VCOM - Virginia 2017 Yearbook

2017 Best Bedside Manner Awards WDBJ7 and OurHealth Magazine published its annual “Best Bedside Manner Awards for Southwest Virginia.” Among the winners this year, 120 VCOM-affiliated faculty and clinical faculty members were recognized for their “best bedside manner” based on three criteria: personal attention, time spent during a patient visit, and overall compassion and understanding. The publication was distributed to doctors’ offices throughout southwest Virginia.

Allergy/Immunology Gates Hoover, MD Roanoke, Second Place Kristina Kwak, MD New River Valley, Second Place Anesthesiology Jeffrey Brooks, MD Roanoke, First Place Bariatric Medicine T. A. Lucktong, MD Roanoke, Second Place Charles Bissell, MD New River Valley, Second Place Cardiology Andrew Maiolo, MD Roanoke, Second Place Michael Cantor, DO New River Valley, Third Place Uzair Wyne, MD New River Valley, Third Place Dermatology Chad Johnston, DO New River Valley, First Place Daniel Hurd, DO New River Valley, Second Place Aleksandra Brown, DO New River Valley, Third Place Emergency Medicine Ed Sciullo, DO Roanoke, First Place Joe Clark, MD Honorable Mention

Geriatrics Care Sohier Boshra, MD Roanoke, Third Place Aubrey Knight, MD New River Valley, First Place Richard Williams, MD New River Valley, Second Place Adel Salama, MD Honorable Mention Hematology/Oncology William Fintel, MD Roanoke, First Place Harry McCoy III, MD New River Valley, First Place Heather Brooks, MD New River Valley, Second Place Jerome Goldschmidt, MD New River Valley, Third Place Infectious Disease Muddasar Chaudry, MD First Place Internal Medicine Gregory Beato, DO New River Valley, First Place Mary-Ellen Mick, DO New River Valley, Third Place Paul Dallas, MD Carilion Clinic Honorable Mention Christine Jordan, MD Honorable Mention Lawrence Monahan, MD Honorable Mention

Matthew Borloz, MD New River Valley, First Place Brian Ekey, DO New River Valley, Second Place Joseph Joyce, MD New River Valley, Third Place Bryan Collier, DO Honorable Mention Endocrinology Kamran Rasul, MD Roanoke, Second Place Family Practice Amy Doolan, DO New River Valley, First Place Elliot Freed, DO Honorable Mention John Priddy, MD Honorable Mention Fertility Care Emily Evans-Hoeker, MD Roanoke, First Place Anand Kishore, MD New River Valley, First Place Mark Ringold, MD New River Valley, Second Place Jennifer Sinclair, MD New River Valley, Third Place Harish Grover, MD Honorable Mention David Stoeckle, MD Honorable Mention

William Thomas, DO Honorable Mention Albert J. Tuono, DO Honorable Mention Nephrology Clifford Culpepper, MD Roanoke, First Place Fletcher Matthews, MD Roanoke, Second Place Jackson Ballenger, MD Roanoke, Third Place Bhairvi Trivedi, MD New River Valley, First Place Allan Sklar, MD New River Valley, Second Place Bassel Moughrabi, MD New River Valley, Third Place Edgar Escasinas, MD Honorable Mention Paul Laflam, MD Honorable Mention Neurology Jill Cramer, MD New River Valley, Second Place Belinda Zhang, MD Honorable Mention OB-GYN Deborah Clapp, MD Roanoke, First Place Mona Sadek, MD Roanoke, Third Place David Roberts, MD New River Valley, First Place

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