Internal Medicine placed 96 clinicians on the list of Patient’s Choice Award recipients for their excellence in patient care in Fiscal Year 2025 (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025). Each of our outpatient divisions is represented.

Recognition was based upon patient responses to five questions within the “Care Provider” section of patient surveys:

• Concern showed for patient questions or worries
• Explanations given to patient about problem or condition
• Efforts to include patient in decisions about their care
• Discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)
• Likelihood of patient recommending care provider to others

These physicians and advanced practice providers will be invited to an in-person celebrations next week where they will be formally recognized as among the Top 10% in the nation.

Congratulations to these Internal Medicine clinicians!

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Jason Allen, MD Rachel Becker, MSN, ARNP Theresa Brennan, MD Linda Cadaret, MD Annalisa Cochran, MSN, ARNP Maggie Freese, MS, LGC Milena Gebska, MD, PhD, MME Katie Halbmaier, DNP, ARNP Nidal Harb, MD

Suzanne Hennings, ARNP, MSN James Hopson, MD Linda Lee, MD Michael Muellerleile, MD Nagalakshmi Nagarajan, MD Edward Powers, MD Vikram Sharma, MBBS Kimberly Staffey, MD Kristine Yumul-Non, MD

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Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Bianca Carlson, PA-C Erin Cline, ARNP Brianne Foulker, MSN, ARNP Leon Jons, MD Jennifer Jungen, MPAS, PA-C

Amber Newland, ARNP Amie Ogunsakin, MD Amanda Pitts, DNP, ARNP Claire Schluensen, DNP, ARNP Amal Shibli-Rahhal, MD, MS, MME

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Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Megan Dietzel, DNP, ARNP Rami El Abiad, MD Alexander Garza, MD

Alan Gunderson, MD Jennifer McGee, ARNP Steven Polyak, MD

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Division of General Internal Medicine

Gwen Beck, MD Rebecca Davis, MD Wendy Fiordellisi, MD, MS Lauren Graham, MD, MPH Mallory Heath, DNP, ARNP Krista Johnson, MD, MME Reed A. Johnson, MD Susan Kaliszewski, PA-C David Katz, MD, MSc

John Kelley, MD Michael Klein, MD Jerilyn Lundberg, MD Morton Machir, MD Becca Mischel, ARNP Evelyn Ross-Shapiro, MD, MPH Margo Schilling, MD Jeanenne Suneja, MD Katherine White, MD, MME

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Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation

Arwa Aburizik, MD, MS Clarissa Bruce, MPAS PA-C Channa Davenport, ARNP Prajwal Dhakal, MBBS Evan Eastman, PA-C Nicole Fleege, MD Gregory Gullickson, PhD Douglas E. Laux, MD, MS Eric Mou, MD

Kittika Poonsombudlert, MD Hira Shaikh, MBBS Margarida Silverman, MD Mary Skafidas, ARNP Christopher Strouse, MD Grerk Sutamtewagul, MD Jessica Thomas, ARNP Jin Zhou, ARNP Alexa J. Zink Baxter, MPAS, PA-C

Division of Hospital Medicine

Lauren Kirkpatrick, MD

Ethan Kuperman, MD

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Division of Immunology

Brittany Bettendorf, MD, MFA Lauren Bracken, PA-C Benjamin Davis, MD, PhD Amy Dowden, MD

Brooke Harrison, ARNP Aleksander Lenert, MD, MS Jennifer Strouse, MD

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Division of Infectious Diseases

Joseph Cates, PA-C

Judy Streit, MD

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Division of Nephrology

Lisa Antes, MD Amanda Karanikolas, ARNP

Sarat Kuppachi, MBBS Lama Noureddine, MD

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Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine

Nicole Alsaker, ARNP Kimberly Baker-El Abiad, MD Rachel Butler, MD Alejandro Comellas, MD Alicia Gerke, MD, MBA Thomas Gross, MD Nabeel Hamzeh, MD

Douglas Hornick, MD Sara Kraus, ARNP Charles Rappaport, MD Rolando Sanchez, MD Jeff Wilson, MD Joseph Zabner, MD

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Mission Cancer + Blood

Aaron Anderson, PA-C Annette Heinzman, PA-C Cortney Bax, PA-C Jennifer Pavlisin, ARNP Joshua Lukenbill, DO

Patricia Schwickerath, ARNP Christian Schultheis, MD Seema Harichand-Herdt, MD Steven Heddinger, MD Thomas Buroker, DO, FACP