Congratulations to our 2016 USC Verdugo Hills Hospital “Top Doctors” recipients for their continued excellence in providing exceptional, personalized care. We are proud to be recognized for excellence in 31 specialties, thanks to our dedicated team of physicians’ who provide world-class patient care. Everyday, they go beyond in every way possible, using unmatched expertise to dramatically improve the lives of patients.
Nominated and voted on by their peers, these 105 doctors are considered some of the best in their profession.
Anesthesiology
Alexandria Darras
B
Bariatric Surgery
Kamran Samakar
Kulmeet Sandhu
C
Cardiology
Edgar Aleman
Harry Balian
John Mckenzie
Hugo Riffel-Dalinger
Douglas Schreck
Bharat Shah
Sanjay Sharma
Helga Van Herle
Colon/Rectal Surgery
Kyle Cologne
Joongho Shin
Critical Care
Arin Aboulian
D
Dermatology
John Honch
Michael Novak
Mandy Ramani
E
Emergency Medicine
Carl Chudnofsky
F
Family Medicine
Evlyn Avanessian
Arbi Ghazarian
Samvel Hmayakyan
Ayuna Panossian
Rose Taroyan
G
General Surgery
Gabriel Akopian
Dario Perez
Jose Perez
Thomas Vander Laan
H
Hematology
Boris Bagdasarian
David Shin
Kalust Ucar
Hepatobiliary Surgery
Hector Ramos
I
Infectious Diseases
Arash Alborzi
Byron Kaho Williams
Internal Medicine
Emil Avanes
Donald Barber
Andreh Carapiet
Garen Derhartunian
Devinder Gandhi
Hakop Gevorkyan
Robert Rivera
Samir Sawiris
Narbeh Tovmassian
Interventional Cardiology
Ray Matthews
Anilkumar Mehra
Nephrology
Rouzbeh Afsari
Dariush Arfaania
Sam Daneshvari
Sevag Balikian
Michael Zakari
Neurology
Grigor Harutunian
Neurosurgery
Thomas Chen
Patrick Hsieh
O
OBGYN
Charles March
Sharon Nelson
Sara Twogood
Ronald Woodard
Alice Yun
Ophthalmology
Scott Beeve
Jeanine Scheinhorn
Orthopaedic Surgery
Michael Abdulian
Loren Geller
Paul Gilbert
Raymond Hah
Carlo Orlando
John Osterkamp
Stephen Owens
Vahe Panossian
Ben (Bhupendra) Pradhan
James Reid
George Tang
Otolaryngology
Alexander Markarian
Karla O’Dell
Jon-Paul Pepper
David Yun
Plastic Surgery
Omar Ahmed
Regina Baker
Nayiri Doudikian-Scaff
Shankar Lakshman
Warren Louis Garner
Ketan Patel
Murtaza Rizvi
Mark Urata
Alex Wong
Psychology
Douglas Nies
Pulmonary Medicine
Hugh Davis
Rajiv Philip
Chitra Ramakrishnan
Saeid Safaee
Curtis Sather
Lusine Simonyants
S
Surgical Oncology
Stephen Sener
T
Transplant Surgery
Kiran Dhanireddy
U
Urology
Hooman Djaladat
Leo Doumanian
Kamyar Ebrahimi
Andrew Hung
Mike Nguyen
Mary Samplaski
Ben Shenassa
V
Vascular Neurology
Nerses Sanossian
Vascular Surgery
Christian Ochoa
Robert Pereyra
Edward Samourjian