36 ALVARADO PHYSICIANS RECOGNIZED AS "TOP DOCTORS"
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Every year, many members of Alvarado Hospital’s medical staff are “considered physicians of exceptional excellence by their peers” as part of the “Best Doctors in San Diego” issue compiled by the San Diego Medical Society and San Diego Magazine.This year, 36 Alvarado physicians were honored by their peers.
“Every day, the physicians at Alvarado Hospital earn the highest honor in the medical profession—the respect and gratitude of our patients, our employees and our community,” said Harris Koenig, CEO, Alvarado Hospital. “The nurses, staff and administrators of Alvarado Hospital and our community thank our medical staff for providing advanced medicine and personalized care in San Diego for more than 30 years.”
“Thanks to these physicians—and our entire dedicated medical staff—the San Diego community can look forward to Alvarado Hospital’s legacy of medical expertise continuing long into the future,” Koenig added.
Paul Abou, MD, Internal Medicine
Gerard Arcilla, MD, Physical Medicine
Roy Avalos, MD, Internal Medicine
Kaveh Bagheri, MD, Critical Care; Pulmonary; Disease; Internal Med
Afshin Bahador, MD, Ob/Gyn
Gonzalo Ballon-Landa, MD, Infectious Disease
Ali Banaie, MD, Gastroenterology
Terry Behrend, MD, Nephrology
Sunil Bhoyrul, MD, Surgery
Richard Braun, MD, Orthopedic Surgery
Shari Brazinsky, MD, Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Disease
Maurice Buchbinder, MD, Cardiology
Michael Butera, MD, Infectious Disease; Internal Medicine
Martin Charlat, MD, Cardiology; Interventional Cardiology
Glenn Cook, MD, Ophthalmology
HaroldCopans, MD, Internal Medicine
Bridgette Duggan, MD, Ob/Gyn
George Fadda, MD, Nephrology; Internal Medicine
Kuljinder Grewal, MD, Ophthalmology
Scott Harman, MD, Radiology
Philip Hoang, MD, Radiology
Paul Hyde, MD, Surgery
Richard Katz, MD, Internal Medicine
Donald Lipkis, MD, Internal Medicine
Michelle Look, MD, Family Medicine
Charles Kossman, MD, Internal Medicine; Oncology
Steven Kossman, MD, Hematology; Oncology
Alan Lurie, MD, Radiology
Perry Mansfield, MD, Otolaryngology
John Marino III, MD, Internal Med
Curtis McGuyer, MD, Pathology
Charles Nager, MD, Ob/Gyn
Jennifer Pendleton, MD, Allergy/Immunology
Lee Ralph, MD, Family Medicine; Sports Medicine
Richard Safrin, MD, Pathology
Kosala Samarasinghe, MD, Internal Medicine
To find more information about the physicians listed above or to fina another Alvarado Hospital medical expert near you, call 1-800-ALVARADO or visit our Physician Finder. We thank all of our physicians who help us care for our community.
