March 17, 2026

Sactown Magazine names 350 UC Davis Health physicians ‘Top Doctors’

Sactown Magazine Top Docs badge featuring capitol building

Dear Colleagues,

It’s my pleasure to share that Sactown Magazine has announced its 2026 “Top Doctors” in the region, and 350 UC Davis Health physicians have received the honor. This number is up from 322 physicians in 2025.

From Emergency Medicine to Sleep Medicine, from Vascular Surgery to Pediatric Neurology, physicians across more than 60 specialties were nominated. The scope of our organization’s services and expertise never ceases to impress me.

Likely none of us are surprised that many UC Davis Health physicians were voted to the top spots. Our physician cohort offers substantial clinical experience, innovative patient care and community-centered values that ensure our patients feel seen and included in their wellness journey.

The annual recognition is especially meaningful because results are based on peer nominations, meaning physicians submitted the doctors they deem best in their field of practice. To me, that signals our providers value one another’s contributions and share a collaborative spirit that benefits everyone’s work. I’m honored to call these physicians my colleagues and very proud of their many achievements.

It’s great timing, too. Next week we celebrate National Physicians Week. Stay tuned for more opportunities to recognize the doctors who’ve made a positive impact on your work experience or even your own health.

Please join me in congratulating the physicians who earned “Top Doctor” in Sacramento! Thank you so much for all that you do for our communities.

With gratitude,

Debbie Aizenberg, M.D., M.B.A.
Chief Medical Officer, Ambulatory Care
Chief Physician Executive, UC Davis Medical Group

UC Davis Health Chief Medical Officer for Ambulatory Care Dr. Debbie Aizenberg

Top Doctors in Adult Medicine

Specialty	Physicians
Addiction Medicine	Alicia Agnoli Daniel Colby Mary (M.K.) Orsulak
Allergy and Immunology	Victoria Dimitriades Vinay Goswamy Rosemary Hallett Anh Nguyen Mohini Pathria Sunil Saini Suzanne Teuber
Anesthesiology	Orode Badakhsh Rajvinder Dhamrait James Littlejohn Amrik Singh Aubrey Yao
Breast Surgery	Hira Abidi Candice Sauder
Cardiac Surgery	Sabrina Evans Gary Raff
Cardiology	Radhika Bukkapatnam Dali Fan Tai Pham Gagan Singh Thomas Smith Jeffrey Southard Benjamin (Benny) Stripe Garrett Wong
Colon and Rectal Surgery	Sean Flynn Robert Kucejko Miquell Miller Erik Noren Ankit Sarin
Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Disease	Jason Adams Hugh Black Brooks Kuhn Christian Sandrock
Dermatology	Oma Agbai Smita Awasthi Alain Brassard Daniel Eisen Victor Huang Sam Hwang Jayne Joo Maija Kiuru Caitlin Peterman Marc Silverstein Danielle Tartar Peggy Wu
Ear, Nose and Throat	Marianne Abouyared Arnaud Bewley Aditi Bhuskute Andrew Birkeland Rodney Diaz Erynne Faucett Jamie Funamura Maggie Kuhn Alexander Marston Toby Steele E. Bradley Strong Travis Tollefson
Emergency Medicine	Emily Andrada David Barnes Daniel Colby Daniel Hernandez Elizabeth Johnson Sarah Medeiros Aimee Moulin Leah Tzimenatos
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism	Jose Lado Abeal Hiba Basheer Aili Guo Mark Moriwaki Sonal Phatak Deborah (Deb) Plante Dana Sheely Prasanth Surampudi Polly Teng
Family Medicine	Alicia Agnoli Victor Baquero Anthony (Tony) Jerant Sarah Marshall
Gastroenterology	Christopher Bowlus Asha Cogdill Juan Garcia Antonio Mendoza Ladd Cecilia Terrado Anastasia Waechter Kimberly Wong
General Surgery	John Anderson David Leshikar Ho Phan Tanya Rinderknecht Hazem Shamseddeen
Genetics	Daniah Beleford Kristin Herman Madelena Martin Suma Shankar Joseph Shen
Geriatric Medicine	Rebecca Boxer Huey Lin
Gynecologic Oncology	Rebecca Brooks Hui Chen Gary Leiserowitz Nancy Nguyen
Hand Surgery	Robert Allen Christopher Bayne Clifford Pereira Ravi Sood
Hematology and Oncology	Mili Arora Helen Chew Primo Lara Jr. Tianhong Li Joseph Tuscano
Hospice and Palliative Medicine	Grace Amadi Nathan Fairman John MacMillan
Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist	Mithu Molla Voltaire Sinigayan
Infectious Disease	Derek Bays Stuart Cohen Angel Desai Alan Koff Archana Maniar Bennett Penn George Thompson Natascha Tuznik Sarah Waldman
Internal Medicine	Brigitte Berry Kevin Burnham Olivia Campa Jason Chang Katerina Christiansen Jennifer Draper Elise Harris Mark Henderson Lisa Ho Zachary Holt Craig Keenan Kirti Malhotra Kathryn (Katie) Newell Yunli Zheng
Maternal and Fetal Medicine	Zahabiya Chithiwala Herman Hedriana Amelia McLennan Leanna Sudhof Véronique Taché
Nephrology	Shubha Ananthakrishnan Hiba Hamdan Niti Madan Michael Sim Nasim Wiegley Brian Young
Neurology	Alexandra Duffy Marc Lenaerts Norika Malhado-Chang Lin Zhang
Neurosurgery	Orin Bloch David Brandman Stephano Chang Branden Cord Kee Kim Allan Martin Kiarash Shahlaie Julia Sharma Ben Waldau Marike Zwienenberg
Nuclear Medicine	Cameron Foster Lorenzo Nardo Fatma Sen
Obstetrics and Gynecology	Alison Breen Melissa Chen Jocylen Glassberg Bahareh Nejad Clara Paik Jenise Phelps Iris Radler Debra Swanson Michael Trifiro Stacey Wallach
Occupational Medicine	Enass Arahman
Ophthalmology	James Brandt Jeffrey Caspar Marcela Estrada Nandini Gandhi Benjamin Jastrzembski Esther Kim Jennifer Li Michele Lim Lily Lin Yin (Allison) Liu Jeffrey Ma Mark Mannis Ala Moshiri Kareem Moussa Susanna Park Glenn Yiu
Orthopedic Surgery	Christopher Bayne Ellen Fitzpatrick Mauro Giordani Eric Giza Cassandra Lee Mark Lee Holly Leshikar R. Lor Randall Augustine Saiz Megan Terle
Pain Medicine	David Copenhaver Gagan Mahajan Scott Pritzlaff Chinar Sanghvi Naileshni Singh
Pathology	Karen Matsukuma
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	Loren Davidson John Dorsett Maya Evans Nanette Joyce Craig McDonald Nicholas Race Chris Shin Shane Stone Brandee Waite Lisa Williams Holly Zhao
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Ara Salibian Ravi Sood Travis Tollefson Michelle Zaldana-Flynn
Psychiatry	Emilie Bhe Jeremy DeMartini Debra Khan Helen Kales Kate Richards Lorin Scher
Radiation Oncology	Megan Daly Ruben Fragoso Arta Monjazeb Shyam Rao Xiao Zhao
Radiology	Matthew (Matt) Bobinski Lorenzo Nardo Arzu Ozturk Osama Raslan Simran Sekhon
Rheumatology	Shirin Ahmad Gaurav Gulati Suraj Timilsina Barton Wise
Sleep Medicine	Kimberly Hardin Shanti Shenoy
Sports Medicine	Kevin Burnham Marcia Faustin Brandon Hassid Daniel Herman Gina Lokna Kevin Mullins Alyssa Speciale Brandee Waite Alexandra (Ali) Warrick
Thoracic Surgery	Lisa Brown David Cooke Luis Godoy
Urology	Noah Canvasser Thenappan Chandrasekar Kaitlan Cobb Marc Dall’Era Philip Hsiao Jennifer Rothschild Jared Whitson
Vascular/Interventional Radiology	Roger Goldman Maud Morshedi Amol Shah Catherine Vu
Vascular Surgery	Andrew Barleben Misty Humphries Melissa Keller Mimmie Kwong

Top Doctors in Pediatric Medicine

Specialty	Physicians
Adolescent Medicine	John Adams Laura Prakash
Cardiac Surgery	Timothy Pirolli Gary Raff
Cardiology	Mohammad Alnoor Daniel Cortez Jonathan Dayan Frank Ing Lakshmi Nagaraju Kavitha Pundi Sherzana Sunderji Jay Yeh
Critical Care Medicine	Sara Aghamohammadi Zachary Chaffin Brian Goudy Moonjoo Han John Holcroft Stephanie Mateev Jennifer Plant Viyeka Sethi Jessica Signoff
Dermatology	Smita Awasthi Caitlin Peterman
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	Roger Akins Kathleen Angkustsiri
Endocrinology	Stephanie Crossen Abigail Fruzza Nicole Glaser Lindsey Loomba-Albrecht Caroline Schulmeister
Gastroenterology	Sindhura Batchu Arthur de Lorimier Kelly Haas Daphne Say Trinh Truong
Hematology and Oncology	Elysia Alvarez Reuben Antony Jonathan Ducore Lisa Madden Marcio Malogolowkin Arun Panigrahi Anjali Pawar Noriko Satake
Infectious Disease	Dean Blumberg Ritu Cheema Leslie Chiang Natasha Nakra Elizabeth Partridge
Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine	Geoanna Marie Bautista Kara Kuhn-Riordon Satyan Lakshminrusimha Steven McElroy Catherine Rottkamp Christina Sollinger
Nephrology	Lavjay Butani Maha Haddad Stephanie Nguyen Gia Oh
Neurology	Frederick Bassal William Benko Celia Chang Trishna Kantamneni
Neurosurgery	Cameron Sadegh Julia Sharma Marike Zwienenberg
Pediatrics (General)	Eric Crossen Eric Fernandez y Garcia Anita Jain Laura Kair Mitch Ratanasen Lena van der List Serena Yang
Psychiatry	Melissa Hopkins Anne McBride Alexis Rosvall
Pulmonology	Sara Abu-Nasser Ambika Chidambaram Sanjay Jhawar Rory Kamerman-Kretzmer Kiran Nandalike
Sleep Medicine	Ambika Chidambaram Sanjay Jhawar Kiran Nandalike
Surgery	Jamie Anderson Erin Brown Diana Farmer Jonathan Kohler Minna Wieck
Urology	Yvonne Chan Eric Kurzrock