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Our Docs are Tops

Each year, Virginia Business, in cooperation with the Medical Society of Virginia, recognizes the most talented doctors across 87 specialties for being the best in their field.

Virginia Business 2025 Top Docs

Meet the CHKD pediatricians, surgeons, and specialists who were chosen by their peers as being the best and were named Top Docs for 2025 by Virginia Business magazine. 

Pediatric Specialists

Adolescent Medicine

Dr. Kyzwana N. Caves

Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology

Dr. Clinton Dunn
Dr. Angela Duff Hogan
Dr. Kelly Maples
Dr. Lindsey Moore
Dr. Maripaz Morales
Dr. Lauren Smith

Anesthesiology

Dr. Steven Defreitas
Dr. Liana Hosu
Dr. Justin John
Dr. Christopher Karsanac
Dr. Matthias Koenig
Dr. Mark Polak
Dr. Eva Waller

Cardiology

Dr. Rose Cummings
Dr. Alexander Ellis
Dr. Robert B. Escalera
Dr. Jonathan Fleenor
Dr. Lopa Hartke
Dr. Elliot Tucker
Dr. Michael Vance

Critical Care Medicine

Dr. Thomas Cholis
Dr. Heather Slusser

Dermatology

Dr. Julia Burden
Dr. Judith Williams

Emergency Medicine

Dr. Michelle Arzubi-Hughes
Dr. James Burhop
Dr. Joel Clingenpeel
Dr. Alexandra Leader
Dr. Kelli Petronis
Dr. Michael Poirier
Dr. James Schmidt

Endocrinology

Dr. Eric Gyuricsko
Dr. Nicole Nejedly
Dr. Melinda Penn
Dr. Melissa Russell

Gastroenterology

Dr. Rana Ammoury
Dr. Orhan Atay
Dr. Michael Konikoff
Dr. Sameer Lapsia
Dr. Michael Mendoza
Dr. Nancy Yokois

Genetics

Dr. Alice Basinger

Hematology/Oncology

Dr. Wilson File
Dr. Eric Lowe
Dr. Melissa Mark
Dr. William Owen
Dr. Linda Pegram

Hospital Medicine

Dr. Sanaz Devlin
Dr. Cyrus Heydarian
Dr. Edward Johnson
Dr. Kyrie Shomaker

Infectious Disease

Dr. Randall Fisher
Dr. Laura Sass

Nephrology

Dr. J. Bryan Carmody
Dr. Irene Restaino

Neurology

Dr. Sarah Chagnon
Dr. Ralph Northam
Dr. Crystal Proud

Pain and Palliative Medicine

Dr. Ami Mehta

Pathology

Dr. Alice Werner

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Dr. Charles Dillard
Dr. Katrina Lesher

Psychiatry and Psychology

Dr. Anisha Garg
Dr. Carl Petersen

Pulmonology

Dr. Frank Chocano
Dr. Cynthia Spoolman

Radiology

Dr. Jennifer Rush

Rheumatology

Dr. Cassyanne Aguiar

Sports Medicine

Dr. Joel Brenner