Congratulations to Our Physician Members Named “2019 – Top Doctors”

November 22, 2019

Congratulations to our physician members named “2019 – Top Doctors” in the annual San Diego Magazine “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence” peer-nominated survey!

Nearly 100 Scripps Mercy Physician Partners members have been recognized, many of whom have made the list several times before.

Anesthesiology

Lars Newsome, MD

Cardiovascular Disease

Batyrjan Bulibek, MD
Bruce Kimura, MD
Damian Rasch, DO
Eric Hong, MD
Jeffry Mullvain, MD
John Backman, MD
Martin Charlat, MD
Maurice Buchbinder, MD
Patrick McGinty, MD
Paul Phillips, MD
Raghava Gollapudi, MD
Roy Avalos, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Ali Hamzei, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Matthew Schultzel, DO

Dermatology

Alice Liu, MD, PhD
Judith Koperski, MD
Michelle Jackson, MD
Robert Scheinberg, MD
Sheila Krishna, MD
Sherry Rotunda, MD
Susan Shimomaye, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Paul Speckart, MD

Family Medicine

Douglas Dengerink, DO
Jeffrey Anthony, DO
Michelle Look, MD
Stephen Rohrer, DO

Gastroenterology

Ananthram Reddy, MD

General Surgery

Adam Fierer, MD
Cheryl Olson, MD
Hugo Barrera, MD
Jay Grove, MD
Paul Hyde, MD
Sunil Bhoyrul, MD

Hematology

Marie Shieh, MD

Internal Medicine

Howard Williams, MD
Karen Jamison, MD
Mark Mosson, MD
Raymond Pigeon, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Jan Kulhanek, MD
Vimal Nanavati, MD

Medical Oncology

Alfred Saleh, MD
Charles Redfern, MD
James Sinclair, MD
Jennifer Fisher, MD
Pushpendu Banerjee, MD
Steven Kossman, MD

Neurological Surgery

Scott Leary, MD
Vikram Udani, MD

Neurology

Ian Purcell, MD, PhD
Monali Patel, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Amita Jain, MD
Heather Gunnarson, MD
Keerti Gurushanthaiah, MD
Kim Bui, MD
Lauren Robertson, MD
Valerie Gafori, MD
Wendy Buchi, MD

Orthopedic Surgery

Christopher Behr, MD
David Fabi, MD
David Hackley, MD
Franz Kopp, MD
Jeremy McCandless, MD
Peter Hanson, MD
Ralph Rynning, MD
Scott Tanaka, MD

Orthopedic Surgery of the Spine

Larry Dodge, MD
Maneesh Bawa, MD

Otolaryngology

Brian Weeks, MD
Hernan Goldsztein, MD
Michael O’Leary, MD
Perry Mansfield, MD

Otology/Neurotology

Audrey Calzada, MD

Pain Medicine

Keeran Kumar, MD
Kevin Toliver, MD

Pediatrics

Lori Taylor, MD
Shakha Gillin, MD
Shannon Cheffet, DO

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Rebecca Cherry, MD

Plastic Surgery

Jason Toranto, MD
Srinivas Iyengar, MD

Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine

Marisa Magana, MD

Pulmonary Disease

Ni-Cheng Liang, MD
Samir Makani, MD
Scott Eisman, MD
Sheri Tran, MD

Sleep Medicine

Andrew Hsing, MD

Sports Medicine

Alexandra Myers, DO
Lee Ralph, MD

Surgery of the Hand

Richard Brown, MD

Urology

Carol Salem, MD
Youssef Tanagho, MD