42 University Hospital of Brooklyn Physicians Selected As “Top Doctors” By Leading Health Care Research And Ratings Company
Feb 15, 2019
BROOKLYN, NY – Forty-two University Hospital of Brooklyn physicians have been selected as “Top
Doctors” by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a top health care resource and ratings company
for health care consumers. To earn the title of Top Doctor, physicians must receive
nominations by their peers and be vetted by the physician-led research team. Castle
Connolly Top Doctors® are among the most highly sought-after medical professionals
in their communities.
“I am proud 42 of our physicians were included in this coveted list as Castle Connolly
Top Doctors,” said SUNY Downstate President Wayne J. Riley, M.D. “This designation reflects our commitment to delivering high quality patient care
and safety with world class expertise in various health specialties right here in
Brooklyn.”
The 42 doctors from University Hospital of Brooklyn are:
- Ovadia Abulafia, MD Gynecologic Oncology
- Sanjeev Agarawal, MD MS Pain Medicine
- Michael Augenbraun, MD Infectious Disease
- David Biro, MD, PhD, FAAD Dermatology
- Jeffrey Birnbaum, MD Adolescent Medicine
- Jeffrey Borer, MD Cardiovascular Disease
- Erdal Cavusoglu, MD Interventional Cardiology
- Carl Cohen, MD Geriatric Psychiatry
- Jeremy Coplan, MD Psychiatry
- Howard Crystal, MD Neurology
- James Deutsch, MD Ophthalmology
- Stella Douros, MD Ophthalmology
- Lisa Dresner, MD, FACS Surgery
- Alan Feit, MD Cardiovascular Disease
- Sharon Glick, MD Dermatology
- Arthur Grant, MD, PhD Neurology
- Christina Guillen, MD Pediatrics
- Matthew Hanson, MD Otolaryngology
- Rosemary Jackson, MD Pediatrics
- Devon John, MD Surgery
- Rauno Joks, MD Allergy & Immunology
- Ewa Koziorynska, MD Neurology
- Jessica Krant, MD, MPH Dermatology
- Steven Levine, MD Neurology
- Mariana Markell, MD Nephrology
- Jonathan Marmur, MD, FACC, FACP Interventional Cardiology
- Simon Rabinowitz, MD, PhD, FAAP Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Richard Rosenfeld, MD Otolaryngology
- Moro Salifu, MD, MBA, MPH, MACP Nephrology
- David Schwartz, MD Radiation Oncology
- Steven Schwarz, MD Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Alexander Schwartzman, MD, MBA, FACS Surgery
- Iuliana Shapira, MD Medical Oncology
- Gurinder Sidhu, MD Medical Oncology
- Daniel Siegel, MD Dermatology
- Steven Simon, MD Dermatology
- Edward Smith, MD Ophthalmology
- Arnold Strashun, MD Nuclear Medicine
- William Urban, FAAOS MD Orthopedic Surgery
- Maria-Anna Vastardi, MD Allergy & Immunology
- Shivakumar Vignesh, MD Gastroenterology
- Ramaswamy Viswanathan, MD Psychiatry
For more information on Castle Connolly’s “Top Doctors,” click here.
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About SUNY Downstate Medical Center
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, founded in 1860, was the first medical school in the United States to bring teaching out of the lecture hall and to the patient’s bedside. A center of innovation and excellence in research and clinical service delivery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center comprises a College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, a School of Graduate Studies, School of Public Health, University Hospital of Brooklyn, and a multifaceted biotechnology initiative including the Downstate Biotechnology Incubator and BioBAT for early-stage and more mature companies, respectively.
SUNY Downstate ranks twelfth nationally in the number of alumni who are on the faculty of American medical schools. More physicians practicing in New York City have graduated from SUNY Downstate than from any other medical school.