TOP DOCTORS 2022

Castle Connolly Top Doctors is a healthcare research company and the official source for Top Doctors for over 25 years. Castle Connolly’s established nomination survey, research, screening and selection process involves many hundreds of thousands of physicians as well as academic medical centers, specialty hospitals and regional and community hospitals all across the nation.

The online nominations process — located at nominations.castleconnolly.com — is open to all licensed physicians in America who are able to nominate physicians in any medical specialty and in any part of the country. Once nominated, Castle Connolly’s physician-led team of researchers follow a rigorous screening process to select Top Doctors who meet the Castle Connolly standards. The research team also identifies Castle Connolly Rising Stars, who are peer-nominated doctors who meet most of our Top Doctor criteria, but are earlier in their career.

Careful screening of doctors’ educational and professional experience is essential before final selection is made among those physicians most highly regarded by their peers. The result — we identify the top doctors in America and provide you, the consumer, with detailed information about their education, training and special expertise in our online directories and national and regional magazine “Top Doctors” features. Doctors do not and cannot pay to be selected and profiled as Castle Connolly Top Doctors or Rising Stars.

Physicians selected for inclusion in this magazine’s “Top Doctors” feature also appear online at castleconnolly.com, or in conjunction with other Castle Connolly Top Doctors databases online on other sites and/or in print.

Castle Connolly was acquired by Everyday Health Group (EHG), one of the world’s most prominent digital healthcare companies, in late 2018. EHG, a recognized leader in patient and provider education and services, attracts an engaged audience of over 60 million health consumers and over 890,000 U.S. practicing physicians and clinicians. EHG’s mission is to drive better clinical and health outcomes through decision-making informed by highly relevant information, data, and analytics. EHG empowers healthcare providers, consumers and payers with trusted content and services delivered through Everyday Health Group’s world-class brands including Everyday Health®, What to Expect®, MedPage Today®, Health eCareers®, PRIME® Education and our exclusive partnership with MayoClinic.org.® Everyday Health Group is a division of Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD), and is headquartered in New York City.

ADOLESCENT MEDICINE

CALLAHAN, S. TODD, MD

Eating Disorders, Vaccines, Vanderbilt Adolescent & Young Adult Health

Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks 719 Thompson Lane, Suite 36300 Nashville, TN 37204

(615) 936-8200

RAGER, KRISTIN M., MD

Reproductive Health, Eating Disorders, LGBT Health

Rager Adolescent Health 801 Woodland Street Nashville, TN 37206

(615) 933-0173

ROMANO, MARY E., MD

Eating Disorders, Adolescent Gynecology, Preventive Medicine

Vanderbilt Adolescent & Young Adult Health Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks 719 Thompson Lane, Suite 36300 Nashville, TN 37204

(615) 936-8200

HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT

AARON, MARK F., MD

Congestive Heart Failure, Transplant Medicine-Heart, Heart Failure

Ascension Saint Thomas Heart 4230 Harding Pike, Suite 450 Nashville, TN 37205

(615) 269-4545

STRIBLING, WARREN K., MD

Heart Failure, Transplant Medicine-Heart

Ascension Saint Thomas 4230 Harding Pike, Suite 450 Nashville, TN 37205

(615) 222-3945

DAVIS, STACY F., MD

Congestive Heart Failure, Transplant Medicine-Heart, Heart Disease in Women

Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Midtown 301 21st Avenue North, Suite 100 Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 329-5144

ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

BELLEAU, JOSEPH T., MD

Cool Springs Allergy Associates 1623 Galleria Boulevard Brentwood, TN 37027

(615) 771-8800

BUTTERFIELD, MARTHA J., MD

Allergy & Asthma Center 5409 Maryland Way, Suite 115 Brentwood, TN 37027

(615) 895-6500

CAHILL, KATHERINE N., MD

Asthma, Drug Allergy, Sinusitis Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus & Allergy

2611 West End Avenue, Suite 210 Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 936-2727

KAHWASH, BASIL M., MD*

Vanderbilt Lung Institute of Allergy & Immunology 2611 West End Avenue, Suite 210 Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 936-2727

KOLISNYK, JOHN, DO

Murfreesboro Medical Clinic 1272 Garrison Drive Murfreesboro, TN 37129

(615) 278-7600

MILLER, E. KATHRYN , MD

Pediatric Allergy & Immunology

Allergy & Asthma Center 5409 Maryland Way, Suite 115 Brentwood, TN 37027

(615) 895-6500

RUSZNAK, CSABA, MD/PHD

Allergy & Asthma Center 1370 Gateway Boulevard, Suite 230 Murfreesboro, TN 37129

(615) 895-6500

SMITH, KEEGAN M., MD

Heritage Medical Associates 222 22nd Avenue North Suite 100 Nashville, TN 37203

(629) 255-2145

CARDIAC ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGY

BASHIAN, GREGORY G., MD

Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation, Catheter Ablation

Centennial Heart 2400 Patterson Street, Suite 502 Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 515-1900

BOREK, PRZEMYSLAW PETER,MD

Atrial Fibrillation,Arrhythmias

Centennial Heart 2400 Patterson Street, Suite 502 Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 515-1900

CLAIR, WALTER K., MD

Arrhythmias, Pacemakers/ Defibrillators, Defibrillators

Vanderbilt Heart 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor Nashville, TN 37232

(615) 322-2318

CROSSLEY, GEORGE H III, MD

Arrhythmias

Vanderbilt Heart 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor Nashville, TN 37232

(615) 322-2318

JONES, R. CHRISTOPHER, MD

Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation, Pacemakers/Defibrillators

Centennial Heart 2400 Patterson Street, Suite 502 Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 515-1900

MICHAUD, GREGORY F., MD

Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac Catheterization, Arrhythmias

Vanderbilt Heart 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor Nashville, TN 37232

(615) 322-2318

PICKETT, ROBERT A., MD

Arrhythmias

Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Midtown 301 21st Avenue North, Suite 100 Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 329-5144

ROBERTSON, PETER G , MD

Arrhythmias

Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Rutherford 1840 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 201 Murfreesboro, TN 37129

(615) 867-5028

THOMPSON, W. DAVID , MD

Arrhythmias

Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West 4230 Harding Pike, Suite 330 Nashville, TN 37205

(615) 269-4545

CARDIOLOGY

ZURICK, ANDREW O. III, MD

Preventive Cardiology, Cardiovascular Imaging, Nutrition

Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West 4230 Harding Pike, Suite 330 Nashville, TN 37205

(615) 269-4545

ZENKER, MARK A., MD

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Heart Valve Disease

Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West 4230 Harding Pike, Suite 330 Nashville, TN 37205

(615) 269-4545

CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

BABU, ASHOK N., MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West Cardiovascular Surgery 4230 Harding Pike, Suite 530 Nashville, TN 37205

(615) 222-5501

HOWINGTON, JOHN A., MD

Thoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer, Esophageal Cancer

Ascension Medical Group Saint Thomas West Thoracic and Breast Surgery 4230 Harding Pike, Suite 530 Nashville, TN 37205

(615) 222-1270

RODRIGUEZ, EVELIO, MD

Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery, Heart Valve Surgery-Mitral, Heart Valve Surgery-Aortic

Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West Cardiovascular Surgery 4230 Harding Pike, Suite 530 Nashville, TN 37205

(615) 222-5501

TEDDER, MARK, MD

Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Valve Surgery

Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West Cardiovascular Surgery 4230 Harding Pike, Suite 530 Nashville, TN 37205

(615) 222-5501

WILCOX, A. BRIAN, MD

Endovascular Surgery, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Thoracic Cancers

Ascension Medical Group Saint Thomas Midtown Thoracic Surgery 301 21st Avenue North Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 329-7878

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

BECKMAN, JOSHUA A., MD

Peripheral Vascular Disease, Vascular Medicine

Vanderbilt Heart 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor Nashville, TN 37232

(615) 322-2318

BELL, SUSAN P., MD

Geriatric Cardiology

Vanderbilt Heart Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks 719 Thompson Lane, Suite 22100 Nashville, TN 37204

(615) 322-2318

BYRD, BENJAMIN F. III, MD

Congenital Heart Disease, Echocardiography, Heart Valve Disease

Vanderbilt Heart 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor Nashville, TN 37232

(615) 322-2318

FLEET, WILLIAM F., MD

Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Catheterization, Cardiac Imaging

Saint Thomas Heart - Franklin 4323 Carothers Parkway, Suite 308 Franklin, TN 37067

(615) 565-6670

HUGHES, SEAN G., MD

Cardiac MRI, Cardiac Imaging, Heart Valve Disease

Vanderbilt Heart Franklin 4323 Carothers Parkway, Suite 405 Franklin, TN 37067

(615) 875-5337

JAHANGIR, EIMAN, MD

Cardio-Oncology, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology

Vanderbilt Heart 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor Nashville, TN 37232

(615) 322-2318

KOLLI, MURALI K., MD

Vanderbilt Heart 1370 Gateway Boulevard, Suite 200 Murfreesboro, TN 37129

(615) 895-1301

LINDENFELD, JOANN, MD

Congestive Heart Failure, Transplant Medicine-Heart

Vanderbilt Heart 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor Nashville, TN 37232

(615) 322-2318

LINTON, MACRAE F., MD

Cholesterol/Lipid Disorders, Preventive Cardiology, Metabolic Syndrome

Vanderbilt Heart Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks 719 Thompson Lane, Suite 22100 Nashville, TN 37204

(615) 322-2318

MENDES, LISA A., MD

Congestive Heart Failure, Heart Valve Disease, Coronary Artery Disease

Vanderbilt Heart 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor Nashville, TN 37232

(615) 322-2318

STEVENSON, LYNNE W., MD

Heart Failure, Transplant Medicine-Heart, Cardiomyopathy

Vanderbilt Heart 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor Nashville, TN 37232

(615) 322-2318

WEBBER, JEFFREY C., MD

Interventional Cardiology

Centennial Heart 2400 Patterson Street, Suite 502 Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 515-1900

CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

McKAY, SCOT, MD

ADD/ADHD, Anxiety & Depression, Bipolar/Mood Disorders

Associated Psychiatrists of Nashville 30 Burton Hills Boulevard, Suite