October 12, 2000

\"Hour Detroit\" Honors Area's Top Docs

A survey in Hour Detroit magazine listed “The Top Docs” as chosen by 5,000 selected physicians and nurses in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties. Of the 185 doctors named to the list, 45% are faculty members of the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Even more impressively, of the 51 pediatric specialists listed, 38 people--or 75% of the doctors, are WSU faculty members.

In addition, one-third of the top doctors received their medical degrees from Wayne State University.

The full list of WSU faculty members named to “The Top Docs” is presented here.

Bone Marrow Transplant
Roy Baynes, MD, professor of internal medicine

Cardiology
Thomas LaLonde, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine
Cheng-Chong Lee, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine

Cardiac Surgery
Joseph Bassett, MD, associate professor of surgery

Emergency Medicine
Andrew Wilson, Jr., MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine

Endocrinology & Metabolism
Luis Ospina,MD, assistant professor of internal medicine

General Surgery
Larry Lloyd, MD, assistant professor of surgery
Eduardo Phillips, MD, associate professor of surgery

General Vascular Surgery
Ramon Berguer, MD, professor of surgery

Geriatric Medicine
Michael Maddens, MD, associate professor of internal medicine

Alzheimer’s
Michael Maddens, MD, associate professor of internal medicine

Infectious Diseases
Lawrence Crane, MD, professor of internal medicine
Normal Markowitz, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine
Jack Sobel, MD, professor of internal medicine

Internal Medicine
Jeffrey Klein, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine
Kathleen Norton, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine
Joseph Skoney, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine

Critical Care Medicine
Joseph Bander, MD, professor of internal medicine

Gastroenterology
Michael Duffy, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine
Robert Veneri, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine

Liver Specialists
Stuart Gordon, MD, associate professor of internal medicine

Oncology/Hematology
Eugene Agnone, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine
David Decker, MD, professor of internal medicine

Nephrology
Robert Provenzano, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine

Neurology
Richard Lewis, MD, associate chair of neurology
Robert Lisak, MD, professor of neurology
Sami Mounayer, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine

Neurological Surgery
Fernando Diaz, MD, professor of neurosurgery

Gynecologic Oncology
Adnan Munkarah, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology
Robert Morris, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology

High-Risk Pregnancy
Marjorie Treadwell, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology

Infertility
David Magyar, DO, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology

Reproductive Genetics
Mark Evans, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology

Cornea
Steven Dunn, MD, assistant professor of ophthalmology

Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery
Frank Nesi, MD, assistant professor of ophthalmology

Oral Surgery
Sheldon Mintz, DDS, adjunct assistant professor of anatomy and cell biology

Orthopedic (Hands)
Stephen DeSilva, MD, professor of orthopaedic surgery
Richard Singer, MD, instructor of orthopaedic surgery

Otology/Neurotology
Dennis Bojrab, MD, assistant professor of otolaryngology

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Myron LaBan, MD, professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation

Plastic Surgery
Michael Meininger, MD, assistant professor of surgery
Kenneth Shaheen, MD, assistant professor of surgery

Pulmonary Disease
Lyle Victor, MD, associate professor of internal medicine

Radiation Oncology
Jeffrey Forman, MD, professor of radiation oncology

Rheumatology
Timothy Brennan, MD, assistant professor of internal medicine

Urology
J. Edson Pontes, MD, professor of urology

Pediatrics – Adolescent Medicine
Kathryn Wright, DO, assistant professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics – Bone Marrow Transplant
Esteban Abella, MD, associate professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics – Cardiology
Michael Epstein, MD, professor of pediatrics
Richard Humes, MD, associate professor of pediatrics
Robert Ross, MD, associate professor of pediatrics
Elliott Weinhouse, MD, associate professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics – Dermatology
Tor Shwayder, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics – Emergency Medicine
Stephen Knazik, DO, assistant professor of pediatrics
Norman Rosenberg, DO, professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics – Endocrinology
James Gutai, MD, professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics – Gastrointestinal
John Peters, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics
Vasundhara Toila, MD, professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics – Genetics
David Aughton, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics
Erawati Bawle, MD, professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics – Infectious Diseases
Basim Asmar, MD, professor of pediatrics
Bishara Freij, MD, associate professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics – Nephrology
Shermine Dabbagh, MD, professor of pediatrics
Larry Fleischmann, MD, professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics – Neurology
David Benjamins, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics
Harry Chugani, MD, professor of pediatrics
Michael Nigro, DO, professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics – Neurosurgery
Alexa Canady, MD, professor of neurosurgery
Steven Ham, DO, assistant professor of neurosurgery
Sandeep Sood, MD, assistant professor of neurosurgery

Pediatrics – Oncology/Hematology
Esteban Abella, MD, associate professor of pediatrics
Barbara Cushing, MD, professor of pediatrics
Jeffrey Taub, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics – Ophthalmology
John Baker, MD, adjunct faculty, ophthalmology
John Roarty, MD, assistant professor of ophthalmology

Pediatrics – Orthopaedic Surgery
James Mooney, MD, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery

Pediatrics
Mary Lu Angelilli, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics – Surgery
Marc Cullen, MD, assistant professor of surgery
Michael Klein, MD, professor of surgery
Frederick Rector, Jr., MD, associate professor of surgery

Pediatrics – Psychiatry
Jimmie Leleszi, DO, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences
David Rosenberg, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences

Pediatrics – Rheumatology
Ellen Moore, MD, associate professor of pediatrics

Pediatrics –Urology
Evan Kass, MD, associate professor of urology

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