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2025 Top Doctors: 80 UI Health Providers Recognized by Castle Connolly

Friday, February 7, 2025

Eighty UI Health physicians and surgeons across 39 specialties were recognized as Top Doctors for 2025 by consumer healthcare guide Castle Connolly.

Recognized providers are peer-nominated in a nationwide survey and vetted by a physician-led research team. According to Castle Connolly, these doctors “are best-in-class healthcare providers, embodying excellence in clinical care as well as interpersonal skills.” Recognized physicians also were featured among Chicago magazine’s “Top Docs in Cook County.”

The Castle Connolly 2025 Top Docs are:

Adolescent Medicine

Karen Bernstein

Allergy & Immunology

Andrea A. Pappalardo

Cardiology

Joan E. Briller
George T. Kondos

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Malek Massad

Child & Adolescent Psych

Edwin Cook
Kathleen M. Kelley

Colon & Rectal Surgery

Gerald Gantt Jr.
Anders F. Mellgren

Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics

Reshma Shah

Family Medicine

Mark C. Potter

Hematology

Damiano Rondelli

Infectious Diseases

Richard M. Novak

Internal Medicine

Reed Berger
Mark S. Kushner
Monica B. Vela

Interventional Radiology

James Bui
Charles E. Ray Jr.

Maternal & Fetal Medicine

Catalin S. Buhimschi

Medical Oncology

Lawrence E. Feldman

Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine

De-Ann M. Pillers

Nephrology

Anand Srivastava

Neurology

Michael Carrithers
Zulma Hernandez-Peraza

Neurosurgery

Fady T. Charbel
Sergey Neckrysh

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Tamika Alexander
Alexis Braverman

Ophthalmology

Ahmad Aref
Nathalie Azar
R.V. Paul Chan
Felix Y. Chau
M. Soledad Cortina
Jose J. De la Cruz
Ali Djalilian
Sandeep Jain
Jennifer Lim
Ann-Marie Lobo
William F. Mieler
Mark I. Rosenblatt
Pete Setabutr
Elmer Y. Tu
Thasarat S. Vajaranant

Orthopaedic Surgery

Maria Z. Siemionow

Otolaryngology

Stephanie A. Joe
Victoria S. Lee
Miriam Redleaf
Ari B. Rubenfeld
H. Steven Sims

Pediatric Allergy & Immunology

Lucy Park

Pediatric Endocrinology

Claudia Boucher-Berry

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Lewis Hsu
Mary Lou Schmidt

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Karen Hayani

Pediatric Neurology

Saba Ahmad

Pediatric Primary Care

Rachel N. Caskey
Amanda D. Osta

Plastic Surgery

David Erik Morris
Pravin Patel
Iliana E. Sweis

Pulmonary Disease

Steven Dudek
Min Joo
Kevin L. Kovitz
Sai Sailaja Sunkara

Radiology

Ukamaka Atueyi
Michael Bresler
Erin I. Neuschler
Nitu Saran
Shahrooz Sepahdari
Ejaz Shamim
Karen Xie

Radiation Oncology

Matthew Koshy
Christina Son

Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility

Frank Gonzalez

Rheumatology

Nadera J. Sweiss

Surgery

Enrico Benedetti

Surgical Oncology

Michael Warso

Urogynecology/Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery

William Kobak

Urology

Craig Niederberger

Vascular Surgery

Martin Borhani