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CHoR docs among the best in Richmond magazine’s 2018 ‘Top Docs’ list
April 02, 2018
CHoR docs among the best in Richmond magazine’s 2018 ‘Top Docs’ list

    Each year Richmond magazine asks doctors in Central Virginia to nominate fellow ‘Top Docs’ in the region. They’re asked to think about which local care providers they would visit themselves or recommend to family members. An extraordinary 78 of our CHoR physicians and surgeons made the 2018 list!

    “I am proud to see so many of our physicians and surgeons named Top Docs by their peers,” said Elias Neujahr, CEO of CHoR. “We have an incredible team at CHoR – and we’re growing. Last year 68 of our colleagues were named in the survey, and I’m proud to say many of our new faculty are now ranked among the best. We are dedicated to advancing children’s health – and we do so by growing our people, programs and places to meet the needs of kids and families in our community.”

    Special honors

    The magazine also recognized two CHoR health care leaders with special honors.

    Suzanne Britt, director of the Children’s Pavilion, was called, “a tireless advocate for children’s health, for the physicians and providers in our department, a leader in the field.” Britt not only ensures that everything is running smoothly today, but she looks to the future to meet the health care needs of our community moving forward. “It’s all worth it when we see the end result of quality, family-friendly services and facilities,” said Britt. “There are many hands and hearts involved in our team and I feel privileged to be among them.”

    Dr. Robin Foster, director of the Child Protection Team was recognized for leading the charge to care for nearly 1,000 abused and neglected children across the state.

    “Robin is always the one at the table saying, ‘What else can we do?’ said Jeanine Harper, executive director of Stop Child Abuse Now. “When you’re talking about a child who’s been sexually abused or a child who has been injured due to physical abuse or neglect – it kind of doesn’t get much harder than that,” Harper said. “Robin lives in the deep end of that work.”

    Foster told Richmond Magazine, “In my 20-plus years with the child abuse team, I’ve seen children who have been chronically abused and neglected in their environment for years. And once those children are provided a protected environment, I’ve seen them knock everyone’s socks off in terms of what they’ve been able to accomplish…to be able to have the privilege of being the person who helped advocate for those children and tried to get them into an environment where that can happen is the best job in the world.”

    ‘Top Docs’

    Take a look below to see if you recognize any of CHoR’s ‘Top Docs’. Click on the docs’ names to view their full bios.
    *Denotes doctor who received the most votes in category.

    For the complete list, pick up a copy of the April issue of Richmond magazine.

    Jennifer Accardo*
    Neurodevelopmental/Behavioral Pediatrics 

    Pasquale Accardo
    Neurodevelopmental/Behavioral Pediatrics

    Cheryl Al-Mateen
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 

    Charles Bagwell
    Surgery 

    Justin Brockbank*
    Sleep Medicine 

    Richard Brookman
    Adolescent Medicine 

    Timothy Bunchman*
    Nephrology

    Kerri Carter
    Cardiology 

    Daniel Coelho
    Otolaryngology 

    Adrian Cotterell
    Transplant Surgery

    Stephanie Crewe*
    Adolescent Medicine

    Kelley Dodson*
    Otolaryngology 

    John Edmondson*
    Urology 

    Nenita Estrera
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

    Robin Foster*
    Child Abuse, Emergency Medicine

    David J. Friedel
    Infectious Diseases

    Martin Graham
    Gastroenterology 

    Scott D. Gullquist
    Cardiology

    Anshu Gupta
    Endocrinology

    Amy Harper
    Neurology 

    Jeffrey H. Haynes
    Surgery 

    Marieka Helou
    Hematology/Oncology

    Karen Hendricks-Munoz*
    Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

    Tony Herndon
    Urology

    Sarah E. Hoffmann*
    Rheumatology

    Anne-Marie Irani*
    Allergy/Immunology

    Susan Jones
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

    William C. Koch
    Infectious Diseases 

    Victoria G. Kuester*
    Sports Medicine and Surgery

    Santhosh Kumar
    Allergy/Immunology

    Patricia Lange
    Surgery 

    David A. Lanning*
    Surgery

    Kelly Lastrapes
    Palliative and Hospice Care 

    Suzanne R. Lavoie
    Infectious Diseases 

    Clifton C. Lee*
    Hospital Medicine

    Marlon F. Levy*
    Transplant Surgery 

    Ray Lewandowski*
    Genetics

    Megan Lo
    Nephrology

    Jessica Malloy*
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

    David Marcello
    Hospital Medicine 

    Mark Marinello
    Pediatric Intensive Medicine 

    Beth C. Marshall*
    Infectious Diseases 

    Gita V. Massey*
    Hematology/Oncology 

    Sean McKenna*
    General Pediatrics

    Eugenio Monasterio
    Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 

    Russell Moores
    Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

    Lawrence D. Morton*
    Neurology

    William Moskowitz*
    Cardiology 

    Claudio Oiticica
    Surgery

    Melinda Penn*
    Endocrinology 

    Rajanya S. Petersson
    Otolaryngology 

    Sanjai Rao
    Neurology

    Trevor Reichman
    Transplant Surgery

    Jennifer Rhodes*
    Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery
    Surgical Specialist 

    Bruce K. Rubin
    Pulmonology

    Michael Ryan
    Hospital Medicine 

    Howard (Joel) Schmidt*
    Pulmonology 

    Syndi Seinfeld
    Neurology

    Bill Shaw*
    Sports Medicine

    Laurie Shinn
    Dermatology

    Jonathan Silverman
    Emergency Medicine 

    India Y. Sisler
    Hematology/Oncology

    Flora Szabo
    Gastroenterology 

    Jean E. Teasley*
    Neurology, Palliative and Hospice Care

    Gary Tye*
    Neurosurgery
    Surgical Specialist

    Narendra Vadlamudi*
    Gastroenterology

    Gregory Vorona
    Diagnostic Radiology

    Judith Voynow
    Pulmonology

    Brant Ward
    Allergy/Immunology

    Ed Trey Wickham
    Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

    Christina M. Wiedl
    Hematology/Oncology

    Niran (Romesh) Wijesooriya
    General Pediatrics

    Duane Williams*
    Pediatric Intensive Medicine

    Douglas Willson
    Pediatric Intensive Medicine

    Chris Woleben
    Emergency Medicine

    Nina Xiao
    Nephrology

    Thomas Yeh
    Surgical Specialist

    Wei Zhao 
    Allergy/Immunology

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