UC Irvine Healthcare Physicians Recognized as “Best Doctors” By Other Physicians

More than 80 UC Irvine Healthcare physicians were listed as Best Doctors in America® by Best Doctors, Inc., an organization that bases its selection on survey results from other physicians.

The Best Doctors database lists physicians selected through a comprehensive peer-review survey that asks “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom you would refer them?” Physicians listed in the database represent the top 3 to 5 percent of specialists in the country.

Below is a list of UC Irvine Healthcare physicians on the Best Doctors list:

Cardiovascular Disease
Morton J. Kern, M.D.

Child Neurology
Tallie Z. Baram, M.D.
Paulina A. Filipek, M.D.
Ira T. Lott, M.D.

Colon and Rectal Surgery
Michael J. Stamos, M.D.

Dermatology
Ronald J. Barr, M.D.*
Kenneth G. Linden, M.D.
Alexander Miller, M.D.*
Janellen Smith, M.D.
Christopher B. Zachary, M.D.

Endocrinology and Metabolism
Andrew Reikes, M.D.
Ping H. Wang, M.D.

Family Medicine
David K. Morohashi, M.D.
Laura Mosqueda, M.D.
Wadie Najm, M.D.

Gastroenterology
C. Gregory Albers, M.D.
Kenneth J. Chang, M.D.
John G. Lee, M.D.
Hooshang Meshkinpour, M.D.

Geriatric Medicine
Laura Mosqueda, M.D.

Internal Medicine
Sophocles Panagon, M.D.*

Medical Genetics
Maureen Bocian, M.D.

Medical Oncology and Hematology
Randall F. Holcombe, M.D.
Michael Brian Lilly, M.D.
Frank L. Meyskens, M.D. Jr., M.D.
Lewis M. Slater, M.D.

Nephrology
Madeleine Pahl, M.D.

Neurology
Mark J. Fisher, M.D.
Claudia Kawas, M.D.

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Michael L. Berman, M.D.
Wendy R. Brewster, M.D.
Robert A. Burger, M.D.
Carol Major, M.D.
Bradley Monk, M.D.
Karen Noblett, M.D.
Manuel Porto, M.D.
Deborah A. Wing, M.D.

Occupational Medicine
Dean Baker, M.D.

Ophthalmology
George Baerveldt, M.D.
Swaraj Bose, M.D.
Ronald N. Gaster, M.D.
Baruch D. Kuppermann, M.D.
Ron Kurtz, M.D.
Donald S. Minckler, M.D.
Roger F. Steinert, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery
Stuart A. Green, M.D.
Steven D.K. Ross, M.D.

Otolaryngology
Gurpreet Ahuja, M.D.*
William Armstrong, M.D.
Roger L. Crumley, M.D.
Jason H. Kim, M.D.
Brian J.F. Wong, M.D.

Pathology
Luis M. de la Maza, M.D.
Fritz Lin, M.D.

Pediatric Specialist
Dan Michael Cooper, M.D.
Floyd Culler, M.D.
Bruce G. Nickerson, M.D.*
Leonard Sender, M.D.
Jack H. Sills, M.D.
Feizal Waffarn, M.D.

Plastic Surgery
Gregory R. Evans, M.D.
Mark R. Kobayashi, M.D.

Psychiatry
Christopher Reist, M.D.*
Kenneth W. Steinhoff, M.D.*
Lawrence D. Sporty, M.D. *

Radiology
Stephen Albert Feig, M.D.
Scott C. Goodwin, M.D.
Anton Hasso, M.D.

Rheumatology
Brian S. Andrews, M.D.
Pamela E. Prete, M.D.*

Surgery
Marianne E. Cinat, M.D.
Sherif Emil, M.D.
Roy M. Fujitani, M.D.
David Hoyt, M.D.
David Imagawa, M.D.
Stephen Kubaska, M.D.
Ninh T. Nguyen, M.D.
Russell Alan Williams, M.D.
Samuel E. Wilson, M.D.

Surgical Oncology
John Butler, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery
Jeffrey C. Milliken, M.D.

Urology
Thomas E. Ahlering, M.D.
Ralph V. Clayman, M.D.
Elspeth McDougall, M.D.
David K. Ornstein, M.D.

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* These physicians are not currently seeing patients at UC Irvine Healthcare locations.

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