. Sommerauer, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Kelly Tieves, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Dermatology: Kimberly Aiko Horii, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Amy Jo Nopper, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Gregory P. Conners, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; M. Denise Dowd, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Laura S. Fitzmaurice, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Thomas W. Tryon, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Endocrinology: Jill D. Jacobson, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Wayne V. Moore, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Gastroenterology: Ruba Abdelhadi, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; James F. Daniel, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Craig A. Friesen, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Joel D. Lim, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Charles C. Roberts, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology: Shannon Carpenter, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Jignesh D. Dalal, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Alan S. Gamis, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Maxine Hetherington, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Karen B. Lewing, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Brian M. Wicklund, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Gerald M. Woods, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Hospital Medicine: Brian M. Pate, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Mary Ann J. Queen, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Infectious Disease: Denise Bratcher, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Christopher J. Harrison, Children’s Mercy, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Mary Anne Jackson^, ’78, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Jason Newland, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Douglas S. Swanson, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Medical Genetics: Holly H. Ardinger, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Neurology: Sergio A. Facchini, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Nephrology: Uri S. Alon, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Douglas Blowey, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Bradley A. Warady, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Opthalmology: Scott E. Olitsky, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery: Richard M. Schwend, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Otolaryngology: Pamela J. Nicklaus, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Robert A. Weatherly, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Pain Management: Brian S. Carter, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Ann Modrcin, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Robert J. Rinaldi, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Plastic Surgery: Jeffrey A. Goldstein, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Pulmonology: Robert C. Beckerman, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Philip Black, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Terrence Carver Jr.^, ’90, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Hugo Escobar, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Jane B. Taylor, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Rheumatology: Mara Becker, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Sleep Medicine: Robert C. Beckerman, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Surgery: Richard Hendrickson, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; George Holcomb III, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Shawn D. St. Peter, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatric Urology: J. Patrick Murphy, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pediatrics/General: John D. Cowden, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Harvey M. Grossman, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Sarah E. Hampl^, ’92, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Amber M. Hoffman, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Keith Mann, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Bryan C. Nelson, Shawnee Mission Medical Center; Lien Pham Russell^, ’98, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Jeffrey A. Waters, Saint Luke’s Health System; Kenneth Wible, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Plastic Surgery: Jeffrey A. Goldstein, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Pulmonary Medicine: Vincent M. Lem, Saint Luke’s Health System
Radiation Oncology: Scott C. Cozad, Research Medical Center; Vickie L. Massey^, ’85, Research Medical Center; Stephen R. Smalley, ’79, Radiation Oncology Center of Olathe;
Radiology: Melissa Rosado de Christenson, Saint Luke’s Health System
Rheumatology: Kent A. Huston, Saint Luke’s Health System; Kent Kwasind Huston, Saint Luke’s Health System; Ann E. Warner, Saint Luke’s Health System
Surgery: Daniel Murillo, Research Medical Center; Glenn E. Talboy Jr., Truman Medical Centers
Surgical Oncology: Howard G. Rosenthal, University of Kansas Cancer Center; John W. Shook^, ’84, Saint Luke’s Health System
Thoracic Surgery: A. Michael Borkon, Saint Luke’s Health System
Urology: Mark Austenfeld, Saint Luke’s Health System
Kansas City-based Ingram’s magazine also publishes a “Top Doctors” feature. The magazine has recognized more than 150 physicians in the feature’s 18-year history. Each year, the magazine asks members of past “Top Doctors” classes to name the doctors they would seek out for treatment. In 2014, Ingram’s identified eight medical professionals to add to the rolls of “Top Doctors.” This year’s honorees include James O’Brien Jr., M.D., associate professor of surgery at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, and alumnus Tom Beardman, M.D., ’96, assistant professor of internal medicine at Truman Medical Centers.
More information about the Class of 2014 is available at http://www.ingrams.com/article/top-doctors-2014/. A list of faculty members and alumni honored from 1997 to the present is available through this link.
