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69 Faculty Clinicians Rated Among the Best in U.S.

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3 minute read June 25, 2018

Sixty-nine University of Cincinnati College of Medicine faculty members have been recognized as being among the top 1 percent of clinicians in the nation for having the best patient experience scores for 2017. The ratings are assembled by Press Ganey’s Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, a standardized tool to measure patient perceptions of care provided in an office setting. The faculty practicing at

UC Health

who ranked as the top 1 percent in the nation received consistent scores of 9 or 10 on 30 or more patient survey responses last year. These ratings span across many specialties and are measured against scores of other academic medical center physicians and advanced practice providers in the U.S. 

College of Medicine faculty included on the list are:

Department of Dermatology
Brian Adams, MD
Kerith Spicknall, MD

Department of Family and Community Medicine
Anna Daddabbo, MD
Kathleen Downey, MD
Timothy Freeman, MD
Michael Holliday, MD
Lauri Nandyal, MD

Department of Internal Medicine
Lauren Ashbrook, MD
Robert Baughman, MD
Janet Boyle, MD
Christine Burrows, MD
LeAnn Coberly, MD
Estrelita Dixon, MD
Mary Duck Robertshaw, MD
Jean Elwing, MD
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD
Robert Finlay, MD
Angela Fitch, MD
Saulius Girnius, MD
Matthew Hardin, MD
Charles Hattemer, MD
Kay Johnson, MD
Pamposh Kaul, MD
Elyse Lower, MD
Keith Luckett, MD
Michael Luggen, MD
Bradley Mathis, MD
Stephen Medlin, DO
Caroline Mueller, MD
Emily Muntel, MD
Elizabeth Rabkin, MD
Greg Rouan, MD
Daniel Tanase, MD
Nita Walker, MD
Avis Ware, MD
Eric Warm, MD
Robert Wones, MD
Sharice Wood, MD
Abid Yaqub, MD
Frederick Zeller, MD

Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine
Andrew Duker, MD
Jennifer Molano, MD
Brian Moseley, MD
Robert Neel IV, MD
Michael Privitera, MD
John Quinlan, MD
Laura Sams, MD

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Caroline Billingsley, MD

Department of Ophthalmology
Zelia Correa, MD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Stephen Dailey, MD
John Wyrick, MD

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Ryan Collar, MD
Sid Khosla, MD
Myles Pensak, MD

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Lesley Arnold, MD

Department of Radiation Oncology
William Barrett, MD
John Breneman, MD
Bradley Huth, MD
Jordan Kharofa, MD
Kevin Redmond, MD

Department of Surgery
Syed Ahmad, MD
Jaime Lewis, MD
Ian Paquette, MD
Janice Rafferty, MD
Shimul Shah, MD
Elizabeth Shaughnessy, MD, PhD
Jonathan Snyder, MD
Sandra Starnes, MD
Brad Watkins, MD

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