UK HealthCare Physicians Are Named to 2017-18 Best Doctors in America 

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 26, 2018) — UK HealthCare has more than 130 physicians practicing medicine with University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, Kentucky Children's Hospital, UK Good Samaritan Hospital who appear on the Best Doctors in America List for 2017-18 — more than any other hospital in Kentucky. Only four percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor, decided by impartial peer review. 

The experts who are part of the Best Doctors in America database provide the most advanced medical expertise and knowledge to patients with serious conditions – often saving lives in the process by finding the right diagnosis and right treatment. 

2017-18 UK HealthCare Best Doctors in America Listing:  

• Edwin A. Bowe — Anesthesiology - General Anesthesiology; Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Anesthesiology 
• Kimberly S. Winchester — Anesthesiology - General Anesthesiology 
• Vincent L. Sorrell — Cardiovascular Disease - Congenital Heart Disease, Diagnostic Radiology, Echocardiography, General Cardiovascular Disease, Nuclear Cardiology 
• Gretchen Lois Wells — Cardiovascular Disease - Congenital Heart Disease, General Cardiovascular Disease 
• Steve W. Leung — Cardiovascular Disease - Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology 
• Mikel D. Smith — Cardiovascular Disease - Echocardiography 
• David J. Moliterno — Cardiovascular Disease - General Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology,  
• Susan Smyth — Cardiovascular Disease - General Cardiovascular Disease 
• Thomas Whayne Jr. — Cardiovascular Disease - General Cardiovascular Disease 
• David C. Booth — Cardiovascular Disease - Interventional Cardiology 
• John C. Gurley — Cardiovascular Disease - Interventional Cardiology 
• Adrian W. Messerli — Cardiovascular Disease - Interventional Cardiology 
• Khaled M. Ziada — Cardiovascular Disease - Interventional Cardiology 
• David W. Rudy — Clinical Pharmacology - General Clinical Pharmacology; Internal Medicine - General 
• Annette Rebel — Critical Care Medicine - Anesthesiology 
• Sanjay Dhar — Critical Care Medicine - Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine 
• Rolando Berger — Critical Care Medicine - Pulmonary Medicine; Pulmonary Medicine - General Pulmonary Medicine 
• Scott Morehead — Critical Care Medicine - Pulmonary Medicine 
• Peter E. Morris — Critical Care Medicine - Pulmonary Medicine 
• Joseph Zwischenberger — Critical Care Medicine - Surgical Critical Care; Thoracic Surgery - Adult Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Oncological Surgery 
• Andrew C. Bernard — Critical Care Medicine - Trauma 
• Dennis Karounos — Endocrinology and Metabolism - Diabetes 
• Kenneth B. Ain — Endocrinology and Metabolism - General Endocrinology and Metabolism, Thyroid 
• Philip A. Kern — Endocrinology and Metabolism - General Endocrinology and Metabolism 
• Lisa R. Tannock — Endocrinology and Metabolism - General Endocrinology and Metabolism 
• Robert Hosey — Family Medicine - Sports Medicine 
• Milton Kyle Smoot — Family Medicine - Sports Medicine 
• Deborah Flomenhoft — Gastroenterology - Inflammatory Bowel Disease 
• Kevin A. Pearce — Geriatric Medicine - General Geriatric Medicine 
• Scott A. Riley — Hand Surgery - Reconstructive Surgery 
• Nicole E. Leedy — Infectious Disease - General Infectious Disease 
• Thein Myint — Infectious Disease - General Infectious Disease 
• Alice C. Thornton — Infectious Disease - General Infectious Disease 
• Michael H. Young — Infectious Disease - General Infectious Disease 
• Brian Murphy — Infectious Disease - HIV/AIDS 
• Takako S. Schaninger — Infectious Disease - HIV/AIDS 
• T. Shawn Caudill — Internal Medicine - General 
• Jacqueline S. Gibson — Internal Medicine - General 
• Andrew Hoellein — Internal Medicine - General 
• Connie W. Jennings — Internal Medicine - General 
• Dale E. Toney — Internal Medicine - General 
• Philip A. DeSimone — Medical Oncology and Hematology - Gastroenterologic Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Lung Cancer, General Medical Oncology and Hematology 
• John J. Rinehart (retired) — Medical Oncology and Hematology - General Medical Oncology and Hematology, Lung Cancer 
• Susanne M. Arnold — Medical Oncology and Hematology - Head and Neck Cancer, Lung Cancer 
• Sadiq Ahmed — Nephrology - General Nephrology 
• Hartmut H. Malluche — Nephrology - General Nephrology, Toxicology 
• Amr El-Husseini Mohamed — Nephrology - General Nephrology 
• Craig Van Horne — Neurological Surgery - General Neurological Surgery 
• Phillip A. Tibbs — Neurological Surgery - Spinal Surgery 
• Gregory A. Jicha — Neurology - Behavioral Neurology, Geriatric Neurology 
• Richard R. Murphy — Neurology - Cerebrovascular Disease 
• Edward J. Kasarskis — Neurology - Degenerative Diseases, General Adult Neurology, Infectious and Demyelinating Diseases 
• Charles D. Smith Jr. — Neurology - Degenerative Diseases. 
• Frank G. Gilliam — Neurology - Epilepsy 
• Siddharth Kapoor — Neurology - Epilepsy, Headache 
• John Slevin — Neurology - Movement Disorders 
• Larry B. Goldstein — Neurology - Stroke 
• Luther C. Pettigrew Jr. — Neurology - Stroke 
• Christopher P. DeSimone — Obstetrics and Gynecology - Gynecologic Oncology 
• Rachel W. Miller — Obstetrics and Gynecology - Gynecologic Oncology 
• Fred Rand Ueland — Obstetrics and Gynecology - Gynecologic Oncology 
• Wendy Hansen — Obstetrics and Gynecology - Maternal and Fetal Medicine 
• John M. O'Brien Jr. — Obstetrics and Gynecology - Maternal and Fetal Medicine 
• Andrew Pearson — Ophthalmology - Medical Retinal Diseases, Vitreo-Retinal Surgery 
• Woodford S. Van Meter  — Ophthalmology - Anterior Segment, Cataract Surgery, Optics and Refraction, Corneal Diseases and Transplantation 
• Sheila P. Sanders — Ophthalmology - Glaucoma 
• Jeffrey Bryan Selby — Orthopaedic Surgery - Hip Surgery, Joint Replacement Surgery, Trauma 
• Scott D. Mair — Orthopaedic Surgery - Shoulder Surgery, Sports Medicine 
• Mary Lloyd Ireland — Orthopaedic Surgery - Sports Medicine 
• Darren Lee Johnson — Orthopaedic Surgery - Sports Medicine 
• Sanford M. Archer — Otolaryngology - General Otolaryngology 
• Joseph Valentino — Otolaryngology - General Otolaryngology, Oncological Surgery 
• Raleigh O. Jones — Otolaryngology - Neurotology,  Otology 
• Rony K. Aouad — Otolaryngology - Oncological Surgery 
• Thomas J. Gal — Otolaryngology - Oncological Surgery 
• Julie Ribes — Pathology - Pathology-Medical Microbiology, General Pathology 
• Hatim A. Omar — Pediatric Specialist - Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine 
• Henrietta Salvilla Bada — Pediatric Specialist - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Hubert O. Ballard — Pediatric Specialist - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 
• Peter J. Giannone Jr. — Pediatric Specialist - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 
• Ricki F. Goldstein — Pediatric Specialist - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 
• Lori Shook — Pediatric Specialist - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 
• Robert J. Baumann — Pediatric Specialist -Neurology, Epilepsy and Neurology, General 
• William C. Robertson Jr. — Pediatric Specialist - Neurology, General 
• Raeford E. Brown Jr. — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Anesthesiology. 
• Aru Reddy — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Anesthesiology 
• James Quintessenza — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery 
• Kristopher Cumbermack Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Cardiology 
• Douglas J. Schneider — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Cardiology 
• Philip A. Bernard — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Critical Care 
• Scottie B. Day — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Critical Care 
• Michael L. Wittkamp — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Critical Care 
• John L. Fowlkes — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Endocrinology 
• Kathryn M. Thrailkill — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Endocrinology 
• George J. Fuchs III — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Gastroenterology  
• Troy E. Gibbons — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Gastroenterology 
• Lars M. Wagner — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Hematology-Oncology 
• Robert A. Broughton — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Infectious Disease 
• Stefan G. Kiessling — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Nephrology 
• Thomas Pittman — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Neurological Surgery 
• Julia C. Stevens — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Ophthalmology 
• Henry Iwinski — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery 
• Vishwas R. Talwalkar — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery 
• Henry C. Vasconez — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Plastic Surgery; Plastic Surgery - Craniofacial Surgery, Facial Aesthetic Surgery 
• Michael I. Anstead — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Pulmonology; Pulmonary Medicine - Cystic Fibrosis 
• Jamshed F. Kanga — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Pulmonology 
• John Draus — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Surgery 
• Joseph A. Iocono — Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Surgery 
• Rebecca Collins — Pediatrics - General 
• Donna G. Grigsby — Pediatrics - General 
• Philip B. Latham — Pediatrics - General 
• Carol Steltenkamp — Pediatrics - General  
• Carmel Wallace — Pediatrics - General 
• Thomas L. Young — Pediatrics - General 
• Erich C. Maul — Pediatrics - Hospital Medicine 
• Barbara A. Phillips — Pulmonary Medicine - General Pulmonary Medicine; Sleep Medicine - General Sleep Medicine 
• Marcus E. Randall  —Radiation Oncology - Brachytherapy, General Radiation Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Radiosurgery 
• Mahesh R. Kudrimoti — Radiation Oncology - General Radiation Oncology, Head and Neck Cancer 
• Ronald McGarry — Radiation Oncology - Lung Cancer, Lymphomas, Radiosurgery 
• M. Elizabeth Oates — Radiology  - Nuclear Radiology 
• Scott D. Stevens — Radiology - Vascular Radiology 
• Robert W. Lightfoot Jr. — Rheumatology - General Rheumatology, Vasculitis 
• B. Mark Evers — Surgery - Gastroenterologic Surgery 
• Patrick C. McGrath — Surgical Oncology - Breast Cancer, General Surgical Oncology 
• Michael Sekela — Thoracic Surgery - Adult Cardiac Surgery, Adult Thoracic Surgery 
• Victor M. Ferraris — Thoracic Surgery - Adult Thoracic Surgery 
• Sibu P. Saha — Thoracic Surgery - Adult Thoracic Surgery; Vascular Surgery - Vascular and Endovascular 
• Timothy W. Mullett —Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic Oncological Surgery 
• Stephen Strup — Urology - Endourology, Urologic Oncology 
• Deborah R. Erickson — Urology - Female Urology, General Urology 
• Eric D. Endean — Vascular Surgery - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 
• David J. Minion — Vascular Surgery - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery