Children’s National Home to More Than 50 Northern Virginia “Top Doctors”
February 01, 2016
Washington, DC – Northern Virginia Magazine has named 58 Children’s National Health System physicians to its list of 2016 “Top Doctors.” The physicians represent a number of specialties across Children’s National including nationally-ranked programs such as Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Hematology/Oncology, Neonatology, Neurology, and Orthopaedics. Eleven physicians on the list also practice with Pediatric Specialists of Virginia.
“Congratulations to the Children’s National physicians named to this elite list,” said Kurt Newman, MD, President and CEO of Children’s National. “This recognition is meaningful to us because it affirms both our physicians’ high level of expertise and our commitment to meeting the health needs of the children of Northern Virginia.”
Nominations for Northern Virginia Magazine’s Top Doctors listing are generated by a peer survey and panels from nine local hospitals in the Northern Virginia area. Each panel nominated the doctors based on internal evaluations, patient reviews, patient access, training, and quality of records.
Offering more than 50 pediatric specialty care programs and departments, Children’s National specialists provide care at Children’s National Sheikh Zayed Campus for Advanced Children’s Medicine, in 10 office locations across Northern Virginia, as well as a number of other outpatient centers and primary care clinics in the region. Children’s National is the only health system in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area dedicated exclusively to pediatric care and is ranked among the top 10 children’s hospitals nationally by U.S. News & World Report. It is also one of only five pediatric hospitals in the United States this year to achieve Magnet® designation, and the Leapfrog Group’s Top Hospital List along with U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll.
Children’s National Specialists Recognized as “Top Doctors”
| Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine | Nephrology |
| Lawrence D’Angelo, MD, MPH | Asha Moudgil, MD |
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Blood and Marrow Transplantation
| Neurology |
| David Jacobsohn, MD, ScM | Marc DiFazio, MD |
| | Bennett Lavenstein, MD* |
| Cardiology | William McClintock, MD* |
| Charles Berul, MD | Roger Packer, MD |
| Mary Donofrio, MD | |
| Thomas Hougen, MD | Ophthalmology |
| Jeffrey Moak, MD | William Madigan, MD |
| | Jonathan Taylormoore, MD |
| Cardiac Surgery | |
| Richard Jonas, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine |
| | Emily Hattwick, MD* |
| Critical Care Medicine | Jeffrey Hanway, MD* |
| David Wessel, MD | Matthew Oetgen, MD |
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| Dermatology | Otolaryngology |
| Scott Norton, MD, MPH, MSc | Diego Preciado, MD, PhD |
| | Brian Reilly, MD |
| Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology | Rahul Shah, MD |
| Dorothy Bulas, MD | George Zalzal, MD |
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| Endocrinology | Pain Medicine |
| Fran Cogen, MD, CDE | Julia Finkel, MD |
| Paul Kaplowitz, MD, PhD | |
| Rinku Mehra, MD* | Pediatrics |
| Priya Vaidyanathan, MD* | Denice Cora-Bramble, MD, MBA |
| | Mark Weissman, MD |
| Gastroenterology/Hepatology | |
| Muhammad Khan, MD* | Pulmonology |
| Jaime Liou-Wolfe, MD* | Anastassios Koumbourlis, MD, MPH |
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| Hematology/Oncology | Physical Rehabilitation Medicine |
| Jennifer Dean, MD* | Sarah “Sally” Evans, MD |
| Jeffrey Dome, MD, PhD | |
| Jay Greenberg, MD | Rheumatology |
| Christopher Lawlor, MD* | Lawrence Jung, MD |
| Carly Varela, MD* | |
| | Surgery |
| Hospitalist Medicine | Randall Burd, MD |
| Francisco Alvarez, MD | Timothy Kane, MD |
| Allison Markowsky, MD | Anthony Sandler, MD |
| Sonal Kalburgi, DO | |
| | Urology |
| Infectious Diseases | M. David Gibbons, MD |
| Roberta DeBiasi, MD, MS | Hans Pohl, MD |
| Bernhard Wiedermann, MD, MA | H. Gil Rushton, MD |
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| Fetal and Transitional Medicine | *Denotes physician is also with Pediatric Specialists of Virginia |
| Adrè DuPlessis, MBChB | |
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| Neonatology | |
| Ashraf Afifi, MD | |
| Heather Brostowicz, DO | |
| Billie Lou Short, MD | |
| Brian Stone, MD, MBA | |
| John Van den Anker, MD, PhD | |
Contact: Caitlyn Camacho at 202-476-4500.
About Children's National Health System
Children’s National Health System, based in Washington, D.C., has served the nation’s children since 1870. Children’s National is one of the nation’s Top 5 pediatric hospitals and, for a second straight year, is ranked No. 1 in newborn care, as well as ranked in all specialties evaluated by U.S. News & World Report. It has been designated two times as a Magnet® hospital, a designation given to hospitals that demonstrate the highest standards of nursing and patient care delivery. This pediatric academic health system offers expert care through a convenient, community-based primary care network and specialty outpatient centers in the D.C. Metropolitan area, including the Maryland suburbs and Northern Virginia. Home to the Children’s Research Institute and the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National is the seventh-highest NIH-funded pediatric institution in the nation. Children’s National is recognized for its expertise and innovation in pediatric care and as a strong voice for children through advocacy at the local, regional and national levels.
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