251 of Greater Orlando’s leading medical minds.

From the family physicians we see for routine checkups to the specialists who help guide us through challenging times, finding doctors who not only care for you, but also care about you is no small feat. For our annual Top Physicians list this year we once again tapped our readers and asked them to vote for the doctors who have made an impact in their lives and keep them in good health and good spirits. Check out this comprehensive list to see the area’s leading medical professionals across several categories from general medicine to skilled surgeons and much more.

Allergy and Immunology
Dr. Aishah Ali
Orlando, UCFHealth.com
(407) 266-3627

Dr. Andrew S. Bagg
Altamonte Springs

Dr. Juan DeJesus Diaz
Altamonte Springs

Dr. Boyce Hornberger
Orlando

Alternative Medicine
Dr. Kirti Kalidas
Orlando

Cardiology
Dr. Enrique Chapman
Orlando
OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Bernard Gros
Orlando, UCFHealth.com

Dr. Pradip Jamnadas
Orlando

Dr. Ahmad A. Kamme
Orlando

Dr. Nandkishore V. Ranadive
Altamonte Springs

Dr. Irfan Siddiqui
Multiple locations

Dr. Mark Steiner
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Andrew Taussig
Apopka, FloridaHospital.com

Dr. Barry S. Weinstock
Altamonte Springs

Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr. Jeffrey Bott
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Joseph Boyer
Orlando, FHMedicalGroup.com

Dr. Mark Sand
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Chiropractic
Dr. Robert A. Demetree
Altamonte Springs

Dr. Andrew Hull
Winter Park

Dr. Mark Kosinsky
Orlando

Dr. Justin Napotnik
Windermere, WindermereMedicalCenter.com
(407) 876-2273

Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery
Dr. James Baker
Winter Park

Dr. Clifford Clark
Winter Park

Dr. Richard Gregory
Celebration, InstituteOfAestheticSurgery.com
(407) 641-2267

Dr. Jeffrey M. Hartog
Winter Park

Dr. Anup Patel
Multiple locations

Dr. Kendall Peters
Orlando

Dr. George Pope
Orlando

Dr. Scott Rotatori
Winter Park

Dr. James T. Shoukas
Lake Mary

Dr. Kenrick Anthony Spence
Orlando

Dr. Ruth Hill Yeilding
Winter Park

Dr. Harun Zekirovski
Orlando

Dermatology
Dr. Christopher Crotty
Orlando

Dr. Alfredo Gonzalez
Winter Park

Dr. Michael Henner
Multiple locations

Dr. Francille MacFarland
Multiple locations

Dr. John Meisenheimer
Orlando

Dr. Kemka S. Ogburia
Multiple locations

Dr. Oscar Saffold
Multiple locations

Dr. Michael Steppie
Multiple locations, DermOrlando.com
(800) 827-7546

Dr. David Weinstein
Lake Nona, UCFHealth.com

Emergency Medicine
Dr. Stacy L. Erndt
Orlando, TeamHealth.com

Dr. Jason Schiel
Orlando, TeamHealth.com

Endocrinology
Dr. Ahmad Ali
Winter Park

Dr. Rema Gupta
Orlando, UCFHealth.com

Dr. Edwin Lee
Orlando

Dr. Jose Mandry
Ocoee, JMandry.com
(407) 480-4830

Dr. Sowmya Suryanarayanan
Lake Nona, UCFHealth.com

Dr. Maha Zikra
Orlando

Family Medicine
Dr. Syed Farooq Basheer
Winter Garden

Dr. Meirelys Castro
Lake Nona, UCFHealth.com

Dr. Mariana Dangiolo
Orlando, UCFHealth.com

Dr. Virgil Dawson
Orlando, UCFHealth.com

Dr. Michelle De La Riva
Dr. Phillips, Orlando, SWOFM.com
(407) 352-9717

Dr. Maria De Leon
Dr. Phillips, Orlando, SWOFM.com
(407) 352-9717

Dr. Adam Langley
Ocoee

Dr. Quan Nguyen
Altamonte Springs

Dr. Maryam Phillips
Altamonte Springs, DrPhillipsMWC.com
(407) 900-0613

Dr. Todd Sontag
Oviedo, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Gary Visser
Ocoee

Gastroenterology
Dr. Nasim Ahmed
Orlando

General Surgery
Dr. Jessica Gielow
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Thomas Mahan
Winter Park

Dr. Vladimir Neychev
Lake Nona, UCFHealth.com

Geriatrics
Dr. David Smuckler
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. John Cappleman
Winter Garden

Hermatology and Oncology
Dr. Carlos Alemany
Orlando, FHMedicalGroup.com

Dr. Said Mohamed Baidas
Orlando, OrlandoHealthCancer.com

Dr. Debashish Bose
Orlando, OrlandoHealthCancer.com

Dr. Regina-Maria Flores
Multiple locations

Dr. Sarah George
Orlando, FHMedicalGroup.com

Dr. Ralph Gousse
Multiple locations

Dr. William Grow
Orlando, FloridaHospitalCancer.com

Dr. Noor Merchant
Multiple locations

Dr. David Molthrop
Multiple locations

Dr. Lee M. Zehngebot
Orlando, FloridaHospitalCancer.com

Infectious Disease
Dr. Edwin DeJesus
Multiple locations

Dr. Phillip Sanchez
Winter Park, FloridaHospital.com

Dr. Ashley Thomas
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Infertility
Dr. Samuel Brown
Orlando

Dr. Randall A. Loy
Multiple locations

Dr. George Patounakis
Lake Mary

Dr. Mark Trolice
Winter Park, (407) 672-1106

Dr. Melissa Yates
Multiple locations

Internal Medicine
Dr. Jan Becker
Orlando

Dr. Martin Derrow
Maitland, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Michael E. Dever
Orlando

Dr. Robert Faber
Longwood

Dr. Niral Patel
Windermere, WindermereMedicalCenter.com
(407) 876-2273

Dr. Joyce Paulson
Orlando, UCFHealth.com

Dr. Tracy Rhodes
Winter Park

Dr. Sergio Salazar
Orlando, UCFHealth.com

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Dr. Armando Fuentes
Lake Nona, Nemours.org

Dr. Lama Tolaymat
Multiple locations

Nephrology
Dr. Abdo Asmar
Orlando, UCFHealth.com

Dr. Jorge Larranaga
Multiple locations

Dr. Robert Sullivan
Orlando

Dr. Joseph W. Warren
Orlando

Neurology
Dr. Donald Behrmann
Multiple locations

Dr. Ravi Gandhi
Multiple locations

Dr. Ira J. Goodman
Orlando, BioclinicaResearch.com
(407) 426-9299

Dr. Arnaldo Isa
Orlando, FloridaHospitalCancer.com

Dr. Ahmed Sadek
Orlando

Dr. Paul Sawin
Multiple locations

Neurosurgery
Dr. Mitch Supler
Ocoee, MassonSI.com
(407) 649-8585

Neuro-Oncology
Dr. Nicholas G. Avgeropoulos
Orlando

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Nicholas Abrudescu
Multiple locations

Dr. Aman Bhullar
Lake Nona, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Theresa Carducci
Multiple locations

Dr. Rachel Cartechine
Multiple locations

Dr. Cherise Chambers
Multiple locations

Dr. Kai Fu
Baldwin Park, WomensCareFL.com
(407) 868-8485

Dr. Yasmine Kareem
Oviedo

Dr. Robert Lemert
Celebration

Dr. Sheryl Logan
Multiple locations

Dr. David A. Marcantel
Celebration

Dr. Steven McCarus
Celebration, FHMedicalGroup.com

Dr. Melissa M. Moore
Winter Park

Dr. Quyen Nguyen
Baldwin Park, WomensCareFL.com
(407) 868-8485

Dr. Terrence Peppy
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Jeanmarie Texier
Winter Garden, WGOBGyn.com
(407) 395-9990

Dr. Parmelee Thatcher
Multiple locations

Dr. Christopher Walker
Multiple locations, BestUroGyn.com
(407) 333-0496

Ophthalmology
Dr. David Auerbach
Maitland, Metrowest
(407) 767-6411

Dr. Suzanne M. Demming
Multiple locations, CentralFloridaRetna.com
(800) 255-7188

Dr. Konrad Filutowski
Multiple locations

Dr. Elias C. Mavrofrides
Multiple locations, FloridaRetinaInstitute.com
(877) 357-3846

Dr. Kourosh Nazari
Orlando

Dr. John C. Olson
Multiple locations, CentralFloridaRetna.com
(800) 255-7188

Dr. Parul Pal
Orlando

Dr. Keshini Parbhu
Windermere

Dr. Chirag J. Patel
Orlando

Dr. Mehul Patel
Lake Nona, UCFHealth.com

Dr. Javier Pérez
Orlando, OrlandoEyeSpecialists.com
(407) 966-3770

Dr. Jerry N. Shuster
Maitland, Metrowest, EyePhy.com
(407) 767-6411

Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Obinna Adigweme
Orlando, UCFHealth.com

Dr. Bradd Burkhart
Multiple locations

Dr. Steven Choung
Orlando

Dr. Pratik P. Desai
Multiple locations

Dr. Brad Homan
Multiple locations

Dr. Michael J. Jablonski
Multiple locations

Dr. Kenneth Krumins
Multiple locations

Dr. Steve Nguyen
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Ravi Patel
Multiple locations

Dr. Jason Pirozzolo
Multiple locations

Dr. Bryan Reuss
Multiple locations

Dr. Joseph Robison
Multiple locations

Dr. Jeffery Rosen
Multiple locations

Dr. Randy Schwartzberg
Multiple locations

Dr. Amit Varma
Multiple locations

Dr. Brian White
Multiple locations

Dr. George White
Multiple locations

Otorhinolaryngology
Dr. Matthew Cox
Multiple locations

Dr. Wade Han
Multiple locations

Dr. Henry Ho
Multiple locations

Dr. Brian C. Spector
Multiple locations

Pain Management
Dr. Matthew Willey
Multiple locations

Pediatric and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr. Shirin Hasan
Orlando, Nemours.org

Dr. Kristina Kise
Multiple locations

Dr. Nasreen Razack-Malik
Orlando, CentralFloridaBehavioral.com
(407) 370-0111

Pediatric Cardiology
Dr. Gul H. Dadlani
Orlando, Nemours.org

Dr. Susan DesJardins
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Pediatric Endocrinology
Dr. Paul Desrosiers
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Michelle Y. Rivera-Vega
Orlando, Nemours.org

Dr. Joshua Yang
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr. Jeff Bornstein
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Sanjay Khubchandani
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Davendra Mehta
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Shaista Safder
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Pediatrics-General
Dr. Bernadette Antonyrajah
Orlando, AdvKidsCare.com
(407) 612-4007

Dr. Janelle Barfield
Conway, Ocoee, GrowingTogetherPeds.com
(407) 770-1414

Dr. Brooke Britton
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Hernando Cardona
Orlando

Dr. Robert H. Chong
Multiple locations

Dr. Guillermo Garcia
Orlando

Dr. Diego Heraud
Dr. Phillips, Orlando
(407) 730-7084

Dr. Miles M. Landis
Multiple locations

Dr. Kevin O’Brien
Ocoee

Dr. Pamela Ponce
Winter Garden, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Richard Rodriguez
Maitland

Dr. Andrew G. Summers
Maitland

Dr. Jennifer Thielhelm
Maitland

Dr. Barry S. Yarckin
Ocoee

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Dr. Dennis Borrero Ramos
Orlando, FHMedicalGroup.com

Pediatric Nephrology
Dr. Carlos E. Araya
Orlando, Orlando Health.com

Dr. Robert S. Mathias
Orlando, Orlando Health.com

Dr. Norman D. Pryor
Multiple locations

Pediatric Neurology
Dr. Ronald Davis
Orlando, (407) 293- 1122

Pediatric Neurosurgery
Dr. Keyne K. Johnson
Orlando, (407) 255-2152

Pediatric Ophthalmology
Dr. Louis C. Blumenfeld
Maitland, Metrowest, EyePhy.com
(407) 767-6411

Dr. Airaj F. Fasiuddin
Orlando, Nemours.org

Dr. Robert S. Gold
Maitland, Metrowest, EyePhy.com
(407) 767-6411

Dr. Andrew Schneier
Maitland, Metrowest, EyePhy.com
(407) 767-6411

Pediatric Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Obi Adigweme
Orlando, UCFHealth.com

Dr. Katerina Backus
Orlando, FHMedicalGroup.com

Dr. John F. Lovejoy III
Orlando, Nemours.org

Dr. Tamara A. Topoleski
Multiple locations

Dr. William P. Zink
Orlando

Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Dr. James Kosko
Multiple locations

Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep
Dr. Akinyemi O. Ajayi
Multiple Locations, ChildrensSleepLab.com
(407) 898-2767

Dr. Daniel Garcia
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Floyd R. Livingston
Orlando, Nemours.org

Dr. Carlos E. Sabogal
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Shatha Wajih Jamil Yousef
Orlando, Nemours.org

Pediatric Surgery
Dr. Donald Plumley
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Pediatric Urology
Dr. Pamela I. Ellsworth
Orlando, Nemours.org

Dr. Michael Keating
Orlando, FHMedicalGroup.com

Dr. Mark Rich
Orlando, OrlandoHealth.com

Podiatry
Dr. Robert J. Estrada
Multiple locations, OrlandoFootAndAnkleClinic.com
(407) 423-1234

Dr. Lori Grant
Multiple locations

Dr. Eugene Pascarella
Altamonte Springs

Dr. Christopher L. Reeves
Multiple locations, OrlandoFootAndAnkleClinic.com
(407) 423-1234

Dr. Amber Shane
Multiple Locations, OrlandoFootAndAnkleClinic.com
(407) 423-1234

Dr. Curtis Wagner
Orlando

Dr. Daniel Wiernik
Multiple locations

Psychiatry
Dr. Nusrath Baig
Orlando, CentralFloridaBehavorial.com
(407)370-0111

Dr. Robert Goldstein
Winter Park

Dr. Natalia Gulyayeva
Winter Park

Dr. Herndon Harding Jr.
Winter Park

Dr. Andrew Kleiman
Winter Park

Dr. Jose Mendez
Orlando, CentralFloridaBehavorial.com
(407) 370-0111

Psychology
Dr. Cerissa Blaney
Orlando, UCFHealth.com

Pulmonology
Dr. Ganesh Akula
Orlando

Dr. Fortune Alabi
Celebration

Dr. Sigfredo Aldarando
Winter Park

Dr. Marcia Katz
Orlando, UCFHealth.com

Dr. Daniel Layish
Multiple locations

Radiation Oncology
Dr. Maneesh Gossain
Multiple locations

Dr. Steven G. Lester
Multiple locations

Radiology
Dr. Susan L. Curry
Orlando

Dr. Charlotte B. Elenberger
Multiple locations

Dr. Robert Posniak
Multiple locations

Rheumatology
Dr. Shazia Beg
Lake Nona, UCFHealth.com

Dr. Neha Bhanusali
Orlando, UCFHealth.com

Urology
Dr. Stephen Baker
Orlando

Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt
Clermont, PurClinic.com
(352) 536-8761

Dr. Javier Miller
Oviedo, OrlandoHealth.com

Dr. Sijo Parekattil
Clermont, PurClinic.com
(352) 536-8761

Dr. David Vaughan
Orlando

Vascular Surgery
Dr. Kevin Claudeanos
Multiple locations

Dr. Scott Hannum
Multiple locations

Dr. Adam Levitt
Multiple locations

Dr. Samuel Martin
Multiple locations

Dr. Christopher Meyer
Multiple locations

Dr. Michael Muehlberger
Multiple locations

Dr. Charles Thompson
Multiple locations

Dr. Richard Teed
Multiple locations

Dr. Jon M. Wesley
Multiple locations

This article originally appeared in Orlando Family Magazine’s August 2018 issue.