43 BACKUS PHYSICIANS NAMED TO ‘TOP DOCTORS’ LIST

Norwich — Forty-three physicians on the medical staff at The William W. Backus Hospital have been named to Connecticut Magazine’s annual listing of “top doctors” in the state, the hospital announced Tuesday.

Selections are based on questionnaires the magazine sent to doctors across the state, asking them to recommend a physician to whom they’d send a loved one. The top vote-getters make the list. The full listing of Top Docs in Connecticut is available in the April issue of Connecticut Magazine.

The Backus doctors named to the list are:

Abera Abay, gastroenterology

Stephen Briggs, obstetrics & gynecology

Amy Brown, gynecologic oncology

Anca Bulgaru, hematology / oncology Barclay Caras, psychiatry Thomas Cherry, plastic and reconstructive surgery

Harjinder Chowdhary, rheumatology

Kevin Cranmer, ophthalmology Felicia Cuomo, radiology Thinesh Dahanayake, pulmonary medicine

Paul Deutsch, internal medicine William Donovan, radiology Mary Eslick, pediatrics Franklin Friedman, urologic oncology

Adam Goldstein, anesthesiology

Steven Green, otolaryngology

Suzelle Hendsch, obstetrics and gynecology

Jeffrey Hertz, ophthalmology Mahesh Kabadi, nephrology David Kalla, obstetrics and gynecology

Dinesh Kapur, hematology / oncology

Mario Katigbak, thoracic surgery Jeffrey Kierstein, podiatry Sherry Kroll, internal medicine

Gregory Lesnik, otolaryngology Robert Levin, rheumatology Herb Lustberg, radiology Joseph O’Keefe, physical medicine and rehabilitation

Vinod Pathy, plastic and reconstructive surgery Thomas Peter, nephrology Joseph Peters, physical medicine and rehabilitation

Paul Pudimat, anesthesiology Anis Racy, neurology Michael Rajkumar, infectious disease

Donna Romito, pulmonary medicine

Camille Salame, neurosurgery

Dennis Slater, hematology / oncology

Kolala Sridhar, gastroenterology

Brandon Stahl, urologic oncology John Tauro, neurology Sandeep Varma, rheumatology

Setu Vora, pulmonary medicine

Jie Yang, medical oncology