Tampa Magazine surveyed nearly 9,000 physicians across the Tampa Bay area, asking them to nominate peers they consider the best in their specialty.
The final 2016 Top Doctors list of 331 includes 36 USF Health physicians in a diverse range of specialties, including 12 voted #1 by peers. They are:
Siviero Agazzi, MD: Runner-up for Neurosurgery
Michael Albrink, MD: Voted #1 for General Surgery
William Anderson, MD: Runner-up for Sleep Medicine
Lawrence Berk, MD: Runner-up for Radiation Oncology
Basil Cherpelis, MD: Runner-up for Dermatology
Charles E. Cox, MD: Runner-up for Breast Cancer Surgery
Mitchell Drucker, MD: Runner-up for Ophthalmology
Patricia Emmanuel, MD: Runner-up for Pediatrics
Maria Gieron, MD: Voted #1 for Pediatric Neurology
Harvey Greenberg, MD: Voted #1 for Radiation Oncology
Bengt Herweg, MD: Runner -up for Cardiac Electrophysiology
Ernesto Jimenez, MD: Runner -up for Cardiovascular Surgery
Vinita Kiluk, MD: Runner-up for Pediatrics
Dennis Ledford, MD: Voted #1 (tied) for Allergy and Immunology
Carol Lilly, MD: Vote #1 (tied) for Developmental Pediatrics
Richard Lockey, MD: Voted #1 (tied) for Allergy and Immunology
Jorge Lockhart, MD: Runner-up for Urology
Catherine Lynch, MD: Runner-up for Obstetrics and Gynecology
Jorge Marcet, MD: Voted #1 for Colon/Rectal Surgery
John McCormick, MD: Voted #1 (tied) for Internal Medicine
Anthony Morrison, MD: Runner-up for Endocrinology
Tanya Murphy, MD: Runner -up for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Michel Murr, MD: Voted #1 for Bariatrics
Ryan Murtagh, MD: Voted #1 for Radiology
Kevin O’Brien, MD: Runner-up for Internal Medicine
Shayne Plosker, MD: Runner-up for Fertility
Mark Rumbak, MD: Runner-up for Pulmonary Disease
Jaime Sanchez, MD: Runner-up for Colon/Rectal Surgery
Murray Shames, MD: Voted #1 for Vascular Surgery
Mandel R. Sher, MD: Runner-up for Allergy and Immunology
John Sinnott, MD: Runner-up for Infectious Disease
Paul Smith, MD: Runner-up for Plastic Surgery (Body)
Saundra Stock, MD: Runner-up for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Joanne Valeriano-Marcet, MD: Runner-up for Rheumatology
Harry van Loveren, MD: Voted #1 for Neurosurgery
Kira Zwygart, MD: Runner-up for Family Practice
