195 'Top Docs' from Saint Joseph Mercy Health System recognized by Hour Detroit magazine

For Immediate Release

Contact:

Laura Blodgett

734-712-4536

Laura.Blodgett@stjoeshealth.org

September 26, 2018

CANTON, Mich. (Sept. 26, 2018) — Saint Joseph Mercy Health System congratulates its 195 physicians who were named among the best in the southeast Michigan region, according to the 19th annual "Top Docs" survey released by Hour Detroit Magazine. St. Joe's expresses appreciation and gratitude to these physicians for their dedication to service as they provide leading-edge medicine and compassionate care to patients.

Addiction Medicine

Carl Christensen M.D.

Eric Coffman D.O.

Michael Fox D.O.

John Hopper M.D.

Robert Kirchoff M.D.

Herbert Malinoff M.D.

Mark Weiner M.D.

Adolescent Medicine - Pediatric

Erica Harding M.D.

Allergies & Immune Disorders - Pediatric

Harvey Leo M.D.

Christian Nageotte M.D.

Jason Paris M.D.

Steven Stryk M.D

Allergy & Immunology

Michel Alkhalil M.D.

Ronda Barak-Norris M.D.

Christian Nageotte M.D.

Jason Paris M.D.

Mohammedi Savliwala M.D.

Steven Stryk M.D

Bariatric Surgery

Justin Dimick M.D.

David Edelman M.D.

Jonathan Finks M.D.

Oliver Varban M.D.

John Webber M.D.

Breast Surgery

Beth Kimball M.D.

Amy Kirby M.D.

Cardiology

Nitin Doshi M.D.

Abdul-Rahman Halabi M.D.

Bradley Hubbard M.D.

Cardiology – Pediatric

Sanjeev Aggarwal M.D.

Thomas Forbes M.D.

Richard Humes M.D.

Robert Ross M.D.

Daniel Turner M.D.

Cardiovascular Surgery

Andrew Pruitt M.D.

Charles Schwartz M.D.

Colon & Rectal Surgery

Robert Cleary M.D.

Ganesh Deshmukh M.D.

John Eggenberger M.D.

Edwin Itenberg D.O.

Jordy Sacksner M.D.

Dermatology

David Altman M.D.

David Fivenson M.D.

Stuart Gildenberg M.D.

Iltefat Hamzavi M.D.

Darius Karimipour M.D.

Ronald Kerwin M.D.

Kent Krach M.D.

Ann LaFond M.D.

Ali Moiin M.D.

Michael Siegel M.D.

Endocrine Surgery

Paul Gauger M.D.

David Hughes M.D.

Beth Kimball M.D.

Ramachandra Kolachalam M.D.

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Abdulsalam Al-Kassab M.D.

Howard Blank M.D.

Anuradha Puttagunta M.D.

Sima Saberi M.D.

Jeffrey Sanfield M.D.

Family Medicine

Nathan Bloch D.O.

Martin Erickson D.O.

Paul Jackson D.O. J. Kellman D.O.

Sherri Rosenfeld D.O.

Kirti Sanghvi M.D.

Prakash Sanghvi M.D.

Thomas Selznick D.O.

Michael Wayne D.O.

Gastroenterology

Andrew Catanzaro M.D.

Naresh Gunaratnam M.D.

Brian Markle M.D.

Mones Takriti M.D.

General Surgery

Renato Albaran M.D.

David Edelman M.D.

Edward Kreske M.D. Thomas Oweis M.D.

General Vascular Surgery

Abdulhameed Aziz M.D.

John Iljas D.O.

Bipinchandra Patel D.O.

Gynecologic Oncology

Michael Hicks M.D.

Carolyn Johnston M.D.

Rebecca Liu M.D.

Vinay Malviya M.D.

Kevin Reynolds M.D.

Hand Surgery

Avery Arora M.D.

Anna Babushkina M.D.

Mykola Bartkiw D.O.

Kyle Bohm M.D.

Joseph Failla M.D.

Amir-Kianoosh Fallahi M.D.

E. Haass D.O.

Michael Quinn M.D.

Stephen Werner M.D.

Hematology

Mohammad Chisti M.D.

Matthew Cotant M.D.

Amit Mohindra M.D.

Ila Shah-Reddy M.D.

Hospice & Palliative Medicine

James Boal M.D.

Infectious Diseases

Michel Hanna M.D.

Shamla Kalyan M.D.

Anurag Malani M.D.

Varsha Moudgal M.D.

Michael Otto M.D.

Internal Medicine

Rajinder Grewal M.D.

Michael Margolis M.D.

Jeffrey Najor M.D.

Varsha Revankar M.D.

Nephrology

Fawaz Al-Ejel M.D.

Jason Biederman D.O.

Olaf Kroneman M.D.

Mark Marrone M.D.

Kalyana Ramamurthi M.D.

Ahmed Rehan M.D.

Neurology

Anthony Emmer D.O.

Susan Hickenbottom M.D.

Surindar Jolly M.D.

William Leuchter M.D.

Esther Young D.O.

Neurosurgery

Richard Fessler M.D.

Murali Guthikonda M.D.

Robert Johnson M.D.

Fred Junn M.D.

Miguelan Perez-Cruet M.D.

Oncology

Kathleen Beekman M.D.

Mohammad Chisti M.D.

Matthew Cotant M.D.

Sandeep Garg M.D.

Amit Mohindra M.D.

Ophthalmology

Avninder Dhaliwal M.D.

Ayad Farjo M.D.

Holly Holm M.D.

Anthony Hsu D.O.

Jeffrey Lupovitch M.D.

Marius Tijunelis M.D.

Ophthalmology - Pediatric

Rajesh Rao M.D.

Orthopedic Surgery

Steven Acker D.O.

John Anderson M.D.

Safa Kassab M.D.

Robert Kohen M.D.

Martin Kornblum M.D.

Michael Masini M.D.

David Mendelson M.D.

Jeffrey Mendelson M.D.

Stephen Mendelson M.D.

Andres Munk M.D.

Emily Ren M.D.

Ira Zaltz M.D.

Orthopedic Surgery - Pediatric

Ira Zaltz M.D.

Orthopedics

Steven Acker D.O.

Martin Kornblum M.D.

David Mendelson M.D.

Jeffrey Mendelson M.D.

Stephen Mendelson M.D.

Andres Munk M.D.

Emily Ren M.D. Ira Zaltz M.D.

Otolaryngology

Jan Akervall M.D.

Samer Bahu M.D.

Matthew Farrugia D.O.

Paul Hoff M.D.

Shant Korkigian D.O.

Christine Lepoudre D.O.

David Seel D.O.

Robert Standring M.D.

Michael Stone M.D.

Bashar Succar M.D

Gregory Varjabedian D.O.

Jeffrey Weingarten M.D.

Howard Yerman M.D.

Pain Management

Daniel Feldman M.D.

Karl Freydl D.O.

Natalia Glisky M.D M. Hall D.O.

Eduardo Icaza M.D.

Todd Lininger M.D.

Jason Mulawa M.D.

Anthony Oddo D.O.

Marc Wittenberg M.D.

Pathology

Joseph Tworek M.D.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Steven Arbit M.D.

Craig Hysni M.D.

Anthony Oddo D.O.

Brian Roth M.D.

Timothy Sesi M.D.

Paul Shapiro M.D.

David Steinberg M.D.

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (Not Cosmetic)

Richard Beil M.D.

Daniel Sherick M.D.

Psychiatry

Davinder Kakar M.D.

Radiation Oncology

Vito Antonucci M.D.

Larry Kestin M.D.

Frank Vicini M.D.

Radiology

Cory Trivax M.D.

Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility

Laura Gago M.D.

Manvinder Singh M.D.

Rheumatology

Shironda Stewart M.D.

Sleep Disorders

Michel Alkhalil M.D.

Ahmad Ghabsha M.D.

Ali Najar M.D.

Sports Medicine

Kyle Anderson M.D.

David Mendelson M.D.

Jeffrey Mendelson M.D.

Stephen Mendelson M.D.

Surgery - Pediatric

Ronald Hirschl M.D.

Robert Morden M.D.

Nathan Novotny M.D.

Thoracic Surgery

Kumari Adams M.D.

James Caralis D.O.

William Gordon M.D.

David Sternberg M.D.

Urology

Laris Galejs M.D.

William Johnston M.D.

Eduardo Kleer M.D.

Kenneth Lim D.O.

Jeffrey Schock D.O.

Jennifer Sobol D.O.

Urology – Pediatric

Zachary Liss M.D.

Megan Schober M.D., Ph.D.

About Saint Joseph Mercy Health System

Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) is a health care organization serving seven counties in southeast Michigan including Livingston, Washtenaw, Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Jackson, and Lenawee. It includes 537-bed St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, 443bed St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac, 304-bed St. Mary Mercy Livonia, 136-bed St. Joseph Mercy Livingston in Howell, and 133-bed St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea. Combined, the five hospitals are licensed for 1,553 beds, have five outpatient health centers, six urgent care facilities, more than 25 specialty centers; employ more than 15,300 individuals and have a medical staff of nearly 2,700 physicians. SJMHS has annual operating revenues of about $2 billion and returns about $120 million to its communities annually through charity care and community benefit programs. For more information on health services offered at Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, please visit www.stjoeshealth.org.

SJMHS is a member of Trinity Health, a leading Catholic health care system based in Livonia, Mich. Trinity Health operates in 22 states, employs about 133,000 people, has annual operating revenues of $17.6 billion and assets of $24.7 billion. Additionally, the organization returns about $1.1 billion to its communities annually in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.

For more information on health services offered at Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, please visit www.stjoeshealth.org

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