{"id":70757,"date":"2012-12-28T15:45:26","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T20:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=70757"},"modified":"2013-01-04T11:50:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T16:50:12","slug":"top-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2012\/12\/top-docs\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Docs and Dentists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As UConn Health Center moves toward a healthier future, our experts and specialists are here for you every day, providing the region with a full range of medical, dental and emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we salute our dentists and physicians recognized in the November and January issues of <a href=\"http:\/\/hartfordmag.com\/connecticut\/article-781-best-doctors.html\"><em>Hartford Magazine<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pull-right w33\">\n<h2>Best Dentists<\/h2>\n<h4>Endodontics<\/h4>\n<p>Kamran E. Safavi, DMD<\/p>\n<h4>General Dentistry<\/h4>\n<p>Ruth S. Goldblatt, &#8217;90 DMD<br \/>\nJonathan C. Meiers, &#8217;72 (CLAS), DMD<\/p>\n<h4>Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery<\/h4>\n<p>Michael T. Goupil, DMD<br \/>\nDavid M. Shafer, DMD<\/p>\n<h4>Pediatric Dentistry<\/h4>\n<p>Richard J. Skinner, &#8217;77 DMD<\/p>\n<h4>Periodontics<\/h4>\n<p>Frank C. Nichols, &#8217;87 DDS<\/p>\n<h4>Prosthodontics<\/h4>\n<p>Thomas D. Taylor, DDS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pull-left w33\">\n<h2>Best Physicians<\/h2>\n<h4>Anesthesiology<\/h4>\n<p>Edward P. Grimes, MD<br \/>\nMarc Paradis, MD<br \/>\nAmir Tulchinsky, MD<br \/>\nJames C. Wickwire, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Cardiovascular Disease<\/h4>\n<p>Peter Schulman, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Dermatology<\/h4>\n<p>Jane M. Grant-Kels, MD<br \/>\nHanspaul S. Makkar, MD<br \/>\nMarti J. Rothe, MD<br \/>\nJames D. Whalen, MD<br \/>\nDiane Whitaker-Worth, &#8217;82 (CLAS), &#8217;87 MD<\/p>\n<h4>Endocrinology and Metabolism<\/h4>\n<p>Andrew Arnold, MD<br \/>\nCarl D. Malchoff, MD<br \/>\nPamela Taxel, MD, &#8217;95 (residency program)<\/p>\n<h4>Gastroenterology<\/h4>\n<p>Joel B. Levine, &#8217;78 MD<\/p>\n<h4>Geriatric Medicine<\/h4>\n<p>Patrick P. Coll, &#8217;86 MD<br \/>\nAnne M. Kenny, MD<br \/>\nMargaret Rathier, &#8217;86 MD<br \/>\nGail M. Sullivan, MD, MPH<\/p>\n<h4>Hand Surgery<\/h4>\n<p>Craig M. Rodner, &#8217;00 MD<\/p>\n<h4>Internal Medicine<\/h4>\n<p>Rebecca Andrews, &#8217;02 MD, &#8217;06 (residency program)<br \/>\nElizabeth Appel, MD<br \/>\nLynn Kosowicz, &#8217;80 (CLAS), &#8217;86 MD<br \/>\nThomas M. Manger, &#8217;86 (CLAS), &#8217;92 PhD, &#8217;94 MD, &#8217;97 (residency program)<br \/>\nMichael P. Steinberg, MD<br \/>\nGail M. Sullivan, M.D., MPH<\/p>\n<h4>Medical Oncology and Hematology<\/h4>\n<p>Frank M. Torti, MD, MPH<\/p>\n<h4>Nephrology<\/h4>\n<p>Andre A. Kaplan, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Neurology<\/h4>\n<p>Agnes Jani-Acsadi, MD<br \/>\nLouise D. McCullough, &#8217;89 (CLAS), &#8217;91 MA, &#8217;92 PhD, &#8217;96 MD<br \/>\nLauren Sansing, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/h4>\n<p>Ramzi Alkass, MD, &#8217;07 (residency program)<br \/>\nClaudio A. Benadiva, MD, &#8217;93 (residency program)<br \/>\nMolly A. Brewer, DVM, MD, MS<br \/>\nWinston A. Campbell, MD<br \/>\nJohn C. Nulsen, MD<br \/>\nAnne-Marie Prabulos, &#8217;91 MD, &#8217;97 (residency program)<br \/>\nPhillip P. Smith, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Ophthalmology<\/h4>\n<p>William H. Ehlers, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Orthopaedic Surgery<\/h4>\n<p>Robert A. Arciero, MD<br \/>\nBruce D. Browner, MD, MS<br \/>\nThomas M. DeBerardino, MD<br \/>\nAugustus D. Mazzocca, &#8217;96 MD, &#8217;01 MS<br \/>\nVinayak M. Sathe, MD, MS, FRCS<br \/>\nKevin P. Shea, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Otolaryngology<\/h4>\n<p>Denis C. Lafreniere, &#8217;87 MD<br \/>\nGerald Leonard, MD<br \/>\nJeffrey D. Spiro, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Pathology<\/h4>\n<p>Jane M. Grant-Kels, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Pediatric Dermatology<\/h4>\n<p>Hanspaul S. Makkar, MD<br \/>\nDiane Whitaker-Worth, &#8217;82 (CLAS), &#8217;87 MD<\/p>\n<h4>Pediatric Specialist\/ Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine<\/h4>\n<p>Naveed Hussain, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Psychiatry<\/h4>\n<p>David C. Steffens, MD<br \/>\nAndrew Winokur, MD, PhD<\/p>\n<h4>Pulmonary Medicine<\/h4>\n<p>Nausherwan K. Burki, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Radiation Oncology<\/h4>\n<p>Robert J. Dowsett, &#8217;80 (ENG), &#8217;84 MD<\/p>\n<h4>Rheumatology<\/h4>\n<p>Micha Abeles, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Surgery<\/h4>\n<p>Peter J. Deckers, MD<br \/>\nDavid W. McFadden, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Surgery Oncology<\/h4>\n<p>David W. McFadden, MD<\/p>\n<h4>Urology<\/h4>\n<p>Peter C. Albertsen, MD<br \/>\nCarl K. Gjertson, MD<br \/>\nJohn A. Taylor III, MD, &#8217;11 MS<\/p>\n<h4>Vascular Surgery<\/h4>\n<p>James O. Menzoian, MD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uchc.edu\">UConn Health Center<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uconnhealthcenter\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uconnhealth\">Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/uconnhealth\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health Center physicians and dentists named to Hartford Magazine Best Doctors and Dentists lists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":70770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-70757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-11 06:22:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70757"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70842,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70757\/revisions\/70842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/70770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70757"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=70757"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=70757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}