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Children’s Minnesota 2018 “Rising Stars” recognized by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

Congratulations to the 65 Children’s Minnesota physicians recognized by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine as 2018 “Rising Stars.” This is the fourth edition of the Top Doctors Rising Stars list, which highlights outstanding physicians who have been fully licensed to practice for approximately 10 years or less. This year’s list includes 378 doctors in 40 specialties, who were selected after a peer-nomination process. Candidates were evaluated on myriad factors, including (but not limited to) professional achievement, review by an expert physician panel, extensive research and disciplinary history. Only doctors who received the highest total points from the surveys, research and blue-ribbon panel were selected to this list.

The Rising Stars are listed in the April issue of the magazine and online. Congratulations to all of our Rising Stars and thank you for all you do to “be remarkable” every day!

Our Rising Stars

Mike Abdulhadi, MD

Nitin Agarwal, MD

Rehana Ahmed Saucedo, MD, PhD

Christopher Alcala-Marquez, MD

Lisa Allred, MD

David Almeida, MD

Matthew Ambrose, MD

Meredith Baker, MD

Micah Berman, MD

Rachel Bies, MD

Erik Brockman, MD

Paul Carolan, MD

Kristina Catrine, MD

Yi Catherine Chang, MD

Kelly Cho, MD

Todd Dalberg, DO

Josser Delgado, MD

Christopher Dunne, MD

Megan Fischer, MD

Garrett Griffin, MD

Anne Griffiths, MD

Krista Hagen, MD

Gurumurthy Hiremath Mallikarjun, MD

Amy Hou, MD

Nathan Johnson, MD

Gregory Kelts, MD

Anastasia Ketko, MD

Yul Kim, MD

Lisa LaForest, MD

Jennifer Laine, MD

Megan Lambert, MD

Sarah Lenhardt, MD

Joseph Lillegard, MD, PhD

Sofia Lyford-Pike, MD

Shane McAllister, MD

Erik Mikkelsen, MD

Cristina Miller, MD

Ali Mokhtarzadeh, MD

Benjamin Mueller, MD

Michelle Naylor, MD

Benjamin Novak, MD

Alberto Orioles, MD

Marc Osborne, MD

David Parke, MD

Brianne Roby, MD

Jennifer Rousseau, MD

Aura Sanchez Mejia, MD

Alison Schiffern, MD

Kara Seaton, MD

Charles Shepard, MD

Joshua Short, MD, PhD

Angela Sinner Begnaud, DO

Aaron Swenson, MD

Rabindra Tambyraja, MD, MBA

Jenna Tate, DO

Walter Truong, MD

Sarah Vogler, MD

Erika Wexler, MD

Yosef Wexler, MD

Patrick White, MD

Paul Wratkowski, DO

Amy Wudel, MD

Justin Wudel, MD

Chris Yang, MD

Tara Zamora, MD

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