Lifespan Physicians Named “Top Docs” by Rhode Island Monthly

April 9, 2019

Annual list includes doctors who practice at Rhode Island, Hasbro Children's, The Miriam and Newport Hospitals

More than 115 physicians affiliated with the Lifespan health system have earned top doctor status from Rhode Island Monthly in its annual "Top Docs" issue. The annual recognition highlights physicians from myriad specialties such as neurosurgery, cardiology, gynecological oncology, emergency care and infectious diseases. Those named as "Top Docs" were nominated and voted on by their peers.

“We are extremely proud to have so many of our affiliated physicians recognized as being tops in their respective fields,” said Timothy J. Babineau, MD, president and chief executive officer of Lifespan. “Physicians play a vital role in the high-quality care provided at all of our hospitals and we congratulate them for receiving this honor and thank them for being so committed to providing outstanding patient care.”

Lifespan-affiliated physicians named as top doctors include:

Allergy/Immunology

David Katzen, MD

Russell Settipane, MD

Anesthesiology

Arthur Bert, MD

Andrew Triebwasser, MD

Breast Surgery

Marlene Cutitar, MD

Jennifer Gass, MD

Theresa Graves, MD

Cardiac/Thoracic Surgery

Thomas Ng, MD

General Surgery

Stephen Migliori, MD

Jamsheed Vakharia, MD

Geriatrics

Richard Besdine, MD

Lynn McNicoll, MD

Gynecological Oncology

Christina Bandera, MD

Paul DiSilvestro, MD

Cornelius “Skip” Granai, MD

Gynecology/Obstetrics

M. David Beitle, MD

Kathleen Bowling, MD

Jeannine Connolly, MD

W. Scott Walker, MD

Hematology/Oncology

James Butera, MD

Sundaresan Sambandam, MD

Fred Schiffman, MD

Anthony Testa, MD

Hospice/Palliative Care

Edward Martin, MD

Hospitalist

Brian Alverson, MD

Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie, MD

Sajeev Handa, MD

Infectious Diseases

Leonard Mermel, DO

Internal Medicine

Warren Licht, MD

David Marcoux, MD

David Steigman, MD

Cardiology

Thomas Lanna, MD

William Levin, MD

Daniel Levine, MD

Joseph Mazza, MD

Colon/Rectal Surgery

Adam Klipfel, MD

Steven Schechter, MD

Matthew Vrees, MD

Critical Care Medicine

Gerardo Carino, MD

Nephrology

Christopher Cosgrove, MD

Richard Cottiero, MD

Daniel Dragomire, MD

Charles McCoy, MD

Neurology

Joseph Friedman, MD

Norman Gordon, MD

Neurosurgery

Curtis Doberstein, MD

Petra Klinge, MD

Adetokunbo Oyelese, MD

Ophthalmology

Robert Bahr, MD

John Donahue, MD

Francis Figueroa, MD

Michael Migliori, MD

William Tsiaras, MD

Orthopedic Surgery

Phillip Lucas, MD

Otolaryngology

Jan Groblewski, MD

Robert McRae, MD

Pediatrics

Jane Dennison, MD

John Finigan, MD

Ronni Peltz, MD

William Turtle, MD

Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery

David Barrall, MD

Pierre Michaud, MD

Lori Polacek, MD

Patrick Sullivan, MD

Psychiatry

Jeffrey Burock, MD

Colin Harrington, MD

Dermatology

Lionel Bercovitch, MD

Emergency Care

Ilse Jenouri, MD

Endocrinology

Roberto Ortiz, MD

Gastroenterology

Paul Akerman, MD

William Chen, MD

Neil Greenspan, MD

Edward Pensa, MD

Pulmonary Diseases

William Corrao, MD

Walter Donat, MD

Peter Karczmar, MD

Radiation Oncology

Thomas DiPetrillo, MD

Kathy Radie-Keane, MD

Scott Triedman, MD

Radiology

Richard Gold, MD

Jeffrey Rogg, MD

Michael Wallach, MD

Rehabilitation/Physical Medicine

John Parziale, MD

Reproductive Endocrinology

Gary Frishman, MD

Carol Wheeler, MD

Rheumatology

Edward Lally, MD

Stuart Schwartz, MD

Patricia Soscia, MD

Sports Medicine

Paul Fadale, MD

Michael Hulstyn, MD

Surgical Oncology

Thomas Miner, MD

Urology

Anthony Caldamone, MD

Rashmi Licht, MD

E. Bradley Miller, MD

Gyan Pareek, MD

Vascular Surgery

Edward Marcaccio, MD

Robert Patterson, MD

Jeffrey Slaiby, MD