Fifty-two surgeons affiliated with the Yale Department of Surgery were recognized on the 2026 “Top Doctors” list in Connecticut Magazine.
The annual list, developed in partnership with Castle Connolly, highlights physicians across Connecticut who are nominated by their peers for their clinical care and leadership.
The Yale-affiliated surgeons named in this year’s list include:
Yale School of Medicine Ladder Faculty
Michael Alperovich – Plastic Surgery
Elizabeth Berger – Surgical Oncology
Mark S. Bianchi – Otolaryngology
Kevin G. Billingsley – Surgical Oncology
Justin D. Blasberg – Thoracic Surgery
Paris D. Butler – Plastic Surgery
Michael G. Caty – Pediatric Surgery
Emily Christison-Lagay – Pediatric Surgery
Robert A. Cowles – Pediatric Surgery
Kimberly Davis – Surgery
Frank C. Detterbeck – Thoracic Surgery
Gabriele DiLuozzo – Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Andrew J. Duffy – Surgery
Karen E. Gibbs – Surgery
Rachel A. Greenup – Surgical Oncology
Raul J. Guzman – Vascular Surgery
Benjamin L. Judson – Otolaryngology
Sajid A. Khan – Surgical Oncology
Sanjay Kulkarni – Surgery
John W. Kunstman – Surgical Oncology
John F. Kveton – Otolaryngology
Michael Lerner – Otolaryngology
Vincent J. Mase – Thoracic Surgery
Sarah Maurrasse – Pediatric Otolaryngology
Saral Mehra – Otolaryngology
John M. Morton – Bariatric Surgery
Kelly L. Olino – Surgical Oncology
Athanassios Petrotos – Surgery
Vikram Reddy – Colon & Rectal Surgery
Sara Richer – Otolaryngology
Hiroshi Sogawa – Surgery
Bauer E. Sumpio – Vascular Surgery
Britt Tonnessen – Vascular Surgery
Kiran K. Turaga – Surgical Oncology
Prashanth Vallabhajosyula – Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Tito L. Vasquez – Plastic Surgery
Erik H. Waldman – Pediatric Otolaryngology
Barbara A. Ward - Surgical Oncology
George Albert Yavorek – Colon & Rectal Surgery
Nwanmegha Young – Otolaryngology
Northeast Medical Group
Roselle Crombie – Surgery
Andrew Kenler – Surgery
Yale School of Medicine Voluntary Faculty
David Astrachan – Otolaryngology
Ralph DeNatale – Vascular Surgery
Paul Fortgang – Otolaryngology
Neil Gordon – Facial Plastic Surgery/Otolaryngology
David Karas – Pediatric Otolaryngology
Thomas Takoudes – Otolaryngology
Eugenia Vining – Otolaryngology
John Michael Willett – Otolaryngology
Ken Yanagisawa – Otolaryngology
Kaye Zuckerman – Surgery