Top Doctors 2023

Congratulations to the 42 Department of Surgery faculty recognized on the 2023 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® list.  

Castle Connolly curates one of the most recognizable databases of physicians in the United States. The selection process is entirely merit-based; physicians do not pay to be listed on Castle Connolly. They are nominated by peers, and the Top Doctors selection is based on criteria such as professional qualifications, education, hospital and faculty appointments, research leadership, professional reputation and disciplinary history. 

St. Louis Magazine narrows down Castle Connolly’s list to practicing doctors in the St. Louis area and features this group of physicians in their August issue every year. One out of every three Top Doctors in the St. Louis list is a Washington University Physician. In the 2023 edition, surgeons from each specialty in the Department of Surgery are represented. 

Below are Department of Surgery faculty members who were named Top Doctors this year. 

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery 

Section of Cardiac Surgery 

• Ralph James Damiano Jr., MD 
• Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
• Nabil A. Munfakh, MD 
• Amit Pawale, MD

Section of Thoracic Surgery 

• Benjamin Kozower, MD, MPH
• Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD
• Bryan Meyers, MD, MPH
• G. Alexander Patterson, MD

Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery 

• Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD 
• Dilip Nath, MD

Division of General Surgery 

Section of Acute and Critical Care Surgery 

• Muhammad Yasin, MD 

Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery 

• Steven R. Hunt, MD 
• Matthew G. Mutch, MD 
• Radhika Smith, MD
• Paul E. Wise, MD 

Section of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic & GI Surgery 

• William G. Hawkins, MD 

Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery 

• Michael Brunt, MD 

Section of Surgical Oncology 

• William E. Gillanders, MD 
• Julie A. Margenthaler, MD 

Section of Transplant Surgery 

• William C. Chapman, MD 
• Maria B. Majella Doyle, MD, MBA 

Section of Vascular Surgery 

• J. Westley Ohman, MD
• Brian G. Rubin, MD 
• Luis A. Sanchez, MD 
• Robert W. Thompson, MD 

Division of Pediatric Surgery 

• Patrick A. Dillon, MD 
• Jacqueline M. Saito, MD, MSCI 
• Brad W. Warner, MD 

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 

• Keith E. Brandt, MD 
• Ida K. Fox, MD 
• Amy Kells, MD, PhD 
• Susan E. Mackinnon, MD 
• Terence M. Myckatyn, MD 
• Kamlesh Patel, MD
• Justin Sacks, MD, MBA
• Alison K. Snyder-Warwick, MD 
• Marissa M. Tenenbaum, MD 

Division of Urologic Surgery 

• Sam B. Bhayani, MD 
• Arnold D. Bullock, MD 
• Douglas E. Coplen, MD 
• Dane P. Johnson, MD
• Erica Traxel, MD