April 7 2022 – Forty-three pediatric specialists from the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital medical staff have been designated among “America’s Top Doctors” for 2022 by Castle and Connolly, a New York City-based research and information company dedicated to identifying top healthcare resources.
Doctors included in the listing were nominated by their physician peers, after which their credentials are reviewed by the Castle Connolly research team, which vets physician professional qualifications, education, hospital and faculty appointments, research leadership, professional reputation, disciplinary history and outcomes data.
“At Nicklaus Children’s we are honored to benefit from the clinical expertise and leadership of our renowned medical staff,” said Dr. Marcos Mestre, Chief Medical Officer. “We are immensely proud of those who have earned America’s Top Doctors recognition and seek to highlight their achievement within our community.”
Pediatric specialists on the Nicklaus Children’s medical staff who were listed include:
Dr. Zenia Aguilera, Pediatric Ophthalmology
Dr. Fuad Alkhoury, Pediatric Surgery
Dr. Jack Bandel, Pediatric Cardiology
Dr. Mislen Bauer, Clinical Genetics
Dr. Reuven Bromberg, Pediatric Rheumatology
Dr. Redmond Burke, Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
Dr. Luis Caicedo Oquendo, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr. Jose Calderon, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Dr. Adriana Carrillo Iregui, Pediatric Endocrinology
Dr. Miguel Castellan, Pediatric Urology
Dr. Anselmo Cepero-Akselrad, Pediatric Nephrology
Dr. Sandeep Dave, Pediatric Otolaryngology
Dr. Guillermo De Angulo, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Dr. Alejandro Diaz, Pediatric Endocrinology
Dr. Ana Duarte, Pediatric Dermatology
Dr. Mark Epstein, Pediatric Neurology
Dr. Thomas Errico, Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Maria Franco, Pediatric Pulmonology
Dr. Ruben Gonzalez-Vallina, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr. Rafael Gosalbez, Pediatric Urology
Dr. Vivian Hernandez-Trujillo, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Dr. Ronald Kanter, Pediatric Cardiology
Dr. Andrew Labbie, Pediatric Urology
Dr. Pablo Marcelo Laufer, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Dr. Oscar Loret de Mola, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr. Leopoldo Malvezzi, Pediatric Surgery
Dr. William Muinos, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr. Juan Carlos Muniz, Pediatric Cardiology
Dr. Alisa Muniz Crim, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr. Sayed Naqvi, Pediatric Neurology
Dr. Ana Paredes, Pediatric Nephrology
Dr. Jose Perez-Rodriguez, Pediatric Endocrinology
Dr. Chad Perlyn, Plastic Surgery
Dr. Rafael Portela, Pediatric Otolaryngology
Dr. Lourdes Prieto, Pediatric Cardiology
Dr. John Ragheb, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Dr. Felix Ramirez-Seijas, Pediatric Nephrology
Dr. Otto Ramos, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Dr. Jesse Reeves-Garcia, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr. Craig Spurdle, Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Roberto Tuchman, Pediatric Neurology
Dr. Roberto Warman, Pediatric Ophthalmology
Dr. Mark Young, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
The Castle Connolly Doctor Directory claims to be the largest network of peer-nominated physicians with over 61,000 Top Doctors and more than 2 million users who visit the site each year.
About Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is South Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with nearly 800 attending physicians and more than 390 pediatric subspecialists. The 309-bed hospital, known as Miami Children’s Hospital from 1983 through 2014, is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine with many specialty programs routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. The hospital is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States and has been designated an American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession’s most prestigious institutional honor. For more information, please visit www.nicklauschildrens.org.
