25 Wright State physicians and faculty named 2015-16 Best Doctors in America

Twenty-five Wright State physicians and faculty of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine were named to the 2015-16 Best Doctors in America list. They represented 42 percent of the 59 Dayton-area doctors named. Three were ranked twice in two different specialties or subspecialties.

Thirteen Boonshoft School of Medicine alumni who practice locally also were included on the list.

These leading medical practitioners, researchers and professors are members of a prestigious, peer-reviewed group that includes the top 5 percent of U.S. physicians.

Best Doctors Inc. compiles and maintains the list. For more than 20 years, Best Doctors has conducted a physician survey to identify the doctors that other doctors trust most. The list includes more than 53,000 medical experts in some 450 specialties and subspecialties worldwide. The local list was published in the February/March 2016 edition of Dayton Magazine.

The Wright State physicians and faculty were named best doctors across a broad range of specialties and subspecialties ranging from pediatric pulmonology to family medicine and psychiatry to orthopaedic surgery.

“The faculty of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine are regional leaders in medical education and medical care,” said Margaret Dunn, M.D., dean of the Boonshoft School of Medicine. “Congratulations to the doctors of Wright State Physicians, the faculty of the Boonshoft School of Medicine and our local alumni who were named the best doctors in the Dayton region.”

The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine is affiliated with seven major teaching hospitals in southwest Ohio. In addition to providing medical education leading to the M.D., M.D./Ph.D., M.D./M.B.A. or M.D./M.P.H. degree, the medical school provides residency training in 13 medical specialties and continuing medical education programs for the community’s practicing physicians. Its nationally recognized research programs include centers of excellence in genomics, neuroscience, substance abuse and treatment and human growth and development.

Wright State Physicians is one of the largest physician-managed multispecialty groups in the Dayton region. Physicians affiliated with the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine offer primary or specialty care in a wide range of specialized diagnostic and treatment services.

Listed below are the doctors of Wright State Physicians and the faculty of the Boonshoft School of Medicine who were named the Best Doctors in the Dayton region:

Family Medicine
Cynthia Olsen, M.D.
Wright State Physicians
Professor, Family Medicine, Geriatrics

Steven K. Swedlund, M.D.
Wright State Physicians
Associate Professor, Geriatrics

Infectious Disease
Jack Bernstein, M.D.
Dayton VA Medical Center
Professor, Internal Medicine, Pathology

Steven Burdette, M.D.
Wright State Physicians
Professor, Internal Medicine

John Czachor, M.D.
Wright State Physicians
Professor, Internal Medicine, Pathology

Internal Medicine
Roberto Colon, M.D.
Wright State Physicians
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine

John Czachor, M.D.
Wright State Physicians
Professor, Internal Medicine, Pathology

Glen Solomon, M.D.
Wright State Physicians
Chair, Professor, Internal Medicine
Interim Chair, Professor, Neurology

Orthopaedic Surgery
Richard Laughlin, M.D.
Wright State Physicians
Chair, Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

Otolaryngology
Robert Goldenberg, M.D.
Southwest Ohio ENT Specialists
Professor, Surgery

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Makund Dole, M.B.B.S.
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Pediatric Infectious Disease
Sherman Alter, M.D.
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Professor, Pediatrics

Pediatric Otolaryngology
Ravi Elluru, M.D.
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Professor, Surgery, Pediatrics

Pediatric Pulmonology
Robert Cohn, M.D.
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Professor, Pediatrics

Pediatric Specialist/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Jerald Kay, M.D.
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry

William Klykylo, M.D.
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Professor, Psychiatry
Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Pediatrics
Ann Burke, M.D.
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Professor, Pediatrics

Greg Eberhart, M.D.
Cornerstone Pediatrics
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Maria Nanagas, M.D.
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Pediatrics

John Pascoe, M.D.
Cornerstone Pediatrics
Professor, Pediatrics

Psychiatry
Allison Cowan, M.D.
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Professor, Psychiatry

Julie Gentile, M.D.
Montgomery Count Board of Developmental Disabilities
Professor, Psychiatry

Paulette Gillig, M.D.
Butler Behavioral Health Services
Professor Psychiatry

Jerald Kay, M.D.
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry

Brenda Roman, M.D.
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Professor, Psychiatry

Pulmonary Medicine
Robert Cohn, M.D.
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Professor, Pediatrics

Surgical Oncology
Margaret Dunn, M.D.
Wright State Physicians
Dean, Boonshoft School of Medicine
Professor, Surgery

Vascular Surgery
John Matsuura, M.D.
Wright State Physicians
Professor, Surgery