Choosing who you trust with your health is an important decision. While finding the right doctor might be tough, at VCU Health, we are proud to share that more than 240 of our team members have been recognized for their high-quality work in 87 specialties.

Virginia Business released its 2025 edition of ‘Virginia’s Top Doctors.’ The list includes a total of 1,423 providers who were nominated by their peers last year. Two doctors, Keyur Shah, M.D., chief of heart failure at VCU Health Pauley Heart Center, and Kathryn Holloway, M.D., director of the VCU Health’s Deep Brain Stimulation Program, were featured on the magazine’s cover for this year’s list.

With several major medical and health science schools in the commonwealth, there is steep competition to be recognized statewide. Virginia Commonwealth University’s premier health science schools are located on the same campus as VCU Medical Center, the only academic medical center in the region, so doctors in every stage of their careers are exposed to the latest innovations in patient care.

This year, Virginia Business added 27 new specialties to the list this year, including 18 new categories for pediatrics such as pediatric hematology oncology, pediatric neurology, and pediatric critical care medicine to name a few. This comes as Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU continues to expand access to high-quality care for our youngest patients at the Children’s Tower, a 16-story, state-of-the-art facility that spans a whole city block in downtown Richmond.

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Virginia Business featured Kathryn Holloway, M.D., director of the VCU Health’s Deep Brain Stimulation Program, and Keyur Shah, M.D., chief of heart failure at VCU Health Pauley Heart Center, on the front cover for this year’s January edition of the magazine. (Virginia Business)

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Meet Virginia’s Top Doctors from VCU Health:

Addiction Medicine

• F. Gerard Moeller, M.D.
• Brandon Wills, D.O., MS, FACEP, FACMT

Adolescent Medicine

•  Stephanie Crewe, M.D., MHS

Anesthesiology

• Ilia Brusilovsky, M.D.
• Alice Coombs, M.D.
• Andrew Chapman, M.D.
• Ronsard Daniel, M.D.
• Aaron Lim, M.D.
• Nirvik Pal, M.D.

Breast Surgery

• Kandace P. McGuire, M.D.
• Harry Bear, M.D., Ph.D.

Cardiology

• Richard H. Cooke, M.D.
• Kenneth Ellenbogen, M.D.
• Gautham Kalahasty, M.D.
• Jordana Kron, M.D.
• Keyur B. Shah, M.D.
• Melissa C. Smallfield, M.D.
• Jeremy Turlington, M.D.

Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Anthony Cassano, M.D.
• Vigneshwar Kasirajan, M.D., FACS
• Mohammed A. Quader, M.D.
• Rachit D. Shah, M.D.

Colon and Rectal Surgery

• Jaime L. Bohl, M.D., FACS, FASCRS
• Stephen Sharp, M.D.
• Emily Rivet, M.D.
• Nicole Wieghard, M.D., FACS, FASCRS

Dermatology

• Justin Haught, M.D.
• Kimberly S. Salkey, M.D.

Diagnostic Radiology

• Priti Shah, M.D.

Emergency Medicine

• Taruna Aurora, M.D.
• Harinder Dhindsa, M.D., M.P.H.
• Venkata Ramana Freeser, M.D.
• Shannon Walsh, M.D.
• Peter Moffett, M.D.
• Jessica Morton, M.D.
• Pawan Suri, M.D.

Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism

• Edmond P. Wickham, M.D., FAAP
• Trang N. Le, M.D.

Family Medicine

• Giancarlo E. Pierantoni, M.D.
• Michael E. Pitzer, M.D.
• Mark Ryan, M.D.

Gastroenterology

• Stephen J. Bickston, M.D.
• Doumit BouHaidar, M.D.
• Scott C. Matherly, M.D.
• Richard K. Sterling, M.D.
• Ravi K. Vachhani, M.D.

General Surgery

• Michel Aboutanos, M.D.
• Rahul Anand, M.D.
• Levi Procter, M.D.
• Edgar Rodas, M.D.

Geriatric Medicine

• Peter Boling, M.D.
• Sarah Hobgood, M.D.

Hand Surgery

• Ilvy H. Cotterell, M.D.
• Jessica A. Frankenhoff, M.D.
• Jonathan E. Isaacs, M.D.

Hematology Oncology

• Erin Alesi, M.D.
• Vikrant Brar, M.D.
• Mary Helen Hackney, M.D.
• Asit Paul, M.D., Ph.D.
• Khalid Matin, M.D.
• Masey Ross, M.D.
• Andrew S. Poklepovic, M.D.

Infectious Disease

• Gonzalo M. Bearman, M.D.
• Michelle Doll, M.D.
• Jillian E. Raybould, M.D.
• Julia E. Reznicek, D.O.
• Sangeeta R. Sastry, M.D.
• Nicole Vissichelli, M.D.

Internal Medicine

• Amanda George, M.D., Ph.D.
• Danielle Johnson, M.D.
• Jeffrey T. Kushinka, M.D.
• Bennett B. Lee, M.D.
• Ravi Pilla, M.D.

Interventional Cardiology

• Zachary Gertz, M.D.
• Barbara D. Lawson, M.D.

Maternal and Fetal Medicine

• Ronald Ramus, M.D.
• Fidelma B. Rigby, M.D.

Nephrology

• Gaurav Gupta, M.D.
• Todd W. Gehr, M.D.
• Yahya Imran Fatani, M.D.
• Jason M. Kidd, M.D.
• Dhiren Kumar, M.D.

Neurology

• Leslie J Cloud, M.D.
• Warren Felton, M.D.
• Subhendu Rath, M.D.
• Gordon Smith, M.D., FAAN

Neurosurgery

• Brian M. Cameron, M.D.
• R. Scott Graham, M.D
• Kathryn Holloway, M.D.
• John F. Reavey-Cantwell, M.D.
• Ann M. Ritter, M.D.
• Gary W. Tye, M.D., FAANS

Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Aaron E. Goldberg, M.D.
• Jordan Hylton, D.O.
• Christine Isaacs, M.D.
• Nicole W. Karjane, M.D.
• Stephanie Lee, M.D.
• Sarah H. Milton, M.D., M.S.
• Amanda H. Ritter, M.D.

Ophthalmology

• Vikram Brar, M.D.
• William H. Benson, M.D.
• Jessica D. Randolph, M.D.
• Nikisha Q. Richards, M.D.

Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery

• A. Omar Abubaker, D.M.D.
• Vickas Agarwal, DDS, M.D.
• George Deeb, DDS, M.D.
• Shravan Renapurkar, DMD
• Robert A Strauss, DDS, M.D.
• Samuel Tack, DDS, M.D.

Orthopedic Surgery

• Gregory F. Domson, M.D.
• Jeremy A. Ross, M.D.
• Jibanananda Satpathy, M.D.
• Jennifer L. Vanderbeck, M.D.

Orthopedics

• Gregory J. Golladay, M.D.
• Stephen L. Kates, M.D.
• Seth Schweitzer, DPM
• Emily Wehman, DPM
• Wilhelm A. Zuelzer, M.D.

Otolaryngology Ear Nose Throat

• Laurence DiNardo, M.D.
• Evan R. Reiter, M.D.

Pain Management

•  Nicolas Maxymiv, D.O.

Pathology

• Susan Roseff, M.D.
• Kimberly Sanford, M.D.
• Steven Smith, M.D., Ph.D.

Pediatric Allergy Immunology

• Santosh Kumar, M.D., FAAAAI, FACAAI
• Wei Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., FAAAAI, FACAAI

Pediatric Anesthesiology

• Arkadiy Dubovoy, M.D.
• James Dore, M.D.
• Jay Shapiro, M.D., DABA, FAAP

Pediatric Cardiology

• Dilli Bhurtel, M.D., MRCPCH
• Kerri A. Carter, M.D.
• Samuel L. Casella, M.D., MPH
• Scott D. Gullquist, M.D.
• Bradford R. McQuilkin, M.D.
• John R. Phillips, M.D.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

• Kara D. Greenfield, D.O.
• Nikki Miller Ferguson, D.O.
• Alia Marie Iqbal O'Meara, MD
• Mark Marinello, M.D.
• Duane Williams, M.D.

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

• Frank Petruzella, M.D.
• Christopher Woleben, M.D.

Pediatric Endocrinology

• Sarah G. Hensley, M.D.
• Bryce Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.

Pediatric Gastroenterology 

• Gisela Chelimsky, M.D.
• Kathleen A. Moyer, M.D.
• Flora K. Szabo, M.D., Ph.D.
• Narendra Vadlamudi, M.D., DCH, MRCPCH

Pediatric Hematology Oncology 

• Frances Austin, M.D.
• Marieka Helou, M.D., MPH
• India Yount Sisler, M.D.
• Jordyn Ramsey Griffin, M.D., MS

Pediatric Hospital Medicine

• Clifton Lee, M.D., FAAP, SFHM

Pediatric Infectious Disease

• David Friedel, M.D.
• William C. Koch, M.D.
• Suzanne R. Lavoie, M.D.

Pediatric Nephrology

• Timothy Bunchman, M.D.
• Megan Lo, M.D.

Pediatric Neurology

• Ewa Way, M.D.
• Amy D. Harper, M.D.

Pediatric Ophthalmology 

• Evan Silverstein, M.D.

Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery

• Victoria G. Kuester, M.D.
• Chester Sharps, M.D., M.B.A.

Pediatric Otolaryngology Ent

• Rajanya Shah Petersson, M.D., M.S., FACS
• Kelley M. Dodson, M.D.

Pediatric Palliative Care

• Kelly K. Lastrapes, M.D.
• Daniel Cannone, D.O., MS, FAAP

Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Eugenio A. Monasterio, M.D.
• Olivier Rolin, M.D., Ph.D.

Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

• Jennifer L. Rhodes, M.D., FACS, FAAP

Pediatric Pulmonology 

• Andrew " Drew" Barber, M.D.
• Michael S. Schechter, M.D., MPH
• Jonathan T. Ma, M.D.
• Judith Voynow, M.D.

Pediatric Radiology

• Gregory Vorona, M.D.

Pediatric Rheumatology

• Sarah Hoffmann, M.D.

Pediatric Surgery

• Laura A. Boomer, M.D., FACS, FAAP
• Charles E. Bagwell, M.D.
• Jeffrey Haynes, M.D., FACS, FAAP
• Patricia A. Lange, M.D.
• David Lanning, M.D., Ph.D.
• Claudio Oiticica, M.D.
• Jason Sulkowski, M.D.

Pediatric Urology

• C.D. Anthony Herndon, M.D., FAAP, FACS

Pediatrics General

• Tiffany N. Kimbrough, M.D.
• Sean O. McKenna, M.D.
• Niran Romesh Wijesooriya, M.D.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• David Cifu, M.D.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

• Tae Woon Chong, M.D.
• Michael Feldman, M.D.
• Paschalia Mountziaris, M.D., Ph.D.

Psychiatry

• Melissa Bui, M.D.
• James Levenson, M.D.

Pulmonology

• Lisa Brath, M.D.
• Daniel C. Grinnan, M.D.
• Catherine E. Grossman, M.D.
• Sammy Pedram, M.D.
• R. Wes Shepherd, M.D.

Radiation Oncology

• Douglas W. Arthur, M.D.
• Emma C. Fields, M.D.
• Timothy Harris, M.D., Ph.D.
• Monica M. Morris, M.D.
• Bridget Quinn, M.D.
• Alfredo Urdaneta, M.D.
• Elisabeth Weiss, M.D.

Radiology

• Jill Bruno, D.O.
• Ann S. Fulcher, M.D.
• Leila Rezai Gharai, M.D.
• John Grizzard, M.D.
• Mark Parker, M.D.
• Brian Strife, M.D.

Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

• Richard S. Lucidi, M.D.

Rheumatology

• Beth Rubinstein, M.D.
• Nehal R. Shah, M.D.
• Huzaefah J. Syed, M.D.
• Christopher M. Wise, M.D.

Sleep Medicine

• Samuel Taylor, M.D., MS

Spine Surgery

• Ricky J. Placide, M.D.
• Bruce E. Mathern, M.D.

Sports Medicine

• Mary E. Caldwell, D.O.
• Seth A. Cheatham, M.D.
• Douglas Cutter, M.D.

Surgical Oncology

• Amelia Grover, M.D.
• Leopoldo Fernandez, M.D.
• Raphael Louie, M.D., MPH

Urology

• Georgi Guruli, M.D., Ph.D.
• Lance Hampton, M.D.
• Adam Klausner, M.D.
• J. Tyler Roseman, M.D.

Vascular Surgery

• Francisco Albuquerque, M.D.
• Robert A. Larson, M.D.
• Mark Levy, M.D.
• Daniel Newton, M.D.

Weight Loss Surgery

• Jennifer L. Salluzzo, M.D., FACS