Forty Loyola Medicine Physicians Named to Chicago Magazine's 2021 Top Surgeons List
November 14, 2021
Categories: Loyola Medicine, Awards & Recognitions
Tags: Surgical Services
These physicians were selected as the best in the area by their peers, according to Chicago magazine. Finalists were chosen based on nominations, as well as each physicians’ education and professional experience.
"At Loyola Medicine, we pride ourselves on offering outstanding surgical care in a wide variety of specialties," said Richard K. Freeman, MD, MBA, FACS, regional chief clinical officer for Loyola Medicine. "The 40 doctors featured in this year's list, their colleagues and the teams that support them represent our commitment to our mission of providing exceptional patient care across the board."
Loyola Medicine's "Top Surgeons:"
- Michael Anstadt, MD, surgical critical care
- Bernadette Aulivola, MD, vascular surgery
- Michael S. Bednar, MD, hand surgery
- Richard W. Borrowdale, MD, head and neck surgical oncology
- Charles S. Bouchard, MD, ophthalmology
- Nicholas Brown, MD, orthopaedic surgery
- Bipan Chand, MD, bariatric surgery
- Steven Charous, MD, otolaryngology
- Victor Cimino, MD, plastic surgery
- Felipe De Alba, MD, ophthalmology
- Steven A. De Jong, MD, endocrine surgery
- Joshua M. Eberhardt, MD, colon and rectal surgery
- Douglas Evans, MD, orthopaedics
- Luis A. Fernandez, MD, transplant surgery
- Robert C. Flanigan, MD, urology
- Nickolas Garbis, MD, orthopaedics
- Constantine V. Godellas, MD, oncology
- Gopal Gupta, MD, urology
- Erling Ho, MD, orthopaedics
- William J. Hopkinson, MD, orthopaedic surgery
- Adam S. Kabaker, MD, endocrinology
- Raymond J. Konior, MD, plastic surgery
- Daniel Kurtzman, MD, otolaryngology
- John Leonetti, MD, otolaryngology
- Fred A. Luchette, MD, surgical critical care
- Kevin McVary, MD, urology
- Jeffrey S. Meisles, MD, orthopaedic surgery
- Dennis Moore, MD, otolaryngology
- Russ Nockels, MD, neurosurgery
- Vikram Prabhu, MD, neurosurgery
- Marcus Quek, MD, urology
- Harold Rees, MD, orthopaedic surgery
- Dane Salazar, MD, orthopaedic surgery
- Adam Schiff, MD, orthopaedic surgery
- Marc Singer, MD, colon and rectal surgery
- James Stankiewicz, MD, otolaryngology
- Pietro Tonino, MD, orthopaedic surgery
- Thomas Turk, MD, urology
- Darl Vandevender, MD, plastic surgery
- Karen Wu, MD, orthopaedic surgery
Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a health care research and information company, compiled the Top Doctors list for Chicago magazine. Its online nomination process is open to all licensed physicians in the United States. Physicians are able to nominate doctors in any specialty in any part of the country who they believe are the best in the region or the country in their specialties. A physician's education and professional experience are validated before final selection. Doctors cannot pay to be selected.
About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
For more information, visit loyolamedicine.org. You can also follow Loyola Medicine on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or X (formerly known as Twitter).
About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).