Advocate Good Samaritan doctors recognized as being top in Chicago area

The January 2012 issue of Chicago Magazine named 28 doctors on staff at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital to its “Top Doctors” list.

Selection for the “Top Doctors” list is done in cooperation with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., which publishes a number of guides identifying outstanding physicians in the country.

Physicians and medical leadership of area hospitals are asked through mail and telephone surveys to name exceptional doctors. Those physicians' education and professional experience are carefully screened before final selection is made of the doctors most highly regarded by their peers.

Good Samaritan Hospital's medical staff of more than 950 physicians represents 59 different specialties. Physician's highlighted as this year's “Top Doctors” are:

Allergy & Immunology: Diane Ozog, MD

Cardiovascular Disease: Vincent Bufalino, MD

Gastroenterology: George Morgan, MD

Internal Medicine: Thomas Gallagher, MD and Barbara Loeb, MD

Interventional Cardiology: Edgar Carell, MD

Maternal and Fetal Medicine: James D. Keller, MD

Neurology: Donald Lussky, MD

Orthopedic Surgery: Kenneth Schiffman, MD

Otolaryngology: Robert Bastian, MD; and Richard Wiet, MD

Pediatric Cardiology: Ziyad Hijazi, MD; and Alexander Javois, MD

Pediatric Endocrinology: W. Patrick Zeller, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology: Rajeev Nagpal, MD

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology: Ammar Hayani, MD; Sharad Salvi, MD

Pediatric Pulmonology: Javeed Akhter, MD

Pediatric Surgery: Donald Liu, MD

Plastic Surgery: Frank Madda, MD

Radiation Oncology: Paul Schabinger, MD

Reproductive Endocrinology: Meike Uhler, MD

Thoracic Surgery: Mamdouh Bakhos, MD, Bryan Foy, MD, Michel Ilbawy, MD and Jeffrey Schwartz, MD

Urology: Robert Pasciak, MD

Vascular Surgery: J. Gordon Wright, MD