Top Doctors 2008
When Madison Magazine put out the call for Dane County physicians to name top doctors in 59 medical specialties, over 400 logged onto madisonmagazine.com to vote for the best of their peers—the docs they’d see or send their loved ones to if they needed care. Here’s who they picked.
Addiction Treatment
*Michael M. Miller, Meriter Medical Group
Michael F. Fleming, UW Health
Allergy & Immunology
*William W. Busse, UW Health
*Robert F. Lemanske Jr., UW Health
*J. Brent Kooistra, Dean
*James E. Gern, UW Health
Anesthesiology
Scott R. Springman, UW Health
Robert J. Schultz, Dean
*Douglas B. Coursin, UW Health
Tracy P. Cotter, Dean
Thomas M. Pellino, Madison Anesthesiology Consultants
Arthritis & Rheumatology
*Carolyn L. Bell, UW Health
Michael B. Walsh, UW Health
Kevin M. McKown, UW Health
Cardiovascular Medicine
*Matthew R. Wolff, UW Health
John M. Phelan, Dean
*W. Gene Musser, UW Health
*James H. Stein, UW Health
Complementary/Alternative Medicine
David P. Rakel, UW Health
Nancy Selfridge, GHC
Critical Care Medicine
Kenneth Wood, UW Health
James Couser, Dean
Charles A. Weber, UW Health
*John P. Schilling, UW Health
Dermatology
Eric R. Berg, UW Health
*Robert A. McDonald, Dean
*George T. Reizner, UW Health
Emergency Medicine
Darren B. Bean (deceased), UW Health
Joseph R. Cline, UW Health
Michael K. Kim, UW Health
Endocrinology/Diabetes Medicine
*Diane F. Elson, UW Health
Paul M. Reber, Dean
Melissa Meredith, UW Health
Paul A. Bekx, Monroe Clinic
Family Medicine
Debra Shenoi, GHC
Ann Stein, GHC
Russell J. Hermus, Dean
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
*Mark Reichelderfer, UW Health
Susan M. Lepinski, UW Health
Abigail Christiansen, Dean
Geriatric Medicine
*David T. Watts, UW Health
Steven R. Barczi, UW Health
Sanjay Asthana, UW Health
Genetics Counseling
David S. Wargowski, UW Health
Cecelia Bellcross, certified genetics counselor, Dean
*Jon A. Wolff, UW Health
Hematology
*Eliot C. Williams, UW Health
*Brad Kahl, UW Health
*Walter L. Longo, UW Health
Hospitalist
Ray Kimura, Meriter Medical Group
Bradley J. Schmidt, Dean
John B. Butler, Dean
*Santiago Hernandez, Dean
Immediate/Urgent Care
Pamela Heilman, GHC
Theodore Haglund, GHC
Kristen L. Knoepke, GHC
Infectious Disease
Dennis G. Maki, UW Health
James M. Levin, Dean
Barry C. Fox, UW Health
*Bennett S. Vogelman, UW Health
Internal Medicine
Deborah Williams, GHC
David Eckerle, GHC
Holly Benson, GHC
Neonatology
Frank R. Greer, UW Health
Julie M. Kessel, UW Health
Pamela J. Kling, UW Health
Mary E. Bussey, Neonatal Resources of Wisconsin
Nephrology
Edward R. Ahrens, Madison Area Renal Specialists *
Bryan N. Becker, UW Health
Kim Trostel, Madison Area Renal Specialists
Neurology
Brad R. Beinlich, UW Health
*Frederick S. Edelman, UW Health
Michael M. Frucht, Dean
Charles E. Miley, Dean
Neurosurgery
*Bermans Iskandar, UW Health
*Robert J. Dempsey, UW Health
Todd T. Trier, Dean
Jeffery E. Masciopinto, Dean
Obstetrics/Gynecology
*Klaus D. Diem, UW Health
Lori Wendricks House, Dean
Barbara J. O’Connell, UW Health
Gregory D. Bills, UW Health
Oncology–Gynecologic
*Ellen M. Hartenbach, UW Health
David M. Kushner, UW Health
Joseph P. Connor, UW Health
Laurel W. Rice, UW Health
Oncology–Hematological
*Brad S. Kahl, UW Health
*Walter L. Longo, UW Health
David L. Hei, UW Health
Oncology–Medical
Thomas A. McFarland, UW Health
Michael S. Frontiera, Dean
James Stewart, Formerly with UW Health; now retired
Oncology–Radiological
*Minesh P. Mehta, UW Health
*Paul M. Harari, UW Health
Deepak Khuntia, UW Health
Oncology–Surgical
*David M. Mahvi, Formerly with UW Health; now out of area
Sharon M. Weber, UW Health
Ophthalmology
*Gregg A. Heatley, UW Health
John E. Temprano, UW Health
*John A. Vukich, Dean
Orthopedics Rehabilitation
John P. Heiner, UW Health
Timothy J. Docter, Dean
Kurt M. Rongstad, UW Health
*Thomas A. Zdeblick, UW Health
Otolaryngology
*Diane G. Heatley, UW Health
*Greg K. Hartig, UW Health
Thomas R. Pasic, UW Health
*Timothy J. Shaw, UW Health
Pain Medicine
*Miroslav Backonja, UW Health
Nathan J. Rudin, UW Health
Palliative Medicine
James F. Cleary, UW Health
William Rock, HospiceCare Inc.
Toby C. Campbell, UW Health
Matthew D. LoConte, UW Health & HospiceCare Inc.
Pathology
Chen-Kang Chang, Associated Pathologists
Gholam Reza Hafez, UW Health
Shahriar M. Salamat, UW Health
Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine
Alison Craig, GHC
Arnie Benardette, GHC
Mala Mathur, GHC
*Timothy J. Chybowski, UW Health
Pediatric Hematology & Oncology
*Carol A. Diamond, UW Health
*Paul M. Sondel, UW Health
*Diane Puccetti, UW Health
Perinatology
Susan R. Davidson, Dean
Katharina S. Stewart, UW Health
Psychiatry–Adult
David S. Dowell, Dean
Richard C. Schramm, Dean
Psychiatry–Child and Adolescent
Floriane D’Oleire, GHC
David V. Skripka, UW Health
Michael Witkovsky, GHC
Pulmonary Disease
James Couser Jr., Dean
*John P. Schilling, UW Health
Charles A. Weber, UW Health
Richard D. Cornwell, UW Health
Nizar N. Jarjour, UW Health
Rehabilitation Medicine
Deborah L. McLeish, UW Health
James W. Leonard, UW Health
Courtney Hogendorn, Meriter Medical Group
Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility
*David L. Olive, Wisconsin Fertility Institute
Elizabeth A. Pritts, Wisconsin Fertility Institute
Sleep Medicine
Kathryn L. Middleton, Dean
Ruth M. Benca, UW Health
Mary E. Klink, UW Health
Spine Medicine
*Thomas A. Zdeblick, UW Health
Craig A. Dopf, UW Health
James W. Leonard, UW Health
Sports Medicine
*David T. Bernhardt, UW Health
David Gronski, Dean
*Ben K. Graf, UW Health
Lee D. Kaplan, Formerly with UW Health; now out of area
Stroke Medicine
Justin A. Sattin, UW Health
Douglas A. Dulli, UW Health
Ross L. Levine, UW Health
Surgery, Bariatric
*Michael J. Garren, UW Health
Jon C. Gould, UW Health
Paul E. Huepenbecker, Dean
Surgery, Cardiovascular
*Niloo M. Edwards, UW Health
Haywood S. Gilliam, Meriter Medical Group
Douglas L. Cowgill, Dean
Khorso (Ed) Adib, Meriter Medical Group
Surgery, Colon/Rectal
Kenneth E. Levin, Dean
*Charles P. Heise, UW Health
BD Bruce A. Harms, UW Health
Surgery, General
*Susan I. Toth, UW Health
Ronald D. Wenger, Dean
Roland J. Vega, UW Health
Surgery, Hand/Microsurgery
Stefan V. Zachary, UW Health
Matthew Bliss, Dean
Venkat K. Rao, UW Health
Surgery, Orthopedic
*Richard H. Lange, UW Health
Timothy J. Docter, Dean
Richard W. Glad, Dean
David A. Wolff, Dean
John P. Heiner, UW Health
Surgery, Plastic/Reconstructive
*Michael L. Bentz, UW Health
Karol Gutowski, UW Health
Bradley L. Manning, UW Health
Surgery, Thoracic
*Tracey Weigel, UW Health
Douglas L. Cowgill, Dean
James D. Maloney, UW Health
Surgery, Transplantation
*Stuart J. Knechtle, Formerly with UW Health; now out of area
*Anthony M. D’Alessandro, UW Health
*Hans W. Sollinger, UW Health
Yolanda T. Becker, UW Health
Trauma
Lee D. Faucher, UW Health
Michael J. Schurr, UW Health
Kenneth A. Kudsk, UW Health
Travel Medicine
Richard M. Reich, UW Health
Elaine Rosenblatt, nurse practitioner, UW Health
James M. Levin, Dean
Urology
*Stephen Y. Nakada, UW Health
*John V. Kryger, UW Health
Adam C. Tierney, Dean
Lynn Hahnfeld, Dean
*David F. Jarrard, UW Health
* These doctors are also included in the Best Doctors of America Database, property of Best Doctors, Inc. The database includes over 40,000 doctors in more than 40 medical specialties. Madison Magazine's Top Docs represents only a portion of the Madison-area doctors in the database. For more information, call 800.675.1199 or visit bestdoctors.com.
Find a Top Doc
Madison-area doctors work for and in a wide variety of settings—from large health care organizations to small independent groups, from outlying clinics to downtown hospitals. Be sure to look up a Top Doc to see exactly where they do their award-winning work.
Health Care Groups
Associated Pathologists
251.6100 stmarysmadison.com
Dean Health System
252.8000 deancare.com
Group Health Cooperative
828.4853 ghc-hmo.com
HospiceCare Inc.
276.4660 hospicecareinc.com
Madison Anesthesiology Consultants
267.6676 meriter.com
Madison Area Renal Specialists
229.7221 madisonrenal.com
Meriter Medical Group
417.6000 meriter.com
Monroe Clinic
608.324.2000 monroeclinic.org
Neonatal Resources of Wisconsin
251.6100 stmarysmadison.com
UW Health
821.4819 uwhealth.org
Wisconsin Fertility Institute
824.0075 wisconsinfertility.com
Hospitals
American Family Children’s Hospital
890.8000 uwhealth.org/kids
Meriter Hospital
417.6000 meriter.com
St. Mary’s Hospital
251.6100 stmarysmadison.com
UW Hospital & Clinics
263.6400 uwhealth.org
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
256-1901 madison.va.gov
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