The List
ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DOCTORS made Minnesota Monthly’s first-ever Top Doctors for Women list. Here’s how they were chosen.
In November 2005 Minnesota Monthly sent surveys to more than 5,500 doctors in the seven-county Twin Cities region, asking them to recommend the best doctors for women in more than 20 medical specialties. The mailing list for the survey was obtained from the nonprofit Minnesota Medical Association, which regularly updates a database of its members and potential members with information about Minnesota doctors provided by the American Medical Association, the state of Minnesota, and other sources.
Recipients were asked to nominate up to three physicians in each specialty, based on the same criteria they would use to make recommendations to a female family member, friend, or loved one. The instructions on the survey noted that Minnesota Monthly was not specifically seeking referrals for female doctors; rather, the editors were looking for the names of doctors (male or female) who are attuned to the specific needs of female patients.
The list of specialties is not comprehensive. Instead, the survey sought to highlight specialties that are often of interest to women.
To be included among Minnesota Monthly’s Top Doctors for Women, a physician had to receive enough votes from his or her peers to rank in the top 10 percent of all the physicians nominated. (The most nominations went to menopause specialist June LaValleur—with 35 votes.) It should be noted, however, that more than 1,400 doctors were named as “tops” by their peers—an indication that the Twin Cities is brimming with medical practitioners capable of offering exceptional and noteworthy care for women.
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE / RHEUMATOLOGY
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Carolyn A. Bowles Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center Southdale Medical Center 6545 France Ave. S., #352 Edina, MN 55435 952-929-4433 |
Jody K. Hargrove Arthritis and Rheumatology Consultants 7250 France Ave. S., Suite 215 Edina, MN 55435 952-893-1959 No new patients. |
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Walter H. Dorman Arthritis and Rheumatology Consultants 7250 France Ave. S., Suite 215 Edina, MN 55435 952-893-1959 Elie Gertner |
Barbara M. Segal University of Minnesota Medical Center 516 Delaware St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-625-8690 Ellen R. Shammash |
BREAST RADIOLOGY
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Ellen L. Abeln Suburban Radiologic Consultants 4801 W. 81st St., #108 Bloomington, MN 55437 952-837-9700 Richard A. Carlson Deborah L. Day |
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Piper Breast Center 800 E. 28th St. Minneapolis, MN 55407 612-863-3150 New patients by referral only. Mary C. Lechner Joseph H. Tashjian |
CARDIOLOGY
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Margaret M. Beahrs St. Paul Heart Clinic 255 Smith Ave. N., #100 St. Paul, MN 55102 651-292-0616 Elizabeth A. Bisinov Candace D. Dick Priscilla A. Hedberg Maureen A. Kane Pamela R. Paulsen | North Memorial Women’s Heart Clinic Soma Sen Anne L. Taylor Cynthia A. Toher Margo F. Tolins-Mejia Valerie K. Ulstad
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DERMATOLOGY
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M. Elizabeth Briden Advanced Dermatology & Cosmetic Institute 6525 Barrie Rd. Edina, MN 55435 952-915-6000 Charles E. Crutchfield III Carol A. Soutor |
Maureen P. Utz Metropolitan Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery 1120 Wayzata Blvd. E., #100 Wayzata, MN 55391 952-476-6733 New patients by referral only. Cynthia L. Vehe
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ENDOCRINOLOGY
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Victor A. Corbett Daly, Corbett, Ogden, Abid, Thomas, Saeed & Carlson 310 Smith Ave. N., #400 St. Paul, MN 55102 651-241-7676 New patients by referral only. Lisa H. Fish J. Michael González-Campoy Harold H. Katz Thomas W. Laedtke | Wayne F. Leebaw John H. MacIndoe Rebecca S. Mattison Elizabeth R. Seaquist Mark P. Stesin
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GASTROENTEROLOGY
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Lucinda J. Conroy Minnesota Gastroenterology East Metro Clinic 1973 Sloan Pl., #100 Maplewood, MN 55117 651-772-5700 Caryn Fine Denise A. Hunninghake Ann M. Kools |
Amy S. Mulvahill Minnesota Gastroenterology East Metro Clinic 1973 Sloan Pl., #100 Maplewood, MN 55117 651-772-5700 Cynthia A. Sherman Joseph M. Tombers Dorothy I. Whitmer |
GENERAL OB-GYN
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Donna L. Block Clinic Sofia OBGYN 6545 France Ave. S., Suite 490 Edina, MN 55435 952-922-7600 Gordon M. Ditmanson Susan J. Ditmanson Elizabeth A. Kilburg Joan E. Kreider | Diane E. B. Petersen Janette H. Strathy Penny A. Wheeler Ingrid E. Wilbrand-Conley
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GERIATRICS
Jennifer M. Olson
Park Nicollet Clinic–St. Louis Park
3850 Park Nicollet Blvd.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
952-993-3400
No new patients.
Thomas L. Von Sternberg
HealthPartners–Riverside Clinic
2220 Riverside Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612-371-1600
No new patients.
INFERTILITY / REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
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Bruce F. Campbell Center for Reproductive Medicine–Minneapolis 2800 Chicago Ave. S., #300 Minneapolis, MN 55407 612-863-5390 Lisa D. Erickson Paul H. Kuneck | John W. Malo Theodore C. Nagel
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INTERNAL MEDICINE
Kimberly A. Anderson Barbara L. Butcher Heather E. Gantzer Sophia H. Kim | St. Paul Internists Mary A. Miley Donna M. Rodel
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MATERNAL / FETAL MEDICINE
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Emanuel P. Gaziano Minnesota Perinatal Physicians Abbott Northwestern Hospital 800 E. 28th St. Minneapolis, MN 55407 612-863-5030 Judith A. Ney |
Leslie Pratt Park Nicollet Clinic–Meadowbrook 6490 Excelsior Blvd. St. Louis Park, MN 55426 952-993-5565 No new patients. Preston P. Williams |
MENOPAUSE SPECIALISTS
June LaValleur
University Specialists in
Women’s Health
606 24th Ave. S., #300
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612-273-7111
NEUROLOGY
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Janiece M. Aldinger Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology Fairview Southdale Physicians Building 6363 France Ave. S., # 200 Edina, MN 55435 952-920-7200 Outreach Neurology Sandra K. Hanson Charles H. Horowitz | Zohreh Mahdavi Joanne B. Rogin Bruce D. Snyder
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ONCOLOGY: BREAST CANCER
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Barbara J. Bowers Fairview Southdale Medical Oncology 6363 France Ave. S., #610 Edina, MN 55435 952-836-3645 Margit Lynn Bretzke Abbott Northwestern Hospital Daniel H. Dunn Abbott Northwestern Hospital | Gretchen M. Ibele Margaret A. MacRae Bronagh P. Murphy Todd M. Tuttle
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ONCOLOGY: GYNECOLOGICAL
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Peter A. Argenta Women’s Health Center University of Minnesota Medical Center 516 Delaware St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-626-3444 Cheryl L. Bailey Matthew P. Boente Linda F. Carson |
Park Nicollet Clinic–Meadowbrook 6490 Excelsior Blvd. St. Louis Park, MN 55426 952-993-3282 Patricia L. Judson John E. Savage
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ONCOLOGY: MEDICAL
Randy Hurley
Cancer Care Center
Regions Hospital
640 Jackson St.
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-254-3572
Bronagh P. Murphy
Minnesota Oncology Hematology
310 Smith Ave. N., #460
St. Paul, MN 55102
651-602-5200
ONCOLOGY: RADIATION
Carol M. Grabowski
Minnesota Radiation
Oncology Group
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E. 28th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-863-4060
ORTHOPEDICS / SPORTS MEDICINE
Elizabeth A. Arendt
Orthopaedic Clinic
University of Minnesota
Medical Center
2512 S. Seventh St.
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612-273-9400
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Todd M. Hess
United Pain Center
Doctors Professional Building
280 Smith Ave. N., #600
St. Paul, MN 55102
651-241-7246
PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
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Marie Christensen Park Nicollet Clinic–St. Louis Park 3900 Park Nicollet Blvd. St. Louis Park, MN 55416 952-993-3504 Jennifer L. Harrington |
Mark R. Migliori MMK Plastic Surgery 7450 France Ave. S., #220 Edina, MN 55435 952-925-1111 J. Bart Muldowney |
PULMONOLOGY
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Joan M. K. Fox Minnesota Lung Center City Center Professional Building 15700 37th Ave. N., #150 Plymouth, MN 55446 612-863-3750 Minnesota Lung Center Linda M. Funk Kathy R. Gromer | Charlene E. McEvoy Avi Nahum Sue A. Ravenscraft
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UROGYNECOLOGY
Jeffrey S. Warshaw
Multispecialty Center
825 S. Eighth St., #250
Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-347-6450
Center for Pelvic Floor Disorders
606 24th Ave. S., #515
Minneapolis, MN 55454
651-225-7800
UROLOGY
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Jyothi B. Kesha Metro Urology Unity Professional Building 500 Osborne Rd., #240 Fridley, MN 55432 763-783-8582 Metro Urology |
Steven W. Siegel Metro Urology Ft. Road Medical Center 360 Sherman St., #400 St. Paul, MN 55102 651-999-6900 Metro Urology |
MARY C. LECHNER, medical director, Jane Brattain Breast Center, Park Nicollet Clinic. Clinical interests: breast imaging and interventions. Why she’s a top doc: “Dr. Lechner has been a recognized local and national authority on breast imaging since the early 1990s,” says Eugene Elvecrog, MD, a radiologist at the Jane Brattain Breast Center. “She has consistently delivered the highest-quality service to our patients with breast disease and also interpreted countless screening mammograms with great skill.”
—ERIN PETERSON
JYOTHI B. KESHA, urologist, Metro Urology. Clinical interests: incontinence, pelvic pain, and voiding dysfunction. Why she’s a top doc: Kesha, who focuses on women’s issues in urology, has exceptional training, expertise, and skills, says Steve Siegel, MD, director for the Center of Continence Care at Metro Urology. “She’s a great diagnostician and is technically adept,” he says. Her people skills are equally good: “She doesn’t use jargon, and her personality makes people feel very comfortable around her.”
—ERIN PETERSON
BARBARA M. SEGAL, associate professor of medicine, University of Minnesota Physicians. Clinical interests: systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, and scleroderma. Why she’s a top doc: “Dr. Segal has assembled an outstanding group of university physicians to treat difficult cases of scleroderma in a coordinated and comprehensive fashion,” says Daniel Mueller, MD, chief of rheumatic and autoimmune diseases at the University of Minnesota. “This is just the sort of approach that patients with complex multisystem diseases need in order to achieve the best health outcome.”
—JEANNE METTNER
AVI NAHUM, chief of pulmonary and critical care, past chief of staff, Regions Hospital; associate professor of medicine, University of Minnesota. Clinical interests: mechanical ventilation, lung injury, pneumonia, and occupational lung disease. Why he’s a top doc: “Avi is a dynamic person, someone whom you immediately remember, a physician who is constantly trying to do as much as he can for his patients,” says Eric Korbach, MD, pulmonary critical care physician at Regions Hospital. “He has a broad level of knowledge, extending through all the fields of pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine.”
—JEANNE METTNER
