Nearly 400 Yale Medicine physicians were cited as “Top Doctors,” according to Connecticut Magazine’s 2026 list, released today.
The yearly list, created with the health research firm Castle Connolly, recognizes top physicians in Connecticut across many specialties as nominated by physician peers.
Castle Connolly researchers review nominees’ hospital and faculty appointments, research leadership, professional reputation, and patient outcomes to create a final list representing the top 7% of practicing physicians in the U.S.
“We are grateful to have hundreds of our clinicians honored for their hard work and dedication,” said Margaret McGovern, MD, PhD, CEO, Yale Medicine, deputy dean for Clinical Affairs, Yale School of Medicine, and executive vice president and chief physician officer, Yale New Haven Health System. “Yale Medicine specialists strive to bring the very best in clinical care to each of our patients, every day.”
The full list of Top Doctors for 2026 is available at Castle Connolly and Connecticut Magazine.
The 396 Yale Medicine physicians on the 2026 “Top Doctors” list include:
Sonya Abdel-Razeq – Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Christina R. Allen – Sports Medicine
Arik Alper – Pediatric Gastroenterology
Michael Alperovich – Plastic Surgery
Prasanna J. Ananth – Pediatric Hematology
Sarah Andiman – Urogynecology
Richard J. Antaya – Pediatric Dermatology
Danielle Antin-Ozerkis – Critical Care Medicine
Sible Antony – Pediatric Anesthesiology
Lydia Aoun-Barakat – Infectious Disease
Angela M. Arlen – Pediatric Urology
Paul Aronson – Pediatric Emergency Medicine
William Stuart Asch – Nephrology
Harry R. Aslanian – Gastroenterology
Andrea Asnes – Pediatrics
Jeremy Asnes – Pediatric Cardiology
David Nilson Assis – Gastroenterology
Marc Auerbach – Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Suman Baddam – Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Joachim Baehring – Neurology
Mert O. Bahtiyar – Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Christine Bakhoum – Pediatric Nephrology
Nitya Bakshi – Pediatric Hematology
Allen E. Bale – Clinical Genetics
Cristiana Baloescu – Emergency Medicine
Nigel S. Bamford – Child Neurology
Trevor Banack – Anesthesiology
Andrea L. Barbieri – Pathology
Wendy Brooks Barr – Family Medicine
Stacey A. Bass – Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Carl R. Baum – Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Cheyenne Beach – Pediatric Cardiology
Kirsten Bechtel – Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Elizabeth Berger – Surgical Oncology
Iman Berrahou – Obstetrics & Gynecology
Mark S. Bianchi – Otolaryngology
Kevin G. Billingsley – Surgical Oncology
Justin D. Blasberg – Thoracic Surgery
Mark Blitzer – Cardiac Electrophysiology
Michael H. Bloch – Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Jean L. Bolognia – Dermatology
D. Barry Boyd – Medical Oncology
Glenn Brady – Anesthesiology
Ursula Constant Brewster – Nephrology
Joseph M. Brito – Urology
Nina Noa Brodsky – Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Richard A. Bronen – Neuroradiology
Carly B. Brown – Internal Medicine
Martina Brueckner – Pediatric Cardiology
Christie J. Bruno – Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Thomas M. Buckley – Urology
Christopher Bunick – Dermatology
Paris D. Butler – Plastic Surgery
Justin C. Cahill – Emergency Medicine
Cary A. Caldwell – Gastroenterology
Craig A. Canapari – Pediatric Pulmonology
Michael Cappello – Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Kathleen M. Cardinale – Child Neurology
Michael G. Caty – Pediatric Surgery
Ho-Choong Chang – Pediatrics
Laura Chen – Pediatric Pulmonology
Lei Chen – Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Veronica Chiang – Neurological Surgery
Keith Adam Choate – Dermatology
Alex Choi – Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Jessica H. Chow – Ophthalmology
Sean R. Christensen – Dermatology
Emily Christison–Lagay – Pediatric Surgery
Geoffrey Chupp – Pulmonary Disease
Jeffrey Cohen – Dermatology
Miriam S. Cohen – Pediatrics
Paul Jay Cohen – Pathology
Michael K. Cohenuram – Medical Oncology
John W. Colberg – Urology
Daniel Cooperman – Orthopaedic Surgery
Joshua A. Copel – Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Kathleen J. Corbin – Pediatric Rheumatology
Joshua Cornman-Homonoff – Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Mihaela R. Costin - Anesthesiology
Robert A. Cowles - Pediatric Surgery
Shawn E. Cowper - Pathology
Ashley Cozzo - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Christine Crana - Pediatric Nephrology
Sarah N. Cross - Maternal & Fetal Medicine
William Damsky - Dermatology
Kimberly Davis - Surgery
Brian M. DeBroff - Ophthalmology
Luciano V. Del Priore - Ophthalmology
Alexander DelVecchio - Cardiac Electrophysiology
Anna D. Denoble - Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Hari Deshpande - Medical Oncology
Deborah D. Desir - Rheumatology
Katherine A. DeStefano - Neurology
Frank C. Detterbeck - Thoracic Surgery
Jill Deutsch - Gastroenterology
Magna Dias - Pediatrics
Michael L. DiLuna - Neurological Surgery
Gabriele DiLuozzo - Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
James M. Dodington - Pediatric Emergency Medicine
John P. Donahue - Diagnostic Radiology
Kenneth Donohue - Orthopaedic Surgery
Robert Doody - Anesthesiology
Carol L. Dorfman - Pediatrics
Kevin L. Du - Radiation Oncology
Andrew J. Duffy - Surgery
Richard L. Edelson - Dermatology
Marie Egan - Pediatric Pulmonology
Lauren Ehrlich - Pediatric Radiology
Anna Eisenstein - Dermatology
Peter J. Ellis - Internal Medicine
Matthew S. Ellman - Internal Medicine
Sandra Escalera - Pediatric Gastroenterology
Erin Faherty - Pediatric Cardiology
Edward Vincent Faustino - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Rima L. Fawaz - Pediatric Gastroenterology
Ada Fenick - Pediatrics
Dina Ferdman - Pediatric Cardiology
Ian D. Ferguson - Pediatric Rheumatology
David Fiellin - Addiction Medicine
Adeniyi Fisayo - Neurology
Neal A. Fischbach - Medical Oncology
Rosemarie Louise Fisher - Gastroenterology
Aron Flagg - Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Maryellen Flaherty-Hewitt - Pediatrics
Noa Fleiss - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Kathryn Fletcher - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Julie D. Flom - Allergy & Immunology
Richard N. Formica - Nephrology
John K. Forrest - Interventional Cardiology
Francine M. Foss - Medical Oncology
David Frankfurter - Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
Corinna C. Franklin - Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Gary E. Friedlaender - Orthopaedic Surgery
Alan H. Friedman - Pediatric Cardiology
Lloyd N. Friedman - Pulmonary Disease
David Frumberg - Orthopaedic Surgery
Jill K. Gaidos - Gastroenterology
Elizabeth C. Gardner - Orthopaedic Surgery
Jaime Gerber - Cardiovascular Disease
Scott Gettinger - Medical Oncology
Fed Ghali - Urology
Arianna L. Gianakos - Orthopaedic Surgery
Karen E. Gibbs - Surgery
Michael Girardi - Dermatology
John S. Giuliano - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Daniel Glaser - Pediatric Rheumatology
Michael Goldman - Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Maryam Gondal - Nephrology
Cheryl K. Gooden - Pediatric Anesthesiology
Julie Goodwin - Pediatric Nephrology
Sonia M. Gordon-Dole - Rheumatology
Matthew Grant - Infectious Disease
Jonathan N. Grauer - Orthopaedic Surgery
Jason H. Greenberg - Pediatric Nephrology
Rachel A. Greenup - Surgical Oncology
Matthew R. Grossman - Pediatrics
Daniel Guevara-Pineda - Nephrology
Jasmine Gujral - Pediatric Endocrinology
Shruti Gupta - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Raul J. Guzman - Vascular Surgery
David A. Hafler - Neurology
Andrew Haims - Diagnostic Radiology
Andrea Halim - Hand Surgery
Roy S. Herbst - Medical Oncology
David G. Hesse - Urology
Susan A. Higgins - Radiation Oncology
Monique E. Hinchcliff - Rheumatology
Lawrence Hirsch - Neurology
Adam Benjamin Hittelman - Pediatric Urology
Daniela Hochreiter - Pediatrics
Mary Jane Hogan - Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Shyoko Honiden - Pulmonary Disease
Christopher J. Howes - Interventional Cardiology
F. Ida Hsu - Allergy & Immunology
Pamela P. Hu - Pediatric Endocrinology
Michelle L. Hughes - Gastroenterology
Sarah Hull - Cardiovascular Disease
Kenneth Hung - Gastroenterology
Suguru Imaeda - Dermatology
Silvio E. Inzucchi - Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Gary Israel - Diagnostic Radiology
Dhanpat Jain - Pathology
Simona Jakab - Gastroenterology
Priya A. Jamidar - Gastroenterology
Michele Johnson - Neuroradiology
Lindsay Johnston - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Kimberly Johung - Radiation Oncology
Benjamin L. Judson - Otolaryngology
Sarah Kandil - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Jane Kanowitz - Medical Oncology
Jennifer Kapo - Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Ruchika Karnik - Pediatric Cardiology
Sundes Kazmir - Pediatrics
James E. Kempton - Ophthalmology
Patrick A. Kenney - Urology
Russell A. Kesman - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Sajid A. Khan - Surgical Oncology
Isaac Y. Kim - Urology
Christine J. Ko - Dermatology
Katherine Kohari - Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Ninani C. Kombo - Ophthalmology
Fotios Koumpouras - Rheumatology
Diane Krause - Pathology
Lakshmanan Krishnamurti - Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Sanjay Kulkarni - Surgery
Deepika Kumar - Pathology
John W. Kunstman - Surgical Oncology
Pamela L. Kunz - Medical Oncology
John F. Kveton - Otolaryngology
Soo Hyun Kwon - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Stephanie J. Kyc - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Jill Lacy - Medical Oncology
Rachel Jane Lampert - Cardiac Electrophysiology
Alexandra J. Lansky - Cardiovascular Disease
Johanna Lasala - Medical Oncology
William B. Laskin - Pathology
Igor Latich - Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Stephen Cornell Lattanzi - Medical Oncology
Kirsten E. Lawrence - Maternal & Fetal Medicine
James F. Leckman - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Alfred I. Lee - Hematology
Merlin Sung Lee - Medical Oncology
Stephanie A. Leeds - Allergy & Immunology
Lisa Leffert - Anesthesiology
Michael Lerner - Otolaryngology
Meredith Leslie - Pediatric Cardiology
Jonathan S. Leventhal - Dermatology
Angelique W. Levi - Pathology
Orly Levit - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Julie Leviter - Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Alexander Levy - Gastroenterology
John M. Lewin - Diagnostic Radiology
Alicia J. Little - Dermatology
Ji Liu - Ophthalmology
Daniel Lombardo - Anesthesiology
Anthony Longhini - Pediatric Anesthesiology
Jaspreet Loyal - Pediatrics
Randy Luciano - Nephrology
Maryam B. Lustberg - Medical Oncology
David C. Madoff - Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Mary Grey Maher - Urogynecology/Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
Rocco Marando - Anesthesiology
Asher M. Marks - Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Richard Marottoli - Geriatric Medicine
Andres S. Martin - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Kelsey Thompson Martin - Medical Oncology
Thomas V. Martin - Urology
Vincent J. Mase - Thoracic Surgery
Sarah Maurrasse - Pediatric Otolaryngology
Bruce McGibbon - Radiation Oncology
Katherine McKenzie - Internal Medicine
Jennifer M. McNiff - Pathology
Michael J. Medvecky - Orthopaedic Surgery
Saral Mehra - Otolaryngology
Carlos I. Mena-Hurtado - Interventional Cardiology
Ehud Mendel - Neurological Surgery
Hannah L. Miller - Gastroenterology
Hamid Mojibian - Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Jennifer A. Moliterno - Neurological Surgery
Angela M. Montgomery - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Claudia Moreno - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Raffaella Morotti - Pathology
Jensa Morris - Internal Medicine
Jon S. Morrow - Pathology
John M. Morton - Bariatric Surgery
Piruz Motamedinia - Urology
Hani Mowafi - Emergency Medicine
Priya Mukherjee - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Sandip Mukherjee - Cardiovascular Disease
Thomas S. Murray - Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Eliza Myers - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Peggy Myung - Pathology
Dhasakumar S. Navaratnam - Neurology
Caroline Nelson - Dermatology
Kristen Nwanyanwu - Ophthalmology
Patrick G. O'Connor - Internal Medicine
Ian Odell - Dermatology
William K. Oh - Medical Oncology
Kelly L. Olino - Surgical Oncology
Carlos R. Oliveira - Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Jose Paez - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Jose M. Panisello - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Gauri Panse - Pathology
Wayne T. Panullo - Gastroenterology
Marianne Passarelli - Urology
Maria C. Pavlis - Cardiovascular Disease
Sean C. Peden - Orthopaedic Surgery
Aldo Peixoto - Nephrology
James Pellegrini - Pediatrics
Juan Carlos Perez Lozada - Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Sara Perkins - Dermatology
Justin Persico - Medical Oncology
Steven Peterec - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Athanassios Petrotos - Surgery
Daniel P. Petrylak - Medical Oncology
Margaret Pisani - Pulmonary Disease
David Pitt - Neurology
Jeffrey Pollak - Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Yann Poncin - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Mariel Poole - Anesthesiology
Anthony Porto - Pediatric Gastroenterology
Jennifer D. Possick - Pulmonary Disease
Stephen E. Possick - Cardiovascular Disease
Daniel Price - Cardiovascular Disease
Deborah D. Proctor - Gastroenterology
Lisa B. Puglisi - Internal Medicine
Lajos Pusztai - Medical Oncology
Sarika Ramachandran - Dermatology
Elena Ratner - Gynecologic Oncology
Michael Recht - Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Vikram Reddy - Colon & Rectal Surgery
Carrie Redlich - Pulmonary Disease
Brooke Ballantine Redmond - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Margarita Revzin - Diagnostic Radiology
Sara L. Richer - Otolaryngology Surgery
Marie E. Robert - Pathology
Kenneth B. Roberts - Radiation Oncology
Mario Rodenas - Allergy & Immunology
Leonel A. Rodriguez - Pediatric Gastroenterology
Danya J. Rosen - Pediatric Gastroenterology
Katherine Rotker - Urology
Lee E. Rubin - Orthopaedic Surgery
Alice H. Rusk - Neurology
Armand V. Russo - Medical Oncology
Hamita Sachar - Gastroenterology
Alessandro Santin - Gynecologic Oncology
Sarah E. Schellhorn - Medical Oncology
Michael Schilsky - Gastroenterology
Joseph L. Schindler - Neurology
Leslie Scoutt - Diagnostic Radiology
David B. Seifer - Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
Eugene D. Shapiro - Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Beverley J. Sheares - Pediatric Pulmonology
Jennifer L. Sherr - Pediatric Endocrinology
Sangini Sheth - Obstetrics & Gynecology
Srijan Shrestha - Cardiovascular Disease
Alexa Siddon - Pathology
Mark D. Siegel - Pulmonary Disease
Cicero Torres Silva - Pediatric Radiology
Marina G. Silveira - Gastroenterology
David E. Silverstone - Ophthalmology
Dinesh Singh - Urology
Adrienne R. Socci - Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Gary K. Soffer - Pediatric Allergy & Immunology
Hiroshi Sogawa - Surgery
Robert R. Stavert - Dermatology
Nicholas Stroumbakis - Urology
John Strugar - Neurological Surgery
Dorothy Stubbe - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Bauer E. Sumpio - Vascular Surgery
Kathleen C. Suozzi - Dermatology
Carrie R. Swigart - Hand Surgery
Tamar H. Taddei - Gastroenterology
Lynn Tanoue - Pulmonary Disease
Hugh S. Taylor - Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
Sarah Taylor - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Jason Teitelbaum - Diagnostic Radiology
Stephen F. Thung - Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Gunjan Tiyyagura - Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Mary M. Tomayko - Dermatology
Britt Tonnessen - Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Thomas B. Toothaker - Neurology
Timothy Y. Tran - Urology
Benjamin H. Tsang - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Dominick A. Tuason - Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Kiran K. Turaga - Surgical Oncology
Jeffrey M. Turner - Nephrology
Prashanth Vallabhajosyula - Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Christopher H. van Dyck - Geriatric Psychiatry
Alla Vash-Margita - Obstetrics & Gynecology
Juan C. Vasquez - Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Tito L. Vasquez - Plastic Surgery
Marietta Vazquez - Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Matthew D. Vesely - Dermatology
Jeffrey M. Vinocur - Pediatric Cardiology
Erik H. Waldman - Pediatric Otolaryngology
Susan A. Walsh - Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Barbara A. Ward - Surgical Oncology
Jillian K. Warejko - Pediatric Nephrology
Kalman L. Watsky - Dermatology
Stuart A. Weinzimer - Pediatric Endocrinology
Pnina G. Weiss - Pediatric Pulmonology
Peter G. Whang - Orthopaedic Surgery
Ariel A. Williams - Hand Surgery
Lynn D. Wilson - Radiation Oncology
Eric P. Winer - Medical Oncology
David M. Wolfsohn - Gastroenterology
Christine H. Won - Pulmonary Disease
Jennifer Wong - Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Seth Woolf - Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Mina L. Xu - Pathology
Henry K. Yaggi - Sleep Medicine
George Albert Yavorek - Colon & Rectal Surgery
Inci Yildirim - Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Brad J. Yoo - Orthopaedic Surgery
Nwanmegha Young - Otolaryngology
Dario M. Zagar - Neurology
Amanda Zubek - Dermatology
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