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Philadelphia Magazine's Top Doctors 2012

Each year, Philadelphia Magazine compiles its "Top Doctors" list of the region's best physicians. The physicians at Penn Medicine always figure prominently on this list, and 2012 was no exception.

Congratulations to the 193 Penn physicians listed below who were included in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Doctors 2012.

For more information, visit the Philadelphia Magazine website

Top Doctors By Specialty

• Addiction Psychiatry
• Adolescent Medicine
• Allergy & Immunolgoy
• Cardiac Electrophysiology
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Clinical Genetics
• Colon & Rectal Surgery
• Dermatology
• Diagnostic Radiology
• Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
• Family Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatric Medicine
• Geriatric Psychiatry

• Gynecologic Oncology
• Hand Surgery
• Hematology
• Infectious Disease
• Internal Medicine
• Interventional Cardiology
• Maternal and Fetal Medicine
• Medical Oncology
• Nephrology
• Neurological Surgery
• Neurology
• Neuroradiology
• Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedic Surgery

• Otolaryngology
• Pathology
• Pediatrics
• Plastic Surgery
• Psychiatry
• Pulmonary Disease
• Radiation Oncology
• Reproductive Endocrinology
• Rheumatology
• Sports Medicine
• Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery
• Urology
• Vascular & Interventional Radiology
• Vascular Surgery

Addiction Psychiatry

Doctor	Specialty
Kyle M. Kampman, MD	Addiction/substance abuse, cocaine addiction, opiate addiction, alcohol abuse.

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Adolescent Medicine

Doctor	Specialty
Janice K. Hillman, MD	Eating disorders.

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Allergy & Immunology

Doctor	Specialty
Andrea Apter, MD	Asthma, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, drug allergy.
S. Michael Phillips, MD	Allergy, autoimmune disease, immunodeficiency disorders.
Benjamin P. Soule, MD	Immune deficiency.

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Cardiac Electrophysiology

Doctor	Specialty
David J. Callans, MD	Arrhythmias, pacemakers.
Joshua M. Cooper, MD	Arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, congenital heart disease.
Alan L. Epstein, MD	Arrhythmias, defibrillators, catheter ablation, genetic arrhythmias.
Francis E. Marchlinski, MD	Pacemakers, arrhythmias.

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Cardiovascular Disease

Doctor	Specialty
Susan C. Brozena, MD	Transplant medicine-heart, congestive heart failure, heart disease in women.
Paul R. Forfia, MD	Pulmonary hypertension, congenital heart disease-adult, transplant medicine-­heart.
Irving M. Herling, MD	Cholesterol/lipid disorders, preventive cardiology, heart valve disease.
Mariell L. Jessup, MD	Congestive heart failure, transplant medicine-heart.
Frank E. Silvestry, MD	Heart valve disease, ischemic heart disease, non-invasive cardiology.
Harvey L. Waxman, MD	Arrhythmias, cardiac catheterization, heart valve disease, electrophysiology.
Ross R. Zimmer, MD	Heart failure.

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Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Doctor	Specialty
Anthony Rostain, MD, MA	ADD/ADHD, autism, Tourette's syndrome, Asperger's syndrome.

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Clinical Genetics

Doctor	Specialty
Deborah A. Driscoll, MD	Prenatal genetic diagnosis, fetal abnormalities, adolescent gynecology.
Reed E. Pyeritz, MD, PhD	Marfan's syndrome, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, inherited disorders.

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Colon & Rectal Surgery

Doctor	Specialty
Robert D. Fry, MD	Colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease/Crohn's, anal cancer, hemorrhoids.
Najjia N. Mahmoud, MD	Colon and rectal cancer and surgery.

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Dermatology

Doctor	Specialty
Edward E. Bondi, MD	Skin cancer, melanoma.
Glen H. Crawford, MD	Occupational skin diseases, laser surgery, contact dermatitis.
William D. James, MD	Contact dermatitis, acne, rosacea.
Alain H. Rook, MD	Cutaneous lymphoma, immune deficiency-skin disorders, mycosis fungoides.
John R. Stanley, MD	Blistering diseases, pemphigus.
Victoria P. Werth, MD	Autoimmune disease, lupus/SLE, connective tissue disorders, blistering diseases.

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Diagnostic Radiology

Doctor	Specialty
Beverly G. Coleman, MD, FACR	Ultrasound.
Emily F. Conant, MD	Breast cancer, breast imaging.
Warren B. Gefter, MD	Thoracic imaging.
John Bruce Kneeland, MD
Wallace T. Miller, Jr., MD	Thoracic imaging.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Doctor	Specialty
Susan J. Mandel, MD, MPH	Thyroid disorders, endocrine cancers.
Peter J. Snyder, MD	Pituitary tumors, reproductive endocrinology-male.

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Family Medicine

Doctor	Specialty
Marjorie A. Bowman, MD, MPA	Preventive medicine, women's health.
David E. Nicklin, MD

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Gastroenterology

Doctor	Specialty
Craig A. Aronchick, MD	Colonoscopy, colon cancer screening.
Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD	Pancreatic/biliary endoscopy (ERCP), endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, Barrett's esophagus.
Timothy C. Hoops, MD	Esophageal disorders, endoscopy, colonoscopy.
Michael L. Kochman, MD	Endoscopy, pancreatic/biliary endoscopy (ERCP), gastrointestinal­ cancer.
Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD	Inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis.
William H. Lipshutz, MD	Inflammatory bowel disease/Chohn's, colonoscopy, esophageal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
David C. Metz, MD	Peptic acid disorders, neuroendocrine tumors, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastrointestinal motility disorders.

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Geriatric Medicine

Doctor	Specialty
John M. Bruza, MD
Joan Weinryb, MD	Nutrition, wound healing/care, geriatric functional assessment, palliative care.

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Geriatric Psychiatry

Doctor	Specialty
Joel E. Streim, MD	Psychiatry in physical illness, psychiatric barriers to physical rehab, Alzheimer's disease.

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Gynecologic Oncology

Doctor	Specialty
Christina S. Chu, MD	Cervical cancer, uterine cancer.
George Coukos, MD, PhD	Ovarian cancer, gynecologic cancer, vaccine therapy, clinical trials.
Stephen C. Rubin, MD	Ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer.

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Hand Surgery

Doctor	Specialty
David J. Bozentka, MD	Hand and upper extremity surgery, elbow surgery.

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Hematology

Doctor	Specialty
Charles S. Abrams, MD	Bleeding/coagulation disorders, thrombotic disorders.
Jack Goldberg, MD	Leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, bone marrow transplant.
David L. Porter, MD	Leukemia, bone marrow transplant, lymphoma, gene therapy.
Stephen J. Schuster, MD	Lymphoma, bone marrow transplant.

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Infectious Disease

Doctor	Specialty
Emily A. Blumberg, MD	Infections-transplant.
Ian Frank, MD	AIDS/HIV.
Jay R. Kostman, MD	AIDS/HIV, HIV-gastrointestinal complications, hepatitis C.
John J. Stern, MD

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Internal Medicine

Doctor	Specialty
Robert K. Cato, MD
Michael D. Cirigliano, MD	Complementary medicine, preventive medicine.
Gary W. Dorshimer, MD, FACP	Primary care sports medicine.
Jack Ende, MD
Allison Oler, MD	Women's health, heart disease in women, preventive medicine.
Daniel J. Rader, MD	Cholesterol/lipid disorders, preventive cardiology, metabolic disorders.
Matthew H. Rusk, MD

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Interventional Cardiology

Doctor	Specialty
Gene Chang, MD	Cardiac catheterization, angioplasty and stent placement, atrial septal defect.
Howard C. Herrmann, MD	Cardiac catheterization, angioplasty and stent placement, heart valve disease, atrial septal defect.

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Maternal & Fetal Medicine

Doctor	Specialty
Samuel I. Parry, MD	Premature labor.

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Medical Oncology

Doctor	Specialty
Roger B. Cohen, MD	Head cancer, thyroid cancer, lung cancer.
Susan M. Domchek, MD	Breast cancer genetics, breast cancer risk assessment, ovarian cancer genetics.
Tracey L. Evans, MD	Lung cancer, thoracic cancers.
Kevin R. Fox, MD	Breast cancer, lymphedema.
John H. Glick, MD	Breast cancer, Hodgkin's disease, lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's.
David H. Henry, MD	AIDS-related cancers.
Corey J. Langer, MD	Lung cancer, head and neck cancer, mesothelioma, thoracic cancers.
David M. Mintzer, MD	Breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, head and neck cancer, palliative care, hematology.
Lynn M. Schuchter, MD	Melanoma, breast cancer, clinical trials.
Arthur Staddon, MD	Sarcoma.
Edward A. Stadtmauer, MD	Bone marrow and stem cell transplant, leukemia, multiple myeloma.
James P. Stevenson, MD	Lung cancer, mesothelioma, thoracic cancers.
Weijing Sun, MD	Gastrointestinal cancer, pancreatic cancer.
David J. Vaughn, MD	Testicular cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, urologic cancer.

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Nephrology

Doctor	Specialty
Jeffrey Scott Berns, MD	Kidney disease, glomerulonephritis, hypertension.
Raphael Cohen, MD	Hypertension, diabetic kidney disease.
Joel David Glickman, MD, FACP	Dialysis care, kidney disease-chronic.
Sidney M. Kobrin, MD	Kidney stones, hydronephrosis, cystinuria.
Michael Rudnick, MD	Hypertension, kidney disease.
Raymond R. Townsend, MD	Hypertension-complex, renal artery stenosis.

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Neurological Surgery

Doctor	Specialty
M. Sean Grady, MD	Cerebrovascular surgery, aneurysm-cerebral, arteriovenous malformations, brain tumors.
John Y.K. Lee, MD	Brain tumors, stereotactic radiosurgery, skull base surgery.
Donald M. O'Rourke, MD	Neuro-oncology, brain tumors, spinal surgery-cervical.
William C. Welch, MD, FACS, FICS	Spinal surgery, back surgery.
Eric L. Zager, MD	Peripheral nerve disorders, carpal tunnel syndrome, pediatric neurosurgery.

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Neurology

Doctor	Specialty
Laura J. Balcer, MD, MSCE	Neuro-ophthalmology­, multiple sclerosis/visual disorders, Parkinson's disease/visual disorders.
Lauren B. Elman, MD	Neuromuscular disorders, muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Steven L. Galetta, MD	Neuro-ophthalmology, optic nerve disorders­, multiple sclerosis.
Scott E. Kasner, MD	Cerebrovascular disease, stroke, carotid artery dissection.
Grant T. Liu, MD	Pediatric neuro-ophthalmology, neuro-ophthalmology.
Leo F. McCluskey, MD, MBE	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), muscular dystrophy, neuropathy.
Matthew B. Stern, MD	Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, Botox therapy.

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Neuroradiology

Doctor	Specialty
Linda Bagley, MD	Brain aneurysms, intercerebral hemorrhages.
Robert W. Hurst, MD	Interventional neuroradiology, aneurysm, carotid artery stent placement, intracranial angioplasty and stent.
Laurie A. Loevner, MD	Head and neck cancer, thyroid cancer, brain tumor imaging, spinal tumor imaging.

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Obstetrics & Gynecology

Doctor	Specialty
Lily Arya, MD, MS	Uro-gynecology, pelvic reconstruction, gynecology only.
Mathew N. Beshara, MD	Gynecologic surgery, robotic surgery, obstetrics.
Samantha M. Pfeifer, MD	Infertility-female, endometriosis, laparoscopic surgery, congenital anomalies-gynecologic, gynecology only.
Victor A. Zachian, MD, FACOG	Pregnancy-­fetal congenital anomoly, gynecology, Pap smear abnormalities.

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Ophthalmology

Doctor	Specialty
Alexander J. Brucker, MD	Retinal disorders, retina/vitreous­ surgery, macular degeneration.
Roberta E. Gausas, MD	Orbital surgery, eye and eyelid reconstructive surgery.
Stephen E. Orlin, MD	Cataract surgery, corneal disease and surgery, refractive surgery.

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Orthopaedic Surgery

Doctor	Specialty
Richard A. Balderston, MD	Spinal surgery, spinal disc replacement.
Arthur R. Bartolozzi, MD	Sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery-knee, knee ligament reconstruction, shoulder surgery.
Robert E. Booth, Jr., MD	Knee replacement and revision.
Craig Israelite, MD	Knee replacement, hip replacement, arthroscopic surgery.
Frederick S. Kaplan, MD	Bone disorders-metabolic, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive (FOP), progressive osseous heteroplasia (POH).
John D. Kelly, IV, MD	Sports medicine, musculoskeletal disorders, rotator cuff surgery.
Richard D. Lackman, MD, FACS	Bone cancer, sarcoma, limb sparing surgery.
Keith L. Wapner, MD	Foot and ankle surgery, tendon surgery, arthritis.

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Otolaryngology

Doctor	Specialty
Soo Kim Abboud, MD	Sjogren's syndrome, thyroid cancer, head and neck cancer, endoscopic sinus surgery.
Ara A. Chalian, MD	Head and neck cancer, head and neck reconstruction, thyroid cancer, reconstructive surgery.
Oren Friedman, MD	Facial plastic surgery, rhinoplasty, facial paralysis, trauma.
David W. Kennedy, MD	Sinus disorders/surgery, skull base tumors and surgery, minimally invasive surgery, esthesioneuroblastoma.
Natasha Mirza, MD	Vocal cord disorders, voice disorders, laryngeal disorders, swallowing disorders.
Bert W. O'Malley, Jr., MD	Head and neck cancer, sinus tumors, skull base tumors, robotic surgery.
Erica R. Thaler, MD	Apnea/robotic surgery, thyroid surgery, sinus disorders/surgery.
Gregory S. Weinstein, MD, FACS	Head and neck cancer, laryngeal cancer.

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Pathology

Doctor	Specialty
Adam Bagg, MD	Hematopathology, leukemia and lymphoma, myelodysplastic syndromes.
John J. Brooks, MD, FRCPath	Tumor pathology, sarcoma, bone and soft tissue pathology.
Franz Fogt, MD	Gastrointestinal pathology, ophthalmic pathology.
Virginia A. LiVolsi, MD	Endocrine cancers, thyroid cancer, gynecologic cancer.

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Pediatrics

Doctor	Specialty
MaryAnn B. McSorley, MD	Developmental disorders.

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Plastic Surgery

Doctor	Specialty
Scott P. Bartlett, MD	Craniofacial surgery/reconstruction, cosmetic surgery-face, reconstructive surgery-face, pediatric plastic surgery.
Louis P. Bucky, MD	Cosmetic surgery-face, cosmetic surgery-breast, liposuction, breast reconstruction, rhinoplasty.
Benjamin Chang, MD	Hand surgery, melanoma, microsurgery.
L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS	Reconstructive microvascular surgery, microsurgery.
David W. Low, MD	Microsurgery, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, vascular malformations, cleft palate/lip.
Joseph M. Serletti, MD, FACS	Breast reconstruction, reconstructive surgery, cosmetic surgery.

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Psychiatry

Doctor	Specialty
Steven E. Arnold, MD	Alzheimer's disease.
Edward S. Brodkin, MD	Autism.
Michael Edward Thase, MD	Anxiety and mood disorders, psychopharmacology, depression.

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Pulmonary Disease

Doctor	Specialty
Vivek Ahya, MD	Transplant medicine-lung, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM).
Jason D. Christie, MD, MS	Transplant medicine-lung, critical care.
Joel L. Deitz, MD	Respiratory failure, chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), cough.
John H. Hansen-Flaschen, MD	Diagnostic problems, interstitial lung disease, chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD).
Robert M. Kotloff, MD	Transplant medicine-lung, lung disease-complex, interstitial lung disease.
Maryl Kreider, MD, MSCE	Interstitial lung disease, sarcoidosis, beryllium-induced lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis.
Allan I. Pack, MD, PhD	Sleep disorders/apnea.
Harold I. Palevsky, MD	Pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary vascular disease, thromboembolic disorders, pulmonary embolism.
Milton D. Rossman, MD	Beryllium-induced lung disease, sarcoidosis, interstitial lung disease.
Richard J. Schwab, MD, DABSM	Sleep disorders/apnea.
Daniel Sterman, MD	Interventional pulmonology, lung cancer, mesothelioma, gene therapy.
Gregory Tino, MD	Emphysema-lung volume reduction, interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD).

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Radiation Oncology

Doctor	Specialty
Gary M. Freedman, MD	Breast cancer.
Stephen M. Hahn, MD	Lung cancer, prostate cancer, sarcoma, photodynamic therapy.
James Metz, MD	Gastrointestinal cancer, brachytherapy.
Robert G. Prosnitz, MD, MPH	Breast cancer.

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Reproductive Endocrinology

Doctor	Specialty
Christos Coutifaris, MD, PhD	Infertility-IVF, fertility preservation in cancer, polycystic ovarian syndrome.
Steven J. Sondheimer, MD	Infertility-­female.

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Rheumatology

Doctor	Specialty
Frederick B. Vivino, MD, FACR	Sjögren's syndrome.
Joan M. Von Feldt, MD	Lupus/SLE, rheumatoid arthritis.

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Sports Medicine

Doctor	Specialty
Brian J. Sennett, MD	Arthroscopic surgery, cartilage damage, sports injuries.

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Surgery

Doctor	Specialty
Brian J. Czerniecki, MD, PhD	Breast cancer and surgery, sentinel node surgery, melanoma.
Daniel T. Dempsey, MD	Gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopic surgery, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), esophageal surgery.
Jeffrey A. Drebin, MD, PhD, FACS	Pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, biliary cancer, gastrointestinal cancer.
Douglas L. Fraker, MD	Melanoma, endocrine tumors, liver cancer, sarcoma.
Matt L. Kirkland, MD, FACS	Gastrointestinal surgery, cancer surgery, obesity/bariatric surgery.
Kenric M. Murayama, MD, FACS	Gastrointestinal surgery, minimally invasive surgery, obesity/bariatric surgery.
Kim M. Olthoff, MD	Transplant-liver-adult and pediatric, liver and biliary surgery, liver cancer.
Dahlia Sataloff, MD	Breast cancer, breast disease.
Abraham Shaked, MD, PhD	Transplant surgery, transplant-liver, hepatobiliary surgery.
Julia C. Tchou, MD, PhD	Breast cancer, breast disease, breast cancer risk assessment.

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Thoracic Surgery

Doctor	Specialty
Michael A. Acker, MD	Transplant-heart, ventricular assist device (LVAD), coronary artery surgery, heart valve surgery.
Joseph E. Bavaria, MD	Aortic surgery, heart valve surgery.
Joel D. Cooper, MD, FACS, FRCS	Transplant-lung, emphysema-lung volume reduction, lung surgery.
Joseph S. Friedberg, MD	Mesothelioma, pleural disease, lung cancer, thoracic cancers.
W. Clark Hargrove, III, MD	Mitral valve robotic surgery, heart valve surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
John C. Kucharczuk, MD	Lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mesothelioma, mediastinal tumors.
Vincent E. Lotano, MD	Lung surgery, lung cancer, minimally invasive surgery.
Taine T.V. Pechet, MD	Lung cancer, lung surgery, video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), palliative care.
Alberto Pochettino, MD	Aneurysm-thoracic aortic, transplant-lung, left ventricular assist device (LVAD), heart valve surgery, adult congenital.
Wilson Y. Szeto, MD	Thoracic aortic surgery, heart valve disease, ventricular assist device (VAD), endovascular stent graft.
Y. Joseph Woo, MD	Minimally invasive cardiac surgery, robotic cardiac surgery, aneurysm-thoracic aortic, mitral valve robotic surgery.

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Urology

Doctor	Specialty
David I. Lee, MD	Prostate cancer/robotic surgery, laparoscopic surgery.
S. Bruce Malkowicz, MD	Prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, gene therapy.
Keith N. Van Arsdalen, MD	Infertility-male, kidney stones, urologic cancer, vasectomy reversal.

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Vascular & Interventional Radiology

Doctor	Specialty
Richard Shlansky-Goldberg, MD	Uterine fibroid embolization, varicocele embolization, pelvic congestion syndrome.
Michael C. Soulen, MD	Liver cancer/chemoembolization, kidney cancer, radiofrequency tumor ablation.
S. William Stavropoulos, MD	Radiofrequency tumor ablation, uterine fibroid embolization, varicocele embolization.
Scott O. Trerotola, MD	Uterine fibroid embolization, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, varicocele embolization.

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Vascular Surgery

Doctor	Specialty
Keith D. Calligaro, MD	Aneurysm-abdominal and thoracic aortic, carotid artery disease, renal artery stenosis.
Matthew J. Dougherty, MD	Endovascular stent grafts, aneurysm.
Ronald M. Fairman, MD	Aneurysm­-aortic, peripheral vascular disease, carotid artery surgery, aneurysm-abdominal and thoracic aortic.
Michael A. Golden, MD	Endovascular therapy, vascular surgery.
Edward Y. Woo, MD	Aneurysm, endovascular surgery, aortic stent grafts, carotid artery surgery, peripheral vascular disease.

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