James Stankiewicz, MD, Palos Park resident and Otolaryngologist at Loyola University Health System, is ranked in the top 1 percent of physicians in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
U.S. News and World Report compiled the list in collaboration with Castle Connolly Medical Ld., a leader in healthcare research and information. They assembled the list through peer nominations from physicians across the nation. The research team then reviewed each nominee’s training, achievements and appointments, among other credentials.
Loyola has 98 physicians named to U.S. News and World Report Top Doctors list and 34 of those physicians are in the top 1 percent in the nation in his or her specialty.
Additional Loyola physicians and their specialty named in the top 1 percent are:
• Elaine Adams, MD, Rheumatology
• Kathy Albain, MD, Medical Oncology
• Gerard Aranha, MD, Surgeon
• Mamdouh Bakhos, MD, Heart Surgeon
• James Berman, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterologist
• Richard Besinger, MD, Perinatologist
• Joseph Clark, MD, Medical Oncologist
• Bahman Emami, MD, Radiation Oncologist
• Mary Ann Emanuele, MD, Endocrinologist
• Patrick J. Fahey, MD, Pulmonologist
• Robert Flanigan, MD, Urologist
• Richard L. Gamelli, MD, Surgeon
• Ellen Gaynor, MD, Medical Oncologist
• Howard Greisler, MD, Vascular Surgeon
• T.S. Gunasekaran, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterologist
• Joel T. Hardin, MD, Pediatric Cardiologist
• Alain Heroux, MD, Cardiologist
• Andrew J. Hotaling, MD, Otolaryngologist
• Thomas John, MD, Ophthalmologist
• John Leonetti, MD, Otolaryngologist
• Terry R. Light, MD, Hand Surgeon
• Robert Love, MD, Heart Surgeon
• Ricarchito Manera, MD, Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
• John F. Moran, MD, Cardiologist
• Jonathan Muraskas, MD, Neonatologist
• Sucha Nand, MD, Hematologist
• Paul J. O’Keefe, MD, Infectious Disease Specialist
• Michael S. Pinzur, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon
• Ronald K. Potkul, MD, Gynecologic Oncologist
• Donna M. Smith, MD, Gynecologic Oncologist
• Patrick Stiff, MD, Hematologist
• Martin Tobin, MD, Pulmonologist
• David J. Wilber, MD, Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, a part of the Loyola University Health System, had 23 doctors named to the list and two were also among the top 1 percent: Herand Abcarian, MD, Colon and Rectal Surgeon, and Lloyd W. Klein, MD, Cardiologist.
