Top Physicians 2020
364 of Central Florida’s leading doctors.
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate our everyday lives, the renewed focus on our health and overall well-being has been increasingly important. Of course, that means not only keeping ourselves safe from the virus, but also staying on top of our other medical needs. Thankfully, Greater Orlando is full of amazingly skilled physicians from all areas of medicine who are more than capable of addressing our ailments. We asked our readers to let us know the names they trust in times of need and we received a record amount of online nominations. The result is our annual Top Physicians list, featuring more than 360 doctors from 50 disciplines who are making a noticeable impact in the health care world.
ALLERGY & IMMUNOLGY
Dr. Dana L. Broussard-Perry | Orlando
Dr. Boyce Hornberger
Orlando | Oviedo
Dr. Hao “Mimi” Tran | Winter Park
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Dr. Kirti Kalidas | Orlando
Dr. Candy Montoya | Orlando
Dr. Mojka Renaud | Lake Mary
407-333-1059 | HolisticOptionsInc.com
Dr. Mariam Tovar | Orlando
CARDIOLOGY
Dr. Robert Boswell | Orlando
Dr. R. Charles Curry Jr.
Orlando | Winter Park
Dr. Pradip Jamnadas | Orlando
Dr. Ahmad Kamme | Orlando
Dr. Louis Kantounis | Clermont
Dr. Brian Kelly | Orlando
Dr. Salvador Lanza | Lake Mary
Dr. Jose LeFran | Orlando
Dr. Neel Patel | Maitland
Dr. Scott Pollak | Orlando
Dr. Kishore V. Ranadive | Altamonte Springs
Dr. Karan Reddy | Multiple locations
Dr. Sanjeev Shroff | Orlando
Dr. Bruce Stein | Orlando
Dr. Babak Alex Vakili | Longwood
Dr. Lina M. Vargas | Windermere
Dr. Vikas Verma | Altamonte Springs
Dr. Adam Waldman | Orlando
Dr. Barry Weinstock
Altamonte Springs | Apopka
CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
Dr. Jeffrey Bott | Orlando
Dr. Peter Wearden | Orlando
CHIROPRACTIC
Dr. Joe Bellomo | Orlando
Dr. Anthony Harris | Ocoee
Dr. Ben Kersenbrock | Lake Mary
Dr. Robert Koch | Orlando
Dr. Montana Lichter | Ocoee
Dr. Joseph Morreale | Leesburg
Dr. Justin Napotnik | Windermere
Dr. Jae Oh | Orlando
407-423-4761 | PavlikChiropractic.com
Dr. Daniel J. Pavlik | Orlando
407-423-4761 | PavlikChiropractic.com
Dr. Martin Ressler | Oviedo
Dr. Allan Sidorsky | Ocoee
Dr. Troy Yeomans | Winter Park
Dr. David Young | Orlando
COSMETIC & PLASTIC SURGERY
Dr. James Baker | Altamonte Springs
Dr. Clifford Clark | Winter Park
407-629-5555 | ClarkAesthetics.com
Dr. Richard Gregory | Kissimmee
Dr. Edward Gross | Lake Mary
Dr. Jan V. Karlin | Orlando
863-604-6021 | NaturallyYouOrlando.com
Dr. Charles Newman | Orlando
Dr. Anup Patel | Orlando
Dr. George Pope | Orlando
Dr. Donovan Rosas | Celebration
Dr. Christopher Savage | Multiple locations
Dr. Roxanne Sylora | Celebration
Dr. Thomas Trevisani | Winter Park
Dr. Ruth Hill Yeilding | Winter Park
DERMATOLOGY
Dr. Allison Arthur | Orlando
Dr. Christopher Crotty | Orlando
Dr. K. Wade Foster | Multiple locations
Clermont: 855-353-7546 | Davenport: 863-547-9670
FLDSCC.com
Dr. Alfredo Gonzalez | Winter Park
Dr. William Grisaitis | Orlando
Dr. Michael Gutierrez | Orlando
Dr. Jeanette Hudgens | Windermere
Dr. Jerri Johnson | Altamonte Springs
Dr. Matthew Leavitt | Maitland
Dr. John L. Meisenheimer | Orlando
Dr. Panagiotis Mitropoulos | Multiple locations
Dr. Augusto Montalvo | Multiple locations
Dr. Michael Steppie | Multiple locations
800-827-7546 | DermOrlando.com
Dr. Brian J. Thomas | Maitland
Dr. David Weinstein | Orlando
Dr. Marty Yungmann | Multiple locations
Dr. Kathleen Zendell | Longwood
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Dr. Jesus Roa | Orlando
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Dr. Robert Constant | Orlando
Dr. Jose M. Mandry | Ocoee
407-480-4830 | JMandry.com
Dr. Angela Mazza | Oviedo
Dr. Louise Owen | Winter Park
Dr. Aymar Rodriguez- Perez | Kissimmee
Dr. Damon Tanton | Orlando
Dr. Juan Carlos Varon | Kissimmee
FAMILY MEDICINE
Dr. Michael Bougoulias | Lake Mary
Dr. Christopher Caggiano | Lake Mary
Dr. Don Buswell-Charkow | Ocoee
Dr. Joan Coupland | Oviedo
Dr. Akilah de Aza | Orlando
Dr. Edmund Delgado | Orlando
Dr. Rachel Eyma | Orlando
Dr. Julie Ferguson | Orlando
Dr. Dorie Goldberg | Orlando
Dr. Patrick Gonzales | Orlando
Dr. Tanya Haber | Orlando
Dr. Paul Jueng | Apopka
407-905-8827 | CHCFL.org
Dr. Adam Langley | Ocoee
Dr. Joan Martich | Orlando
Dr. Wendellenna Mays | Clermont
Dr. Sandeep Pandya | Maitland
Dr. Jan Parrillo | Orlando
Dr. Pinkal Patel | Ovideo
Dr. Varesh Patel | Orlando
Dr. Maryam Phillips | Altamonte Springs
Dr. Bernice Pritchett | Orlando
Dr. Randi-Ann Rodrigues | Oviedo
Dr. Helen E. Simpson | Lake Mary
Dr. Tania E. Velez | Orlando
Dr. Gary Visser | Ocoee
Dr. Gary Winfrey | Clermont
GASTRO-ENTEROLOGY
Dr. Avanish Aggarwal | Orlando
Dr. Steven Feiner | Orlando
Dr. O. Andrew Giles
Longwood | Oviedo
Dr. Hadeel Haddad | Orlando
Dr. Barry Katz | Multiple locations
407-830-8661 | DDCOrlando.com
Dr. Ian Martinez | Oviedo
Dr. Sanjay Reddy | Multiple locations
Dr. Harry Shephard | Multiple locations
Dr. Douglas J. Sprung | Altamonte Springs
GENERAL SURGERY
Dr. Danelle Chambers | Orlando
Dr. Timothy C. Childers | Winter Park
Dr. Rhonda Harmon | Apopka
Dr. Muhammad A. Jawad | Orlando
Dr. Michael Kahky | Orlando
Dr. Thomas K. Mahan | Winter Park
Dr. Lisa Minton | Altamonte Springs
Dr. Vladimir Neychev | Orlando
Dr. Carlos Ortiz-Ortiz | Kissimmee
Dr. Chetan J. Patel | Orlando
Dr. Jay Redan | Celebration
Dr. Jeffrey R. Smith | Orlando
GERIATRICS
Dr. Ariel Cole | Winter Park
HEMATOLOGY | ONCOLOGY
Dr. Adnan Akhtar | Kissimmee
Dr. Said Baidas | Orlando
Dr. Martin Dietrich | Altamonte Springs
Dr. Maneesh Gossain
Orlando | Sanford
Dr. William Grow | Multiple locations
Dr. Muhammad Imam | Multiple locations
Dr. Meera Iyengar | Multiple locations
Dr. Richard Lee
Orlando | Sanford
Dr. Steven Lester
Orlando | Sanford
Dr. David C. Molthrop | Multiple locations
Dr. Santosh Nash | Multiple locations
Dr. Gregory Ortega | Multiple locations
Dr. Neeraj Sharma | Multiple locations
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Dr. Antonio Crespo | Orlando
Dr. Dan Cruz
Altamonte Springs | Orlando
Dr. Edwin DeJesus
Altamonte Springs | Orlando
Dr. Hari Madhosingh | Multiple locations
Dr. Ashley Thomas | Orlando
INFERTILITY
Dr. Rafael A. Cabrera | Orlando
407-603-0466 | BrownFertility.com
Dr. Sharon Jaffe | Winter Park
Dr. Randall Loy | Winter Park
Dr. George Patounakis | Lake Mary
407-804-9670 | RMA-FL.com
Dr. Mark Trolice | Winter Park
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Dr. Jan Becker | Orlando
Dr. Annette Cabiac | Orlando
Dr. Neil Coskun | Orlando
Dr. Michelle de la Riva | Orlando
Dr. Rajan Kapoor | Winter Park
Dr. Carlos Ocampo Chacon | Apopka
Dr. Niral C. Patel | Windermere
Dr. Jorge Uribe | Orlando
Dr. Thomas Wentzell | Ocoee
NEONATAL-PERINATAL MEDICINE
Dr. Hilton Bernstein | Orlando
Dr. Darlene Calhoun | Orlando
Dr. Caroline Chua | Orlando
Dr. Armando Fuentes | Orlando
Dr. Lindsay Kahn | Orlando
Dr. Gregory Locksmith | Orlando
Dr. Lama Tolaymat | Orlando
NEPHROLOGY
Dr. Jeffrey M. Cohen | Orlando
Dr. Jorge A. Larranaga | Kissimmee
Dr. Uday K. Ranjit | Orlando
Dr. Robert M. Sullivan | Orlando
Dr. Timothy Youell | Orlando
NEUROLOGY
Dr. Tawfiq Al-Lahham | Ocoee
Dr. Amparo Gutierrez | Orlando
NEUROSURGERY
Dr. Christopher Gegg | Orlando
Dr. Robert Hirschl | Orlando
Dr. Virgilio Matheus | Orlando
Dr. Max Medary | Orlando
Dr. Nizam Razack | Orlando
Dr. Paul Sawin | Winter Park
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Dr. John Albritton | Winter Park
Dr. George Amyradakis | Multiple locations
Dr. Jason Bridge | Multiple locations
Dr. Aileen Caceres | Kissimmee
Dr. Theresa Carducci | Multiple locations
Dr. Pranav Chudgar | Orlando
Dr. Pedro Cruz-Torres | Orange City
Dr. Virgil Davila | Oviedo
Dr. Jack Faup | Orlando
Dr. LaReesa Ferdinand | Davenport
Dr. Thomas Gibbs | Orlando
Dr. Larissa Guerrero | Multiple locations
Dr. Christine Greves | Orlando
Dr. Marnique Jones | Multiple locations
Dr. Lindsey Koss
Orlando | Winter Park
Dr. Robert Lemert | Celebration
Dr. Marybeth Lewis-Boardman | Multiple locations
Dr. Sheryl Logan | Multiple locations
Dr. David Marcantel | Celebration
Dr. Matthew Mervis | Orlando
Dr. Melissa Moore | Multiple locations
Dr. Wendy Quirino | Multiple locations
Dr. Michelle Rothen | Multiple locations
Dr. Kanisha Sierra-Rios | Orlando
Dr. Pamela Snook | Winter Park
Dr. Jeanmarie Texier | Winter Garden
Dr. John Tramont | Orlando
Dr. Christopher Walker | Orlando
407-333-0496 | BestUroGyn.com
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Dr. David B. Auerbach
Maitland | Orlando
Dr. Thomas Barnard | Multiple locations
877-357-3846 | FloridaRetinaInstitute.com
Dr. Alexander Barnes | Multiple locations
877-357-3846 | FloridaRetinaInstitute.com
Dr. Richard Cohn | Maitland
Dr. Matthew A. Cunningham | Multiple locations
877-357-3846 | FloridaRetinaInstitute.com
Dr. Airaj Fasiuddin | Orlando
Dr. S.K. Steven Houston III | Multiple locations
877-357-3846 | FloridaRetinaInstitute.com
Dr. Jaya Kumar | Multiple locations
877-357-3846 | FloridaRetinaInstitute.com
Dr. G. Brock Magruder Jr. | Orlando
Dr. Elias Mavrofrides | Multiple locations
877-357-3846 | FloridaRetinaInstitute.com
Dr. Nader Moinfar | Lake Mary
Dr. Parul Pal | Orlando
Dr. Keshini Parbhu | Windermere
Dr. Chirag J. Patel | Orlando
407-857-3937 | NonaEyeMD.com
Dr. Javier Perez | Orlando
Dr. Michael J. Shumski | Orlando
ORTHOPEDICS & ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Dr. Frank Bono | Orlando
407-449-8620 | BioSpine.com
Dr. Bradd Burkhart | Orlando
Dr. Roderick Claybrooks | Orlando
407-449-8620 | BioSpine.com
Dr. Dean Cole | Orlando
Dr. Stephen Goll | Orlando
Dr. Lawrence Halperin | Orlando
Dr. Brad Homan | Multiple locations
Dr. Ron Hudanich | Lake Mary
Dr. Matthew D. Hurbanis | Windermere
Dr. Michael Jablonski | Lake Mary
Dr. Matthew Johnston | Multiple locations
Dr. James B. Manzanares
Orlando | Winter Garden
407-440-2728 | FLSpinalSurgeon.com
Dr. Douglas McDonald | Multiple locations
Dr. Craig Mintzer | Orlando
Dr. Steve Nguyen | Orlando
Dr. Daryl Osbahr | Orlando
Dr. Ravi Patel | Orlando
Dr. Jeffrey Petrie | Orlando
Dr. Bryan Reuss | Orlando
Dr. Janet Robison | Winter Park
Dr. Joseph E. Robison | Multiple locations
Dr. James Ronzo | Orlando
407-449-8620 | BioSpine.com
Dr. Randy Schwartzberg | Orlando
Dr. Travis Van Dyke | Orlando
Dr. Steven Webber | Orlando
Dr. George White | Orlando
Dr. Harrison Youmans | Longwood
OTOLARYNGOLOGY (EAR, NOSE, THROAT)
Dr. Henry Ho | Winter Park
Dr. Armon Jadidian | Winter Park
Dr. Aftab Patni | Winter Park
Dr. Brian Spector | Winter Park
Dr. Kiran Tipirneni | Winter Park
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Dr. Avi Bhandary | Orlando
Dr. Shehzad H. Choudry | Orlando
Dr. Daniel Frohwein | Multiple locations
Dr. Lisgelia Santana-Rojas | Orlando
Dr. Daniel Schaffer | Clermont
Dr. Scott Sherman | Multiple locations
PEDIATRIC & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Dr. Indhira Almonte | Orlando
Sunshine Premier Wellness
407-412-5160 | SPWCenter.com
Dr. Riffat Qureshi | Orlando
407-370-0111 | CentralFloridaBehavioral.com
PEDIATRIC ALLERGY & IMMUNOLGY
Dr. Jordan Smallwood | Orlando
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
Dr. Gul Dadlani | Orlando
Dr. Susan Desjardins | Maitland
Dr. Craig E. Fleishman | Windermere
Dr. Nasima Gowani | Orlando
Dr. Elise F. Riddle | Windermere
PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
Dr. Mauri Carakushansky
Orlando | Winter Garden
Dr. Paul Desrosiers
Lake Mary | Orlando
Dr. Sonialy Lugo-Ruiz | Lakeland
PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY
Dr. James Franciosi | Multiple locations
Dr. Sanjay Nari Khubchandani | Orlando
Dr. Akash Pandey
Orlando | Windermere
Dr. Nishant H. Patel | Multiple locations
Dr. Shaista Safder | Orlando
Dr. Roberto Gomez Suarez
Orlando | Winter Garden
PEDIATRICS – GENERAL
Dr. Kattya Antenor
Ocoee | Orlando
Dr. Rayyan Anwer | Celebration Pediatrics
Dr. Janelle Barfield
Ocoee | Orlando
Dr. Brooke Britton | Multiple locations
Dr. Robert Dabrow | Celebration
Dr. Mark Didea | Orlando
Dr. Sareh Dyer
Maitland | Oviedo
Dr. Salma Elfaki | Orlando
Dr. Rhonda Elton | Winter Garden
Dr. Cathy E. Franco | Apopka
407-905 8827 | CHCFL.org
Dr. Marcia Gayoso | Orlando
Dr. Diego Heraud | Orlando
Dr. Michael Middleton | Orlando
Dr. Kevin O’Brien | Ocoee
Dr. Pamela Ponce | Winter Garden
Dr. Marie R. Quiñonez | Orlando
407-275-5700 | DrQPediatrics.com
Dr. Richard Rodriguez | Maitland
Dr. Susan Ryan
Ocoee | Orlando
Dr. Nasimul H. Siddiqui | Windermere
Dr. Maxine Silverman | Orlando
Dr. Andy Summers | Maitland
Dr. Michelle Tellado | Orlando
Dr. Jennifer Thielhelm | Maitland
407-660-7000 | OrlandoHealth.com
Dr. Melissa Velarde
Maitland | Oviedo
Dr. Lloyd Werk | Orlando
Dr. Barry Yarckin | Ocoee
PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY | ONCOLOGY
Dr. Dorothea Douglas-Lindsay | Orlando
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Dr. Kenneth Alexander | Orlando
Dr. Adriana Cadilla | Orlando
Dr. Alejandro Jordan-Villegas
Maitland | Orlando
PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
Dr. Carlos Araya | Multiple locations
Dr. Jeffery A. Johnson | Multiple locations
Dr. Brenda Montane | Multiple locations
Dr. Deogracias Pena | Winter Garden
PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
Dr. Ronald Davis | Winter Park
407-293-1122 | PediatricNeurologyPA.com
Dr. Jasna Kojic | Orlando
Dr. Vikram Prakash | Orlando
PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY
Dr. Keyne Johnson | Winter Park
PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY
Dr. Louis C. Blumenfeld
Maitland | Orlando
Dr. Robert S. Gold
Maitland | Orlando
Dr. Robert W. Hered
Maitland | Orlando
PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDICS AND ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Dr. John Lovejoy
Melbourne | Orlando
Dr. Jason Malone
Lakeland | Orlando
Dr. Tamara Topoleski | Multiple locations
PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY
Dr. Cheryl Cotter | Maitland
Dr. Joshua Gotschall | Maitland
Dr. Cedric Von Pritchett
Lake Mary | Orlando
Dr. Julie Wei
Melbourne | Orlando
PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY
Dr. Luis A. Faverio | Multiple locations
Dr. Floyd Livingston | Multiple locations
Dr. Aledie Navas Nazario | Orlando
Dr. Carlos E. Sabogal | Multiple locations
PEDIATRIC SURGERY
Dr. Adela Casas-Melley | Orlando
Dr. Donald Plumley | Orlando
PEDIATRIC UROLOGY
Dr. Pamela Ellsworth
Lakeland | Orlando
Dr. Michael Keating | Multiple locations
Dr. Hubert Swana
Celebration | Orlando
PODIATRY
Dr. Zachary Cavins | Multiple locations
Dr. Richard Cowin | Orlando
407-722-8750 | OrlandoLaserFootSurgery.com
Dr. David B. Moats | Multiple locations
Dr. Christopher Reeves | Multiple locations
Dr. Anthony D. Saranita | Multiple locations
Dr. Fraaz Sayeed | Multiple locations
Dr. Todd Talbert | Multiple locations
Dr. Daniel Wiernik
Orlando Orthopaedic Center
PULMONOLOGY
Dr. Sigfredo Aldarondo | Winter Park
Dr. Christian A. Hernandez | Winter Park
Dr. Radhika Verma | Lake Mary
PSYCHIATRY
Dr. Nusrath Baig | Orlando
407-370-0111 | CentralFloridaBehavioral.com
Dr. Jose Mendez | Orlando
407-370-0111 | CentralFloridaBehavioral.com
Dr. Anjum Mobin | Orlando
407-370-0111 | CentralFloridaBehavioral.com
Dr. Luis Olivera-Rodriguez | Orlando
Dr. Andrew Pleener | Windermere
RADIOLOGY
Dr. Susan Curry | Orlando
Dr. Craig Johnson | Orlando
RHEUMATOLOGY
Dr. Pamela Freeman | Orlando
UROLOGY
Dr. Jeff Brady | Orlando
Dr. Jason Cheng-En Sea
Kissimmee | Orlando
Dr. Daniel D. Cohen | Winter Park
407-622-2030 | UrologyWinterPark.com
Dr. David Vaughan | Orlando
VASCULAR SURGERY
Dr. Kevin Claudeanos | Multiple locations
Dr. John D. Horowitz | Multiple locations
407-293-5944 | CFVein.com
Dr. Samuel Martin | Multiple locations
Dr. Michael Muehlberger | Multiple locations
Dr. Charles S. Thompson | Multiple locations
Dr. Lina M. Vargas | Windermere
407-228-2649 | TVEFlorida.com
Dr. Jon Mark Wesley | Multiple locations
This article originally appeared in Orlando Family Magazine’s August 2020 issue.
