Congratulations to the 162 physicians who provide care at Children’s Minnesota for being recognized as Top Doctors 2026 in the July issue of Mpls.St.Paul Magazine.
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine’s Top Doctors were nominated by other doctors in the Twin Cities metro area. Candidates were grouped by specialty and evaluated on several factors including peer recognition and professional achievement. The top-scoring doctors were named the 2026 Top Doctors.
The Top Doctors are listed in the July issue of the magazine and online.
Allergy and immunology
- Nicole Chase, MD
- Pramod Kelkar, MD
- Nancy Ott, MD
- Jason Raasch, MD
- Gary Berman, MD
- Hemalini Mehta, MD
- Douglas McMahon, MD
Anesthesiology
- Sarah Kaus, MD
- Megan Clinton, MD
- Lisa Koenig, MD
- Thomas LaBerge, MD
Cardiology
- Michael Samara, MD
- Christopher Carter, MD
- David Gremmels, MD
- Lisa Howley, MD
- Julia Steinberger, MD
- Robroy MacIver, MD
- Francis Moga, MD
- David Overman, MD
Child Abuse Pediatrics
- Caroline George, MD
Critical care
- Erik Brockman, MD
- Mark Eikenberry, MD
- Kendra Gram, MD
- Andrew Kiragu, MD
- Kenneth Maslonka, MD
- Jeffrey Nowak, MD
- Alberto Orioles, MD
Dermatology
Emergency medicine
Endocrinology
Fetal medicine
Gastroenterology
Genetics
Hand surgery
Hematology and oncology
- Patrick Basile, MD
- Anne Bendel, MD
- Stephanie Fritch Lilla, MD
- Susan Kearney, MD
- Michael Richards, MD, PhD
- Mary Skrypek, MD
Infectious diseases
Neonatology
Nephrology
Neuroscience
- Julie Hanna, MD
- Steven Janousek, MD
- Meysam Kebriaei, MD
- Peter Kim, MD
- Mahmoud Nagib, MD
- Debbie Song, MD
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
- Peter Cole, MD
- Andrew Georgiadis, MD
- Tenner Guillaume, MD
- Michael Healy, MD
- Amir Mehbod, MD
- Amy Moeller, MD
- Benjamin Mueller, MD, PhD
- Thomas Novacheck, MD
- Joseph Perra, MD
- Walter Truong, MD
- Deborah Bohn, MD
- Bradley Nelson, MD
- Debra Parisi, MD
Otolaryngology
- Micah Berman, MD
- Sivakumar Chinnadurai, MD, MPH
- Harley Dresner, MD
- Kristin Gendron, MD
- Geoffrey Getnick, MD
- Christopher Hilton, MD
- Richard Karlen, MD
- Nissim Khabie, MD
- Timothy Lander, MD
- Sofia Lyford-Pike, MD
- Derek Schmidt, MD
- Geoffrey Service, MD
- Robert Tibesar, MD
- Christopher Tolan, MD
- Brianne Roby, MD
Pediatrics
- Abdul Kadir Abdi, MD
- Brandon Anderson, MD
- Kristina Catrine, MD
- Pamela Chawla, MD, MHA
- Tracie Dodig, MD
- James Dufort, MD
- Judith Eckerle, MD
- Stella Evans, MD
- Julie Ewasiuk, MD
- Lorene Freehill, MD
- Michael Garvis, MD
- Jennifer Gobel, MD
- Kade Goepferd, MD
- Jason Koch, MD
- Kelly Lemieux, MD
- Sarah Lenhardt, MD
- Melanie Lind-Ayres, MD
- Stephen Lutz, MD
- Tracey McGuinn, MD
- Paul Melchert, MD
- Peter Melchert, MD
- David Miller, MD
- Lawrence Morrissey, MD
- Lisa Oie, MD
- John Paulson, MD
- Michele Peterson, MD
- Carrie Pettey, MD
- Andrew Rzepka, MD
- Andrea Singh, MD
- Lori Skallerud, MD
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Plastic surgery
Psychiatry
Pulmonology
- Keith Cavanaugh, MD
- Anne Griffiths, MD
- Brooke Moore, MD, MPH
- Michael Pryor, MD
- Laura Willson, MD
- Aaron Binstock, MD
- Mark Veldman, MD
Rheumatology
Surgery
- Srinath Chinnakotla, MD
- Mark Hill, MD, PhD
- Robert Acton, MD
- Nathaniel Kreykes, MD
- Daniel Saltzman, MD
- Joshua Short, MD, PhD
- Patricia Valusek, MD
- David Wahoff, MD
Urology
Vascular surgery
- Derrick Green, MD
