Washingtonian Names Top Doctors 2010
Congratulations to the region's "Top Doctors" who practice at Suburban Hospital! Washingtonian Magazine sent questionnaires to 6,500 randomly selected area physicians asking them what doctors, in each of 39 specialities, they would send their own families to.
As the Washingtonian article stated: "Please note that the doctors on this list are not necessarily the area's "best" doctors and certainly not the only good doctors. Many first-rate physicians are not on the list." In reality, this is a "medical all-star list." For more information about individual doctors, visit our "Find a Doctor" page, or refer to the Washingtonian Web site.
Scroll down to review the entire list. To see the doctors listed for a particular medical speciality, click on a specialty from the table below.
Allergy |
Dr. Heidi B. Isenberg-Feig |
Rockville |
MD |
| Breast Cancer Surgery |
Dr. Katherine Alley |
Bethesda |
MD |
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Dr. Glenn Sandler |
Rockville |
MD |
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Dr. Pamela Wright |
Bethesda |
MD |
| Cardiology |
Dr. Harry J. Bigham |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Edward N. Bodurian |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. David M. Brill |
Takoma Park |
MD |
| |
Dr. Virginia C. Colliver |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Yuri A. Deychak |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Sean M. Dwyer |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Daniel J. Fernicola |
Takoma Park |
MD |
| |
Dr. Gary P. Fisher |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Jack L. Flyer |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Robert Gold |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Thomas S. Goldbaum |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Daniel Goldberg |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Samuel D. Goldberg |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Samuel Itscoitz |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. Martin S. Kanovsky |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Aaron Kenigsberg |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. Kenneth M. Kent |
Washington |
DC |
| |
Dr. Eric Lieberman |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. Robert Marshall |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Mark Robert Milner |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Allen A. Nimetz |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. R. Oskoui |
Washington |
DC |
| |
Dr. Augusto D. Pichard |
Washington |
DC |
| |
Dr. Richard E. Rubin |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Peter Sabia |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. Lowell F. Satler |
Washington |
DC |
| |
Dr. Barry S. Talesnick |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Joseph A. Vassallo |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Joshua S. Yamamoto |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Bruce Zinmeister |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Dr. Philip C. Corcoran |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Keith A. Horvath |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Barry J. Levin |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Lawrence J. Markovitz |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. Hugh H. Trout |
Bethesda |
MD |
Colorectal Surgery |
Dr. Joshua Adam Katz |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. John O'Connor |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Vivek Patil |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Allen Wolland |
Rockville |
MD |
| Dermatology |
Dr. Emily P. Gerson |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Mark J. Jaffe |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Ann M. Lindgren |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Andrew Montemarano |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. John F. O'Neill |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Margaret Stevens O'Neill |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Alan G. Palestine |
Washington |
DC |
| |
Dr. Ronald Prussick |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Mark L. Welch |
Bethesda |
MD |
| Endocrinology |
Dr. Michael A. Dempsey |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Michael Emmer |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Irene Feldman |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Linda Liu |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. John J. Merendino |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Patricia A. Petrick |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Richard Pollen |
Kensington |
MD |
| |
Dr. Helena Rodbard |
Rockville |
MD |
ENT |
Dr. Valerie Asher |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. David Bianchi |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| Family Practice |
Dr. Mindi Cohen |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Kelly Joyce Cowen |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Tibor Frekko |
Gaithersburg |
MD |
| |
Dr. Rebecca Gross |
Kensington |
MD |
| |
Dr. Frauke Westphal |
Rockville |
MD |
Geriatrics |
Dr. Ava A. Kaufman |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Lila McConnell |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Michael Anthony Sauri |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Rebecca Musher Gross |
Kensington |
MD |
Gastroenterology |
Dr. Ajay Bakshi |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. George Bolen |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. David Doman |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. Richard L. Gelfand |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Robert Hardi |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Neil L. Julie |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Eric A. Pollack |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Gary Roggin |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Michael Schwartz |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. William M. Steinberg |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Soonbok Grace Woo |
Bethesda |
MD |
| General Surgery |
Dr. Betsy Ballard |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. Juvenal R. Goicochea |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Ernest D. Hanowell |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Alan Kravitz |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Berny J. Kreutz |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. James W. Robey |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Robert Varney |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Thomas G. Zorc |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
Gynecology |
Dr. Rafat A. Abbasi |
Arlington |
VA |
| Hand Surgery |
Dr. Edward Bieber |
Bethesda |
MD |
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Dr. Mustafa Haque |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
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Dr. Harrison Solomon |
Kensington |
MD |
Hematology/Oncology |
Dr. Manish Agrawal |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Cheryl A. Aylesworth |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. Ralph V. Boccia |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Linda M. Burrell |
Wheaton |
MD |
| |
Dr. Kashif Firozvi |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. Joseph M. Haggerty |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Carolyn B. Hendricks |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Victor M. Priego |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. G. Peter Pushkas |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Peter Sherer |
Wheaton |
MD |
| |
Dr. Frederick Pearson Smith |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. George A. Sotos |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Paul M. Thambi |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. John M. Wallmark |
Rockville |
MD |
| Infectious Diseases |
Dr. Sameh A. Aly |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Ruth Jacobs |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Puran P. Mathur |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Lynette H. Posorske |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. Gordon D. Raphael |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Michael Sauri |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Phuong D. Trinh |
Silver Spring |
MD |
Internal Medicine |
Dr. Susan G. Baruch |
Bethesda |
MD |
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Dr. Brent A. Berger |
Bethesda |
MD |
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Dr. James Brodsky |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
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Dr. Dave Chen |
Bethesda |
MD |
|
Dr. Jane Chretien |
Bethesda |
MD |
|
Dr. Brent K. Cole |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
|
Dr. Audrey P. Corson |
Bethesda |
MD |
|
Dr. Delia Fine |
Bethesda |
MD |
|
Dr. Erica W. Hwang |
Bethesda |
MD |
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Dr. Sue D. Kanter |
Bethesda |
MD |
|
Dr. Ava Kaufman |
Bethesda |
MD |
|
Dr. Shishir Khetan |
Rockville |
MD |
|
Dr. Albert K. Lee |
Bethesda |
MD |
|
Dr. Le Le Luu |
Rockville |
MD |
|
Dr. Lila McConnell |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
|
Dr. Thomas J. McNamara |
Bethesda |
MD |
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Dr. Irving Mizus |
Kensington |
MD |
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Dr. Alan R. Morrison |
Washington |
DC |
|
Dr. Lee R. Pennington |
Bethesda |
MD |
|
Dr. Jose Quiros |
Bethesda |
MD |
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Dr. Phyllis Schreiner |
Rockville |
MD |
|
Dr. William Silverman |
Rockville |
MD |
|
Dr. Pankaj Talwar |
Silver Spring |
MD |
Nephrology |
Dr. Steven A. Burka |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
|
Dr. Barry Hecht |
Wheaton |
MD |
|
Dr. Stephen M. Hellman |
Rockville |
MD |
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Dr. Saeed Kronfli |
Takoma Park |
MD |
| |
Dr. A. Kaldun Nossuli |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Jeffrey A. Perlmutter |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Philip J. Schwartz |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Gail L. Seiken |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Stephen Vaccarezza |
Rockville |
MD |
Neurology |
Dr. Brian H. Avin |
Wheaton |
MD |
| |
Dr. Katherine Coerver |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Ezra Cohen |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Kenneth W. Eckmann |
Wheaton |
MD |
| |
Dr. Larry M. Einbinder |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Helene A. Emsellem |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Robert D. Gerwin |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Rakesh Jaitly |
Kensington |
MD |
| |
Dr. David Katz |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Nirjal K. Nikhar |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. David Satinsky |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. David Taragin |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. James Yan |
Rockville |
MD |
Neurosurgery |
Dr. Edward F. Aulisi |
Bethesda |
MD |
|
Dr. Anthony Caputy |
Washington |
DC |
| |
Dr. Jeff Jacobson |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Alexandros D. Powers |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Frederic T. Schwartz |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
OB/GYN |
Dr. James F. Barter |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Luciano R. Belizan |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Amy J. Byer |
Rockville |
MD |
|
Dr. Nicolette Horbach |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Esfand Nawab |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Diane J. Snyder |
Rockville |
MD |
Opthalmology |
Dr. James Heltzer |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Alan Palestine |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Stephen Pappas |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Srinivas Sastry |
Bethesda |
MD |
Orthopedic Surgery |
Dr. Neil J. Barkin |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Steven H. Bernstein |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Philip D. Bobrow |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Barry Boden |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Christopher J. Cannova |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. J. Patrick Caulfield |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Sridhar Durbhakula |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr.Christopher Farrell |
Germantown |
MD |
| |
Dr. Joel D. Fechter |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. Ira D. Fisch |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. James Gardiner |
Germantown |
MD |
| |
Dr. Michael E. Goldsmith |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Antoni B. Goral |
Kensington |
MD |
| |
Dr. Daniel David Lahr |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Robert G. Loeffler |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. Daniel J. Pereles |
Kensington |
MD |
| |
Dr. Richard B. Reff |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Stephen J. Rockower |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. William J. Sadlack |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Kurt C. Schluntz |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Philip L. Schneider |
Kensington |
MD |
| |
Dr. John Starr |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. John Stinson |
Rockville |
MD |
Pain Management |
Dr. Babak Arvanaghi |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. John Dombrowski |
Washington |
DC |
|
Dr. Marc Loev |
Rockville |
MD |
Pediatrics |
Dr. Leah Brasch |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Linda Goldstein |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Ziad H. Idriss |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Shelby H. Josephs |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Robbie Moyer |
Gaithersburg |
MD |
Physical Medicine/Rehab |
Dr. Mark D. Klaiman |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Andrew V. Panagos |
Bethesda |
MD |
Plastic Surgery |
Dr. C. Coleman Brown |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Diane L. Colgan |
Potomac |
MD |
| |
Dr. Douglas L. Forman |
North Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Robert Karp |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Steven D. Macht |
Washington |
DC |
| |
Dr. Roger J. Oldham |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Jeffrey Posnick |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Jorge H. Reisin |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Franklin Richards |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Navin Singh |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Michael Paul Vincent |
Rockville |
MD |
Psychiatry |
Dr. Wagdi Attia |
Gaithersburg |
MD |
| |
Dr. Bruce P. Pfeffer |
Potomac |
MD |
Pulmonology |
Dr. Gita C. Bakshi |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Ira Berger |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Alan S. Chanales |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. D. Scott Cohen |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Peter G. Hamm |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Steven T. Kariya |
Kensington |
MD |
| |
Dr. Steven D. Lerner |
Washington |
DC |
| |
Dr. Irving Mizus |
Kensington |
MD |
| |
Dr. Carlos E. Picone |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Alan R. Pollack |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Michael N. Solomon |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
Radiation Oncology |
Dr. Stephen C. Greco |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Susan F. Stinson |
Bethesda |
MD |
Radiology |
Dr. Bradley W. Dick |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Brian G. Johnson |
Washington |
DC |
| |
Dr. Wayne J. Olan |
Bethesda |
MD |
| Rheumatology |
Madalene Greene |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Deborah S. Litman |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. William W. Mullins |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Russell Rothenberg |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Lawrence H. Schainker |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Stephen L. Schechter |
Bethesda |
MD |
| Sports Medicine |
Dr. Barry Boden |
Rockville |
MD |
|
Dr. James Gardiner |
Germantown |
MD |
|
Dr. David Higgins |
Olney |
MD |
|
Dr. Daniel Pereles |
Kensington |
MD |
|
Dr. Richard Reff |
Bethesda |
MD |
|
Dr. Kurt Schluntz |
Bethesda |
MD |
Urology |
Dr. Barry Aron |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Gary S. Friedlander |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Antonio Gargurevich |
Chevy Chase |
MD |
| |
Dr. Murray Lieberman |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Juan P. Litvak |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Nizam Maruf |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Roberto Pedraza |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Bart Radolinski |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Mark H. Ratner |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Robert J. Sher |
Rockville |
MD |
| |
Dr. Jonathan L. White |
Rockville |
MD |
Vascular Surgery |
Dr. Louis Kozloff |
Bethesda |
MD |
| |
Dr. Garry Ruben |
Silver Spring |
MD |
| |
Dr. James M. Salander |
Rockville |
MD |