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Premier Physicians 2019: Call the Doctor!

CMM readers select their favorites

If you search the web for “how to find a doctor,” within .82 seconds about 1,260,000,000 results will be at your fingertips. There is advice on how to find the doctor with the expertise to meet your health needs, tips on asking for referrals, and a variety of websites that provide reviews on doctors all over the country. 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 introduce Premier Physicians© in this issue — the first time our readers have selected the ones whom they consider to be the finest doctors in the Midlands. After allowing outside medical companies for several years to research, vet, and then compile an annual list, we decided to allow the CMM readers to have this honor. In determining the best in local health care, 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. Advertising in CMM is in no way connected to the selection of doctors listed in this issue. In addition to the many fine physicians listed, there are, of course, other excellent doctors in the Columbia area not listed. Make note of any doctors you would like to see on the 2020 list, and be sure to participate and voice your opinion when the Premier Physicians ballot is posted on ColumbiaMetro.com in April 2020.

 

Premier Physicians© 2019

Allergy & Immunology

Allergy Partners of the Midlands 

DeWitt “Ty” Coleman

Carolina Allergy & Asthma Consultants 

Michael Bykowsky

CENTA Medical Group 

Jonathan King

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington ENT & Allergy 

Andrew Battiata

Palmetto Allergy & Asthma 

Lisa Hutto

Palmetto Health USC, Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 

David Amrol

SC ENT, Allergy and Sleep Medicine 

David Vidrine

SouthEastern ENT, Allergy & Sleep Disorders

Chad Gunnlaugsson

Bariatric Surgery

Lexington Medical Center, South Carolina Obesity Surgery Center

Glen Strickland

Palmetto Health USC, Surgical Associates of SC 

Dalton Prickett

Benjamin Tribble

Palmetto Health USC, USC Surgery 

Zeid Keilani

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiology 

William Brabham

Christopher Rowley

Palmetto Health USC Medical Group 

Jennifer Feldman

Providence Health, Providence Heart 

Conrad Bauknight

Venkateshwar Gottipaty

Paul Zimmermann

Cardiology

Carolina Cardiology and Vascular Associates   

Daniel Bouknight

Columbia Heart   

Robert Delphia

Stacy Graham

David Isbell

Benjamin Jones

Verne Prosser

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiology   

Amy Rawl Epps

Stanley Juk

Leon Khoury

Joseph Lawton

Robert Malanuk

Michael Roberts

Palmetto Health USC, Cardiology

Myron Bell

Barry Feldman

Terry Grainger

Kyle Hewett

Ryan MacNevin

Palmetto Health USC, Carolina Cardiac Surgery Associates

Reid Tribble

Providence Health, Providence Heart 

Todd Alderson

Conrad Bauknight

Brandon Brown

Michael Foster

Christopher Huffman

Norma Khoury

Garrison Morgan

William Phillips

Rodney Rhinehart

Cardiovascular Surgery

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiovascular Surgery   

Jeffrey Travis

William Yarbrough

Palmetto Health USC, Carolina Cardiac Surgery Associates

Ryan Burke

Reid Tribble

Providence Health, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Associates 

John Sutton

Robert Zurcher

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology

Lexington County Community Mental Health Center

Shaw Evans

Lake Psychological Services

Ashley Harbin

Midlands Psychiatric Services

Jim Claytor

Child Neurology

Palmetto Health USC, Pediatric Neurosurgery 

Catherine McClung Smith

Colon & Rectal Surgery

Carolina Digestive Disease 

George Jenkins

Palmetto Health USC, ColoRectal Associates    

Sylvia Kim

Sidney Morrison

Dermatology

Carolinas Dermatology & Plastic Surgery

Mark Blaskis

Ann Harriott Ervin

Kaitlyn Powell

Columbia Skin Clinic   

Allison Cashman

Jim Chow

Asha James

Richard Laws

Gretta Zimmerman

Long Quan

Palmetto Dermatology     

Joshua Black

Katherine Thompson

Pierre Jaffe Dermatology

Pierre Jaffe

The Dermatology Group   

Lee Jordan

Diagnostic Radiology

Palmetto Imaging | ImageCare

Timothy Close

Tommy Cupples

William Edenfield

Zachary Kilpatrick

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Radiology Associates

Clarence Davis

Keith McGuire

Pitts Radiology   

Douglas Bull

Jeanette Fulton

Simms Hardin

Charles Hubbard

Sheila Jones

Matthew Marcus

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Laurel Endocrine and Thyroid Specialists   

Robert Brennan

Eric Horst

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Endocrinology

Frank Ferraro

Palmetto Health USC, Endocrinology   

Brooke McAdams

Family Medicine

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice Ballentine

William Fravel

Scott McKay

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice Irmo

Michael Beaver

Laura Jackson

Daniel Shumpert

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice Lexington

Scott Dacus

David Lyle

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice Northeast

Brian Cline

Henry Marion

Lexington Medical Center, Palmetto Family Medicine

Russell Ditzler

Lovelace Family Medicine   

Oscar Lovelace

Palmetto Health USC, Ballentine Family Medicine

Jamee Steen

Palmetto Health USC, South Hampton Family Practice

Martha Parker Hester

Martin Hester

Providence Health, Providence Family Medicine NE

Nusrat Shafi

Providence Health, Providence Family Practice

Jaroslaw Ambroziak

Frampton Henderson

The Practice Family Medicine

William Crigler

Gastroenterology

Carolina Digestive Disease   

George Jenkins

Consultants in Gastroenterology

Gabe Saleeby

March Seabrook

Gene Stuart

Matthew Thoma

Rajeev Vasudeva

Palmetto Health USC, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Walter Bristow

Anthony Lowman

Edward Kimbrough

Georges Postic

Marsh Willis

Geriatric Medicine

Palmetto Health USC, Senior Primary Care   

Rachelle Gajadhar

Margaret Matthews

Tobin Moss

Tad Venn

Infectious Disease

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Medical Specialists   

Emilio Perez-Jorge

Palmetto Health USC, Immunology Center   

Divya Ahuja

Helmut Albrecht

Palmetto Health USC, Pediatric Infectious Disease    

Anna Kathryn Rye Burch

Internal Medicine

MDVIP 

David Fisher

Lexington Medical Center, The Columbia Medical Group

Ruben Mayer

Kim Meadows

Stacie Moore-Bowens

Eddie Williams   

Bradley Word

Lexington Medical Center, Mid Carolina Internal Medicine

Hampton Alford

Brent Powers   

Vijay Koli

Lexington Medical Center, Internal Medicine Associates

Richard Murray

Kirk Steptoe

Christopher Wicker

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Internists

Alan Peterson

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Medical Associates   

J. Russell Williams

Palmetto Health USC, Internal Medicine   

Allan Brett   

Elizabeth Edwards

Andrew Sides

Tracy Voss   

Palmetto Health USC, Markowitz & Associates

Brad Markowitz

Leslie Stuck

Providence Health, Associates in Internal Medicine

Ben Studnicka

Providence Health, Columbia Medical Associates

Jerry Robinson   

Frederic Smith   

Three Rivers Medical    

Richard Allison

Keith Bridgers

John Gould

SC Internal Medicine Associates and Rehabilitation   

Benjamin Levinson

Interventional Cardiology

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiology   

William Brabham   

Robert Leonardi

Robert Malanuk   

Palmetto Health USC, Cardiology   

Kevin Baugh

Rodney Harrison   

Thomas Schultz   

Providence Health, Providence Heart 

Michael Foster

William Phillips

Rodney Rhinehart

Nephrology

Columbia Nephrology

Marcono Hines 

Niall McLaughlin

Prakash Prabhu

Anuj Regmi

Jeremy Sorkin

Neurological Surgery

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Brain & Spine Institute

Scott Boyd   

Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery   

Thomas Holbrook

William Rambo

Palmetto Health USC, Neurosurgery   

Erwin Mangubat

Seth Molloy

Neurology

Lexington Medical Center, Southeastern Neurology & Memory Clinic   

Katie Willett Dahlberg

Palmetto Health USC, Neurology   

Souvik Sen

The Hammett Clinic   

David Hammett

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Lexington Medical Center, Carolina Women’s Physicians   

Allyson Jones

Samantha Morton   

Lexington Medical Center, Chapin Women’s Care

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

Crystal Johnson

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Women’s Care West Columbia   

Janice Bacon

Gregory Lyman

William E. Plyler

Frederick B. Thompson   

Palmetto Health USC, Women’s Physicians Associates OB/GYN   

Evelyn Roland

Palmetto Health USC, Parkridge OB/GYN   

Audrey F. Miller

Albert Odom

Mark Wild

Palmetto Health USC, Obstetrics and Gynecology   

Frank Aguirre

Judith Burgis

Palmetto Health USC, Columbia Women’s Healthcare 

Myles Davis

Kathryn Imgrund   

Alexander Smythe

South Carolina OBGYN Associates   

Thomas Giudice

Robert Grumbach 

David Holladay

Tucker Laffitte

Mary Neuffer     

Mark Salley

James Stands     

Oncology

South Carolina Oncology Associates

Mary Ackerman

Woodrow Coker   

Mohamed El Geneidy

William Merritt

Steve Minter 

James Williams   

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Oncology   

Steve Madden   

Chelsea Rainwater Stillwell

Ophthalmology

Carolina Retina Center   

Jeffrey Gross

Barron Fishburne

Eye Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia   

Cynthia Snell Volpe

Palmetto Retina Center

Lloyd Clark

The Columbia Eye Clinic   

Derek Barker

William Cain

Hal Crosswell

Holland Crosswell

William Johnson

Edward Mintz

Mitchell Newman

Garner Wild

The Eye Center

Matthew Clary

Orthopedic Surgery

Lexington Medical Center, Southeastern Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine   

David Lee

Andrew Piasecki

Lexington Medical Center, Carolina Shoulder & Knee Specialists

Kevin Nahigan

McCain Orthopaedic Center

Richard McCain

Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery   

Seth Bowman   

Robert DaSilva   

Coleman Fowble

Michael Green

Bernard Kirol

Michael Ugino

Palmetto Health USC, Orthopedic Surgery   

Kim Chillag

Guillaume Dumont

David Fulton

Jeffrey Guy

David Koon

Earl (Mac) McFadden

Frank Noojin

Frank Voss

John Walsh

Palmetto Orthopedic Clinic   

Deanna Constable

Otolaryngology

Alan Brill M.D.

Alan Brill

CENTA Medical Group 

William Giles

Jonathan King

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington ENT & Allergy

Neal Burkhalter

Palmetto ENT Consultants   

Anna Bouknight

Benjamin Paysinger

Tab Thompson

Palmetto Health USC, Carolina ENT   

Scott Thompson

SouthEastern ENT, Allergy  & Sleep Disorders

Chad Gunnlaugsson

Pain Specialists

Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery   

Eva Jane Rawl

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Brain and Spine Institute   

Erin Lawson

Palmetto Pain Management    

Ezra Riber

Southern Pain Specialists   

Stephen Tuel

Pathology

Professional Pathology Services   

Robert Bradley

Larry Grant

Lawrence Klein

Jesse Powell

Providence Health, Providence Hospital Laboratory   

Joseph Modzelewski

Pediatric Cardiology

Palmetto Health USC, Pediatric Cardiology   

Osborne (Ozzie) Shuler

Pediatric Endocrinology

Palmetto Health USC, Pediatric Endocrinology   

Laura Szadek

Pediatric Hematology Oncology

Palmetto Health USC, Pediatric Hematology Oncology

Ronnie Neuberg

Laura Pirich

Carla Roberts

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Palmetto Health USC, Pediatric Infectious Disease   

Anna Kathryn Burch

Rebecca Widener

Pediatric Otolaryngology

CENTA Medical Group 

William Giles

SC ENT, Allergy and Sleep Medicine 

David Vidrine

Pediatric Pulmonology

Palmetto Health USC, Pediatric Pulmonology   

Daniel Brown

David (Trey) Brown

Pediatric Surgery

Palmetto Health USC, Pediatric Surgery   

Juan Camps

Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery   

Frederick Piehl

Pediatrics

Carolina Pediatrics & Adolescent Care   

Philip Mubarak   

Chapin Pediatrics

Luke Bonnett

Children’s Choice Pediatrics   

John Carroll

Palmetto Pediatric & Adolescent Clinic 

Deborah Greenhouse

Nada Hamzy

Palmetto Health USC, General and Hospital Pediatrics 

James Stallworth

Caughman Taylor

Pediatric Associates   

Guy Castles

Joe Castles

Sandhills Pediatrics & Adolescent Clinic   

Bruce Cope

Theodore (Ted) Dubose   

Michael Finch   

Laura Ledlie   

Melinda O’Leary   

Laura Rickenmann

Kevin Wessinger

Grant Willard

SouthernMED Pediatrics

Kyle Guyton

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

Palmetto Health USC, Plastic Surgery   

Elliott Chen

Harold Friedman

Peter Haines

Mirsad Mujadzic

Plastic Surgery Consultants

Richard J. Wassermann

Podiatry

Columbia Podiatry   

Daniel Methuselah

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Podiatry   

Paul Bearden

Mark Kutyla

Palmetto Podiatry Associates   

Joseph Moran

Psychiatry

Columbia Psychiatric Associates   

Angela Harper

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Medical Specialists

Brad Clayton

Melanie Lobel

Palmetto Health USC, Psychiatry   

Rachel Houchins

Peter Loper

Palmetto Health USC, Forensic Psychiatry   

Richard Frierson

Palmetto Psychiatric and Psychological   

Deborah Leverette

Vista Psychiatric   

Mary Boyd   

Pulmonary Disease

Midlands Pulmonary

Gregory Feldman

Lexington Medical Center, Carolina Pulmonary   

Sarkis Derderian

Shawn Ghent

Palmetto Health USC, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Med   

Jack DePriest

Jennifer Hucks

Jake Krieg 

William Owens

Antoinette Williams Rutherford

David Schrift

Radiation Oncology

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Radiation Oncology   

Quillin Davis

Joshua Lawson

South Carolina Oncology Associates   

Kevin Blas

Brandon Stone

Rheumatology

Arthritis Consultants   

Robert Boyd

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Rheumatology   

Bruce Goeckeritz

Frederick Talip   

Palmetto Health USC, Rheumatology   

James Fant

Mark Greenberg

Sleep Medicine

Bogan Sleep Consultants   

Richard Bogan

Palmetto Health USC, Palmetto Heart

Terry Grainger

Surgery

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Surgical Associates   

Myron Barwick

Lexington Medical Center, Southern Surgical Group   

Jeffrey Libbey

William Moore

Palmetto Health USC, Palmetto Surgical Associates 

Stephen Metropol   

Palmetto Health USC, Surgical Associates of SC 

Harris Parker

Dalton Prickett

Benjamin Tribble

Palmetto Health USC, USC Surgery   

Raymond Bynoe

Providence Health, Providence Surgical Associates   

Eric Gourley

Travelyan Walker   

Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiovascular Surgery

Jeffrey Travis

Palmetto Health USC, Carolina Cardiac Surgery Associates

Scott Petit

Reid Tribble

Providence Health, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Associates

John Sutton

Robert Zurcher

Urology

Carolina Urology Partners   

Keith Brightbill

Scott Sweazy

Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Urology   

John Beasley

John Rawl

Morrow Urology Center   

Richard Morrow

Palmetto Health USC, Urology   

Michael Moran

Providence Health, Providence Urology Specialists   

Todd Vandenberg

Vascular Surgery

Providence Heart, Providence Thoracic and Cardiovascular   

John Sutton

Palmetto Vein and Aesthetic Center   

Paul Espinoza

Palmetto Health USC, Vascular Surgery

Daniel Clair

The Vein Clinic   

Neal Reynolds

Lexington Medical Center, Southern Surgical Group

Ronald Myatich

Terry Norton

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