When you’re feeling ill and want to see your doctor, the last thing you need to worry about is staying safe at the doctor’s office. You just want to explain your problem, answer questions, and hopefully find relief. The relationship between doctor and patient is one of trust that is seamlessly supported by a host of dedicated staff members, all playing a role in taking care of you.
In these days since COVID-19 reared its ugly head, your doctors and their staff have an added job of keeping you safe from exposure to the virus. As in hospitals, this protection comes with a myriad of safety measures, from taking temperatures at the entrance to medical buildings and offices, to spacing appointments to allow extra cleaning, to providing care through online or livestream options.
The Midlands is blessed with many fine physicians dedicated to providing the best of patient care in the safest manner possible. Columbia Metropolitan Magazine is pleased to provide Premier Physicians™ in this issue — the second time our readers have selected the ones whom they consider to be the finest doctors in the Midlands. Rather than using a list 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. 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, other excellent doctors in the Columbia area are not included. Make note of any doctors you would like to see on the 2021 list, and be sure to participate and voice your opinion when the Premier Physicians ballot is posted on ColumbiaMetro.com in April 2021.
Premier Physicians™ 2020
Allergy & Immunology
Carolina Allergy & Asthma Consultants
Michael Bykowsky
David Perrick
CENTA Medical Group
Jonathan King
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington ENT & Allergy
Andrew Battiata
Melanie Seybt
Palmetto Allergy & Asthma
Lisa Hutto
Prisma Health, Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
David Amrol
SC ENT, Allergy and Sleep Medicine
Macy Vidrine
SouthEastern ENT, Allergy & Sleep Disorders
Chad Gunnlaugsson
Bariatric Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, South Carolina Obesity Surgery Center
Glen Strickland
Prisma Health, Surgical Associates of SC
Zeid Keilani
Dalton Prickett
Benjamin Tribble
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiology
William Brabham
Christopher Rowley
Prisma Health, Cardiology
Jennifer Feldman
Robert Mazzei
Todd Senn
Providence Health, Providence Heart
Conrad Bauknight
Venkateshwar Gottipaty
Cardiology
Carolina Cardiology & Vascular Associates
Daniel Bouknight
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiology
Amy Rawl Epps
Mitchell Jacocks
Stanley Juk
Leon Khoury
Robert Malanuk
Palmetto Cardiology Associates
Joel Duncan
Ian Smith
Prisma Health Cardiology
Myron Bell
Barry Feldman
Stacy Graham
David Isbell
Prisma Health, Carolina Cardiac Surgery Associates
Reid Tribble
Providence Health, Providence Heart
Glen Doughtery
Michael Foster
Norma Khoury
Cardiovascular Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiovascular Surgery
Jeffrey Travis
William Yarbrough
Prisma Health, Carolina Cardiac Surgery Associates
Reid Tribble
Providence Health, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Associates
John Sutton
Robert Zurcher
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
Columbia Psychiatric Associates
Kelly Dion
Lexington County Community Mental Health Center
Shaw Evans
Lake Psychological Services
Ashley Harbin
Midlands Psychiatric Services
Jim Claytor
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Prisma Health, ColoRectal Associates
Sylvia Kim
Sidney Morrison
Dermatology
Carolinas Dermatology & Plastic Surgery
Mark Blaskis
Ann Harriott Ervin
Annette Lynn
Kaitlyn Powell
Lauren Vargo
Long Quan
Columbia Skin Clinic
Allison Cashman
Jim Chow
Asha James
Richard Laws
John Mouzakis
Greta Zimmerman
St. Andrews Dermatology
Rebecca Clemenz
The Dermatology Group
Lee Jordan
Diagnostic Radiology
Palmetto Imaging
Timothy Close
Tommy Cupples
William Edenfield
Zachary Kilpatrick
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Radiology Associates
Clarence Davis
Christopher McCarty
Keith McGuire
Jonathan West
Pitts Radiology
Douglas Bull
Frederick Dreyer
Edsel Garrick
Charles Hubbard
Sheila Jones
Lawrence Lough
Matthew Marcus
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Laurel Endocrine and Thyroid Specialists
Robert Brennan
Eric Horst
Laura LaBoone
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Endocrinology
Swathi Beeravolu
Anylyn Talip
Frank Ferraro
Prisma Health, Endocrinology
Claire Lawton Birdsong
Whitney Brown
Brooke McAdams
Family Medicine
Colonial Healthcare
Clay Lowder
Carlos Soto
Noreta Family Medicine
Melissa Boylan
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice Ballentine
William Fravel
Scott McKay
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice Irmo
Michael Beaver
Laura Jackson
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice Lake Murray
Kimberly Hawkes
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice Lexington
James Chapman
Scott Dacus
David Lyle
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice Northeast
Brian Cline
Jeremy Crisp
April Getz
William Grimes
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Family Practice White Knoll
Kevin Shalkham
Lexington Medical Center, Palmetto Family Medicine
Russell Ditzler
Sarah Cottingham
Lovelace Family Medicine
Oscar Lovelace
Prisma Health, Family Medicine
Brian Keisler
Jamee Steen
Prisma Health, South Hampton Family Practice
Martha Parker Hester
Martin Hester
Providence Health, Providence Family Medicine NE
Nusrat Shafi
Providence Family Practice
Jaroslaw Ambroziak
Frampton Henderson
The Practice Family Medicine
William Crigler
Gastroenterology
Consultants in Gastroenterology
James Richter
Gabe Saleeby
March Seabrook
Gene Stuart
Matthew Thoma
Rajeev Vasudeva
Midlands Gastroenterology
Balbir Minhas
Prisma Health, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Walter Bristow
Anthony Lowman
Georges Postic
Marsh Willis
Geriatric Medicine
Prisma Health, Senior Primary Care
Rachelle Gajadhar
Tad Venn
Infectious Disease
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Medical Specialists
Emilio Perez-Jorge
Elizabeth Nimmich
Prisma Health, Immunology Center
Divya Ahuja
Helmut Albrecht
Rebecca Berdel
Prisma Health, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Anna Kathryn Rye Burch
Internal Medicine
Lagniappe Medical Clinics
Paul Plante
Main Street Physicians
Jeffrey Hook
MDVIP
David Fisher
Erik Hartvigsen
Lexington Medical Center, The Columbia Medical Group
Erik Crook
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
Denise Cubero-Walker
Christopher Wicker
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Internists
Elizabeth Mathias
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Medical Associates
J. Russell Williams
Prisma Health, Internal Medicine
Elizabeth Edwards
Priya Pujara
Tracy Voss
Prisma Health, 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
Douglas Roberts
Interventional Cardiology
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiology
William Brabham
William Brearley
Robert Leonardi
Robert Malanuk
Prisma Health, Cardiology
Kevin Baugh
William Hollins
Gopi Shah
Providence Health, Providence Heart
Michael Foster
Nephrology
Columbia Nephrology
Marcono Hines
Niall McLaughlin
Prakash Prabhu
Anuj Regmi
David Shure
Jeremy Sorkin
Neurological Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Brain & Spine Institute
Scott Boyd
Johnathan Engh
Brett Gunter
Philip Toussaint
Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery
Matthew Brown
Karl Lozanne
William Rambo
Prisma Health, Spine Center
Paul deHoll
Gregory Grabowski
Michael Peelle
Neurology
Lexington Medical Center, Southeastern Neurology & Memory Clinic
Mark Lenke
The Hammett Clinic
David Hammett
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kraemer Women’s Care
Todd Kraemer
Lexington Medical Center, Carolina Women’s Physicians
Samantha Morton
Brooke Naffziger
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
Douglas Addy
Thomas Austin
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Women’s Care West Columbia
Janice Bacon
James Estes
Gregory Lyman
William E. Plyler
Lexington Medical Center, South Carolina OBGYN Associates
Robert Grumbach
David Holladay
Tucker Laffitte
Mary Neuffer
Mark Salley
James Stands
Lexington Medical Center, Vista Women’s Heathcare
John Moore
Kathryn Moore
Prisma Health, Women’s Physicians Associates OB/GYN
Lauren Painter
Evelyn Roland
Prisma Health, Parkridge OB/GYN
Albert Odom
Jennifer Risinger
Mark Wild
Prisma Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Judith Burgis
Wendy Hartshorne
Prisma Health, Columbia Women’s Healthcare
Myles Davis
James Johnson
Christina Robinson
Oncology
South Carolina Oncology Associates
Woodrow Coker
Mohamed El Geneidy
Steve Minter
Chaudry Mushtaq
James Williams
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Oncology
Steve Madden
Chelsea Rainwater Stillwell
James Wells
Ophthalmology
20/20 Vision
Kelly Hynes
Carolina Retina Center
Jeffrey Gross
Barron Fishburne
Eye Consultants
James Dickson
Eye Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia
Cynthia Snell Volpe
Mason Family Vision
Katie Mason
Palmetto Ophthalmology Associates
John Walters
Palmetto Retina Center
Lloyd Clark
John Payne
The Columbia Eye Clinic
Derek Barker
William Cain
Hal Crosswell
Holland Crosswell
Derrick Huey
Edward Mintz
Mitchell Newman
Lynn Hicks Snoddy
Garner Wild
The Eye Center
Matthew Clary
Brian Huff
Orthopedic Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, Southeastern Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine
David Lee
Richard Marks
Andrew Piasecki
Lexington Medical Center, Carolina Shoulder & Knee Specialists
Kevin Nahigian
McCain Orthopaedic Center
Richard McCain
Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery
Seth Bowman
Robert DaSilva
Coleman Fowble
Michael Green
William James
James O’Leary
Michael Ugino
Prisma Health, Orthopedic Surgery
Kim Chillag
Danny Ford
Jeffrey Guy
Jeffrey Hopkins
Earl (Mac) McFadden
Mickey Plymale
Palmetto Orthopedic Clinic
Deanna Constable
Otolaryngology
Alan Brill M.D.
Alan Brill
CENTA Medical Group
William Giles
Aaron Hilton
Jonathan King
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington ENT & Allergy
Neal Burkhalter
Edward Woody
Palmetto ENT Consultants
Anna Bouknight
Benjamin Paysinger
Tab Thompson
Prisma Health, Carolina ENT
Scott Thompson
SouthEastern ENT, Allergy & Sleep Disorders
Chad Gunnlaugsson
Supriti Paul
Pain Specialists
Carolinas Center for Advanced Management of Pain
Eugene Mironer
Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery
Eva Jane Rawl
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
Professional Pathology Services
Robert Bradley
Jacqueline Emery
Michael Hayes
Lawrence Klein
Jesse Powell
Pediatric Cardiology
Prisma Health, Pediatric Cardiology
Osborne Shuler
Pediatric Endocrinology
Prisma Health, Pediatric Endocrinology
Laura Szadek
Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Prisma Health, Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Laura Pirich
Carla Roberts
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Prisma Health, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Rebecca Widener
Pediatric Otolaryngology
CENTA Medical Group
William Giles
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
Ramkumar Jayagopalan
Chapin Pediatrics
Luke Bonnett
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Pediatric Practice
James Emery
Caroline Webber
Palmetto Pediatric & Adolescent Clinic
Emilie Bartlett
Deborah Greenhouse
Nada Hamzy
Prisma Health, General and Hospital Pediatrics
James Stallworth
Caughman Taylor
Pediatric Associates
Guy Castles
Joe Castles
Sandhills Pediatrics & Adolescent Clinic
Michael Finch
Laura Ledlie
Melinda O’Leary
Laura Rickenmann
Kevin Wessinger
Grant Willard
SouthernMED Pediatrics
John Carroll
Kyle Guyton
Plastic Surgery
Capital Plastic Surgery
Gregory Sexton
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
Prisma Health, Plastic Surgery
Elliott Chen
Harold Friedman
Plastic Surgery Consultants
Richard J. Wassermann
Smythe Rich, MD
Smythe Rich
Podiatry
Columbia Podiatry
Daniel Methuselah
Jennifer M. Kern, DPM, PA
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
Joshua Fowler
John Steele
Prisma Health, Psychiatry
Rebecca Payne
Pulmonary Disease
Midlands Pulmonary
Gregory Feldman
Lexington Medical Center, Carolina Pulmonary
Gregory Cauthen
Sarkis Derderian
Shawn Ghent
Prisma Health, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Med
Rohan Arya
Jennifer Hucks
William Owens
Radiation Oncology
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Radiation Oncology
Quillin Davis
Joshua Lawson
South Carolina Oncology Associates
Brandon Stone
Rheumatology
Arthritis Consultants
Robert Boyd
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Rheumatology
Janie Bruce
Bruce Goeckeritz
Frederick Talip
Prisma Health, Rheumatology
James Fant
Mark Greenberg
Sleep Medicine
Bogan Sleep Consultants
Richard Bogan
William McLain
Prisma Health, Cardiology
Terry Grainger
SC ENT, Allergy and Sleep Medicine
Robert Puchalski
Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Surgical Associates
Myron Barwick
James Givens
Gray Hughes
Jeffrey Libbey
Glen Strickland
Prisma Health, Palmetto Surgical Associates
Stephen Metropol
Prisma Health, Surgical Associates of SC
Harris Parker
Dalton Prickett
Benjamin Tribble
Prisma Health, USC Surgery
Raymond Bynoe
Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Cardiovascular Surgery
Jeffrey Travis
Prisma Health, Carolina Cardiac Surgery Associates
Scott Petit
Reid Tribble
Urology
Carolina Urology Partners
Shem Blackley
Thomas Douglas
Scott Sweazy
Lexington Medical Center, Lexington Urology
John Beasley
David Lamb
John Rawl
Prisma Health, Urology
Michael Moran
Vascular Surgery
Allure Medical
Robert Musson
Espinoza Vein Institute
Paul Espinoza
Prisma Health, Vascular Surgery
Daniel Clair
Center for Vein Restoration
Neal Reynolds
Lexington Medical Center, Southern Surgical Group
Terry Norton
