For their excellence in the opinion of their fellow physicians in San Diego County, 36 doctors from the Department of Medicine have been named to the “San Diego’s Top Doctors” list for 2009.
This year’s list includes a total of 475 doctors in 46 specialties. Eighty of the doctors are from UC San Diego. | Read the full story from UC San Diego News
“We can be very proud of the fact that UC San Diego Medical Center has more doctors on the list than any other medical center or medical group in the region,” said Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky, Helen M. Ranney Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine.
In 2008, the “Top Doctors” list included 449 physicians, 61 from UC San Diego and 25 from the Department of Medicine.Of the 36 Department of Medicine physicians honored this year, 24 have been named to the list at least once before. Four are being recognized for the sixth straight year:
- Dr. Daniel Blanchard, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Cardiology.
- Dr. Gary Vilke, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine.
- Dr. Steven Edelman, Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
- Dr. Gita Mehta, Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine.
A place on the “Top Doctors” list is a particular honor for those who are chosen because it reflects the confidence of their peers.
In the “Top Doctors” survey, the members of the San Diego County Medical Society are asked to name the board-certified physicians they would select when they refer their own family members or patients to a specialist. They are permitted to vote across medical specialties. | Read more about how Top Doctors are chosen
The list is published each year in the October issue of San Diego Magazine.The magazine and the San Diego County Medical Society have collaborated to produce the “Top Doctors” list since 2004. San Diego Magazine first published a “Top Doctors” list in 2002.
Here are the names of this year’s Department of Medicine awardees, listed by subspecialty division and followed by the number of years each has been named to the “Top Doctors” list:
- Daniel G. Blanchard, MD, FACC (6 years)
Professor of Clinical Medicine - Gregory Kent Feld, MD (first year)
Professor - Ehtisham (Shami) Mahmud, MD, FACC (first year)
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Emergency Medicine
- Theodore C. Chan, MD (5 years)
Professor of Clinical Medicine - Richard F. Clark, MD (5 years)
Professor of Clinical Medicine - James V. Dunford, Jr., MD (4 years)
Professor of Clinical Medicine - David A. Guss, MD (4 years)
Professor of Clinical Medicine - Christian M. Sloane, MD (2 years)
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor - Gary M. Vilke, MD (6 years)
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Leonard J. Deftos, MD (first year)
Professor - Steven Victor Edelman, MD (6 years)
Health Sciences Clinical Professor - Karen L. Herbst, MD (first year)
Assistant Professor
- Thomas John Savides, MD (5 years)
Professor of Clinical Medicine
- Jennifer Neely Blanchard, MD (2 years)
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor - Jason Bronner, MD (first year)
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor - Lori A. Brown, M.D. (first year)
Clinical Professor - Lynette C. Cederquist, MD (2 years)
Health Sciences Clinical Professor - Paul N. Gamble, MD (5 years)
Health Sciences Clinical Professor - Eduardo L. Grunvald, MD (3 years)
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor - Shawn Harrity, MD (2 years)
Health Sciences Clinical Professor - Simerjot K. Jassal, MD (first year)
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor - Tony P. Lopez, MD (4 years)
Health Sciences Clinical Professor - William Christopher Mathews, MD (2 years)
Professor of Clinical Medicine - Unna McPherson-Albers, MD (first year)
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor - Gita Mehta, MD, FACP (6 years)
Health Sciences Clinical Professor - Joe Wesley Ramsdell, MD (2 years)
Professor of Clinical Medicine - Armelia Sani, MD (3 years)
Health Sciences Clinical Professor - Pearl Yu, MD (first year)
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
- Kwi Young Bulow, MD, voted a Top Doctor in both Geriatric Medicine and Internal Medicine (3 years)
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
Division of Hematology-Oncology
- Barbara A. Parker, MD (4 years)
Professor of Clinical Medicine - Erin G. Reid, MD (first year)
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
- Gregory A. Maynard, MD (first year)
Health Sciences Clinical Professor - Kenton Smitherman, MD (first year)
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
- William R. Auger, MD (5 years)
Professor of Clinical Medicine - Antonino Catanzaro, MD (2 years)
Professor - Peter F. Fedullo, MD, voted a Top Doctor in both Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Disease (4 years)
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
