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Children’s Minnesota physicians named Top Doctors by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (July 10, 2024) – Children’s Minnesota is pleased to have 174 physicians recognized by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine as 2024 Top Doctors. The 28th edition of the list includes hundreds of local physicians from across the Twin Cities in 46 specialties.

Research for Mpls.St.Paul Magazine’s Top Doctors list began by asking metro-area physicians to nominate one or more doctors whom they would choose if they or a loved one were seeking medical care. From there, candidates were grouped into specialties and evaluated on myriad factors, including peer recognition, professional achievement, extensive research and disciplinary history. Doctors who received the highest total points from the surveys, research and blue-ribbon panel review were selected as 2024 Top Doctors.

The complete list of 2024 Top Doctors appears in the July issue of Mpls.St.Paul magazine and online.

Congratulations to all The Kid Experts® honored as Top Doctors and thank you for putting kids first in all you do.

Jennifer Abuzzahab, MD 

Robert Acton, MD 

Scott Anseth, MD 

Joseph Arms, MD 

Kiran Belani, MD 

Anne Bendel, MD 

Catherine Bendel, MD 

Mark Bergeron, MD, MBA, MPH 

Gary Berman, MD 

Susan Berry, MD 

Vikas Bhambhani, MD 

Abdhish Bhavsar, MD 

Bryce Binstadt, MD 

Aaron Binstock, MD 

Deborah Bohn, MD 

Erik Brockman, MD 

Patrick Carolan, MD 

Christopher Carter, MD 

Chandra Castro, MD 

Kristina Catrine, MD 

Keith Cavanaugh, MD 

Nicole Chase, MD 

Gigi Chawla, MD, MHA 

Siva Chinnadurai, MD, MPH 

Srinath Chinnakotla, MD 

Megan Clinton, MD 

Peter Cole, MD 

Dina Curran, MD 

John Davies, MD 

Alejandra Decanini, MD 

Sundeep Dev, MD 

Tracie Dodig, MD 

Harley Dresner, MD 

James Dufort, MD 

Themistocles Economou, MD 

Mark Eikenberry, MD 

David Einzig, MD 

Nissa Erickson, MD 

Stella Evans, MD 

Stephanie Fritch Lilla, MD 

Laura Gandrud Pickett, MD 

Michael Garvis, MD 

Caroline George, MD 

Thomas George, MD 

Geoffrey Getnick, MD 

Tate Gisslen, MD 

Jennifer Gobel, MD 

Kade Goepferd, MD 

Mark Gormley Jr., MD 

Charles Gornick, MD 

Kendra Gram, MD 

David Gremmels, MD 

Anne Griffiths, MD 

Tenner Guillaume, MD 

Julie Hanna, MD 

Andrew Harrison, MD 

Michael Healy, MD 

Thomas Helm, MD 

Mark Hill, MD, PhD 

Christopher Hilton, MD 

David Hirschman, MD 

Lisa Howley, MD 

Joel Hutcheson, MD 

Sharon Jaeger, MD 

Steven Janousek, MD 

Anupama Kalaskar, MD 

Richard Karlen, MD 

Sarah Kaus, MD 

Sue Kearney, MD 

Meysam Kebriaei, MD 

Nissim Khabie, MD 

Anupam Kharbanda, MD 

Peter Kim, MD 

Andrew Kiragu, MD 

Jason Koch, MD 

Lisa Koenig, MD 

Nathaniel Kreykes, MD 

Jennifer Kyllo, MD 

Thomas LaBerge, MD 

Andrea Lampland, MD 

Timothy Lander, MD 

George Landis, MD 

Kelly Lemieux, MD 

Sarah Lenhardt, MD 

Melanie Lind-Ayres, MD 

Stephen Lutz, MD 

Sofia Lyford-Pike, MD 

Robroy MacIver, MD 

Manu Madhok, MD, MPH 

Michael Madison, MD 

Kenneth Maslonka, MD 

Michael McCue, MD 

Jonathan McCue, MD 

Tracey McGuinn, MD 

Douglas McMahon, MD 

Amir Mehbod, MD 

Hemalini Mehta, MD 

Paul Melchert, MD 

Peter Melchert, MD 

Jill Melicher Larson, MD 

Yoav Messinger, MD 

David Miller, MD 

Amy Moeller, MD 

Francis Moga, MD 

Ali Mokhtarzadeh, MD 

Brooke Moore, MD, MPH 

Jens Morkeberg, MD 

Lawrence Morrissey Jr., MD 

Benjamin Mueller, MD, PhD 

Mahmoud Nagib, MD 

Joseph Neglia, MD 

Bradley Nelson, MD 

Jane Nemecek, MD 

Thomas Novacheck, MD 

Jeffrey Nowak, MD 

Lisa Oie, MD 

Alberto Orioles, MD 

Vicki Oster, MD 

Erin Osterholm, MD 

Nancy Ott, MD 

David Overman, MD 

Debra Parisi, MD 

John Paulson, MD 

Joseph Perra, MD 

Michele Peterson, MD 

Carrie Pettey, MD 

Robert Plouff, MD 

Ingrid Polcari, MD 

William Pomputius III, MD 

Tamara Pozos, MD, PhD 

Michael Pryor, MD 

Polly Quiram, MD, PhD 

Jason Raasch, MD 

Jawhar Rawwas, MD 

Michelle Rheault, MD 

Michael Richards, MD, PhD 

Brianne Roby, MD 

Lorene Rutherford, MD 

Andrew Rzepka, MD 

Daniel Saltzman, MD 

Michael Samara, MD 

Milagros Santiago, MD 

Scott Schaefer, MD 

Mark Schleiss, MD 

Derek Schmidt, MD 

Sarah Schwarzenberg, MD 

Robert Segal, MD 

Susan Sencer, MD 

Geoffrey Service, MD 

Kevin Sheridan, MD 

Joshua Short, MD, PhD 

Lori Skallerud, MD 

Debbie Song, MD 

Joel Spalding, MD 

Julia Steinberger, MD 

Erik Stene, MD 

Erin Stepka, MD, PhD 

Boris Sudel, MD 

Marshall Taniguchi, MD 

Jill Therien, MD 

Andrew Thomas, MD 

Robert Tibesar, MD 

Christopher Tolan, MD 

Walter Truong, MD 

Patricia Valusek, MD 

Ann Van Heest, MD 

David Vandersteen, MD 

Mark Veldman, MD 

David Wahoff, MD 

Kevin Walker, MD 

Michael Wexler, MD 

James Wolpert, MD 

Justin Wudel, MD 

Brian Zelickson, MD 

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