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2025 Castle Connolly Top Doctors®

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The Department of Medicine is proud to announce that 168 of our faculty have been selected for the 2025 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® list.

The Top Doctors® selection process is entirely merit-based. Doctors cannot pay to be listed. These doctors are best-in-class healthcare providers, embodying excellence in clinical care as well as interpersonal skills. More information can be found at the Top Doctors® website. This list is also published every August by St. Louis Magazine.

Please note that we receive this list annually in July, so anyone honored outside of that timeframe needs to self-report at dom.media@wustl.edu to update this list.

Divisions

Allergy and Immunology

Khaled Abdel-Hamid, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Maya Jerath, MD, PhD
Professor
Jeremy Katcher, MD
Assistant Professor
Jennifer Monroy, MD
Associate Professor
Aaron Ver Heul, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Bone and Mineral Diseases

James Avery, MD
Associate Professor

Cardiovascular Diseases

Richard Bach, MD, FACC
Professor 
Dr. Alan Braverman
Alan Braverman, MD, FACC
Alumni Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases
Angela Brown, MD
Professor
Daniel Cooper, MD
Professor
Sharon Cresci, MD
Sharon Cresci, MD
Professor
Phillip Cuculich, MD
Phillip Cuculich, MD
Professor
Victor G. Davila-Roman, MD, FACC, FASE
Victor Davila-Roman, MD, FACC, FASE Professor
Gregory Ewald, MD, FACC
Professor
Mitchell Faddis, MD, PhD
Professor
Edward Geltman, MD
Professor
Marye Gleva, MD
Professor
Justin Hartupee, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Farhan Katchi, MD, FACC
Associate Professor
Andrew Kates, MD, FACC
Professor
John Lasala, MD, PhD, FACC, MSCAI
Professor
Kory Lavine, MD, PhD
Kory Lavine, MD, PhD
Professor
Majesh Makan, MD, FACC, FASE
Professor
Douglas Mann, MD
Ada L. Steininger Professorship in Cardiology
Christian McNeely, MD Assistant Professor
Mitchell
Joshua Mitchell, MD, MSCI, FACC, FICOS
Associate Professor
Jonathan Moreno, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Sumanth Prabhu, MD
Lewin Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases
Nishath Quader, MD
Professor
Michael Rich, MD
Professor
Justin Sadhu, MD, MPHS
Professor
Joel Schilling, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Jasvindar Singh, MD, FACC
Professor
Marc Sintek, MD
Associate Professor
Timothy Smith, D Phil, MD
Professor
Sandeep Sodhi, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor
Prashanth Thakker, MD, MHPE, FACC, FSCAI
Assistant Professor
Justin Vader, MD
Professor
Amanda Verma, MD
Associate Professor
Alan Zajarias, MD
Professor

Dermatology

Milan Anadkat, MD
Professor
Lynn Cornelius, MD
Winfred and Emma Showman Professor of Dermatology
M. Laurin Council, MD
M. Laurin Council, MD, MBA
Professor
Caroline Mann, MD
Professor
Ann Martin, MD
Associate Professor
Ilana Rosman, MD
Professor
M. Slade Stratton, MD, FAAD
Assistant Professor

Endocrinology/Metabolism/Lipid Research

Thomas J. Baranski, MD, PhD
Thomas Baranski, MD, PhD
Professor
Kim Carmichael, MD, FACP
Professor
Nicole Ducharme, DO
Assistant Professor
Anne Goldberg, MD
Professor
Cynthia Herrick, MD, FACP
Professor
Sina Jasim, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Marina Litvin, MD
Professor
Janet McGill, MD, MA, FACE, FACP
Professor
Amy Riek, MD
Professor
Maamoun Salam, MD
Associate Professor
Clay Semenkovich, MD Professor
Julie Silverstein, MD
Professor
Kelley Williams, MD
Assistant Professor
Naga Yalla, MD
Associate Professor

Gastroenterology

Osama Altayar, MD
Osama Altayar, MD
Associate Professor
Libby Blaney, MD
Associate Professor
Chien-Huan Chen, MD, PhD
Chien-Huan Chen, MD, PhD
Professor
Matthew Ciorba, MD
Professor of Medicine
Jeffrey Crippin, MD
Professor
Nicholas Davidson, MD, DSc
John E. and Adaline Simon Professor of Medicine
Dayna Early, MD
Professor
Fleckenstein
Jaquelyn Fleckenstein, MD
Professor
C. Prakash Gyawali, MD, MRCP
Professor
Elizabeth Huebner, MD
Associate Professor
Kevin Korenblat, MD
Professor
Vladimir Kushnir, MD
Professor
Sandeep Tripathy, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Jean Wang, MD, PhD
Professor

General Medicine & Geriatrics

David B. Carr, MD
Alan A and Edith L Wolff Professor of Geriatric Medicine
Brian F. Gage, MD, MSc
Professor

Hematology

Amber Afzal, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor
Morey Blinder, MD
Professor
Elaine M. Majerus, MD
Elaine Majerus, MD, PhD
Professor
Stephen Oh, MD, PhD
Stephen Oh, MD, PhD Professor
Sana Saif Ur Rehman, MD
Associate Professor
Kristen Sanfilippo, MD, MPHS
Associate Professor
Amy Zhou, MD
Associate Professor

Hospital Medicine

Rachel Bardowell, MD, FACP
Associate Professor
Matt Brinkmeier, MD Assistant Professor
Kathryn Filson, MD
Assistant Professor
Margo Girardi, MD, SFHM
Associate Professor
Martin Kerrigan, MD
Martin Kerrigan, MD
Associate Professor
Gina LaRossa, MD
Associate Professor
Patricia Litkowski, MD Assistant Professor
Robert Mahoney, MD, FACP, SFHM
Associate Professor
Nathan Martin, MD
Associate Professor

Infectious Diseases

Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH
Professor
Thomas Bailey, MD
Professor
Erik Dubberke, MD, MSPH
Professor
Nigar Kirmani, MD
Professor
Steven Lawrence, MD
Professor
William Powderly, MD
J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine
Rachel Presti, MD, PhD
Professor
Hilary E.L. Reno, MD, PhD
Professor

Nephrology

Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD
Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD
Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine
Patricia Kao, MD, MS
Patricia Kao, MD, MS
Professor
Tingting Li, MD, MSCI
Professor
Will Ross, MD, MPH Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine
Marcos Rothstein, MD Professor
Paul Scheel Jr., MD, MBA
Professor

Oncology

Camille Abboud, MD
Professor
Ramzi Abboud, MD
Assistant Professor
Foluso Ademuyiwa, MD, MPH, MSCI
Professor
Douglas Adkins, MD
Professor
George Ansstas, MD Associate Professor
George Ansstas, MD
Associate Professor
Nusayba Bagegni, MD Associate Professor
Maria Quintos Baggstrom, MD
Professor
Nancy Bartlett, MD
Koman Professor of Medical Oncology
Amanda Cashen, MD
Professor
Matthew Christopher, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Katherine Clifton, MD
Associate Professor
Zachary Crees, MD Assistant Professor
Andrew Davis, MD
Associate Professor
John DiPersio, MD, PhD Virginia E and Sam J Golman Professor
Ashley Frith, MD
Associate Professor
Armin Ghobadi, MD
Professor
Ramaswamy Govindan, MD
Anheuser Busch Endowed Chair in Medical Oncology
Patrick Grierson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Brett Herzog, MD, PhD Assistant Professor
Angela C. Hirbe, MD, PhD Assistant Professor
Angela Hirbe, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Meagan Jacoby, MD, PhD
Professor
Tanner Johanns, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Brad Kahl, MD
Professor
Jesse Keller, MD
Assistant Professor
Kian-Huat Lim, MD, PhD
Professor
Cynthia Ma, MD, PhD
Professor
Neha Mehta-Shah, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor
Daniel Morgensztern, MD
Professor
Iskra Pusic, MD
Professor
Lee Ratner, MD, PhD
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Oncology
Melissa Reimers, MD
Associate Professor
Anjali Rohatgi, MD, PhD Assistant Professor
Bruce Roth, MD
Professor
Keith Stockerl-Goldstein, MD
Professor
Rama Suresh, MD
Professor
Benjamin Tan, Jr., MD
Professor
Nikolaos Trikalinos, MD Associate Professor
Geoffrey Uy, MD
Professor
Brian Van Tine, MD, PhD
Professor
Ravi Vij, MD, MBA
Professor
Saiama Waqar, MD, MSCI
Professor
Jeffrey Ward, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mia Weiss, MD
Associate Professor

Palliative Medicine

Patrick White, MD, PhD, HMDC, FACP, FAAHPM
Professor

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Anderson
Adam Anderson, MD
Associate Professor
Murali Chakinala, MD Professor
James Krings, MD, MSCI Assistant Professor
Mary Clare McGregor, MD
Assistant Professor
Daniel Reynolds, MD Assistant Professor
Daniel Rosenbluth, MD Tracey C. and William J. Marshall Professor of Medicine
Tonya Russell, MD
Professor
Chad Witt, MD
Professor

Rheumatology

Colin Diffie, MD Associate Professor
Alfred Kim, MD, PhD Assistant Professor
Michael Paley, MD, PhD Assistant Professor
Parks
Deborah Parks, MD Professor
Prabha Ranganathan, MD, MSCI
Professor
Deepali Sen, MD Associate Professor
Aisha Shaikh, MD Associate Professor
Reema Syed, MD Professor
Lisa Zickuhr, MD, MHPE Associate Professor