2026 Top Doctors in San Diego

October 15, 2026 | Wellness & Prevention

San Diego Magazine Top Doctors 2026 Directory

More than 200 Scripps Health physicians across 52 specialties were named 2026 Top Doctors in San Diego Magazine’s annual Physicians of Exceptional Excellence survey.

Recognized through a peer-driven nomination process, these Scripps Health physicians were selected by fellow physicians as among San Diego County’s top doctors for their expertise and commitment to high-quality patient care.

Explore the Scripps Health physicians recognized as 2026 Top Doctors by specialty below.

Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Francesca Betti, MD

William T. Connell, 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

Rola Maan Khedraki, MD

Hirsch Sumir Mehta, MD

Rajeev Chandra Mohan, 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

Alexander Taborek, MD

Sarah Wyhs, MD

Shiyin Zhu, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

J. Jeffrey Tyner, MD

Cardiovascular Disease

Martin L. Charlat, MD

James Thomas Heywood, MD

John David Rogers, MD

Christopher J. Suhar, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Charles Anselmo Athill, MD

Douglas Neil Gibson, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Keith Allan Beiermeister, MD

Craniofacial Surgery

Ravi Kumar Garg, MD

Critical Care Medicine

Carrie D. Chun, MD

Dermatology

Alvin Bob Coda, MD

Erik Gilbertson, MD

Stacy Silverman Ostrow, MD

Dermatopathology

Antoanella Calame, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Amy Sheree Chang, MD

Lauren Cullen Vincent, MD

Family Medicine

Esther Yoomee Kim, MD

David Miller, MD

Carlos M. Quiros, MD

Ryan Yoon, MD

Gastroenterology

Walter James Coyle, MD

Mohammad Phillip Charles Fejleh, MD

Gauree Gupta Konijeti, MD, MPH

Brett James Partridge, MD

Javaid Shad, MD, MBA

Matthew James Skinner, MD

Franklin Chung-Han Tsai, MD

General Surgery

Sunil Bhoyrul, MD

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

Teresa Codini Longoria, MD

Hematology Oncology

Wesleigh Fowler Edwards, MD, PhD

David Jacob Hermel, MD

Emily Anne Nagler, MD

Darren Scott Sigal, MD

Marin Feldman Xavier, MD

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Vishva G. Lakshman, MD

Infectious Disease

Michael Joseph Preziosi, MD

Internal Medicine

Gregory Phillip Babikian, MD

Joel Charles Diamant, MD

Kaylan Arlene Graham, MD

Neil Kalra, MD

Andrew Shin Lai, MD

Preeti Mehta, MD

Julie Ann Papatheofanis, MD

Jennifer Lynne Park, DO

Farris Sandhu, MD

Dana Michele Vaccari, MD

Biraj Deepak Shah, MD

Frederick Dow Wu, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Justin Michael Cox, MD

Raghava Gollapudi, MD

Arvin Pal Singh Narula, MD, FSCAI, FACC

Anitha Rajamanickam, MD

Curtiss Tyler Stinis, MD

Paul S. Teirstein, MD

Aaron Yung, MD

Maternal and Fetal Medicine

Shahram Sean Daneshmand, MD

Jasmine Lai, MD

Medical Oncology

Munveer Singh Bhangoo, MD

Kathryn Bollin, MD

James Laross Coggan, DO

Jennifer M Fisher, MD

Steven Kossman, MD

Charles Redfern, MD

Marie Shieh, MD

Nephrology

Juan Calderon Molina, MD

Andrew James King, MD

Ricardo Soltero, MD

Neurological Surgery

Jeremy N. Ciporen, MD

Sanjay Ghosh, MD

Hani Malone, MD

Christopher M. Uchiyama, MD

Vikram Udani, MD

Neurology

Emily Rubenstein Engel, MD

Tresa Michelle McGranahan, MD, PhD

Gregory Sahagian, MD

Aman Savani, MD

Nuclear Cardiology

Austin Adams Robinson, MD

Poulina Uddin, MD

Nuclear Medicine

Nikunj Kantilal Patel, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Samantha Berg, MD

Wendy Marilyn Buchi, MD

Kim Bui, MD

Allison Canavan, MD

Catherine Dieffenbach, MD

Jonathan Dunn, MD

Einat Rachel Duhamel, MD

Dina Fainman, MD

Valerie Gafori, MD

Heather Gunnarson, MD

Keerti Gurushanthaiah, MD

Tresa Lombardi, MD

Tammy Pham, MD, FACOG

Lauren A Robertson, MD, MPH

Ronald Salzetti, MD

Elizabeth Gorham Silverman, MD

Michael Silverman, MD

Chandra Spring-Robinson, DO

Ophthalmology

Arash Mozayan Isfahani, MD

Georgios Papastergiou, MD

Mihir Parikh, MD

Sarjan Patel, MD

Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

Daniel Keefe, MD

Jonathan Joseph Myer, MD

Sanjum Paul Singh Samagh, MD

Erik Scott Stark, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Jeremy McCandless, MD

Paul Murphy, MD

Mark Schultzel, MD

Morgan Silldorff, MD

Scott Kiyoshi Tanaka, MD

Jeffrey Wilde, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Surgery

Richard Brown, MD

Michael Thompson, MD

Otolaryngology

Anna Bareiss, MD

Christopher Bergeron, MD

Kevin Brumund, MD

Angela Chang, MD

Hernan Goldsztein, MD

Otology/Neurotology

Michael O’Leary, MD

Pain Medicine

Navneet Boddu, MD

Pathology

Keith Thompson, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Gregory Isaac Ostrow, MD

Pediatrics

Daniel Lichtmann, MD

Plastic Surgery

Munish Batra, MD

Srinivas Iyengar, MD

Salvatore John Pacella, MD

Jason Toranto, MD

Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine

Pulmonary Disease

Ayana BoydKing, DO

Scott Eisman, MD

Samir S Makani, MD

Radiation Oncology

Prabhakar Tripuraneni, MD

Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility

Brooke Friedman, MD

Rheumatology

Puja Chitkara, MD

Surgery of the Hand

Lorenzo Pacelli, MD

Grant Gong Seiden, MD

Surgical Oncology

Mary Wilde, MD

Urological Surgery

Jason Phillips, MD

Urology

Aaron Boonjindasup MD, MPH

Ramdev Konijeti, MD

Vascular Neurology

Robert Claycomb, 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.

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.

Robotic General Surgery

Learn more about minimally invasive, robotic general surgery procedures offered by Scripps Health in San Diego.

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