McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine 2013 Top Docs

The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine applauds its affiliated faculty members who were recently recognized by Pittsburgh Magazine. Each year the magazine commissions Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. to select top doctors on the national and regional levels. The physician-led research team identifies highly skilled, exceptional doctors by evaluating their medical education, training, and hospital appointments, and by surveying area hospital leaders and physicians.

This year 26 McGowan Institute affiliated faculty were recognized in the May issue of the magazine with three colleagues* receiving dual specialty acknowledgment. Congratulations are extended to:

Anesthesiology: Erin Sullivan, MD*

Cardiovascular Disease: David Schwartzman, MD

Critical Care Medicine: Derek Angus, MD, MPH, John Kellum, MD, FACP

Neurological Surgery: David Okonkwo, MD, PhD, Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD*

Ophthalmology: Joel Schuman, MD

Orthopedic Surgery: Freddie Fu, MD, James Kang, MD, Patrick McMahon, MD

Otolaryngology: Barry Hirsch, MD, Clark Rosen, MD, FACS

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Peter Wearden, MD, PhD, Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD

Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia: Erin Sullivan, MD

Pediatric Neurological Surgery: Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD

Pediatric Otolaryngology: Christopher Post, MD, PhD

Pediatric Surgery: George Mazariegos, MD

Pediatric Urology: Steven Docimo, MD*

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Michael Boninger, MD

Plastic Surgery: Ernest Manders, MD, Peter Rubin, MD

Surgery: Timothy Billiar, MD, Abhinav Humar, MD, Ron Shapiro, MD

Surgical Oncology: Michael Lotze, MD

Thoracic Surgery: Thomas Gleason, MD, James Luketich, MD, Steven Docimo, MD

In the magazine’s same issue, the specific patient-related efforts of Dr. Mazariegos and Catalin Toma, MD, were shared as remarkable tales of real-life medical drama right here in Pittsburgh. Read their stories here.

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