Providers named Top 10% for patient experience

Internal Medicine placed 91 providers on the list of Patient’s Choice Award recipients for their excellence in patient care in Fiscal Year 2026 (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026). Each of our divisions is represented. Clinicians delivering inpatient and outpatient care are recognized.

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 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 Elizabeth Hinders, DNP, ARNP Drake Jensen,  ARNP Kellyann Light McGroary, MD Michael Muellerleile, MD Kimberly Staffey, MD Nicholas Walker, MD Scott Yoder, MD

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Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Kara Barnes, ARNP Bianca Carlson, PA-C Erin Cline, ARNP Marcelo Correia, MD, MSc, PhD Brianne Foulker, MSN, ARNP

Jennifer Jungen, MPAS, PA-C Amber Newland, ARNP Amanda Pitts, DNP, ARNP Amal Shibli-Rahhal, MD, MS, MME

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Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Abdullah Abbasi, MBBS Megan Dietzel, DNP, ARNP

Alan Gunderson, MD Antonio Sanchez, MD

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Division of General Internal Medicine

Wendy Fiordellisi, MD, MS Mallory Heath, DNP, ARNP Krista Johnson, MD, MME Reed A. Johnson, MD Susan Kaliszewski, PA-C Michelle Krantz, ARNP, FNC-C Jerilyn Lundberg, MD Morton Machir, MD

Becca Mischel, ARNP Evelyn Ross-Shapiro, MD, MPH Margo Schilling, MD Jeanenne Suneja, MD Shawna Westermann, MD Katherine White, MD, MME R. Todd Wiblin, MD, MS

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Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation

Clarissa Bruce, MPAS PA-C Kathryn Crawford, ARNP Umar Farooq, MD Vitor Fiorin De Vasconcellos, MD Nicole Fleege, MD Gregory Gullickson, PhD Eric Mou, MD Sneha Phadke, DO Kittika Poonsombudlert, MD Lillian Power, MS, LGC

Deborah Remy Parr, PA-C Hira Shaikh, MBBS Maria Siddiqui, MBBS Margarida Silverman, MD Mary Skafidas, ARNP Christopher Strouse, MD Mario Sy, MD Alexa J. Zink Baxter, MPAS, PA-C Nanmeng Yu, MD, PhD

Division of Hospital Medicine

Brian Daniel, MD

Ethan Kuperman, MD

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Division of Immunology

Brittany Bettendorf, MD, MFA Amy Dowden, MD Brooke Harrison, ARNP

Aleksander Lenert, MD, MS Petar Lenert, MD, MSc, PhD Jennifer Strouse, MD

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Division of Infectious Diseases

Cassidy Chalupa, ARNP Poorani Sekar, MD

Judy Streit, MD

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Division of Nephrology

Lisa Antes, MD

Amanda Karanikolas, ARNP

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Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine

Nicole Alsaker, ARNP Herbert Berger, MD Rachel Butler, MD Kevin Doerschug, MD, MS Spyridon Fortis, MD, OhD, MSc Alicia Gerke, MD, MBA Thomas Gross, MD Nabeel Hamzeh, MD

Douglas Hornick, MD James Murphy, MD Charles Rappaport, MD Rolando Sanchez, MD Roger Struble, MD, MPH Jeff Wilson, MD Raul Villacreses, MD

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Mission Cancer + Blood

Cortney Bax, PA-C Emily Brugioni, DO Thomas Buroker, DO, FACP Joshua Lukenbill, DO

Tara Patterson, PA-C Jennifer Pavlisin, ARNP Christian Schultheis, MD Mark Westberg, MD