University Hospitals Recognizes 2024 Class of Distinguished Physicians

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio – University Hospitals recently named 18 clinicians as the newest class of Distinguished Physicians in recognition of their exceptional clinical skills, dedication to patient care and training the next generation of caregivers.

 

This program began in 2018 with an inaugural class of 35 distinguished physicians and surgeons. Nominated by their department chairs and senior colleagues, the honorees met the following selection criteria:

• Physicians who distinguish themselves by an unusual depth of knowledge in their field, a proven ability to provide compassionate, appropriate, and effective care to all patients, a willingness to acquire and share new knowledge, outstanding interpersonal skills and communication skills, a commitment to professionalism, and a track record for teaching and inspiring students, residents and fellows.

• Physicians recognized informally within the walls of their institutions by colleagues, learners and patients, who are frequently asked to care for other faculty and family members of their medical community.

• Physicians often emulated by medical students, residents and fellows who find these clinicians to be emblematic of the reasons why they chose medicine.

• Physicians with large referral practices who devote a substantial portion of their time to the practice of medicine, and frequently teach at the bedside and in the clinic.

• Physicians who demonstrate cultural competency and awareness through compassionate care.

• Opinion leaders who set standards for quality, improvements in patient care practices, and technologic advances, and who take pride in offering their patients treatment based on epidemiologic and translational research, and in sharing information with learners.

 

“As a group, these physicians provide such extraordinary care that their colleagues turn to them to care for their loved ones and themselves,” says Nicole C. Maronian, MD, FACS, President, UHMG. “They set standards for quality, safety and patient experience, incorporating evidence-based guidelines to prevent and treat disease utilizing the latest technological advances, while always providing compassionate and personalized care.” 

 

Please join us in recognizing the UH Distinguished Physician Class of 2024. 

 

Dermatology

Mara G. Beveridge, MD

 

Family Medicine

Louis D. Leone, DO

 

Medicine

Jill C. Miller, MD

Karen M. Monheim, MD

Ravi Ramani, MD, MMM

Ellen M. Sabik, MD

 

Neurology

Deborah Reed, MD

 

Neurosurgery

Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, MD

 

OB/GYN

Angelina K. Gangestad, MD

Stephanie Teal, MD, MPH

 

Orthopaedics

Kevin J. Malone, MD

 

Pathology

Alessandra F. Nascimento, MD

 

Pediatrics

Jignesh Dalal, MD

James Strainic, MD

 

Psychiatry

Mary T. Gabriel, MD, MSc

 

Radiology

Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, MD

 

Radiation Oncology

Corey W. Speers, MD, PhD

 

UH Seidman Cancer Center

David L. Bajor, MD