{"id":246100,"date":"2026-05-13T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=246100"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:01:21","slug":"uconn-health-physicians-ranked-among-the-nations-best-in-2026-top-doctors-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/05\/uconn-health-physicians-ranked-among-the-nations-best-in-2026-top-doctors-list\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Health Physicians Ranked Among the Nation\u2019s Best in 2026 \u201cTop Doctors\u201d List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UConn Health physicians continue to be recognized among the best in the nation, with 60 physicians named to the 2026 \u201cTop Doctors\u201d list published in the May edition of Connecticut Magazine. Representing a wide range of specialties, the honored physicians were selected through a rigorous peer-review process conducted in collaboration with Castle Connolly, a leading independent healthcare research organization.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors are nominated by other physicians, and researchers evaluate factors such as hospital and academic appointments, research activity, professional reputation, and patient outcomes. The final list represents about the top 7% of practicing physicians in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to our Top Docs!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cardiovascular Disease<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/liang-bruce\">Bruce T. Liang, MD<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/meng-joyce\">Joyce Meng, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/pickett-christopher\">Christopher Pickett, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Colon &amp; Rectal Surgery<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/girard-eric\">Eric Girard, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dermatology<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/chang-mary\">Mary Wu Chang, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/feng-hao\">Hao Feng, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/Grant-Kels-Jane\">Jane Grant-Kels, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/rothe-marti\">Marti Rothe, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Diagnostic Radiology<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/kaloudis-electra\">Electra Kaloudis, MD, MPH<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/merkulov-aleksey\">Alex Merkulov, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Emergency Medicine<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Frallicciardi-Alise\">Alise Frallicciardi, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Kamin-Richard\">Richard Kamin, MD<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Endocrinology, Diabetes &amp; Metabolism<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/celi-francesco\">Francesco Celi, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/gulati-mahima\">Mahina Gulati , MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gastroenterology<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/levine-joel\">Joel Levine, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Geriatric Medicine<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/berg-karina\">Karina Berg, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/coll-patrick\">Patrick Coll, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/kositsawat-jatupol\">Jatupol Kositsawat, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gynecologic Oncology<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/jorgensen-jennifer\">Jennifer Jorgensen, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Infectious Disease<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/Abrantes-Figueiredo-Jessica\">Jessica Abrantes-Figuerido, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/banach-david\">David Banach, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/chirch-lisa\">Lisa Chirch, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/dieckhaus-kevin\">Kevin Dieckhaus, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Internal Medicine<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/caines-laurie\">Laurie Caines, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/manger-thomas\">Thomas Manger, MD, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interventional Cardiology<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/azrin-michael\">Michael Azrin, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/robinson-peter2\">Peter Robinson, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Medical Oncology<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/buss-mary\">Mary Buss, MD, MPH<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/forbes-victoria\">Victoria Forbes, MD, MS<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/hegde-upendra\">Upendra Hedge, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/kapadia-pragna\">Pragna Kapadia, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Tannenbaum-Susan\">Susan Tannenbaum, MD<\/a> (Emeritus)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neurological Surgery<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/bulsara-ketan\">Ketan Bulsara, MD, MBA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Neurology<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/eugene-marie%20carl\">Marie Eugene, DO<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/greenfield-lazar\">L. John Greenfield, MD, Ph.D.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/imitola%20herrera-jaime\">Jaime Imitola Herrera, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/alkass-ramzi\">Ramzi Alkass, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/luciano-danielle\">Danielle Luciano, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/morosky-christopher\">Christopher Morosky, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Opthalmology\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/chaudhry-sona\">Sona Chaudhry, MD\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/farris-edmund\">Edmund Farris, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Orthopedic Surgery<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/arciero-robert\">Robert Arciero, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/coyner-katherine\">Katherine Coyner, MD, MBA<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/geaney-lauren\">Lauren Geaney, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/laurencin-cato\">Cato Laurencin, MD, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Otolaryngology\u00a0<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/falcone-todd\">Todd Falcone, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/lafreniere-denis\">Denis Lafreniere, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/parham-kourosh\">Kourosh Parham, MD, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pulmonary Disease<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/foley-raymond\">Raymond Foley, MD, FCCP<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/ibrahim-omar\">Omar Ibrahim, MD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/metersky-mark\">Mark Metersky, MD, FCCP, FACP<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Radiation Oncology<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/dowsett-robert\">Robert Dowsett, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sports Medicine\u00a0<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/hall-matthew\">Matthew Hall, DO<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/maass-zachary\">Zachary Maass, DO, CAQSM<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/schafer-allison\">Allison Shafer, DO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Surgery<\/strong><br \/>\n<a 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