APRIL 1, 2016
The April cover story of Fort Worth Texas: The City’s Magazine features the publication’s 2016 prestigious “Top Doctors” list and, once again, Texas Health Care physicians are featured prominently: 42 of its members across 19 specialty areas have been recognized as tops in their fields by their peers.
To select the physicians who are included in the “Top Doctors” list, the magazine sends an annual survey to more than 4,500 Tarrant County physicians, asking them to list the colleagues they believe to be the best in a variety of practice areas. The list includes doctors in Fort Worth and the greater Tarrant County area.
Ten of the 2016 Texas Health Care honorees are members of the John Peter Smith (JPS) Hospital surgical division. The public-private partnership between JPS, Tarrant County’s only Level I Trauma Center, and Texas Health Care affords patients some of the best surgical care in North Texas, delivered in a public hospital setting. At the same time, Tarrant County taxpayers benefit from the unique value that Texas Health Care surgeons deliver to the hospital.
“Texas Health Care members are committed to providing exceptional care for every patient, every time,” said Dr. Larry Tatum, the group’s CEO. “We are proud that Texas Health Care provides the support and structure for all of our physician members to focus on patient care, just as we are very proud of our 42 doctors who have received this special recognition from their peers.”
Texas Health Care has 153 physician members in 35 different specialties across Tarrant County and surrounding areas.
The Texas Health Care 2016 Top Doctors are:
Breast Oncology Surgery
Anita W. Chow*
Joseph Heyne*
Cardiac/Thoracic Surgery
Reza Khalafi*
Cardiology
Scott Ewing
Colon/Rectal Surgery
Jason Allen
Glen D. Hooker
Paul Senter
General Surgery
John Mark Bayouth*
John L. Birbari
Scott Bloemendal
Antonio Castaneda
Mark Collins
Gynecology
Larry D. Tatum
Gynecology & Obstetrics
Lori Atkins-Williamson
Cynthia A. English
Beatrice G. Kutzler
Elisabeth Wagner
Internal Medicine
Charles Carlton
Alan Davenport
Jason S. Ledbetter
Amber Lesley
Craig L. Dearden
Nephrology
Carlos S. Bahrami
Neuro-Otology
Ricardo Cristobal*
Ophthalmology
Harry Rosenthal
Orthopedic Surgery
Stephen Brotherton
Joseph Milne
Orthopedic Back Surgery
James Brezina
Orthopedic Hand Surgery
Nathan Lesley
Ryan Reardon
Eric Wroten
Otolaryngology
Yadro Ducic
John L. Fewins
Todd E. Samuelson
Jesse E. Smith*
Pain Management
Christopher C. Pratt
Thomas Ratino
Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery
Larry E. Reaves*
Sports Medicine
Steven Meyers
Vascular Surgery
James E. Anderson*
Harshal S. Broker*
David Stroman*
*Denotes THC member who is part of the John Peter Smith Hospital surgical unit