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ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth physicians named to Tampa Magazine's 2025 Top Doctors list

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Tampa Magazine's 2025 Top Doctors list is out, and more than 100 ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth physicians earned spots.

Tampa Magazine surveyed nearly 12,000 physicians across the Tampa Bay area, asking them to nominate peers they consider the best in their specialty.

A total of 115 ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth physicians were recognized across 54 specialties in the rankings, a testament to the clinical excellence of the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth Morsani College of Medicine and building upon the college’s recent ranking as the only Tier 1 medical school in Florida by U.S. News & World Report.

The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth physicians recognized as Top Doctors this year are:

Allergy & Immunology

  • Mark Glaum, MD
  • Dennis Ledford, MD
  • Richard Lockey, MD
  • Amber Pepper, MD
  • Farnaz Tabatabaian, MD

Anesthesiology

  • Peter Wu, MD

Bariatrics

  • Francesca Dimou, MD
  • Christopher DuCoin, MD

Breast Cancer Surgery

  • Abigail Beard, MD
  • Marie Catherine Lee, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology

  • Bengt Herweg, MD
  • Anant Kharod, MD

Cardiology

  • Mohammed Alomar, MD
  • Fadi Matar, MD
  • Xavier Prida, MD
  • Debbie Rinde-Hoffman, MD 

Cardiovascular Surgery

  • Lucian Lozonschi, MD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

  • Kristopher Kaliebe, MD
  • Saundra Stock, MD

Colon/Rectal Surgery

  • Robert Bennett, MD
  • Allen Chudzinski, MD
  • Jorge Marcet, MD
  • Carolina Martinez, MD

Critical Care Medicine

  • Jennifer Cox, MD
  • Adam Schwartz, MD

Dermatology

  • Lilia Correa, MD
  • Lewis Glass, MD
  • Nishit Patel, MD

Developmental Pediatrics

  • Tanuja Kothinti, MD

Emergency Medicine/Urgent Care

  • David Wein, MD
  • Jason Wilson, MD

Endocrinology

  • Yevgeniya Kushchayeva, MD
  • Silvia Salgado Nunez Del Prado, MD

Family Practice

  • Eduardo Gonzalez, MD
  • John McCormick, MD

Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery

  • Katie Propst, MD

Fertility

  • Anthony Imudia, MD

General Surgery

  • Michael Albrink, MD
  • Christopher DuCoin, MD
  • Adham Saad, MD

Geriatric Psychiatry

  • Amanda Smith, MD

Geriatrics

  • Martine Extermann, MD

Gynecologic Oncology

  • Thomas Rutherford, MD

Hematology/Oncology

  • Jennifer Eatrides, MD

Infectious Disease

  • Aliyah Baluch, MD
  • John Greene, MD
  • Olga Klinkova, MD
  • Charurut Somboonwit, MD
  • Ana Velez, MD

Internal Medicine

  • Timothy Hembree, DO
  • Bjorn Holmstrom, MD
  • John McCormick, MD
  • Neha Verma, MD

Interventional Neurology

  • Maxim Mokin, MD

Interventional Radiology

  • Clifford Davis, MD
  • L. Shane Grundy, MD
  • Bela Kis, MD
  • Kamal Massis, MD
  • Nainesh Parikh, MD
  • Bruce Zwiebel, MD

Nephrology/Hypertension

  • Claude Bassil, MD
  • Elias Doumit, MD

Neurology

  • Mark Armanious, MD
  • Angelica Rivera-Cruz, MD

Neurosurgery

  • Siviero Agazzi, MD 
  • Puya Alikhani, MD
  • Sara Hartnett, MD
  • Kunal Vakharia, MD
  • Harry Van Loveren, MD

Obstetrics/Gynecology

  • M. Ashley Cain, MD
  • Bri Anne McKeon, MD
  • Sarah Obican, MD

Ophthalmology

  • Ramesh Ayyala, MD

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery 

  • Miguel Malespin, MD
  • Heidi Pearson, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

  • Alexander Lazarides, MD

Orthopedic Surgery of the Spine

  • Puya Alikhani, MD

Otolaryngology

  • Tapan Padhya, MD
  • Arjun Parasher, MD
  • Mark Tabor, MD

Palliative Care

  • Nicole McCann, MD
  • Amanda Wilson Morris, MD
  • Charlotte O’Leary, MD
  • Sahana Rajesekhara, MD

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

  • Anne Champeaux, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

  • Jasmine Patterson, MD
  • Normaliz Rodriguez, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology

  • Racha Khalaf, MD

Pediatric Neurology

  • Maria Gieron Korthals, MD
  • Sagarika Nallu, MD

Pediatric Pulmonology

  • Marisa Couluris, DO
  • Katiana Garagozlo, MD

Pediatric Surgery

  • Sara Hartnett, MD

Pediatrics

  • Erika Abel, MD
  • Vinita Kiluk, MD

Plastic Surgery

  • Michael Harrington, MD
  • Aurora Kareh, MD
  • Lauren Kuykendall, MD
  • Brielle Weinstein, MD

Pulmonology

  • Eduardo Celis Valdiviezo, MD
  • Jennifer Cox, MD
  • Kapilkumar Patel, MD

Radiology

  • Krishna Nallamshetty, MD
  • Robert Zamore, MD

Sleep Medicine

  • Fareeha Hussaini, MD
  • Sagarika Nallu, MD

Sports Medicine

  • Eric Coris, MD
  • Byron Moran, MD

Surgical Oncology

  • Andreas Karachristos, MD
  • Timothy Nywening, MD

Urology

  • Michael Poch, MD

Vascular Neurology/Stroke

  • Kanita Beba Abadal, MD
  • Swetha Renati, MD
  • William Scott Burgin, MD
  • David Z. Rose, MD

Vascular Surgery

  • Dean Arnaoutakis, MD
  • Jean Bismuth, MD
  • Aurelia Calero, MD
  • Murray Shames, MD

Venous & Lymphatic Medicine

  • Aurelia Calero, MD
  • Nicholas Panetta, MD

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