Congratulations to the 74 physicians who provide care at Children’s Minnesota recently recognized by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine as 2026 Top Doctors: Rising Stars.
The 12th edition of the Top Doctors: Rising Stars list highlights up-and-coming physicians who have been fully licensed to practice for approximately 10 years or less and are recognized for their achievements by peers. This year’s list includes doctors in dozens of specialties, who were selected after a peer-nomination process. Candidates were evaluated on myriad factors, including peer recognition, professional achievement and disciplinary history. Physicians who received the highest total points from peer nominations and evaluations by independent researchers appear on the list.
The Rising Stars are listed in the April issue of the magazine and online.
Allergy and immunology
- Tae Chang, MD
- Alice Knoedler, MD
- Micah Karasov, DO
Anesthesiology
- Daniel Hottinger, MD
- Asha Nookala, MD
Cardiology
Critical care
- Dustin Hansen, MD
- Nital Patel, MD
- Alicia Teagarden, DO
- Ashley Wilson, MD
Emergency medicine
Endocrinology
- Sara Ali, MD
- Sarah Murphy, DO
Gynecology
Hematology and oncology
Infectious diseases
Neonatology
Neuroscience
- Katherine Ferguson, MD
- Conor Ryan, MD
- Jesse Lawrence, MD
Ophthalmology
- Peter Belin, MD
- Zeeshan Haq, MD
- Guneet Sodhi, MD
- Tommaso Vagaggini, MD
- Margaret Strampe, MD
Orthopedics
- Gennadiy Busel, MD
- Alison Dittmer Flemig, MD
- Kyle Miller, MD
- Nickolas Nahm, MD
- Emmalynn Sigrist, DO
- Kamil Bober, MD
Otolaryngology
- Anna Bakeman, MD
- Zachary Farhood, MD
- Melanie Hicks, MD
- Ian-James Malm, MD
- Andrew Redmann, MD
- Kolin Rubel, MD
- Asitha Jayawardena, MD, MPH
Pathology
Pediatrics
- Holly Belgum, MD
- Alexander Calderone, MD
- Megan Camerino, MD
- Jacquelyn Campbell, MD
- Hannah Esdal, MD
- Bryan Fate, MD, MPH
- Monica Hall, MD
- Melissa Hardy, MD
- Megan Hilgers, MD
- Kyrsten Johnson, MD
- Stephen Knier, DO
- Meghan Litke, MD
- Nadia Maccabee-Ryaboy, MD
- Alycia Midas, MD
- Emma Pabarcus, MD
- Caitlin Pelletier, MD
- Phillip Plager, MD
- Michaela Rokosz, MD
- Matthew Seitzer, MD
- Mallary West, DO
Pulmonology
Sleep medicine
Surgery
Vascular surgery
- Nolan Cirillo-Penn, MD
