136 LCMC Health doctors named “Best Doctor” in their field

Category: News, Community
Posted on: Aug 6, 2021

The annual list published in New Orleans Magazine’s August issue

One hundred thirty-six hospital-affiliated doctors from across the LCMC Health system have been named to New Orleans Magazine’s annual list of “Best Doctors.” Published in the August issue, the physicians were nominated and voted on by their peers.

The editors of New Orleans Magazine partners with Best Doctors, Inc.®, a global health company headquartered in Boston, which, according to the company, serves more than 40 million users in every major region of the world and works with the best four percent of doctors practicing in the United States to find the right diagnoses and treatment plans. Doctors are evaluated by their peers nationwide – not just by doctors in their community.

Best Doctors® contacts each doctor on the list from the previous year and asks the same question: “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, and you couldn’t treat them yourself, to whom would you refer them?” Every doctor has the opportunity both to comment (confidentially) on the other doctors included in his or her specialty and related specialties and to make additional nominations. As new names are added to the pool, each undergoes the same peer-evaluation process.

Physicians included are as follows, as listed by the hospital:

Children's Hospital

Dr. William Accousti: Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Christopher Arcement: Diagnostic Radiology
Dr. Patricia Arias Valencia: Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr. Diego Aviles: Pediatric Nephrology
Dr. Mary Brandt: Pediatric Surgery
Dr. Michael Brumund: Pediatric Cardiology
Dr. Theresa Dise: Pediatrics
Dr. Martin Drell: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr. George Ellis: Ophthalmology
Dr. Kelly Gajewski: Pediatric Cardiiology
Dr. Ricardo Gomez: Pediatrics
Dr. Joseph Gonzales: Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Mara Haseltine: Dermatology
Dr. Andrew King: Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Reita Lawrence: Pediatrics
Dr. Aaron Martin: Pediatric Urology
Dr. Michael Moses: Plastic Surgery
Dr. M. Nora Oates: Pediatrics
Dr. Kenneth Paris: Allergy & Immunology
Dr. Benjamin Peeler: Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Timothy Pettit: Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Christopher Roth: Pediatric Urology
Dr. Matthew Stark: Pathology
Dr. Ann Tilton: Child Neurology
Dr. Maria Weimer: Child Neurology
Dr. Charles Zeenah: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

East Jefferson General Hospital

Dr. Luis Arencibia: Family Medicine
Dr. Elizabeth Bucher: Dermatology
Dr. Vernon Carriere Jr.: Gastroenterology
Dr. George Catinis: Gastroenterology
Dr. Joseph Crapanzano: Pain Medicine
Dr. George Ellis: Ophthalmology
Dr. Timothy Finney: Sports Medicine
Dr. Robert Greer: Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. Mara Haseltine: Dermatology
Dr. Richard Karlin: Surgery
Dr. Stephen LaCour: Urology
Dr. Ronald Landry: Ophthalmology
Dr. Jill Lindberg: Nephrology
Dr. John Lindsey: Plastic Surgery
Dr. Eric Lonseth: Pain Medicine
Dr. Sean Mayfield: Colon & Rectal Surgery
Dr. Archibald Melcher: Neurology
Dr. Stephen Metzinger: Plastic Surgery
Dr. Chad Millet: Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Paul Monsour: Radiation Oncology
Dr. Joseph Murray: Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism
Dr. Field Ogden: Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Nicole Elaine Rogers: Dermatology
Dr. Jennifer Silinsky: Colon & Rectal Surgery
Dr. Andrew Todd: Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Patrick Waring: Pain Medicine

New Orleans East Hospital

Dr. Jan Cooper: Internal Medicine

Touro

Dr. Jameel Ahmed: Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. Murtuza Ali: Interventional Cardiology
Dr. John Barbara: Pediatrics
Dr. Jennifer Bertsch: Internal Medicine
Dr. Davis Borne: Internal Medicine
Dr. Pui Cheng: Gynecological Oncology
Dr. Louis DuTriel: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. Madelaine Feldman: Rheumatology
Dr. Vernilyn Juan: Family Medicine
Dr. Wendra Joshi: Gastroenterology
Dr. Kamran Khoobehi: Plastic Surgery
Dr. Spencer Krane: Urology
Dr. Eugene Kukuy: Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Stephen LaCour: Urology
Dr. Reita Lawrence: Pediatrics
Dr. Christopher Lege: Internal Medicine
Dr. Paul Lelorier: Cardiac Electrophysiology
Dr. Rebekah Lemann: Gastroenterology
Dr. Betty Lo-Blais: Pediatrics
Dr. Jesus Lovera: Neurology
Dr. Kevin Martinez: Pain Medicine
Dr. M. Nora Oates: Pediatrics
Dr. Piotr Olejniczak: Neurology
Dr. Rebecca Perret: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. Janet Ross: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. Jennifer Silinsky: Colon & Rectal Surgery
Dr. Frank Smart: Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. Scott Sonnier: Medical Oncology
Dr. Raju Thomas: Urology
Dr. Christopher Trahan: Plastic Surgery
Dr. Richard Vanlangendonck: Urology
Dr. Donna Waters: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. Sean Weiss: Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery
Dr. Frank Wilklow: Interventional Cardiology
Dr. Felton Winfield: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dr. Ellen Zakris: Radiation Oncology

University Medical Center

Dr. Jameel Ahmed: Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. Erin Boh: Dermatology
Dr. Brian Boulmay: Medical Oncology
Dr. Frank Cullichia: Neurology
Dr. Bennet deBoisblanc: Pulmonology
Dr. Paul Gladden: Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Shams Halat: Pathology
Dr. Jeon Hoonbae: Surgery
Dr. Leah Jacob: Dermatology
Dr. Hoonbae Jeon: Surgery
Dr. Colleen Johnson: Cardiac Electorophysiology
Dr. Wendra Joshi: Gastroenterology
Dr. Mary Killackey: Surgery
Dr. Stephen Kantrow: Pulmonary Disease
Dr. Stephen LaCour: Urology
Dr. Joseph Lasky: Pulmonary Disease
Dr. Keith LeBlanc: Dermatology
Dr. Paul Lelorier: Cardiac Electrophysiology
Dr. Betty Lo-Blais: Pediatrics
Dr. Christopher Marrero: Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Richard Marshall: Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Dr. Shawn McKinney: Surgery
Dr. Rebecca Metzinger: Opthalmology
Dr. Andrea Murina: Dermatology
Dr. Patrick O’Sullivan: Ophthalmology
Dr. Piotr Olejniczak: Neurology
Dr. Danrad Raman: Diagnostic Radiology
Dr. Daniel Raines: Gastroenterology
Dr. Judd Shellito: Pulmonary Disease
Dr. Frank Smart: Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. Bradley Spieler: Diagnostic Radiology
Dr. Hugo St. Hilaire: Plastic Surgery
Dr. Erica Tate: Internal Medicine
Dr. Richard Tejedor: Pulmonary Disease
Dr. Raju Thomas : Urology
Dr. Ellen Zakris: Radiation Oncology
Dr. Robert Zura: Orthopaedic Surgery

West Jefferson General Hospital

Dr. Pui Cheng: Gynecological Oncology
Dr. Frank Cullicchia: Neurological Surgery
Dr. James Ellis: Medical Oncology
Dr. Jon Ryan Glass: Urology
Dr. Matthew Grimm: Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Edmund Kerut: Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. Stephen Laguardia: Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. Joseph Murray: Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism
Dr. John Steck: Neurological Surgery
Dr. Scott Tucker: Orthopaedic Surgery