Top Doctors awards
Optum is proud to recognize physicians who have been awarded Top Doctors and/or Best Doctors honors in their specialties.
Optum Medical Care New York and New Jersey physicians who have been designated and listed in the Castle Connolly database.
Adolescent gynecology
Allergy/immunology
- Paula Brown, MD, FACAAI
- Robert Neil Corriel, MD
- Robert T. Goldman, MD, FAAAAI
- Ari Judah Goldsmith, MD, FAAP
- Craig S. Osleeb, MD, FACAI
- Stacey E. Radinsky, MD
- Irene Chaeran Paek, MD
- Michael Steven Richheimer, MD
- Steven Jay Weiss, MD
- David Lewis Wertheim, MD
Anesthesiology
Bariatric surgery
Breast surgery
Cardiology
- Glenn Boyar, MD, FACC, FASE, FASNC
- Muhaddis Choudhury, MD, FACC
- Steven M. Goldberg, MD
- Scott A. Gottesfeld, MD, FACC
- John C. Gruendel, MD, FACC
- Khaula Khalid, DO
- Mark E. Lieb, MD
- Gary Nathanson, MD, FACC
- Francis J. O’Brien, MD, FACP, FACC
- Jaffar Raza, MD
- A. Garvey Rene, MD, FACC, FSCAI
- Fatos Rugova, MD, FACC
- Alan Shah, MD, FACC, FACP
- Stephen Brian Serynek, DO
- Jeffrey S. Snow, MD
Clinical neurophysiology
Colorectal surgery
Cosmetic surgery
Critical care medicine
Dermatology
- Lauren H. Burack, MD, FAAD
- Kenneth Goldman, MD
- Laurie J. Levine, MD
- Ross S. Levy, MD, FAAD
- Patricia A. McAleer, MD, FAAD
- Ayelet Mizrachi-Jonisch, MD, FAAD
- Michael T. Romano, MD, FAAD
- Benjamin N. Rosenberg, MD, FAAD
- Jeffrey P. Schachne, MD, FAAD
- Joel Lawrence Spitz, MD
- Melanie A. Warycha, MD, FAAD
Developmental-behavioral pediatrics
Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism
- Rachelle N. Bitton, MD
- Chee Yeung Chan, MD
- Jerry Kleinbaum, MD
- Keerti Murari, MD
- Jeffrey S. Powell, MD, FACE
- Melissa A. Price, MD, FACE
- Eric A. Rudin, MD
Endocrine Surgery
Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery
Family medicine
- Todd Baldwin, DO
- Liana Das, MD, FAAFP
- Aran Degenhardt, MD, MPHTM
- Teresa A. Esposito, DO
- Jean Jaeger, MD, FAAFP
- Allison R. Lucchesi, MD
- Vincent Savath, MD
- Melissa Schiskie, DO
- Kim Seeger, MD, FAAFP
Foot and ankle surgery
Gastroenterology
- Allen Ahdoot, MD
- Louis N. Aurisicchio, MD, FACG
- Georgia M. Close, MD
- Parantap Gupta, MD
- Steven Helft, MD
- Deborah Hillman, MD
- Oren Kahn, MD
- Varun Kumar, MD
- Sang Y. Lee, MD
- Daniel L. Motola, MD, PhD
- Roxan F. Saidi, MD, MHS
- Stuart Weinberger, MD
- Eliot Zimbalist, MD
Gynecology only
- Christine Beer, MD, FACOG
- Carla Eng, MD, FACOG
- Jeffrey B. Katz, MD, FACOG
- Adina H. Keller, MD, FACOG
- Lisa Ann Turri, MD
- Cornelius R. Verhoest, Jr. MD, FACOG, FPMRS
- Jed L. Turk, MD, FACOG
Hand surgery
Infectious diseases
Internal medicine
- Kavita Aggarwal, MD, FACP
- Jimmy Bhatt, MD
- Ruth Blash, MD
- Mark Brauning, MD
- Thomas M. Burnette, MD
- Yorleny Bustamante, MD
- Richard Cho, DO
- Michael E. Daniels, MD
- Carlo Diminico, MD
- Richard Federbush, MD
- Alex E. Fijman, MD, FCCP
- Michael Gerringer, MD
- Philip P. Goodwin, MD, FACP
- David Gotlieb, MD, FACP
- Jeffrey D. Gross, MD
- Keyteshia Guy, MD
- Young Han, MD
- Matthew P. Howard, MD
- Marilyn F. Jacobowitz, MD
- Scott M. Klares, MD, FCCP
- Radoslava Klein, MD
- Jim L. Koo, MD
- Matthew R. Mannini, DO
- Donna E. Morrison, MD, FACP
- Kristina Otero, DO
- Adam P. Ozols, MD
- Peter Pasley, MD
- Carroll Rayner, MD
- Brianna Riccobono, MD
- Michael A. Rizzi, MD
- Jenny So, MD
- Bernadette R. Tillmon, MD, MPH, FACP
- Michael S. Wein, MD
- Robert A. Wolfson, MD
- Erika Yamada, MD
- Sophia Zeb, MD
Interventional cardiology
Maternal and fetal medicine
Nephrology
Neuro-ophthalmology
Neurology
- Shaheda N. Azher, MD
- Alexandra E. McBride, MD
- Lindsey Neimand, MD
- Leslie S. Saland, MD
- Evan R. Schloss, MD
- Jennifer Sevush-Garcy, MD
- Eugene Tolunsky, MD
Nuclear cardiology
- Glenn Boyar, MD, FACC, FASE, FASNC
- Muhaddis Choudhury, MD, FACC
- Scott A. Gottesfeld, MD, FACC
- John C. Gruendel, MD, FACC
Obstetrics and gynecology
- Mridasim Aguwa, MD, FACOG
- Rupinder Bhangoo, MD, FACOG
- Katie Burgess, MD, FACOG
- Nicole Ceradini, MD, FACOG
- Adele El Kareh, MD, PhD, FACOG
- John Paul Franchina, DO
- Jennifer B. Gannon, MD, FACOG
- Christine Herde, MD, FACOG
- Laura M. Kaye, MD, FACOG
- Adina H. Keller, MD, FACOG
- Amy Magneson, MD, FACOG
- David Menges, DO, FACOG
- Lance Murphy, MD, FACOG
- Yafit Partouche, MD
- Megan Pierce, MD, FACOG
- Nikki L. Roberts, MD, FACOG
- Toni A. Saychek, MD, FACOG
- Deborah B. Schwartz, MD, FACOG
- F. Michael Shaw, MD, FACOG
- Lisa Ann Turri, MD
- Susan Vosko, MD, FACOG
Oncology/hematology
- Julie M. Gold, MD
- Jonathan S. Goldberg, MD
- Jeffrey L. Halaas, MD, PhD
- Mark Allen Hoffman, MD
- Joseph Ramek, MD
- Jason Rubin, MD, FACP
- Saad Yousuf, MD
- Henry Vuong, MD
Ophthalmology
- Erich Braun, MD
- Michael L. Cohen, MD, FAAO
- Roger Husted, MD, FAAO
- Christopher Kruger, MD
- Michelle Levi, MD
- Maury Alan Marmor, MD
- Paul Mignone, MD
- Katie Pandolfo, MD
- Rupal Panghaal, MD, FAAO
- John F. Romanelli, MD
- Daniel E. Shapiro, MD, FAAO
- Jane Song, MD
- Gaurang J. Trivedi, MD, MPH, FAAO
- David Witzel, MD, MPH
Ophthalmology (retinal specialist)
Orthopedics
- Gabriel D. Brown, MD, FAAOS
- Neil C. Dunleavy, MD, FAAOS
- Peyton Lantz Hays, MD
- Evan H. Karas, MD, FAAOS
- Katherine C. Ma, MD, FAAOS
- Donato Perretta, MD, FAAOS
- Yair Rubinstein, MD
- Steven R. Small, MD, FAAOS
- Adam Soyer, DO, FAAOS
- David Stamer, MD, FAAOS
- David J. Yasgur, MD, FAAOS
Otolaryngology (ENT)
- Opeyemi Daramola, MD
- Lloyd Mark Loft , MD
- William D. Losquadro, MD
- Idel Iancu Moisa, MD
- Robert Parks, MD, FACS
- Kenneth Anthony Scioscia, MD
- John C. Scott, MD, FAAFPRS
- Gregory S. Wisdom, MD
Pain management
Pathology
Pediatric cardiology
Pediatric endocrinology
Pediatric gastroenterology
Pediatric ophthalmology
Pediatric neurology
Pediatric otolaryngology
Pediatrics
- Anwar Al Haddawi, MD
- Amy Amin Patil, MD
- Elliot B. Barsh, MD
- Naimat Bokhari, MD
- Sharon Britos-Neves, MD, FAAP
- Jill Brodsky, MD, MBA, FAAP
- Jessica Chamish, MD, FAAP
- Ana Luisa Cerna-Helfer, MD
- Lev Chernobilsky, MD
- Marc E. Childs, MD
- Diane M. Cicatello, MD, FAAP
- Danielle Cigliano, DO, FAAP
- Karma M. Cinnante, DO, FAAP
- Ingrid Dodard, MD, FAAP
- Matthew M. Dugan, MD
- Laurene Mary Fleischer, MD
- Veena S. Gangasani, MD, FAAP
- Zev Marc Gensler, MD
- Robert T. Goldman, MD, FAAAAI
- Howard Hinestroza, MD, MSc, FAAP
- Michael Horowitz, MD
- Alice W. Huang, MD, FAAP
- Rebecca Isbell, MD
- Amany Ismaiel, MD
- Michael Kirpan, MD
- Fotini J. Kokotos, MD
- Douglas L. Krohn, MD
- Jamie Lanzillotta, DO
- Julie A. Luttinger, MD
- Wendy A. Manowitz, MD
- Allison J. Nied, MD, FAAP
- Kathryn Oehler, MD
- William Parsons, MD, FAAP
- Allison Platt, MD, FAAP
- Laura Polizzi, MD, MPH
- Emily Puntillo, MD, PhD
- Marvin Resmovits, MD
- Philippe Louis Similon, MD
- Jessica Soni, MD
- Richard Sosulski, MD
- Valerie Sprenz, MD, FAAP
- Dora Suldan, MD
- Traci Toll-Griffin, MD
- Jaime Tsay, MD
- Anu Vatsan, MD
- Gary B. Wenick, MD
- Benetta Yee, MD
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Plastic surgery
Podiatry
Preventive cardiology
Pulmonology
- Sergio Bures, MD, FCCP
- Alan Marc Fein, MD
- Alex E. Fijman, MD, FCCP
- Scott M. Klares, MD, FCCP
- Asaf Savir, MD
Radiology
- Daniel J. Brodoff, MD
- John C. Chen, MD
- Steven Farkas, MD
- Marc A. Hertz, MD
- Lesli M. LeCompte, MD
- Matthew T. Lewis, MD
- Jennifer H. Menell, MD
- Vikash Panghaal, MD, MBA
- Lee A. Papell, MD
- Sandra L. Santiago, MD
Reproductive Medicine and Infertility
Rheumatology
- Rany Al Haj, MD
- Addie Dissick, MD
- Michael Guma, DO
- Esther Lipstein-Kresch, MD
- Sushama Mody, MD
- Matthew H. Ornstein, MD
Sleep medicine
Sports medicine
- Gabriel D. Brown, MD, FAAOS
- Shachi Pandya, MD
- Joshua Reimer, MD
- Seth P. Shifrin, MD
- Stacy Spivack Gross, MD
Surgery
- Carl F. Calica, MD, FACS
- Margaret Chen, MD
- Maud L. Lemercier, MD
- Amanda L. Messina, MD, FACS
- Dan S. Reiner, MD
- Adam B. Semegran, MD, FACS
- Sarah S. Sims, MD, FACS
Urogynecology
Urology
- Sheldon L. Axelrod, MD
- David S. Breslin, MD, FACS
- Robert A. Edelman, MD
- Thomas Grimaldi, MD
- Jeffrey Howard Lumerman, MD
- Mark A. Nogueira, MD
- Gary Scott Oshinsky, MD
- Benjamin A. Spencer, MD
- Steven Michael Tillem, MD
Vascular surgery