Top Doctors 2022: 103 SLUCare Physicians Honored
07/27/2022
St. Louis Magazine has released its 2022 Top Doctors issue, revealing the area’s top
physicians. The list includes 98 physicians from SLUCare Physician Group, a member
of SSM Health. The honored physicians represent more than 40 different specialties.
Every year, Castle Connolly surveys tens of thousands of practicing physicians across the United States to ensure its list always reflects the latest in quality care. After a doctor is nominated, a physician-led research team begins their work to screen each doctor and confirm whether he or she meets Castle Connolly standards.
Selection criteria include professional qualifications, education, hospital and faculty appointments, research leadership, professional reputation and disciplinary history. Where available, the firm includes outcomes data in its research. Castle Connelly also asks doctors to consider not just the training and clinical skills of the physicians they nominate, but also interpersonal skills such as listening and communicating effectively, demonstrating empathy, and instilling trust and confidence.
The selected SLUCare physicians — listed by specialty — are:
Adult Medicine
Allergy & Immunology
Mark Dykewicz, MD
Cardiology
Lisa J. Alderson, MD
Philip Mar, MD
Anthony Pearson, MD
Steven C. Smart, MD
Dermatology
Ramona Behshad, MD
Nicole M. Burkemper, MD
A. Mary Guo, MD
M. Yadira Hurley, MD
Daniel A. West, MD
Emergency Medicine
Laurie Byrne, MD
Endocrinology
Alan B. Silverberg, MD
Family Medicine
Matthew Breeden, MD
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Alex Befeler, MD
Christine Y. Hachem, MD
Jennifer Palagiri, MD
Brent A. Tetri, MD
Geriatric Medicine
Julie K. Gammack, MD
Hematology and Oncology
John M. Richart, MD
Infectious Diseases
Donald J. Kennedy, MD
Internal Medicine (General)
Marilyn Maxwell, MD
Nephrology
Bahar Bastani, MD
Krista Lentine, MD, PhD
Kevin J. Martin, MD
Marie Philipneri, MD, PhD
Thanh-Mai Vo, MD
Neurology
Aninda Acharya, MD
Pratap Chand, MD
Randall C. Edgell, MD
Ghazala S. Hayat, MD
Jafar Kafaie, MD, PhD
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health
Shannon Grabosch, MD
Gilad Gross, MD
John T. Hoff, MD
Brigid Holloran-Schwartz, MD
Cherie A. LeFevre, MD
Fah Che Leong, MD
Leslie McCloskey, MD
Mary McLennan, MD
Dorothea J. Mostello, MD
Diane M. Petersen, MD
Amy J. Ravin, MD
Mitul B. Shah, MD
Andrew C. Steele, MD
Michael Thomure, MD
Tracy M. Tomlinson, MD
Ophthalmology
Bradley Davitt, MD
Sean Edelstein, MD
Gabriela M. Espinoza, MD
Rafif Ghadban, MD
Psychiatry
George T. Grossberg, MD
Pulmonary
Joseph Espiritu, MD
Ravi P. Nayak, MD
David Stoeckel, MD
Radiology
Keith Pereira, MD
Kirubahara Vaheesan, MD
Rheumatology
Terry L. Moore, MD
Pediatric Medicine
Child Neurology
Himanshu Kaulas, MD
Pediatrics (General)
Joshua D. Arthur, MD
M. Susan Heaney, MD
Gene LaBarge, MD
Elisa Pincus, MD
Pediatric Adolescent Medicine
Victoria Cornelius, MD
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Alan P. Knutsen, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Robert Petersen, MD
Renuka Peterson, MD
Jamie S. Sutherell, MD
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Charles B. Huddleston, MD
Pediatric Dermatology
Elaine Siegfried, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
James Gerard, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology
Susan Myers, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Nisha Mangalat, MD
Jeffrey Teckman, MD
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Deepika Bhatla, MD
Pediatric Medical Genetics
Stephen R. Braddock, MD
Pediatric Neurology
Glen Fenton, MD
Sean Goretzke, MD
Pediatric Nephrology
Anne Marie Beck, MD
Craig W. Belsha, MD
Pediatric Otolaryngology
Adrienne Childers, MD
Dary J. Costa, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology
Gary M. Albers, MD
Brent Haberman, MD
Blakeslee Noyes, MD
Michael Smiley, MD
Kurtis Sobush, MD
Pediatric Rheumatology
Austin Dalrymple, DO
Pediatric Urology
Barry Duel, MD
Surgery
Surgery (General and Oncologic)
Eddy Hsueh, MD
Grace Montenegro, MD
Neurosurgery
Richard Bucholz, MD
Orthopedic Surgery
Thomas J. Fox, MD
David Greenberg, MD
Scott Kaar, MD
Howard Place, MD
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
John F. Eisenbeis, MD
Joshua Hentzelman, MD
Anthony Mikulec, MD
Thomas Sanford, MD
Thoracic Surgery
Keith S. Naunheim, MD
Transplant Surgery
Henry Randall, MD
Urology
Sameer Siddiqui, MD
Vascular Surgery
David Han, MD