The pandemic and its effects have shifted the discussion of health and medicine to the forefront of everyday life for the majority of Americans. This resulted in a drastic increase in the weight placed on selecting physicians and their practices. The relationship between doctor and patient should be one of trust that is seamlessly supported by a host of dedicated staff members, all playing a role in providing quality patient care. Selecting the right physician is a personal and important decision, and it is one that can be overwhelming to make alone.
Columbia Metropolitan Magazine is pleased to provide Premier Physicians™ in this issue — the third time our readers have selected whom they consider to be the finest doctors in the Midlands. Rather than using a list of the best in local health care compiled by outside resources, we believe you, our readers, as patients, are the ultimate experts in this field.
We requested that our readers choose doctors based on quality of overall care, skill and expertise, convenience, availability for appointments, as well as bedside manner and compassion. Through this list, our readers are expressing their appreciation for the level of care they have received from our area’s doctors.
Premier Physicians™ is intended to be a valuable resource for those in search of a doctor. This list is based purely on patient selections. In addition to the many fine physicians listed, there are other excellent doctors in the Columbia area who are not included. Make note of any doctors you would like to see on the 2022 list, and be sure to participate and voice your opinion when the Premier Physicians nominee ballot is posted on ColumbiaMetro.com in April 2022.
Premier Physicians™ 2021
Allergy & Immunology
Allergy Partners of the Midlands
Hector Rodriguez
Carolina Allergy & Asthma Consultants
Michael Bykowsky
David Perrick
CENTA Medical Group
Jonathan King
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington ENT & Allergy
Andrew Battiata
Palmetto Allergy & Asthma
Lisa Hutto
Prisma Health, Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
David Amrol
SouthEastern ENT, Allergy & Sleep Disorders
Chad Gunnlaugsson
Bariatric Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, South Carolina Obesity Surgery Center
Marc Antonetti
Glen Strickland
Prisma Health Surgery
Zeid Keilani
Benjamin Tribble
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiology
William Brabham
Christopher Rowley
Prisma Health, Cardiology
Jennifer Feldman
Robert Mazzei
Sultan Siddique
MUSC Health, Providence Heart
Conrad Bauknight
Venkateshwar Gottipaty
Cardiology
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Medical Heart and Vascular Center
Brandon Drafts
Amy Rawl Epps
Mitchell Jacocks
Stanley Juk
Leon Khoury
Joseph Lawton
Robert Malanuk
Michael Roberts
Taylor Williams
Prisma Health Cardiology
Meghan Businaro
Barry Feldman
Stacy Graham
Rodney Harrison
David Isbell
Ryan MacNevin
MUSC Health, Providence Heart
Michael Foster
Christopher Huffman
Norma Khoury
SC Internal Medicine Associates and Rehabilitation
Daniel Bouknight
Cardiovascular Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiovascular Surgery
Jeffrey Travis
William Yarbrough
Prisma Health Cardiothoracic Surgery
Reid Tribble
MUSC Health, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Associates
John Sutton
Robert Zurcher
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
Lexington County Community Mental Health Center
Victor Shaw Evans
Midlands Psychiatric Services
Jim Claytor
Southern Psychiatry
Kristin Clary
Jesse Raley
Spero Psychiatry
Ashley Harbin
Child Neurology
Prisma Health Pediatric Neurology
Mary Gregory
Rebecca Lehman
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Surgery
Edward Jakubs
Prisma Health, Colorectal Surgery
Sylvia Kim
Leslie Jarrott Moore
Sidney Morrison
Dermatology
Carolinas Dermatology & Plastic Surgery
Ann Harriott Ervin
Annette Lynn
Kaitlyn Powell
Long Quan
Columbia Skin Clinic
Sara Bruton
Allison Cashman
Jim Chow
Asha James
Richard Laws
John Mouzakis
Greta Zimmerman
Northeast Dermatology
Lee Carson
Pierre Jaffe, MD
Pierre Jaffe
St. Andrews Dermatology
Rebecca Clemenz
The Dermatology Group
Dina Hunter
Lee Jordan
Diagnostic Radiology
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Radiology Associates
Clarence Davis
Jeanette Fulton
Keith McGuire
Palmetto Imaging
Timothy Close
William Edenfield
Zachary Kilpatrick
Prisma Health Radiology
Cooper Black
Douglas Bull
Frederick Dreyer
Charles Hubbard
Sheila Jones
Jason Lynn
Matthew Marcus
William Savoca
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Endocrinology
Frank Ferraro
Laurel Endocrine and Thyroid Specialists
J. Robert Brennan
Eric Horst
Marjan Karegar
Laura LaBoone
Prisma Health Endocrinology
Joaquin Lado Abeal
Brooke McAdams
Family Medicine
Colonial Healthcare
Carlos Soto
Lexington Medical Center, Chapin Family Practice
Javier Carles
Daniel Dunbar
Lexington Medical Center, Harbison Medical Associates
Gregory Fulcher
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice Ballentine
Rachel Callis-Wolfe
William Fravel
Scott McKay
Michael Nunnery
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice Irmo
Michael Beaver
Laura Jackso
Daniel Shumpert
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice Lexington
Scott Dacus
David Lyle
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice Northeast
Brian Cline
April Getz
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice West Columbia
J. Allan Hicks
Gregory Konduros
Lexington Medical Center, Palmetto Family Medicine
Russell Ditzler
Sarah Cottingham
Lexington Medical Center, Sandhills Family Medicine
Rebecca McNair
Lovelace Family Medicine
Oscar Lovelace
MDVIP
David Fisher
Noreta Family Medicine
Melissa Boylan
Prisma Health Family Medicine
Rodney Fitzgibbon
Martha Parker Hester
Martin Hester
Jamee Steen
Andrew Vaughan
Kevin Via
MUSC Health, Providence Family Medicine NE
Nusrat Shafi
Providence Family Practice
Jaroslaw Ambroziak
The Practice Family Medicine
William Crigler
John Mattei
TLM Medical Services
Conigliaro Jones
Gastroenterology
Associates in Gastroenterology
Siva Chockalingam
Carolina Digestive Disease
George Jenkins
Spencer Jenkins
Daniel Tupper Iseman
Consultants in Gastroenterology
James Richter
Gabe Saleeby
March Seabrook
Gene Stuart
Matthew Thoma
Rajeev Vasudeva
Columbia Gastroenterology Associates
Walter Bristow
Edward Kimbrough
Anthony Lowman
Georges Postic
Geriatric Medicine
Geriatric Health & Wellness
Victor Hirth
Prisma Health Senior Primary Care
Rachelle Gajadhar
Margaret Matthews
Tad Venn
Gynecologic Oncology
South Carolina Oncology Associates
William Merritt
James Williams
Hand Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Orthopaedics
James McIntosh
Michelle O’Brien
Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery
Michael Green
Palmetto Bone & Joint
William Owens
Prisma Health Orthopedics
David Fulton
Earl (Mac) McFadden
John Walsh
Infectious Disease
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Medical Specialists
Emilio Perez-Jorge
Elizabeth Nimmich
Prisma Health, Immunology Center
Divya Ahuja
Helmut Albrecht
Sharon Weissman
Internal Medicine
Lexington Medical Center, The Columbia Medical Group
Edgar DesChamps
Ruben Mayer
Stacie Moore-Bowens
Huong Thi Pan
Bradley Word
Lexington Medical Center, Mid Carolina Internal Medicine
Hampton Alford
Brent Powers
Vijay Koli
Lexington Medical Center, Internal Medicine Associates
Richard Murray
Christopher Wicker
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Internists Irmo
Thomas Edwards
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Medical Associates
J. Russell Williams
Prisma Health Internal Medicine
Elizabeth Edwards
Brad Markowitz
Andrew Sides
Leslie Stuck
Tracy Voss
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians
James Allison
MUSC Health, Associates in Internal Medicine
Ben Studnicka
MUSC Health, Columbia Medical Associates
Jerry Robinson
Three Rivers Medical
Keith Bridgers
John Gould
Peggy Toliver-Dingle
SC Internal Medicine Associates and Rehabilitation
Joseph Gabriel
Benjamin Levinson
Frederic Smith
Interventional Cardiology
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiology
William Brabham
William Brearley
Robert Leonardi
Robert Malanuk
Prisma Health Cardiology
Kevin Baugh
Stacy Graham
William Hollins
MUSC Health, Providence Heart
William Phillips
Nephrology
Columbia Nephrology
Marcono Hines
Niall McLaughlin
Prakash Prabhu
Anuj Regmi
David Shure
Jeremy Sorkin
Thomas Wheeler
Neurological Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Brain & Spine Institute
Scott Boyd
Johnathan Engh
Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery
Karl Lozanne
William Rambo
Prisma Health Neurosurgery
Erwin Mangubat
Roham Moftakhar
Catherine McClung Smith
Neurology
Lexington Medical Center, Southeastern Neurology & Memory Clinic
Mark Lenke
Douglas Sinclair
Pain and Neurology Specialists of Columbia
David Stickler
Prisma Health Neurology
Hamilton Peters
Michael Mareska
The Hammett Clinic
David Hammett
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kraemer Women’s Care
Todd Kraemer
Lexington Medical Center, Carolina Women’s Physicians
Allyson Jones
Samantha Morton
Lexington Medical Center, Chapin Women’s Care,
Evelyn Tucker
George Watt
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Women’s Care Irmo
Robert Silverio
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Women’s Care Lexington
David Stallard
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Women’s Care Sandhills
Thomas Austin
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Women’s Care West Columbia
Janice Bacon
James Estes
Gregory Lyman
William E. Plyler
Frederick B. Thompson
Miriam Wilcox
Lexington Medical Center, South Carolina OBGYN Associates
Courtney Brooks
Thomas Giudice
Robert Grumbach
David Holladay
Christopher Hutchinson
Tucker Laffitte
Mark Salley
James Stands
Lexington Medical Center, Vista Women’s Heathcare
John Moore
Kathryn Moore
Prisma Health Women’s Physicians Associates OB/GYN
Evelyn Roland
Prisma Health Parkridge OB/GYN
Albert Odom
Mark Wild
Prisma Health Obstetrics and Gynecology
Myles Davis
Wendy Hartshorne
Oncology
South Carolina Oncology Associates
Woodrow Coker
Mohamed El Geneidy
Anne Hutchison
Fred J. Kudrik
Steve Minter
James Williams
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Oncology
Asheesh Lal
Steve Madden
Chelsea Rainwater Stillwell
James Wells
Ophthalmology
20/20 Vision
Kelly Hynes
Bryan Eye Clinic
Beau T. Bryan
Carolina Retina Center
Jeffrey Gross
Barron Fishburne
Eye Consultants
James Dickson
Eye Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia
Cynthia Snell Volpe
Palmetto Retina Center
Lloyd Clark
John Payne
Prisma Health Ophthalmology
Rakesh Patel
The Columbia Eye Clinic
Derek Barker
William Cain
Holland Crosswell
Derrick Huey
William Johnson
Edward Mintz
Mitchell Newman
Lynn Hicks Snoddy
Garner Wild
The Eye Center
Matthew Clary
Lucas Platt
Optometry
Vista Vision
Kendria Cartledge
Orthopedic Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, Southeastern Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine
David Lee
Andrew Piasecki
Lexington Medical Center, Carolina Shoulder & Knee Specialists
Kevin Nahigian
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Orthopaedics
David Kingery
McCain Orthopaedic Center
Richard McCain
Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery
Seth Bowman
Robert DaSilva
Coleman Fowble
Michael Green
Thomas Gross
William James
James O’Leary
Palmetto Bone & Joint
James Loging
Prisma Health Orthopedics
Douglas DeHoll
Daniel Del Gaizo
Guillaume Dumont
Gregory Grabowski
David Koon
Christopher Mazoue
Earl (Mac) McFadden
Frank Voss
Otolaryngology
Palmetto Surgery Center
Alan Brill
CENTA Medical Group
William Giles
Aaron Hilton
Jonathan King
ENT & Allergy Partners
Anna Bouknight
Benjamin Paysinger
Tab Thompson
Carolina ENT Associates
Scott Thompson
SouthEastern ENT, Allergy & Sleep Disorders
Chad Gunnlaugsson
Pain Specialists
Lake Carolina Pain + Spine
Kamran Koranloo
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Brain and Spine Institute
Erin Lawson
Palmetto Pain Management
Ezra Riber
Southern Pain Specialists
Stephen Tuel
Pathology
Lexington Medical Center, Pathology Associates of Lexington
Jeff Welsh
Professional Pathology Services
Robert Bradley
Lawrence Klein
Jesse Powell
Pediatric Cardiology
Prisma Health Pediatric Cardiology
Srinadh Rao
Osborne Shuler
Pediatric Endocrinology
Prisma Health Pediatric Endocrinology
Laura Szadek
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Prisma Health Pediatric Gastroenterology
Rathnasabhapath (Ratha) Amarnath
Narendra Yallanki
Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Prisma Health Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Laura Pirich
Carla Roberts
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Prisma Health, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Anna Kathryn Rye Burch
Rebecca Widener
Pediatric Otolaryngology
CENTA Medical Group
William Giles
ENT & Allergy Partners
Fred Garner
SC ENT, Allergy and Sleep Medicine
Macy Vidrine
Pediatric Pulmonology
Prisma Health, Pediatric Pulmonology
Daniel Brown
Pediatric Surgery
Prisma Health, Pediatric Surgery
Juan Camps
Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery
Frederick Piehl
Pediatrics
Carolina Pediatrics & Adolescent Care
Philip Mubarak
Chapin Pediatrics
Luke Bonnett
Palmetto Pediatric & Adolescent Clinic
Deborah Greenhouse
Kiersten Lofton
Jennifer Soroos
Prisma Health General and Hospital Pediatrics
James Stallworth
Caughman Taylor
Pediatric Associates
Guy Castles
Joe Castles
Sandhills Pediatrics & Adolescent Clinic
Theodore DuBose
Michael Finch
Elizabeth Haile
Laura Ledlie
Laura Rickenmann
Kevin Wessinger
R. Tye Whitaker
Grant Willard
SouthernMED Pediatrics
Kyle Guyton
Andrew Pittard
Plastic Surgery
Carlin Plastic Surgery
Brett Carlin
Carolinas Dermatology and Plastic Surgery
McIver Leppard
Donen Davis Plastic Surgery
Donen Davis
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Plastic Surgery
Todd Lefkowitz
Palmetto Facial Plastics
Helen Moses
Plastic Surgery Consultants
Richard J. Wassermann
Prisma Health Plastic Surgery
Elliott Chen
Harold Friedman
Peter Haines
Mirsad Mujadzic
Smythe Rich, M.D.
Smythe Rich
Podiatry
Columbia Podiatry
Daniel Methuselah
Jennifer M. Kern, M.D.
Jennifer Kern
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Podiatry
Paul Bearden
Mark Kutyla
Palmetto Podiatry Associates
Joseph Moran
The Foot Clinic
Todd Davis
Psychiatry
Columbia Psychiatric Associates
Angela Harper
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Medical Specialists
Brad Clayton
Melanie Lobel
Midlands Psychiatric Services
William Walkup
Southern Psychiatry
Kristin Clary
Pulmonary Disease
Midlands Pulmonary
Gregory Feldman
Lexington Medical Center, Carolina Pulmonary
Sarkis Derderian
Shawn Ghent
Christopher Marshall
Prisma Health Pulmonology
Rohan Arya
Jennifer Hucks
William Owens
Radiation Oncology
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Radiation Oncology
Quillin Davis
Joshua Lawson
South Carolina Oncology Associates
Kevin Blas
Kurt Meyer
Brandon Stone
Leonid Zamdborg
Rheumatology
Arthritis Consultants
Robert Boyd
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Rheumatology
Janie Bruce
Bruce Goeckeritz
Frederick Talip
Prisma Health Rheumatology
Alvin Lee Day
James Fant
Mark Greenberg
Sleep Medicine
Bogan Sleep Consultants
Richard Bogan
William McLain
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Sleep Solutions
Sarkis Derderian
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Medicine
Russell Ditzler
Prisma Health Cardiology
Terry Grainger
SC Internal Medicine Associates and Rehabilitation
Joseph Gabriel
SC ENT, Allergy and Sleep Medicine
Robert Puchalski
Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Surgical Associates
Myron Barwick
Jeffrey Libbey
Glen Strickland
Prisma Health Surgery
Raymond Bynoe
Stephen Metropol
Martin Mirra
Harris Parker
Benjamin Tribble
Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiovascular Surgery
Jeffrey Travis
Prisma Health Cardiothoracic Surgery
Jeffery Martin
Scott Petit
Reid Tribble
Urology
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Urology
John Beasley
David Lamb
John Rawl
Brian Willard
Prisma Health Urology
Scott Castle
Michael Moran
Jessica Rueb
Daniel Rukstalis
Southern Urogynecology
Andrea Pezzella
Vascular Surgery
Allure Medical
Robert Musson
Espinoza Vein Institute
Paul Espinoza
Prisma Health Vascular Surgery
Daniel Clair
Lexington Medical Center, Southern Surgical Group
Terry Norton
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