2025 Top Doctors in San Diego

January 14, 2026 | Wellness & Prevention

San Diego Magazine Top Doctors 2025 Directory

Many Scripps Health physicians across dozens of medical specialties were named 2025 Top Doctors in San Diego Magazine’s annual Physicians of Exceptional Excellence survey.

Recognized through a peer-driven nomination process, these San Diego County doctors were selected by fellow physicians as among the region’s best doctors for their clinical expertise, medical leadership and commitment to high-quality, patient-centered care. Congratulations to our 2025 Scripps Health Top Docs.

Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Francesca Betti, MD

William T. Connell, MD

Andres Falabella, MD

Austin J. Henry, DO

Paul James Himaya, MD

Jason Philip Lujan, MD

Lars R. Newsome, MD

David Maged Seif, MD

Sepehr Shokri Tabibzadeh, MD

Edward Harding Sherer, MD

Kevin James Staggenborg, MD

Kris Kishore Vasant, MD

Lei Wang, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Antonio Duran, MD

Hirsch Sumir Mehta, MD

Justin Thomas Parizo, MD

Allergy and Immunology

Andrew Allen White, MD

Anesthesiology

Todd Allen Austin, MD

Graham Watson Davis, DO

Robert Scott Dyer, MD

Eric Sean Eikermann, MD

Ladan Farhoomand, MD

Andrew Mathew Glasgow Perez, MD

Ryan William Hill, MD

Michael Lee, MD

William Maxwell, MD

Jesse Nelson, DO

Alexander Knut Quick, MD

Joseph Seif, MD

Ryan Stradleigh, DO

Alexander Taborek, MD

Sarah Wyhs, MD

Shiyin Zhu, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

James Hemp, MD

Cardiovascular Disease

Roy Takai Avalos, MD

Martin L. Charlat, MD

Batyrjan Kadyrkhan Bulibek, MD

Eric Anson Hong, MD

Patrick Martin McGinty, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Charles Anselmo Athill, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Keith Allan Beiermeister, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Jan Kulhanek, MD

Dermatology

Timothy Chang, MD

Stacy Silverman Ostrow, MD

Brooke Resh Sateesh, MD

Dermatopathology

Antoanella Calame, MD

Family Medicine

Sanaz Sara Majd, MD

Patricia Pisinger, MD

Gastroenterology

General Surgery

Pascal Gabriel Bortz, MD

Daniel James Burgess, DO

Michael C Morell, MD

Cheryl Lorraine Olson, MD

Mark Jason Sherman, MD

Hussna Wakily, MD

Samuel Marc Zuber, MD

Gynecologic Oncology

Jo Marie Tran Janco, MD

Head and Neck Surgery

Linda Nguyen Woo, MD

Hematology Oncology

Marin Feldman Xavier, MD

Internal Medicine

Lynne Michelle Champagne, MD

Isabel Kuo Cheon, MD

Heather Follett Doherty, MD

Kaylan Arlene Graham, MD

David Benjamin LaVine, MD

Preeti Mehta, MD

Farris Sandhu, MD

Dana Michele Vaccari, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Justin Michael Cox, MD

Raghava Gollapudi, MD

Jan Kulhanek, MD

Arvin Narula, MD

Anitha Rajamanickam, MD

Aaron Yung, MD

Maternal and Fetal Medicine

Shahram Sean Daneshmand, MD

Jasmine Lai, MD

Medical Oncology

James Laross Coggan, DO

Jennifer M Fisher, MD

Nephrology

Juan Calderon Molina, MD

Ricardo Soltero, MD

Neurological Surgery

Frank Jeffrey Coufal, MD

Neurology

Neuroradiology

Neurotology

Michael J. O'Leary, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Samantha Berg, MD

Wendy Marilyn Buchi, MD

Kim Bui, MD

Catherine Dieffenbach, MD

Einat Rachel Duhamel, MD

Valerie Gafori, MD

Heather Gunnarson, MD

Keerti Gurushanthaiah, MD

Maria Patricia Murillo, MD

Lauren A Robertson, MD, MPH

Elizabeth Gorham Silverman, MD

Chandra Spring-Robinson, DO

Ophthalmology

Arash Mozayan Isfahani, MD

Georgios Papastergiou, MD

Mihir Parikh, MD

Sarjan Patel, MD

Mauricio Pons, MD

Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

Jonathan Joseph Myer, MD

Sanjum Paul Singh Samagh, MD

Erik Scott Stark, MD

Garrett James Tallman, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Christopher Todd Behr, MD

Jeremy McCandless, MD

Paul Murphy, MD

Mark Schultzel, MD

Morgan Silldorff, MD

Scott Kiyoshi Tanaka, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

Otolaryngology

Andrew Dimitrios Beros, MD

Angela Chang, MD

Hernan Goldsztein, MD

Pain Medicine

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Gregory Isaac Ostrow, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Plastic Surgery

Salvatore John Pacella, MD

Jason Toranto, MD

Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine

Pulmonary Disease

Radiation Oncology

Tahir Ijaz, MD

Prabhakar Tripuraneni, MD

Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility

Said Taghi Daneshmand, MD

Rheumatology

Sleep Medicine

Surgery of the Hand

Richard Brown, MD

Kristopher Downing, MD

Andrew Philip Hartman, MD

Grant Gong Seiden, MD

Urological Surgery

Jason Phillips, MD

Urology

Aaron Boonjindasup MD, MPH

Vascular Surgery

Scott E Musicant, MD

Note: Scripps Health does not partake in the classification of Top Doc specialties. The list above includes specialty designations as provided by the San Diego County Medical Society.

Heart Failure

Scripps cardiovascular teams are nationally recognized for breakthrough work in diagnosing and treating heart failure, a life-threatening heart condition.

Robotic Cardiothoracic Surgery

Scripps surgeons in San Diego perform robotic cardiothoracic surgery to treat many heart and lung conditions, including atrial fibrillation and lung cancer.

Heart Care

Scripps Health has San Diego’s best hospitals for heart care and heart surgery. Get comprehensive cardiac treatment options from an expert cardiologist.

Dermatology

National leaders in medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology, Scripps dermatologists in San Diego care for people with a wide range of skin conditions.

Family Medicine

Find a family medicine doctor in San Diego at Scripps Health. Our physicians accept many health insurance plans for preventive care and urgent care needs.

Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Digestive and Liver Diseases)

Scripps Health is among the best hospitals for diagnosing and treating GI and liver disease, with an expert team of gastroenterologists and hepatologists.

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