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Choosing who you trust with your health is an important decision, and more than 50 team members at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center have recently been recognized for their high-quality work in 21 specialties.

Virginia Business released its 2025 edition of ‘Virginia’s Top Doctors,’ a list that includes a total of 1,423 providers who were nominated by their peers last year. This is the second year Virginia Business has compiled a list of providers from across the commonwealth, highlighting expertise in nearly 90 specialties. Two doctors — Kathryn Holloway, M.D., director of VCU Health’s Deep Brain Stimulation Program and neurosurgeon at VCU Massey, and Keyur Shah, M.D., chief of heart failure at VCU Health Pauley Heart Center — were featured on the magazine’s cover for this year’s list.

With several major medical and health science schools in the commonwealth, there is steep competition to be recognized statewide. VCU’s premier health science schools are located on the same campus as VCU Medical Center, the only academic medical center in the region, so doctors in every stage of their careers are exposed to the latest innovations in patient care.

This year, Virginia Business added 27 new specialties to the list this year, including 18 new categories for pediatrics, such as pediatric hematology oncology.

Meet Virginia’s Top Doctors from Massey:

Breast surgery

• Harry Bear, M.D., Ph.D.
• Kandace P. McGuire, M.D.

Cardiothoracic surgery

• Anthony Cassano, M.D.
• Rachit D. Shah, M.D.

Colon and rectal surgery

• Jaime L. Bohl, M.D., FACS, FASCRS
• Emily Rivet, M.D.
• Stephen Sharp, M.D.
• Nicole Wieghard, M.D., FACS, FASCRS

Dermatology

• Justin Haught, M.D.
• Kimberly S. Salkey, M.D.

Diagnostic radiology

• Priti Shah, M.D.

Gastroenterology

• Doumit BouHaidar, M.D.

Hematology oncology

• Erin Alesi, M.D.
• Vikrant Brar, M.D.
• Mary Helen Hackney, M.D.
• Khalid Matin, M.D.
• Asit Paul, M.D., Ph.D.
• Andrew S. Poklepovic, M.D.
• Masey Ross, M.D.

Neurosurgery

• Brian M. Cameron, M.D.
• R. Scott Graham, M.D.
• Kathryn Holloway, M.D.

Orthopedic surgery

• Gregory F. Domson, M.D.

Otolaryngology

• Laurence DiNardo, M.D.
• Evan R. Reiter, M.D.

Pathology

• Steven Smith, M.D., Ph.D.

Pediatric endocrinology

• Sarah G. Hensley, M.D.

Pediatric hematology oncology 

• Frances Austin, M.D.
• Marieka Helou, M.D., MPH
• Gita V. Massey, M.D.
• India Yount Sisler, M.D.
• Jordyn Ramsey Griffin, M.D., MS

Pediatric palliative care

• Kelly K. Lastrapes, M.D.
• Daniel Cannone, D.O., FAAP

Pediatric surgery

• Charles E. Bagwell, M.D.
• Patricia A. Lange, M.D.
• Claudio Oiticica, M.D.

Plastic and reconstructive surgery

• Tae Woon Chong, M.D.
• Paschalia Mountziaris, M.D., Ph.D.

Pulmonology

• R. Wes Shepherd, M.D.

Radiation oncology

• Douglas W. Arthur, M.D.
• Emma C. Fields, M.D.
• Timothy Harris, M.D., Ph.D.
• Monica M. Morris, M.D.
• Bridget Quinn, M.D.
• Alfredo Urdaneta, M.D.
• Elisabeth Weiss, M.D.

Spine surgery

• Bruce E. Mathern, M.D.

Surgical oncology

• Leopoldo Fernandez, M.D.
• Amelia Grover, M.D.
• Raphael Louie, M.D., MPH

Urology

• Georgi Guruli, M.D., Ph.D.
• Lance Hampton, M.D.

This article is repurposed from an article originally published on the VCU Health News Center.

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