Northern Virginia Magazine has named 64 Children’s National Health System physicians to its 2017 list of “Top Doctors.” These elite physicians represent a wide array of specialties within Children’s National, including nationally ranked programs such as Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Endocrinology, Hematology/Oncology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Neonatology, Orthopaedics and Urology. Twelve of these physicians also practice at several Northern Virginia locations through Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV).

“I’m proud to see so many of our physicians recognized for their commitment to excellence and provision of exceptional care,”says Kurt Newman, MD, President and CEO of Children’s National. “This acknowledgement affirms our physicians’ high level of expertise and their dedication to helping children grow up stronger – in Northern Virginia, across the region, and beyond.”

Nominations for Northern Virginia Magazine’s list of “Top Doctors” are generated by a peer survey and panels from eight local hospitals. Each panel nominated the doctors based on internal evaluations, patient reviews, patient access, training and quality of records.

Offering more than 50 pediatric specialty care programs and departments, our specialists provide care at Children’s National Sheikh Zayed Campus for Advanced Children’s Medicine and as part of PSV across Northern Virginia, as well as a number of other locations throughout the region. Children’s National is the only health system in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area dedicated exclusively to pediatric care and is one of only four pediatric hospitals in the country to have been ranked in the top 20 in every specialty evaluated by U.S. News & World Report. It also is designated a Leapfrog Group 2016 Top Hospital, the only children’s hospital in the Northeastern United States to be named to this prestigious list, and is a two-time recipient of Magnet® status.

Children’s National Specialists Recognized as “Top Doctors”

Cardiology

Charles Berul, MD
Mary Donofrio, MD
Ashraf Harahsheh, MD
Thomas Hougen, MD
David Schidlow, MD
David Wessel, MD

Cardiovascular Surgery

Richard Jonas, MD

Dermatology

Scott Norton, MD, MPH, MSc

Endocrinology

Fran Cogen, MD, CDE

Rinku Mehra, MD*

Priya Vaidyanathan, MD

Fetal Medicine

Dorothy Bulas, MD

Adré du Plessis, MBChB, MPH

Gastroenterology/Hepatology

Catherine Chao, MD*

Lynn Duffy, MD*

Muhammad Khan, MD*

Jaime Wolfe, MD*

Hematology/Oncology

Jeffrey Dome, MD, PhD

Jay Greenberg, MD

Christopher Lawlor, MD*

Carly Varela, MD*

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

David Steinhorn, MD

Infectious Disease

Roberta DeBiasi, MD, MS

Barbara Jantausch, MD

Bernhard Wiedermann, MD, MA

Neonatology

Ashraf Afifi, MD

Joshua Attridge, MD

John Galiote, MD

An Massaro, MD

Billie Lou Short, MD

Brian Stone, MD, MBA

Nephrology

Lisa Guay-Woodford, MD

Asha Moudgil, MD

Shamir Tuchman, MD

Neurology

Marc DiFazio, MD

Bennett Lavenstein, MD*

William McClintock, MD*

Roger Packer, MD

Neurosurgery

John Myseros, MD

Ophthalmology

William Madigan Jr., MD

Jonathan Taylormoore, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine

Jeffrey Hanway, MD*

Emily Hattwick, MD*

Matthew Oetgen, MD

Otolaryngology

Diego Preciado, MD, PhD

Rahul Shah, MD, MBA

George Zalzal, MD

Pediatrics

Denice Cora-Bramble, MD, MBA

Lawrence D’Angelo, MD, MPH

Eduardo R. Fox, MD

Allison Markowsky, MD (Hospitalist)

Mark Weissman, MD

Pediatric Surgery

Randall Burd, MD, PhD

Timothy Kane, MD

Anthony Sandler, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Sarah (Sally) Evans, MD

Pulmonology

Anastassios Koumbourlis, MD, MPH

Gustavo Nino Barrera, MD

Rheumatology

Bita Arabshahi, MD*

Lawrence Jung, MD

Urology

M. David Gibbons, MD

Hans Pohl, MD

H. Gil Rushton, MD

Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Karun Sharma, MD

*Designates physicians who also practice at Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV).

About Children’s National Health System

Children’s National Health System, based in Washington, DC, has been serving the nation’s children since 1870. Children’s National is ranked in the top 20 in every specialty evaluated by U.S. News & World Report; one of only four children’s hospitals in the nation to earn this distinction. Designated a Leapfrog Group Top Hospital and a two-time recipient of Magnet® status, this pediatric academic health system offers expert care through a convenient, community-based primary care network and specialty outpatient centers. Home to the Children’s Research Institute and the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National is one of the nation’s top NIH-funded pediatric institutions. Children’s National is recognized for its expertise and innovation in pediatric care and as a strong voice for children through advocacy at the local, regional and national levels. For more information, visit ChildrensNational.org, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.