More than 300 Fairview and M Physicians doctors named Minnesota Monthly Top Docs 2026

More than 300 Fairview and University of Minnesota Physicians (M Physicians) doctors have earned a place on Minnesota Monthly's 2026 Top Doctors list, a recognition of the exceptional expertise they bring to our patients every day.

This year's honorees represent 75 specialties, including heart care, surgery, pediatrics, transplant medicine, neurosurgery, behavioral health, and women's health.

"What stands out about this recognition is the breadth of expertise available to patients across Fairview," said Jaya Kumar, MD, chief medical officer at Fairview. " From primary and specialty care to some of the most complex treatments available, these physicians bring deep expertise to patients while keeping the focus where it belongs: on the person in front of them."

Behind this excellence is the longstanding partnership between Fairview and M Physicians.

M Physicians is the faculty practice group for the University of Minnesota Medical School. In addition to providing patient care, these physicians help educate future clinicians and advance research and academic medicine.

Together, Fairview and M Physicians connect that academic expertise with care in communities across the region, giving patients access to a broad range of specialty and subspecialty expertise.

"The expertise of these incredible doctors is as deep as it is wide," said Greg Beilman, MD, CEO of M Physicians. "Their compassion for and commitment to their patients - our neighbors - extends to every county in Minnesota through our partners at Fairview. I am grateful for every one of our physicians, who are advancing care, clinical research and medical education for our state."

How Minnesota Monthly selects Top Doctors

Minnesota Monthly's annual Top Doctors list is based on peer nominations. The magazine surveys thousands of physicians in the Twin Cities metro area and Olmsted County, asking which doctors they would recommend to others within each specialty. Physicians receiving the most nominations are selected for the list.

2026 Minnesota Monthly Top Doctors

Browse Fairview and M Physicians doctors recognized this year by specialty below.

Addiction Medicine
Alexander Hubbell, MD

Adolescent Medicine
Nimi Singh, MD

Allergy & Immunology
Stephanie Fox, MD
John Moore, MD

Anesthesiology
Liliana Goelkel Garcia, MD
Susanne Rupert, MD
Aaron Andrew Berg, DO
Roberto Blanco Duarte, MD
Kumar Belani, MD

Breast Surgery
Ashley Zilles, DO
Jane Hui, MD
Todd Tuttle, MD
Sara Wildenberg, MD
Keith Wirth, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology
Henri Roukoz, MD

Cardiac Surgery
Stephen Huddleston, MD
Ranjit John, MD
Rosemary F. Kelly, MD
Andrew Shaffer, MD
Rochus Voeller, MD

Cardiology
Brent White, MD
S. Kimara March, MD
Tushar Vora, MD
Sasha Z. Prisco, MD
Marat Yanavitski, MD
Karl Foster-Smith, MD
Tamas Alexy, MD
Rebecca Cogswell, MD
Rajat Kalra, MD
Forum Kamdar, MD
Ganesh Raveendran, MD
Thenappan Thenappan, MD
Terrie-Ann Sanya Benjamin, MD
Andrea Elliott, MD

Cardiology - Pediatric
Gurumurthy Hiremath, MD
Erick Jimenez Granados, MD
Daniel Peck, MD
Nathan Rodgers, MD
Juan Samayoa Escobar, MD
Kavisha Shah, MD
Stacie Knutson, MD
Matthew Ambrose, MD
Jamie L. Lohr, MD

Colon & Rectal Surgery
Paolo Goffredo, MD
Amy J. Thorsen, MD
Elliot Arsoniadis, MD
Cyrus Jahansouz, MD
Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD
Wolfgang Gaertner, MD

Critical Care Medicine
Ronald Reilkoff, MD
Kathryn Pendleton, MD
Monica Campo Patino, MD

Critical Care Medicine - Pediatric
Brian Joy, MD
Gwenyth Fischer, MD
Miriam Shapiro, MD
Nicholas Brown, MD

Dermatology
Eamonn Maher, MD
David Pearson, MD
Brittney Schultz, MD
Kimberly Bohjanen, MD
Daniel Miller, MD

Dermatology - Pediatric
Kristen P. Hook, MD
Cynthia Nicholson, MD
Sheilagh Maguiness, MD
Ingrid Polcari, MD
Christina Boull, MD

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Andrew Barnes, MD
Katherine Murray, MD

Diagnostic Radiology
Benjamin Spilseth, MD
Jeffrey Ames, MD
Tadashi Allen, MD

Emergency Medicine - Pediatric
Kari Schneider, MD
Marissa A. Hendrickson, MD
Rahul Kaila, MD
Jeffrey Louie, MD

Endocrinology & Metabolism
Hind Alameddine, MD
Takako Araki, MD
Lynn Burmeister, MD
Lisa Chow, MD
Anne Bantle, MD
Tasma Harindhanavudhi, MD

Endocrinology & Metabolism - Pediatric
Arpana Rayannavar, MD
Bradley Miller, MD
Melena Bellin, MD
Jose Jimenez-Vega, MD
Brandon Nathan, MD

Family Medicine
Nicole Chaisson, MD
Eva Pesch, MD
Sara Johnson, MD
Kathryn Brown, MD
Kelsey Leonardsmith, MD
Patricia Adam, MD
Carrie Link, MD
Timothy Ramer, MD
Keri Bergeson, MD
Jon Hallberg, MD

Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Joshua Sloan, MD
Eugenia Shmidt, MD
Justin Howard, MD
Kimberly Viskocil, MD
Elizabeth Aby, MD
Thomas Leventhal, MD
Mary Thomson, MD
James Mallery, MD
Stuart Amateau, MD
Martin Freeman, MD
Guru Trikudanathan, MD
Byron Vaughn, MD

Gastroenterology & Hepatology - Pediatric
Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD
Heli Bhatt, MD
Vikram Christian, MD
Elissa Downs, MD
Aayush Gabrani, MD
Catherine Larson-Nath, MD

General Surgery
Geoffrey Fasen, MD
Matthew Robertson, MD
Kyle Wahlstrom, MD
Gregory Beilman, MD
Michael Galle, MD
Jeffrey Borut, DO
James McGreevy, MD

General Surgery - Pediatric
Randi Lassiter, MD
Robert Acton, MD
Daniel Saltzman, MD

Genetics
William Dobyns, MD
Chester Whitley, MD

Genetics - Pediatric
Susan A. Berry, MD
Nishitha Pillai, MD

Geriatric Medicine
James Pacala, MD

Gynecologic Oncology
Alexandra Schefter, MD
Andrea O'Shea, MD
Britt Erickson, MD
Melissa Geller, MD
Rahel Ghebre, MD
Colleen Rivard Hunt, MD
Deanna Teoh, MD
Sally Mullany, MD

Hand Surgery
Ann Van Heest, MD

Hematology
Greg Vercellotti, MD
Joan Beckman, MD
Marshall Mazepa, MD

Hematology - Pediatric
John Robert Leister, DO
Karim Thomas Sadak, MD
Alexander Boucher, MD

Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Drew Rosielle, MD

Hospital Medicine
Saurabh Gupta, MD
Brian Hilliard, MD
Andrew Phillip John Olson, MD

Hospital Medicine - Pediatric
Christina Russell, MD

Infectious Diseases
Archana Bhaskaran, MD
Winston Cavert, MD
Jo-Anne Young, MD
Aditya Chandorkar, MD
Karam Obeid, MD
Alison Galdys, MD
Anne-Marie Leuck, MD

Infectious Diseases - Pediatric
Shannon L. Andrews, MD
Shane McAllister, MD
Alice Lehman, MD
Laura E. Norton, MD

Internal Medicine
Heather Thompson, MD
Bradley Benson, MD
E. Kendahl Moser-Bleil, MD
Bhavjot Kaur, MD
Magdalena Kappelman, DO
Thomas Hauth, MD
David Macomber, MD
Mary Logeais, MD

Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Sarah Anne Wernimont, MD
Sabrina Burn, MD
Cresta Wedel Jones, MD
Bethany Ann Sabol, MD
Yasuko Yamamura, MD

Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery
Ian Maher, MD

Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
Johannah Scheurer, MD
Ellen Knoll Diego, MD
Katherine Satrom, MD
Erin Osterholm, MD
Sara Ramel, MD

Nephrology
Sabine Karam, MD
Sarah Elfering, MD
Patrick Nachman, MD

Nephrology - Pediatric
Shanthi Sree Balani, MD
Scott McEwen, MD
Michelle Rheault, MD
Anne Kouri, MD

Neurology
David Walk, MD
Sarah Benish, MD
Abby Metzler, MD
Allison Groenewold Ho, MD
Haitham Hussein, MD
Dongming Cai, MD
Oladi Bentho, MD
Margy McCullough-Hicks, MD
Christopher Streib, MD
Benjamin Miller, MD
William Mantyh, MD

Neurology - Pediatric
Amanda Moen, MD
Jessica Goldstein, MD
Peter Karachunski, MD
Laura Speltz, MD

Neurosurgery
Matthew Hunt, MD
Rohan Lall, MD
Andrew Grande, MD
Ramachandra Tummala, MD
Andrew Venteicher, MD

Neurosurgery - Pediatric
Daniel Guillaume, MD
Carolina Sandoval Garcia, MD

Obesity Medicine
Laurie Sund, MD
Kai Tuominen, MD
Nicholas St. Ores, MD
Claudia Fox, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Christy Boraas, MD
Suzanne Darnell, MD
Samantha Hoffman, MD
Sarah Hutto, MD
Mary Pukite, MD

Oncology
Anne Blaes, MD
Stuart Bloom, MD
Naomi Fujioka, MD
Kiran Lassi, MD

Oncology - Pediatric
Lucie Turcotte, MD
Peter Gordon, MD

Ophthalmology
Ali Mokhtarzadeh, MD
Michael Lee, MD
Joshua Olson, MD
Sandra Rocio Montezuma, MD
Andrew R. Harrison, MD

Ophthalmology - Pediatric
Sasha Strul, MD
Jill Anderson, MD
Raymond Areaux Jr., MD

Optometry
Melissa Caceres, OD
Christian Larson, OD
Cheryl Zabrowski Flogel, OD
Andrew Ritter, OD
Meredith Stallone, OD

Organ Transplant
Andrew Adams, MD
Raja Kandaswamy, MD

Organ Transplant - Pediatric
Srinath Chinnakotla, MD

Orthopedic Surgery
Bradley James Nelson, MD
Jeffrey Macalena, MD
Denis Clohisy, MD
Caitlin C. Chambers, MD
Edward Cheng, MD
Alicia Harrison, MD

Otolaryngology
Emiro Caicedo-Granados, MD
Sobia Khaja, MD
Holly Boyer, MD
Tina Chung-Ting Huang, MD
Ashok Jethwa, MD
Samir Khariwala, MD
Stephanie Misono, MD
Sofia Lyford-Pike, MD

Pain Management
Elena Averbakh, MD
Cody Tidwell, MD

Pathology
David Cartwright, MD
Mahmoud Khalifa, MD
Paari Murugan, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Florence John, MD
Mahmood Gharib, MD
Parisa Salehi, MD

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Thomas Suszynski, MD
Umar Choudry, MD
Peter Hilger, MD
Jenna Van Beck, MD

Podiatry
Anne Massey, DPM

Radiology
Zuzan Cayci, MD
Noelle Hoven, MD

Radiology - Pediatric
Tara Holm, MD
Kelly Dietz, MD
Michael Murati, MD
Eric Hoggard, MD

Respiratory/Pulmonary Care
David Morris Perlman, MD
Hyun Joo Kim, MD

Respiratory/Pulmonary Care - Pediatric
Dorothy Curran, MD
Samuel Goldfarb, MD
Erin McHugh, MD

Rheumatology
Jerry Molitor, MD
Parastoo Fazeli, MD

Rheumatology - Pediatric
Colleen Correll, MD
Danielle Bullock, MD
Patricia Hobday, MD
Mona Riskalla, MD
Bryce Binstadt, MD

Sleep Medicine
Conrad Iber, MD
Bimaje Akpa, MD
Michael Howell, MD

Sports Medicine
Sean Engel, MD
Rahul Kapur, MD
David Smith, DO
David Jewison, MD

Thoracic Surgery
Amit Bhargava, MD
Rafael Andrade, MD
Ilitch Diaz Gutierrez, MD
Madhuri Rao, MD

Urogynecology
Rahel Nardos, MD
Cynthia Fok, MD
Nissrine Nakib, MD

Urology
Joseph Pariser, MD
Michael Borofsky, MD
Joseph Zabell, MD
J. Kyle Anderson, MD
Sean Elliott, MD
Hamed Ahmadi, MD

Urology - Pediatric
Duong Tu, MD

Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Reza Talaie, MD
Siobhan Flanagan, MD