A+ Doctors

Kevin Svoboda didn’t know it, but his insistence on driving 90 miles to have Wauwatosa psychiatrist Dr. James Winston treat his anxiety was a life-or-death decision. During his normal appointment, Svoboda mentioned a slight tingling in his head and left arm. A licensed physical therapist, the 29-year-old Svoboda had dismissed it as something that would “go away on its own.”

Winston, who has treated Svoboda for five years, suspected otherwise. Without waiting for Svoboda’s health plan’s approval, he ordered an immediate MRI.

The scan revealed a brain tumor. Winston, who accompanied Svoboda to the test, broke the news. “He told me in such a comforting and reassuring way,” says Svoboda.

The tumor was successfully removed at the University of Chicago’s nationally recognized neurosurgery center, and Svoboda has received a clean bill of a health and a prognosis for a healthy life. “Throughout my treatment, all of the doctors involved were amazed that Dr. Winston had the intuition he did,” says Svoboda. In fact, University of Chicago specialists said that considering Svoboda’s symptoms, only one in 100 physicians would have ordered the MRI. And even now, nearly a year later, Svoboda “still calls me every month to thank me for saving his life,” says Winston, selected in a Milwaukee Magazine survey as one of the area’s Top Doctors.

While stories like Svoboda’s are testament to the excellence found in the area’s medical community, at the other extreme, there are other doctors in Wisconsin “who, would they be practicing in many other states, doing exactly what they are doing, would have lost their license,” says Dr. Sydney Wolfe, an internist who co-founded Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit public interest organization.

Those bad docs are the minority, but they illustrate one end of the range of quality among physicians. Most doctors fall somewhere in between.

So how can you tell how good your physician really is? Unfortunately, you can’t – at least not decisively. At least not yet, and objective quality measures for individual practitioners may never exist due to cost, complexity, privacy concerns and the fact that many physicians are “resistant to it,” says Dr. Michael Dunn, dean of the Medical College of Wisconsin.

But because Wisconsin ranks 49th among the states in ridding the medical profession of bad doctors, according to Public Citizen, Wisconsinites have reason to be a little more anxious about choosing their physician (more on that later).

Meanwhile, the frontier in measuring medical quality lies with provider systems (hospitals, clinics, health plans, et cetera) and in developing a nationally standardized method for comparing them. It’s a logical first step. After all, even great doctors can be limited by the systems in which they operate.

Ironically, even those who are developing healthcare quality measures feel that defining quality of care is like proving or disproving the existence of God; at best, certain benchmarks can be identified and measured. Others are more optimistic. One thing is certain – a standardized definition of quality and a universal set of measures to determine quality in the healthcare delivery process don’t yet exist. But that hasn’t stopped some pioneers from attempting to shine a light on quality.

Most current quality measurements look at specific outcomes, such as mistakes, complications and deaths for particular treatments within a hospital or clinic. They also commonly correlate the number of specific procedures (angioplasty, high-risk births, et cetera) a facility performs with higher quality – the more the better. But at some point, although no one knows where that point is, hospitals can cross a line and actually perform too many of a particular procedure for its infrastructure to support at the same level of quality. Such inconsistencies confound the whole issue of quality measurement.

Using standard business models to evaluate healthcare quality is problematic, too. In most sectors of the free market, competition ultimately drives a product’s – or service’s – cost down and its quality up. But in healthcare, competition frequently has the opposite effect. One reason for this, especially in the Milwaukee area, is the aggressive expansion and consolidation of hospitals. Many say this causes duplication of services (too many hospitals offering the same treatments), which translates into higher costs and shortages of quality doctors and nurses.

A customized science is really needed to evaluate healthcare quality, but the measures now used to grade performance in healthcare are “primitive,” says Cheryl DeMars, director of quality for The Alliance, a Madison-based employer cooperative that collects and publishes healthcare quality data on hospitals in southern Wisconsin. MCW’s Dunn concurs: “We are making efforts to provide measures to help consumers assess quality, but it is really entry-level stuff… You can be given all of the things we measure and still not be given good care.”

“If healthcare were to focus on quality and stand behind procedures with something like a warranty, it would profit more – even if it can’t get as many patients through the system,” says Greg Bass, chief financial officer for Healthcare System Consultants. But there are no “warranties” in healthcare. Consumers and their insurers, and hence, employers, end up taking the hit financially when healthcare quality is poor. When a procedure or diagnosis fails, the purchaser pays the added expense of subsequent procedures, which means that healthcare providers are rewarded financially when care is substandard. That begs the question: Where is the incentive for provider systems to deliver quality care?

A study published in the June 2003 New England Journal of Medicine found that patients in 12 U.S. metropolitan areas were given the standard recommended medications, screening, testing, surgery and interventions only 54.9 percent of the time. What’s more, 98,000 people die each year as a result of preventable medical mistakes, according to the National Academy of Science’s Institute for Medicine. If incentive, aside from the ethics of practitioners, has existed, it has either been slight or ineffective.

But the tide may be turning.

While quality measures are still in their developmental phase, making those that do exist available to the public has caused unprecedented reform in hospitals that have undergone quality evaluation. “Will hospitals invest in quality when quality data are published? Unequivocally, yes,” says Dunn.

A 2003 University of Oregon study that looked at quality data for 24 Wisconsin hospitals found that when a hospital or clinic’s poor track record is exposed, it will move to improve deficiencies. The research also found that when the same data were presented only to the hospitals and not to the public, quality was far less likely to improve.

While most quality-measurement groups focus on a few aspects of care, the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality studies data in a more holistic manner. WCHQ is a voluntary consortium of healthcare organizations whose aim is improving medical care. Working with employers and individual healthcare purchasers, the organization has designed 42 quality measures in six broad categories identified by the Institute for Medicine as “aims for improvement.” The categories: safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency and equity. For example, as one measure of efficiency, WCHQ charted the percentage of hospitalized heart attack patients prescribed aspirin at discharge, a standard measure for reducing the chances of another attack.

While such efforts are sophisticated in scope, even WCHQ officials admit their reports don’t yet tell “the whole story” on quality, and they plan to expand their measurements. In its inaugural effort in 2003, WCHQ applied its 42 measures to 18 volunteer healthcare plans, clinics and hospitals, including Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital. The consortium hopes to attract more provider participants. Says Dr. John Toussaint, collaborative chair and co-founder: “As long as we continue to try to be the best, most comprehensive quality measurement effort around, providers who are interested in doing the right thing will come aboard.”

Some have resisted. Earlier this year, Covenant Healthcare, Aurora Health Care and ProHealth Care chose not to participate, citing the $17,000 cost as a primary reason. But, says Alliance Chief Executive Officer Chris Queram, “The cost argument is just not defensible” when Milwaukee-area hospitals spent $7.4 million in advertising last year. Aurora alone spent $1.9 million, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Covenant, Aurora and ProHealth will instead participate in CheckPoint, the Wisconsin Hospital Association’s own quality measurement program. CheckPoint publishes quality data online but measures fewer than half as many quality indicators. To many involved in the issue, Checkpoint looks like an effort to control the process and avoid quality measures that may prove embarrassing. Checkpoint’s credibility is already questionable; at the end of April, only eight out of 121 member hospitals had submitted data.

“Until we start comparing apples to apples publicly, we are not going to get the level of improvement needed. A lot of these systems are broken,” says WCHQ’s Toussaint.

While healthcare quality measurement continues to evolve, another, more controversial, problem remains: bad doctors – physicians who are guilty of poor performance, criminal activity or abuses of their position.

Patients put their lives in the hands of their physicians, trusting that they are competent, current and acting in their best interest. Without an established uniform system to measure the quality of individual practitioners, that trust is based on faith in the profession and the entities that oversee and govern it. In Wisconsin, that trust may be ill-placed.

The courts (which mete out malpractice awards) and hospitals (which can deny a doctor the privilege of practicing at their facility) do act against bad physicians, but it’s state medical examining boards that determine whether or not a suspect physician is fit to practice and under what limitations. Wisconsin’s regulatory effort is lethargic at best.

According to the Federation of State Medical Boards, Wisconsin issued 20 serious disciplinary actions (license revocations, surrenders, suspensions and restrictions) against doctors in 2002 – 1.4 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (14,241 total state doctors), a record that places Wisconsin 49th in the country in issuing serious discipline.

Public Citizen examined state disciplinary actions relating to misprescribing or overprescribing drugs, criminal convictions, substance abuse, substandard care, incompetence or negligence and sexual abuse or misconduct. It found that Wisconsin – with 518 disciplinary actions taken against 384 state physicians between 1992 and 2001 – was up to eight times less likely to issue license revocations, surrenders and suspensions; restrict practices; or take action against controlled substance licenses than were other states.

During that time period, only 43 percent of Wisconsin doctors found guilty of sexual abuse or sexual misconduct with a patient were issued a license revocation or voluntarily surrendered their license. And only 15 percent of Wisconsin physicians disciplined for “substandard care, incompetence or negligence” suffered license revocation, surrender or suspension. Just 44 percent of physicians who pleaded guilty or no contest to a crime had their license revoked, surrendered or suspended.

The executive director of the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board refused to comment on the board’s anemic record, and the group’s chair failed to return our calls.

So what’s a patient to do? In the absence of scientific measures of doctor quality, the best we have are reputational surveys like this one. Since 1987, Milwaukee Magazine has conducted five such surveys of area medical personnel, asking them to help us identify specialists they’d go to themselves. For this one, we surveyed 3,078 area physicians.

With a 13 percent response rate, we identified 250 physicians in 25 medical specialties. Inevitably, some good doctors get missed in such a survey, but those A+ physicians who do emerge inspire our confidence.

Mario Quadracci is an assistant editor of Milwaukee Magazine.

The Best Doctors of 2004
Milwaukee Magazine has published five Top Doctors surveys: 1987, 1991, 1996, 2000 and 2004. The 22 physicians named to all five lists make up our exclusive Physicians’ Hall of Fame, indicated by three +++ before their names. Those included in four of the past five Top Doctors listings are identified with two ++ and those named in three surveys are indicated with one +. Each doctor’s professional information is listed in order of name, date of birth, office address, office phone number, hospital affiliations, leadership/teaching positions and specialty.

ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY

+++ Jordan N. Fink 10/13/34. 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave., 266-6450. Froedtert, Children’s, VA, St. Luke’s, Columbia. Professor of pediatrics and medicine, MCW.

+ Kevin J. Kelly 8/31/54. 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave., 266-6450. Children’s, Froedtert. Professor, MCW; chief, pediatrics (allergy/immunology) and medicine, MCW; associate dean of clinical affairs, MCW; chair, children’s specialty group.

++ Terry S. Graves 1/28/47. 2500 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 220, 475-9101. St. Luke’s, St. Joseph’s, Waukesha. Associate professor of internal medicine and family practice, MCW.

Michael C. Zacharisen 2/17/62. 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 411, 266-6840. Children’s, Froedtert. Associate professor of pediatrics and medicine (allergy), MCW; training program director, allergy/immunology.

+ Steven H. Cohen 5/15/46. 11121 W. Oklahoma Ave., 545-1111. St. Luke’s, West Allis, Aurora Sinai, St. Joseph’s, St. Francis, Children’s, Waukesha, Froedtert. Associate clinical professor, MCW; associate clinical professor of medicine, UW.

John E. Basich 4/20/49. 4811 S. 76th St., Suite 400, 281-0404. St. Luke’s, St. Joseph’s, St. Francis, West Allis, Elmbrook, Children’s, Aurora Sinai. Assistant clinical professor of medicine, MCW; fellow, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Walter Brummund 4/22/43. 2500 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 220, 475-9101. Children’s, Elmbrook, St. Luke’s, St. Joseph’s, St. Francis, West Allis. Fellow, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; fellow, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Asthma.

Up-and-Comers

Mark Nordness 10/26/65. N17 W24100 Riverwood Dr., Suite. 150, Pewaukee, 262-650-4200. Children’s, Waukesha, Oconomowoc. Mentor, first-year medical students, MCW.

Asriani M. Chiu 7/28/67. 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 411, 266-6840. Froedtert, Children’s, VA. Assistant professor, MCW; chief of allergy, VA.

CARDIOLOGY

+ Robert B. Roth 8/9/55. 2315 N. Lake Dr., Suite 613, 271-1633. Columbia St. Mary’s, St. Luke’s, St. Francis, St. Luke’s-South Shore, St. Michael, St. Joseph’s. Assistant clinical professor of family practice, MCW; medical director, cardiac catheterization lab, Columbia and St. Mary’s-Milwaukee.

Michael P. Cinquegrani 2/28/53. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6737. Froedtert, Children’s, Community Memorial. Associate chief of cardiology, MCW; associate professor of medicine, MCW.

+ + + Michael Keelan 11/5/35. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6741. Froedtert, Waukesha. Cardiovascular disease.

+ Ronald Siegel 1/16/45. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6761. Froedtert, MCW. Associate professor of medicine, MCW.

Timothy Vellinga 9/8/55. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 575, 649-3599. Wisconsin Heart Hospital, Elmbrook, St. Francis, West Allis, St. Luke’s. Investigator in multicenter investigational trials.

+ Carol M. Meils 3/9/53. 3805 Spring St., Suite 311, Racine, 262-687-8324. St. Mary’s-Racine, All Saints. Director, Cardiovascular Institute; assistant clinical professor of medicine, MCW. Interventional cardiology.

Mark L. Leitschuh 8/26/53. 2015 E. Newport Ave., Suite 600, 961-5000. Columbia St. Mary’s, MCW. Chairman, division of cardiology, Columbia.

Barry K. Gimbel 12/18/52. 5150 N. Port Washington Rd., Suite 249, 964-0000. Columbia St. Mary’s, St. Michael. Preceptor, St. Michael Family Practice Program Awards.

Bruce C. Wilson 1/4/52. 375 W. River Woods Pkwy., 332-2000. Heart Hospital of Milwaukee, Columbia St. Mary’s. Assistant professor of medicine, MCW.

Stuart Berger 10/21/53. 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave., 266-2477. Children’s. Professor of pediatrics, MCW; medical director, Herma Heart Center. Pediatric cardiology.

+ James Schulgit 3/29/56. 2901 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 105, 649-3610. St. Luke’s, St. Francis, West Allis.

Up-and-Comers

Cornell Cohen 5/28/68. 2315 N. Lake Dr., Suite 613, 271-1633. St. Joseph’s, MCW, Froedtert. Assistant clinical professor of cardiovascular medicine, MCW.

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Robert P. McManus 3/17/55. 2315 N. Lake Dr., 271-5119. Community Memorial, Waukesha, Columbia St. Mary’s, Heart Hospital of Milwaukee. Associate clinical professor of surgery, MCW. Cardiothoracic surgery.

+ Paul H. Werner 5/28/51. 2901 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., 649-3990. St. Luke’s, Aurora Sinai, St. Francis, St. Mary’s-Milwaukee. Assistant clinical professor, MCW. Cardiothoracic surgery.

James S. Tweddell 9/2/59. 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave., 266-2638. Children’s. Professor of surgery, MCW; associate professor of pediatrics, MCW; chief, cardiothoracic surgery, Children’s. Pediatric cardiothoracic surgery.

+ + + Alfred J. Tector 5/29/34. 2901 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., 649-3780. St. Luke’s, Aurora Sinai, Columbia, St. Francis, Heart Hospital of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Heart Hospital, Waukesha, West Allis, St. Michael. Medical director, transplant program, St. Luke’s; medical director, perfusion program, Milwaukee School of Engineering. Thoracic surgery.

Husam H. Balkhy 2/15/62. 3070 N. 51st St., Suite 307, 873-7768. St. Joseph’s, Community Memorial, Wisconsin Heart Hospital. Clinical assistant professor of surgery, MCW.

Leonard Kleinman 10/21/46. 2901 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 310, 649-3990. St. Luke’s, St. Francis, St. Joseph’s, St. Mary’s-Milwaukee.

Jerold B. Brenowitz 8/14/46. 2315 N. Lake Dr., 271-5119. St. Mary’s-Milwaukee, St. Michael. Adult cardiac surgery.

Daniel P. O’Hair 6/2/62. 2901 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 310, 649-3990. St. Luke’s, St. Mary’s-Racine. Director of surgical robotics, St. Luke’s. Thoracic surgery.

Alfred C. Nicolosi 5/21/58. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6904. Froedtert, VA. Associate professor of surgery, MCW. Cardiothoracic surgery.

G. Hossein Almassi 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6906. Froedtert, Waukesha, Columbia. Professor of surgery, MCW; chief of cardiothoracic surgery, VA. Cardiothoracic surgery.

+ Paul E. Seifert 10/9/53. 22370 W. Blue Mound Rd., Suite 201, Waukesha, 262-522-6900. Waukesha, St. Luke’s, St. Joseph’s, Wisconsin Heart Hospital. Chief, division of cardiothoracic surgery, Waukesha. Thoracic surgery.

Up-and-Comers

Mario Gasparri 8/14/67. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6904. Froedtert, VA. Assistant professor, MCW. Thoracic surgery.

Ralph J. Galdieri Jr. 1/25/51. 3070 N. 51st St., Suite 411, 873-5800. St. Joseph’s, Waukesha, Elmbrook, Wisconsin Heart Hospital. Cardiothoracic surgery.

DERMATOLOGY

+ + + Thomas J. Russell 12/25/36. 2300 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 855, 259-1115. Froedtert, St. Luke’s, Columbia St. Mary’s. Clinical professor of dermatology, MCW.

Barbara D. Wilson 3/10/54. 324 E. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 925, 271-2721. Columbia, St. Mary’s-Milwaukee, Froedtert. Clinical assistant professor, MCW.

+ Nancy B. Esterly 4/14/35. 9205 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5304. Children’s. Professor of dermatology and pediatrics, MCW. Pediatric dermatology.

+ Kathleen S. Stokes 10/18/54. 2300 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 855, 259-1115. Froedtert, St. Luke’s. Clinical professor of dermatology, MCW; secretary/treasurer, Wisconsin Dermatological Society.

+ Marcy Neuburg 4/24/55. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5300. Froedtert. Associate professor of dermatology, otolaryngology and plastic and reconstructive surgery, MCW; medical director, quality and outcomes, Froedtert. Dermatologic surgery.

Beth Ann Drolet 8/30/65. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5304. Children’s. Associate professor of dermatology and pediatrics, MCW. Pediatric dermatology.

Janet A. Fairley 11/19/51. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-3666. Froedtert, VA. Professor of dermatology, MCW; director, residency program, MCW.

Kim B. Yancey 11/25/52. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-4081. Froedtert, VA, Children’s. Professor and chair, department of dermatology, MCW; director, American Board of Dermatology.

Evonne M. Winston 9/1/51. 2315 N. Lake Dr., Suite 701, 271-4211. St. Mary’s-Milwaukee.

Rhonda Ganansky 9/15/63. 3811 Spring St., Suite 301, Racine, 262-687-6260. St. Mary’s-Racine, St. Luke’s-Racine. Head, department of dermatology, All Saints.

Up-and-Comers

Bradley T.J. Straka 10/22/71. 2300 N. Mayfair Rd., 259-1115. St. Luke’s, Froedtert. Assistant professor, department of dermatology, MCW.

Jack Maloney 7/8/68. 801 S. 70th St., 773-6600. St. Mary’s-Milwaukee.

ENDOCRINOLOGY

James W. Findling 1/1/49. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 245, 649-6421. St. Luke’s. Director, Endocrine/Diabetes Center, St. Luke’s; clinical professor of medicine, MCW.

Irene O’Shaughnessy 11/25/56. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6820. Froedtert, MCW. Associate professor of medicine, Froedtert.

Joseph L. Shaker 4/23/54. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., 649-6421. St. Luke’s. Chair, section of endocrinology and metabolism, St. Luke’s; clinical professor of medicine, UW; associate clinical professor of medicine, MCW.

Mitchell Jacobson 8/28/39, 788 N. Jefferson St., 276-1906. Columbia-St. Mary’s, Aurora Sinai. Clinical professor of medicine, MCW and UW; chairman, section of endocrinology, Columbia; medical director, Diabetes Treatment Center of America, Columbia.

Beth Lalande 12/31/66. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., 649-6421. St. Luke’s.

Diana L. Maas 6/20/59. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6815. Froedtert. Associate professor, MCW.

Thad C. Hagen 2/13/39. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6820. Froedtert, Kenosha. Professor of medicine, MCW.

Thomas M. Kelly 12/15/49. 12011 W. North Ave., 771-8228. St. Joseph’s, Elmbrook. Clinical associate professor of medicine, MCW.

Elaine C. Drobny 12/15/53. 788 N. Jefferson, Suite 704, 276-1906. Columbia St. Mary’s, Milwaukee Heart Hospital, Children’s, Aurora Psychiatric. Assistant clinical professor of medicine, MCW. Metabolism.

Rajeev K. Jain 11/4/57. 3003 W. Good Hope Rd., 352-3100. Columbia.

Steven Magill 9/10/56. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 245, 649-6421. St. Luke’s. Clinical assistant professor of medicine, UW; head, Diabetes Care Initiative, Aurora.

Gabriele E. Sonnenberg 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6808. Froedtert, MCW. Director, Diabetes Care Center, Froedtert; program director, Clinical Research Center, MCW. Diabetes.

GASTROENTEROLOGY

+ + Walter J. Hogan 7/14/31. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6836. Froedtert, St. Luke’s, Columbia. Professor of medicine and radiology, MCW; co-director, Digestive Disease Center, MCW.

+ John E. Stone 12/16/53. 1033 N. Mayfair Rd., 454-0600. St. Joseph’s, Elmbrook, Oconomowoc, Waukesha. Clinical associate professor, MCW.

+ Drew M. Elgin 12/15/54. 13133 N. Port Washington Rd., Mequon, 262-243-5000. St. Mary’s-Ozaukee, Columbia, St. Michael.

+ + Joseph E. Geenen 8/31/35. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 1030, 908-6500. St. Luke’s, Aurora, All Saints. President and medical director, GI Consultants Ltd.; clinical professor, MCW; treasurer, OMGE, World Organization for Gastroenterology.

+ + + Patrick T. Regan 11/20/47. 788 N. Jefferson St., 272-8950. Columbia St. Mary’s, Froedtert. Board of directors, Columbia St. Mary’s; assistant clinical professor of medicine, MCW.

+ + Sekon Chang 11/24/37. 2315 N. Lake Dr., Suite 1010, 276-8499. Columbia St. Mary’s, St. Michael. Clinical assistant professor of family and community medicine, MCW; medical director, GI lab and endoscopy center, St. Mary’s-Milwaukee.

David Carron 5/5/60. 1033 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 101, 454-0600. Oconomowoc, St. Joseph’s, Elmbrook. Clinical assistant professor of medicine, MCW; medical director, Mayfair Digestive Health Center.

Helmut V. Ammon 12/20/37. 788 N. Jefferson St., Suite 300, 272-8950. Columbia St. Mary’s. Clinical professor of medicine, MCW.

Kia Saeian 12/18/66. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6835. Froedtert. Program director, GI and hepatology fellowship, MCW; director, Hepatitis Treatment Program, MCW; co-director, GI diagnostics lab, Froedtert. Hepatology.

José Franco 3/7/63. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6850. Froedtert, Children’s, VA. Associate professor of medicine, MCW; medical director, adult and pediatric liver transplant, MCW. Hepatology and liver transplant.

Thomas G. Malloy 5/27/58. 2901 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 414, 649-3750. West Allis, St. Francis, St. Luke’s.

Jeffrey W. Schenck 1/2/55. 13133 N. Port Washington Rd., Suite G16, Mequon, 262-243-5000. Columbia St. Mary’s.

Up-and-Comers

David M. Staff 6/3/65. W180 N7950 Town Hall Rd., Menomonee Falls, 262-250-5120. Community Memorial, Waukesha. Hepatology.

GENERAL SURGERY

+ Lyle G. Henry 10/7/44. 2015 E. Newport Ave., Suite 305, 961-2120. Columbia St. Mary’s. Clinical professor of surgery, MCW; former chairman, department of surgery, Columbia; board of directors, Columbia St. Mary’s. General, vascular and laparoscopic surgery.

+ Richard P. Cattey 9/20/57. 2015 E. Newport Ave., Suite 305, 961-3254. St. Mary’s-Ozaukee, Columbia. Chief of surgery, St. Mary’s-Ozaukee; assistant professor of surgery, MCW. General, vascular and laparoscopic surgery.

+ + + Stuart D. Wilson 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5723. Froedtert. Professor and chief, division of pancreatobiliary/endocrine surgery, MCW. Pancreatobiliary/endocrine surgery.

+ Joseph C. Battista 12/31/53. 3070 N. 51st St., Suite 207, 871-9500. St. Joseph’s, Elmbrook, Children’s, West Allis. Academic chairman of surgery, St. Joseph’s; associate clinical professor of surgery, MCW; Clinical Teacher of the Year (2003), department of surgery, MCW. General and vascular surgery.

+ Dean E. Klinger 6/26/54. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 330, 649-3240. St. Luke’s, St. Francis.

James P. Maloney 3/16/61. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-7040. Froedtert. Assistant professor, MCW; director, Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic, Froedtert; principal investigator, NIH grant in lung vascular biology, MCW. Pulmonary and critical care medicine.

+ William Deshur 3/22/48. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 330, 649-3240.

Alonzo P. Walker 11/27/49. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5737. Froedtert. Professor of surgery, MCW; chief of staff, Froedtert; medical director, Froedtert and MCW Breast Care Center. Breast diseases.

James Burhop 6/29/58. 17050 W. North Ave., Brookfield, 262-786-3722. Elmbrook, Waukesha. Chief of surgery, Elmbrook; clinical instructor of surgery, MCW. Bariatric surgery.

Up-and-Comers

Joseph Regan 3/25/70. 2015 E. Newport Ave., Suite 305, 961-3254. Columbia St. Mary’s. Assistant clinical professor, MCW. Laparoscopic surgery.

Christopher S. Wilson 4/8/65. 10400 W. North Ave., Suite 480, 778-6670. St. Joseph’s, West Allis. Clinical instructor, MCW. General and vascular surgery.

GERIATRICS

Edmund H. Duthie Jr. 1/11/51. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-7070. Froedtert, VA. Professor of medicine and geriatrics/gerontology, MCW; chief, division of geriatrics/gerontology, MCW.

Mary E. Cohan 3/16/56. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-7070. Froedtert, MCW. Assistant professor, MCW; medical director, Clement Manor Health Center.

Michael L. Malone 8/25/57. 1020 N. 12th St., 219-7300. Aurora Sinai. Medical director, Aurora Geriatrics Institute; associate professor of medicine, UW; head, section of geriatrics, Aurora Sinai.

Edith Burns 5000 W. National Ave., 384-2000. VA, Froedtert. Associate professor of medicine, MCW; geriatric fellowship; director, geriatrics residency program, MCW.

Richard London 2/18/48. 9255 N. 76th St., 357-5233. St. Michael, St. Francis. Medical director, senior health, Covenant.

Up-and-Comers

Kathryn Denson 8/27/69. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-7070. Froedtert, VA. Assistant professor of medicine and geriatrics, MCW; director, Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit and Home Care, VA; co-medical director, Horizon Hospice.

GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS

Paul D. Burstein 5/13/47. 2315 N. Lake Dr., Suite 400, 272-3000. St. Mary’s-Milwaukee, Columbia, Aurora Sinai. Clinical professor, MCW and UW.

+ Brian J. Bear 12/22/58. 2457 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 103/206, 476-0306. St. Joseph’s, West Allis. Resident training in benign gynecology. Minimally invasive surgery, high- and low-risk obstetrics.

Margaret Herzog Carr 6/18/62. 3070 N. 51st St., Suite 302, 445-7766. St. Joseph’s, Columbia St. Mary’s, Elmbrook, St. Michael, St. Francis, St.Mary’s-Racine. Assistant clinical professor, MCW. Maternal fetal medicine and high-risk obstetrics.

Patricia Dolhun 6/22/51. 2015 E. Newport Ave., Suite 707, 961-2445. Columbia St. Mary’s.

Amarjit Jaglan 5/2/61. 8905 W. Lincoln Ave., Suite 501, 978-2229. Aurora Women’s Pavilion, St. Francis, West Allis. Clinical teaching faculty, OB/GYN, UW.

+ James Linn 1/30/53. 2388 N. Lake Dr., 291-1528. Columbia St. Mary’s. Chairman, department of OB/GYN, St. Mary’s-Milwaukee; associate clinical professor of OB/GYN, MCW.

+ + + David L. Hoogerland 12/13/44. 2320 N. Lake Dr., 291-1230. Columbia St. Mary’s. Clinical professor, MCW and UW; immediate past president, medical staff, St. Mary’s-Milwaukee. Gynecologic oncology.

Up-and-Comers

Kathy King 8/11/61. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-6600. Froedtert. Assistant professor of OB/GYN, MCW.

Michael Lund 6/6/70. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-4777. Froedtert, Children’s. Assistant professor of OB/GYN, MCW; director, junior medical student OB/GYN clerkship, MCW.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

+ + Brian P. Buggy 9/2/51. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., 649-3577. St. Luke’s, St. Mary’s-Milwaukee. Clinical professor of medicine, MCW.

+ Charles F. Brummitt 9/11/56. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 475, 649-3577. St. Luke’s, St. Mary’s-Milwaukee. Associate clinical professor of medicine, UW-Madison.

+ + Thomas Taft 6/24/55. 3070 N. 51st St. Suite 506, 871-8686. St. Joseph’s, West Allis, Elmbrook, Waukesha, Oconomowoc, St. Francis.

William D. Timm 5/27/63. 3070 N. 51st St., Suite 506, 871-8686. Elmbrook, St. Joseph’s, West Allis, Community Memorial, St. Francis, Waukesha, Oconomowoc. Medical director, Milwaukee Comprehensive Wound Healing Center.

+ + Gerald J. Dorff 5/30/38. 3070 N. 51st St., 874-4671. St. Joseph’s. Clinical professor of medicine, MCW.

Michael Frank 6/24/62. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-6444. MCW, Froedtert. Associate professor of medicine, MCW; chief, infectious diseases, MCW; president, Wisconsin Infectious Diseases Society.

Claudia Altmann 7/7/55. 2025 E. Newport Ave., 326-1622. Columbia St. Mary’s, Aurora Sinai. Medical director, Infection Control, Columbia.

David M. Letzer 9/27/57. 3070 N. 51st St., Suite 506, 871-8686. St. Joseph’s, Community Memorial, West Allis, Elmbrook, Waukesha, Oconomowoc. Infectious disease fellowship program.

Peter L. Havens 1/24/54. 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., 456-4122. Children’s. Professor of pediatrics, MCW; medical director, Wisconsin HIV Primary Care Support Network; chair-elect, committee of pediatric AIDS, American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatric infectious diseases.

Robert M. Gullberg 6/28/56. 3807 Spring St., Racine, 262-687-8310. All Saints. Teaching instructor, MCW; teaching instructor, Chicago Medical School. Internal medicine.

Up-and-Comers

Mary Beth Graham 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., 805-6444. Froedtert. Assistant professor, MCW; medical director, Infection Control, Froedtert.

INFERTILITY

+ Grace Janik 8/9/57. 2315 N. Lake Dr., 289-9668. Columbia St. Mary’s, St. Joseph’s. Associate clinical professor, MCW; associate director, residency program, MCW; director, IVF Reproductive Center.

+ + Charles H. Koh 11/19/42. 2315 N. Lake Dr., Suite 501, 289-9668. Columbia St. Mary’s, St. Joseph’s, Froedtert. Co-director, Milwaukee Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery. Gynecologic surgery.

+ + + K. Paul Katayama 5/3/45. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., 645-5437. St. Luke’s Physician Office, Waukesha. Clinical professor of OB/GYN, UW. Reproductive endocrinology.

Estil Young Strawn 1/14/55. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-6600. Froedtert. Associate professor of OB/GYN, MCW; director, division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, MCW. OB/GYN, reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

+ + + Gloria Halverson 7/2/47. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-6600. Froedtert, Children’s, Waukesha, Elmbrook. Associate professor, MCW.

INTERNAL MEDICINE

Bruce Berry 3/10/58. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 465, 649-3560. St. Luke’s, West Allis. Chief, internal medicine, St. Luke’s; clinical instructor of medicine, MCW.

+ Andrew Norton 3/26/56. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 454-5540. Froedtert. Associate professor of medicine, MCW; senior vice president, clinical affairs, Froedtert; chief medical officer, Froedtert.

Scott A. Jorgensen 7/24/61. 13133 N. Port Washington Rd., G16, Mequon, 262-243-5000. Columbia, St. Mary’s-Ozaukee. Medical director, Newcastle Place; faculty, MCW; associate clinical professor of medicine, Marquette University; associate clinical professor of physician assistant studies, MCW.

Lawrence A. Golopol 2/18/55. 13850 W. Capitol Dr., Brookfield, 262-790-1118. St. Joseph’s. Director, medical education, St. Joseph’s; associate clinical professor of medicine, MCW.

Robert Krippendorf 2/23/63. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-6850. Froedtert. Assistant professor of medicine, MCW.

James P. Volberding 11/16/52. 788 N. Jefferson St., 272-8950. Columbia St. Mary’s. President, Madison Medical Associates; clinical assistant professor of medicine, MCW.

K.A. Baugrud 1/5/60. 788 N. Jefferson St., Suite 300, 272-8950. Columbia St. Mary’s.

Richard Lofgren 5/14/54. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-6300. Primary care, Froedtert; senior associate dean for clinical affairs, MCW.

Up-and-Comers

Mushir Hassan 3/8/70. 17050 W. North Ave., 262-782-4270. Elmbrook. Volunteer faculty, MCW. Sports medicine.

Brian Hirano 8/3/68. 788 N. Jefferson St., Suite 300, 272-8950. Columbia.

Christopher P. Sobczak 5/16/72. 1155 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite A, 456-5990. Froedtert, Children’s. Assistant clinical professor, MCW; board of directors, Milwaukee County Medical Society. Pediatrics.

NEUROLOGY

Jonathan Spivack 10/14/58. 3070 N. 51st St., Suite P507, 447-2177. St. Joseph’s.

Safwan Jaradeh 2/7/57. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5235. Froedtert, Columbia, Community Memorial, Waukesha. Professor, MCW; chairman neurology, MCW.

+ + + Steven H. Park 1/25/43. 12203 N. Corporate Pkwy., Mequon, 262-387-8200. St. Mary’s-Ozaukee.

Marvin Wooten 3/29/50. 2025 E. Newport Ave., Suite 210, 961-1700. Columbia St. Mary’s. Medical director, Milwaukee Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Columbia. Sleep medicine.

+ Marc Novom 5/7/46. 8989 N. Port Washington Rd., 351-6250. Columbia St. Mary’s, St. Joseph’s, Milwaukee Heart Hospital. Instructor, family practice residency program, Columbia.

Michael J. Mitchell 7/29/71. 2315 N. Lake Dr., Suite 615, 291-1285. Columbia St. Mary’s.

+ Judith A. Carlson 4/20/56. 19475 W. North Ave., Brookfield, 262-369-3819. Elmbrook, St. Joseph’s. Courtesy staff, Waukesha and Oconomowoc. Adult neurology.

Varun K. Saxena 1/1/45. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 630, 385-1801. St. Luke’s, St. Francis. Medical director, Center for Neurological Disorders, St. Luke’s; co-director, stroke program, St. Luke’s; former associate professor of neurology, MCW.

Marie Tomasi 8/8/70. 3070 N. 51st St., Suite 507, 447-2177. St. Joseph’s.

Mary L. Zupanc 1/27/52. 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave., 266-7539. Children’s, Froedtert. Chief, division of pediatric neurology, MCW; director, pediatric comprehensive epilepsy program, MCW; director, pediatric neurology residency training program, MCW; professor, department of neurology and pediatrics, MCW. Pediatric neurology and epilepsy.

NEUROSURGERY

+ + + Glenn A. Meyer 3/8/34. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5404. Froedtert, St. Luke’s, Elmbrook, Children’s, Community Memorial, Aurora Sinai. Professor of neurosurgery, otolaryngology, pediatrics and orthopedics, MCW.

Wade Mueller 9/16/50. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5402. Froedtert, Children’s. Professor of neurosurgery, MCW.

Jack Deckard 5/8/51. 2025 E. Newport Ave., Suite 140, 961-0089. Columbia St. Mary’s, St. Joseph’s, St. Luke’s. Academic appointment, MCW.

Dennis Maiman 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-3645. Froedtert, VA, Children’s. Professor of neurosurgery, MCW; director, Spinal Cord Injury Center, Spinecare; spine fellowship. Spinal disorders.

Spencer J. Block 10/10/61. 2350 W. Villard Ave., Suite 105, 438-6500. St. Luke’s, St. Michael, Columbia St. Mary’s, Aurora Sinai. President, Wisconsin Neurosurgical Society; clinical faculty, physician assistant program, Marquette University.

Cully White 6/10/68. 2901 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 201, 649-3232. St. Luke’s, West Allis, St. Francis.

+ + Joseph F. Cusick 5/10/39. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5405. Froedtert. Professor, MCW.

Kenneth Reichert 1/16/61. 20611 Watertown Rd., Suite J, Waukesha, 262-782-0000. Waukesha, Elmbrook. Brain tumors, brain aneurysms and complex spine disorders.

+ David C. Hemmy 11/6/40. 20611 Watertown Rd., Waukesha, 262-782-0000. Elmbrook, Children’s. Chairman, neurosurgical members, International Society for Craniofacial Surgery; vice president, Pan Pacific Surgical Association. Craniofacial surgery.

Up-and-Comers

Grant P. Sinson 4/2/65. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5408. MCW, Froedtert. Associate professor of neurosurgery, MCW.

ONCOLOGY

+ + + Howard Dubner 8/12/44. 4655 N. Port Washington Rd., 906-4400. St. Michael. Clinical associate professor, MCW. Hematology.

+ Kurt F. Oesterling 12/28/51. 1055 N. Mayfair Rd., 476-8450. St. Joseph’s, Elmbrook, Waukesha. Assistant clinical professor, MCW; president, Physicians Association, St. Joseph’s. Hematology.

Robert Taylor 8/29/50. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 930, 389-5520. St. Luke’s, St. Francis, West Allis. Director, bone marrow transplant program, St. Luke’s. Hematology.

+ Ajit B. Divgi 8/18/46. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 930, 384-5111. St. Luke’s, St. Francis, West Allis. Hematology.

+ + Ronald D. Hart 5/27/50. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., 384-5111. St. Luke’s, West Allis, St. Francis. President, Wisconsin Association of Medical Oncologists.

Thomas H. Zukowski 4/21/65. 2025 E. Newport Ave., Suite 1000, 906-3420. Columbia St. Mary’s. Oncology Leadership Council, Columbia St. Mary’s.

Charles Bomzer 10/7/54. 4655 N. Port Washington Rd., 906-4400. Columbia St. Mary’s, St. Michael. Clinical assistant professor, MCW; director, Familial Cancer Program, Oncology Alliance. Hematology and cancer genetics.

Michael P. Mullane 3/6/60, 1151 Warwick Way, Racine, 262-886-7360. St. Mary’s-Racine, Aurora-Kenosha, United Hospital System-Kenosha. Advisory Board, Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin; board of directors, Jane Cremer Foundation. Hematology.

+ Charles Tiber 1/8/52. 2388 N. Lake Dr., 291-1840. Columbia St. Mary’s. Director, Columbia St. Mary’s Hospice.

Jacob Frick 2/28/54. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., 384-5111. St. Luke’s, St. Francis, West Allis. Clinical instructor, MCW.

Up-and-Comers

Rubina Qamar 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 930, 384-5111. St. Luke’s, St. Francis, Burlington. Hematology.

OPHTHALMOLOGY

+ + Peter S. Foote 1684 N. Prospect Ave., 271-2020. Columbia St. Mary’s, Elmbrook, St. Luke’s. Former treasurer, Medical Society of Milwaukee County; president and medical director, Milwaukee Eye Care Associates.

+ + + Russell S. Gonnering 11/21/49. 925 N. 87th St., 456-2020. Froedtert, St. Luke’s, Children’s, VA. Professor of ophthalmology, MCW. Ophthalmic plastic surgery.

+ + Frederick H. Reeser 5/31/39. 2600 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 901, 774-3484. St. Luke’s, St. Mary’s, St. Joseph’s, Waukesha. Clinical professor of ophthalmology, Eye Institute and MCW; chairman, department of ophthalmology, St. Luke’s; chairman, section of ophthalmology, St. Mary’s. Vitreo-retina.

+ + Gregory P. Kwasny 5/18/45. 2300 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 1030, 259-1022. Elmbrook, Eye Surgery and Laser Center of Wisconsin. Clinical professor of ophthalmology, MCW.

Steven B. Koenig 8/29/52. 925 N. 87th St., 456-7842. Froedtert. Professor of ophthalmology, Eye Institute, Froedtert and MCW; head of Refractive Surgery Service, Froedtert.

Thomas B. Connor Jr. 925 N. 87th St., 456-2020. Froedtert, Children’s, St. Joseph’s, Columbia St. Mary’s. Associate professor of ophthalmology, MCW. Retina and vitreous.

Mark I. Freedman 9/15/56. 10150 W. National Ave, 321-7520. St. Luke’s, West Allis, Eye Surgery and Laser Center of Wisconsin. Principal clinical investigator, EDA Lasik Studies; owner, Eye Surgery and Laser Center of Wisconsin.

Michael L. Murphy 6/12/64. 1111 Delafield St., Suite 312, Waukesha, 262-547-3352. Waukesha, St. Joseph’s Outpatient Center, Froedtert, Children’s, Oconomowoc, Aurora-Highway 164. President, Wisconsin Academy of Ophthalmology; fellow, American College of Surgeons. Opthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Fred Shafrin 8/10/52. 5150 N. Port Washington Rd., Suite 251, 332-0606. Columbia. Chairman, ophthalmology, Columbia.

Up-and-Comers

Bhavna P. Sheth 925 N. 87th St., 456-7921. Froedtert. Associate professor of ophthalmology, MCW; director, medical student education, department of ophthalmology, MCW.

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

+ Jeffrey P. Schwab 10/8/45. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-7458. Froedtert, Children’s. Professor and chairman of orthopedic surgery, MCW.

+ + + William B. Smith 9/18/44. 625 E. St. Paul Ave., 223-2727. Columbia, Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin. Associate clinical professor of orthopedic surgery, MCW; orthopedic consultant, VA; orthopedic consultant and team physician, Concordia University Wisconsin, UW and Marquette University.

+ + Donald A. Hackbarth 6/14/52. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-7424. Froedtert, Children’s, St. Luke’s, West Allis, Waukesha, St. Francis, St. Joseph’s. Associate professor of orthopedic surgery, MCW; secretary/treasurer, Wisconsin Orthopaedic Society. Musculoskeletal oncology.

+ Dale Edward Bauwens 1/14/53. 2500 N. Mayfair Rd., 257-2525. St. Joseph’s, Elmbrook. Chairman, quality assurance, department of orthopedic surgery, St. Joseph’s.

Rory Wright 7/6/62. 2350 N. Lake Dr., 225-5840. Columbia St. Mary’s, Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, St. Joseph’s. President, medical staff, Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin.

Michael J. Anderson 11/29/62. 625 E. St. Paul Ave., 223-2727. Columbia, Community Memorial, St. Mary’s-Ozaukee. Clinical instructor of orthopedic surgery, MCW.

Jeff Butler 8/31/56. 2901 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 102, 384-6700. St. Luke’s, St. Francis. Assistant clinical professor of orthopedic surgery, MCW. Total joint replacement.

James B. Stiehl 10/27/49. 575 W. River Woods Pkwy., 961-6789. Columbia St. Mary’s, St. Luke’s, Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin.

+ Charles Anthony Klein 6/29/56. 2500 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 500, 257-2525. St. Joseph’s, Elmbrook.

Myron David Mikaelian 9/30/57. 3801 Spring St., Racine, 262-687-5875. All Saints. Head of department of orthopedic surgery, St. Mary’s-Racine.

Christopher J. Evanich 4/21/61. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 375, 643-8800. St. Luke’s, Elmbrook, St. Francis, West Allis. Clinical instructor, MCW; quality team leader, joint replacements, St. Luke’s; orthopedic consultant, VA. Arthroscopy and hip, knee and shoulder replacements.

James W. Stone 9/2/56. 2901 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 102, 384-6700. St. Luke’s, St. Francis, St. Mary’s-Ozaukee. Assistant clinical professor of orthopedic surgery, MCW. Sports medicine.

David M. King 2/5/70. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-7467. Froedtert, Children’s. Assistant professor, MCW. Musculoskeletal oncology.

OTOLARYNGOLOGY

+ + Bruce H. Campbell 3/10/55. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5583. Froedtert, VA, Children’s. Professor of otolaryngology, MCW; interim director, Cancer Center, MCW.

+ + Robert Gogan 5/24/49. 10520 N. Port Washington Rd., 262-241-8000. Columbia St. Mary’s, Aurora Sinai, Froedtert, St. Michael. Assistant clinical professor, MCW.

David J. Beste 3/2/54. 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 208, 266-2761. Children’s, St. Joseph’s, Aurora Sinai, Waukesha. Director, speech and audiology, Chs. Pediatric otolaryngology.

+ + Thomas M. Kidder 10/2/42. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 266-6465. Froedtert, Children’s, VA, St. Luke’s. Associate professor, MCW; clerkship director, department of otolaryngology, MCW.

+ Steven Dankle 4/25/55. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., 649-3900. St. Luke’s, West Allis, Children’s, Aurora Sinai, St. Francis. Clinical associate professor, MCW; immediate past president, medical staff, St. Luke’s; immediate past president, Wisconsin Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

+ + Russell S. Yale 8/2/47. 10520 N. Port Washington Rd., 262-241-8000. St. Joseph’s, Columbia St. Mary’s. Clinical assistant professor, MCW; chairman, department of otolaryngology, St. Joseph’s.

P. Ashley Wackym 12/25/57. 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave., 266-3750. Children’s, Froedtert. Professor and chairman, department of otolaryngology, MCW; medical director, cochlear implant program, Children’s; director, otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, Froedtert. Otology and neuro-otology.

Gretchen Durkin 8/17/55. 2315 N. Lake Dr., Suite 1005, 271-4141. St. Mary’s-Milwaukee, St. Mary’s-Ozaukee, St. Michael, Surgicenter of Greater Milwaukee.

+ James R. Barton 2/21/45. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 345, 649-3900. St. Luke’s, West Allis, St. Francis, Aurora-Hartford. Associate professor, MCW.

Up-and-Comers

Todd Loehrl 9/1/62. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5585. Froedtert, Children’s. Assistant professor, MCW; chief, otolaryngology, VA; secretary/treasurer, Milwaukee Head and Neck Society; board of governors, Wisconsin State Head and Neck Society. Sinus surgery.

PEDIATRICS

Michael F. Gutzeit 10/26/57. 14555 W. National Ave., New Berlin, 262-789-6020. Children’s, West Allis, St. Joseph’s. President, medical dental staff, Children’s.

+ Catherine M. Slota-Varma 4/19/51. 2315 N. Lake Dr., Suite 301, 272-7009. Children’s, Columbia St. Mary’s, West Allis. Assistant clinical professor, MCW; board of directors, Wisconsin Medical Society.

+ W. Craig Leach 10/11/52. 10909 W. Blue Mound Rd., 258-0606. Children’s, St. Joseph’s, West Allis, Elmbrook, Froedtert. Chief, section of pediatrics, Children’s; voluntary faculty, department of pediatrics, MCW.

+ + + Arthur J. Dorrington 11/8/46. 11035 W. Forest Home Ave., 425-5660. Children’s, West Allis, St. Joseph’s, St. Francis. Associate clinical professor of pediatrics, MCW; diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics.

Ellen Hing 4/21/56. 2315 N. Lake Dr., Suite 301, 272-7009. Children’s, Columbia, St. Mary’s-Milwaukee, West Allis. Clinical professor, Children’s.

David A. Lautz 10/25/55. 11035 W. Forest Home Ave., Hales Corners, 425-5660. Children’s, St. Joseph’s, West Allis, St. Francis. Assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, MCW; board of directors, Children’s Medical Group.

Robert Rohloff 12/1/54. 14555 W. National Ave., New Berlin, 262-789-6020. Children’s, West Allis, St. Joseph’s. Assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, MCW.

PLASTIC SURGERY

+ + + Harvey M. Bock 1/3/46. 201 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 530, 443-0033. St. Mary’s- Milwaukee, St. Mary’s-Ozaukee, St. Luke’s, St. Joseph’s. Clinical instructor, department of plastic surgery, MCW.

+ + Paul W. Loewenstein 9/21/50. 2300 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 795, 479-3500. St. Joseph’s, St. Luke’s, St. Francis, Elmbrook. Clinical instructor, department of plastic surgery, MCW; president, Wisconsin Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Thomas E. Kinney 10/7/58. 2300 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 795, 479-3500. St. Luke’s, St. Joseph’s, West Allis, Elmbrook, Children’s, Aurora Sinai. Section chief, Aurora Sinai. Reconstructive surgery.

Andreas Doermann 10/16/55. 2015 E. Newport Ave., Suite 401, 963-1700. Columbia St. Mary’s, St. Michael, St. Luke’s.

+ Philip L. Sonderman 7/13/59. 2300 N. Mayfair Rd. Suite 795, 479-3500. Elmbrook, Waukesha, Community Memorial, St. Joseph’s, West Allis, Oconomowoc. Chairman, department of plastic surgery, Waukesha.

John Yousif 5/31/52. W231 N1440 Highway 164, Suite 201, Waukesha, 352-2766. Columbia, St. Mary’s-Milwaukee, Froedtert. Clinical professor, MCW.

Thomas George Korkos 4/11/64. 22370 W. Blue Mound Rd., Waukesha, 262-970-5600. Waukesha, Elmbrook, Oconomowoc, Community Memorial, West Allis, Bluemound Cosmetic Surgery Center. Clinical associate professor, department of plastic surgery, MCW; clinical associate professor, College of Health Sciences, Marquette University; clinical instructor, Waukesha family practice residency program, MCW. Reconstructive surgery.

James R. Sanger 4/16/48. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5451. Froedtert, Children’s, VA. Professor of surgery, MCW. Reconstructive (non-cosmetic), hand and microsurgery.

+ + + David L. Larson 12/9/43. 8700 Watertown Plank Rd., 805-5445. Froedtert, Children’s. Professor and chairman, department of plastic surgery, MCW.

+ Hani S. Matloub 9/29/47. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-5446. Froedtert, Children’s, VA. Professor of plastic surgery, MCW; director of hand and microsurgery, MCW; director of plastic surgery research laboratory, MCW. Plastic surgery, microsurgery and hand surgery.

+ Lawrence Sterkin 6/26/59. 201 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 530, 443-0033. St. Mary’s-Milwaukee, St. Mary’s-Ozaukee, St. Joseph’s Outpatient Center, St. Luke’s, Elmbrook, West Allis, Surgicenter of Greater Milwaukee, Aurora Sinai, St. Francis, St. Michael. Clinical instructor of plastic surgery, MCW. Breast reconstruction and microvascular surgery.

Up-and-Comers

Michelle R. Bonness 2/21/63. 20611 Watertown Rd., Suite D, Waukesha, 262-782-7021. Elmbrook, West Allis, St. Luke’s.

PSYCHIATRY

Carlyle H. Chan 7/4/49. 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., 456-8998. Columbia St. Mary’s, Froedtert, Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex. Professor and vice chair, education and informatics, MCW; residency education director, department of psychiatry and behavioral medicine, MCW.

Bruce R. Stevens 5/26/65. 1601 E. Blackthorne Pl., 967-4930. Rogers Memorial, Columbia, St. Joseph’s, St. Mary’s-Milwaukee. Assistant clinical professor, MCW.

Christina C. Keppel 8/17/51. 1017 Glen Oaks Ln., Suite 201, Mequon, 262-241-3698. St. Mary’s-Milwaukee and Ozaukee. Associate clinical professor, MCW.

+ John M. Rohr 9/3/46. 14555 W. National Ave., New Berlin, 262-821-6060. St. Luke’s, Aurora Psychiatric. Medical director, Aurora Behavioral Health Services; chairman, department of psychiatry, St. Luke’s.

Jeffrey Taxman 10/6/56. 2015 E. Newport Ave., Suite 801, 961-8100. Columbia St. Mary’s. Clinical faculty, department of psychiatry, UW; associate clinical faculty, department of psychiatry, MCW; co-founder and faculty member, Center for the Study of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Psychoanalysis.

+ + Walter Todd Davison 3/7/41. 2015 E. Newport Ave., Suite 801, 961-3600. Columbia St. Mary’s. Clinical professor of psychiatry and family practice, MCW; professional lecturer, School of Medicine, Georgetown University; training and supervising analyst, Wisconsin Institute for Psychoanalysis and Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis; chairman, department of psychiatry, Columbia.

James B. Winston 7/6/55, 9720 W. Blue Mound Rd., 774-1794. Columbia St. Mary’s, St. Luke’s, St. Michael. National lecturer and physician educator, Eli Lilly pharmaceutical; senior medical consultant and adviser, Forest, Wyeth and Pfizer pharmaceuticals; president and medical director, American Behavioral Clinics.

RADIOLOGY

John R. Sty 4/18/44. 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave., 266-3111. Children’s. Chief, department of radiology, Children’s; clinical professor, MCW.

Guillermo F. Carrera 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-3750. Froedtert. Professor of radiology, orthopedics and medicine (rheumatology), MCW; chief, diagnostic radiology, MCW; program director, residency in diagnostic radiology, MCW affiliated hospitals.

David Olson 5/23/53. 2900 W. Oklahoma Ave., 649-6430. St. Luke’s. Diagnostic radiology.

Lawrence R. Goodman 5/6/43. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 805-3120. Froedtert, MCW. Professor of radiology and pulmonary medicine, MCW.

Robert K. Breger 2/4/58. 6150 Layton Ave., 649-6425. Medical Diagnostic Imaging, St. Luke’s. Former chairman, department of radiology, St. Luke’s. Diagnostic radiology.

Patrick J. McWey 11/11/49. 2025 E. Newport Ave., 961-3841. Columbia St. Mary’s, Community Memorial. Medical director, Vandyke Haebler Center for Women’s Imaging. Diagnostic radiology.

RHEUMATOLOGY

+ + + Lawrence M. Ryan 11/27/46. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-7024. Froedtert. Will and Cava Ross professor of medicine, MCW; chief of rheumatology, MCW.

+ + + Larry Pearson 4/2/49. 601 N. Barker Rd., Brookfield, 262-785-0777. Waukesha, Elmbrook, West Allis, St. Joseph’s, St. Luke’s. Assistant clinical professor, MCW.

Steven R. Bergquist 3/9/60. 7080 N. Port Washington Rd., 351-4009. Columbia St. Mary’s, Aurora Sinai. Board of directors, Wisconsin Arthritis Foundation; fellow, American College of Rheumatology; clinical assistant professor of medicine, UW.

M.E. Csuka 9/23/50. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., Suite E4765, 456-7012. Froedtert. Associate professor of medicine, MCW; director of rheumatology and osteoporosis clinics, Froedtert.

Mark E. Pearson 9/10/56. 601 N. Barker Rd., Brookfield, 262-785-0777. Waukesha, Elmbrook, West Allis, St. Joseph’s, St. Luke’s. Assistant clinical professor, MCW.

+ Miriam N. Hanna 9/21/55. 7080 N. Port Washington Rd., 351-4009. Columbia St. Mary’s, Aurora Sinai.

+ + Paul B. Halverson 2/22/47. 5000 W. Chambers St., 447-2597. St. Joseph’s. Froedtert, St. Luke’s. Professor, MCW.

Mark A. Schrager 12/23/43. 7080 N. Port Washington Rd., 351-4009. Columbia St. Mary’s, Aurora Sinai, St. Luke’s. Clinical associate professor of medicine, UW; president, Wisconsin Rheumatism Association; chief, division of rheumatology, Aurora Sinai.

Stephen C. Hinkle 10/2/48. 7080 N. Port Washington Rd., 351-4009. Columbia St. Mary’s, Aurora Sinai, St. Michael.

Up-and-Comers

Kurt Oelke 2/9/71. 7080 N. Port Washington Rd., 351-4009. Columbia St. Mary’s, Aurora Sinai. Clinical instructor, residency program, Aurora Sinai; investigator, experimental protocols in rheumatoid arthritis.

UROLOGY

John F. Pope 4/19/53. 2500 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 430, 258-2640. St. Luke’s, West Allis, Elmbrook, Waukesha. Assistant clinical professor, MCW.

William A. See 10/16/56. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-7058. MCW, Froedtert. Professor and chair, department of urology, MCW.

Mark J. Waples 11/10/62. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 370, 672-6006. St. Luke’s, St. Francis, West Allis. Preceptor, family practice residency program, St. Luke’s.

Robert Donnell 6/7/57. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6950. MCW, Froedtert. Associate professor of urology, MCW; director, clinical trials in urology, MCW; co-director, Prostate Center, Froedtert. Prostate disease.

Christopher J. Walsh 7/15/68. 2600 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 545, 476-0430. Elmbrook, St. Joseph’s, West Allis, Waukesha. Fellow, American College of Surgeons.

Peter A. Slocum 12/6/56. 2015 E. Newport Ave., Suite 500, 961-7323. Columbia St. Mary’s, Community Memorial. Chairman, division of urology, Columbia; clinical instructor, department of urology, MCW.

Christopher M. Kearns 4/3/63. 2015 E. Newport Ave., 961-7323. Columbia St. Mary’s, Community Memorial. Assistant professor of urology, MCW.

John Patrick Walsh 12/13/41. 2600 N. Mayfair Road, Suite 545, 476-0430. St. Joseph’s, Elmbrook, West Allis, Waukesha. Clinical professor, MCW.

+ + + Richard J. Boxer 5/9/47. 2350 W. Villard Ave, Suite 301, 527-3000. Columbia St. Mary’s, St. Michael, Aurora Sinai, St. Luke’s. Clinical professor of family and community medicine and health policy, MCW; clinical professor of surgery and urology, UW; national chair, National Health Policy Council; co-creator, American Center for Cures.

Jeffrey A. Derus 9/22/58. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 370, 672-6006. St. Luke’s, St. Francis, West Allis, St. Luke’s-South Shore, St. Michael. Teaching preceptor, St. Luke’s Family Practice; chairman, section of urology, St. Luke’s.

+ Frank Begun 5/16/52. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6950. Froedtert, VA. Associate professor of urology, MCW; president, Northcentral Section, American Urological Society. Kidney stones and laparoscopic surgery.

+ + + Stuart W. Fine 6/28/38. 2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 370, 672-6006. St. Luke’s, St. Francis, St. Michael. Teaching preceptor, family practice, St. Luke’s.

David Sandock 7/10/63. 2350 W. Villard Ave., Suite 301, 527-3000. Columbia St. Mary’s, St. Michael, Aurora Sinai. Chief of surgery, Columbia; clinical associate professor, Marquette University; clinical director, family practice residency program, Columbia St. Mary’s and St. Michael.

VASCULAR SURGERY

Jonathan B. Towne 1/10/42. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6972. Froedtert. Professor of surgery, MCW; chairman of vascular surgery, Froedtert.

Gary Seabrook 6/10/53. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6970. Froedtert, VA, Children’s. Professor, department of surgery, MCW; secretary, Wisconsin chapter, American College of Surgeons.

Richard E. Carballo 3/3/63. 2801 Kinnickinnic River Pkwy., Suite 330, 649-3240. St. Luke’s.

Robert A. Cambria 2/17/60. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6970. Froedtert, VA. Associate professor of surgery, MCW; chief, vascular surgery, VA.

Dennis G. Vincent 5/3/55. 14555 W. National Ave., Suite 175, New Berlin, 262-827-3144. Elmbrook, West Allis, St. Joseph’s, St. Luke’s. Clinical professor, MCW; board of directors, Elmbrook. General and vascular surgery.

+ Lyle G. Henry 10/7/44. 2015 E. Newport Ave., Suite 305, 961-2120. Columbia St. Mary’s. Clinical professor of surgery, MCW; former chairman, department of surgery, Columbia; board of directors, Columbia St. Mary’s. General, vascular and laparoscopic surgery.

Up-and-Comers

Kellie Brown 9/13/67. 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., 456-6970. Froedtert, VA. Assistant professor of surgery, MCW.

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