95 Physicians on Bayhealth Medical Staff Named Top Doctors

Bayhealth proudly announces that 95 physicians on the Bayhealth Medical Staff have been recognized on Delaware Today’s 2026 Top Doctors list. The Top Doctors program honors peer-selected physicians chosen by Delaware-licensed physicians as the state’s best doctors in many medical specialties through nominations and online voting.

“To be named by your fellow physicians as someone they would most want to care for their own family is one of the highest honors in medicine,” said Bayhealth Interim Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Quality and Medical Affairs John Fink, MD, MSHQS. “Having a significant number of physicians on our Medical Staff earn Top Doctor recognition speaks to the depth of talent, clinical excellence and collaboration across our health system and we applaud them on this well-deserved honor. These physicians are leaders in their fields whose deep commitment to high-quality, compassionate care has a lasting impact on the well-being of our communities. For the patients and families we serve, it is a meaningful reminder that they have access to some of the most trusted and respected physicians in the region through Bayhealth.”

Please join us in congratulating the following Bayhealth Medical Staff physicians honored as Delaware Today’s 2026 Top Doctors:

Anesthesiology
Neal A. Brickhouse, MD

Jesal K. Parikh, MD

Michael C. Thorogood, MD

 

Cardiology: Cardiac Surgery

Gary W. Szydlowski, MD

Daniel Marelli, MD

Cardiology: Electrophysiology

Raymond E. Miller, MD

 

Cardiology: Interventional Cardiology 

Sanjeev B. Patel, MD

Aditya Sharma, MD

Manjeet Singh, DO

 

Cardiology: Thoracic Surgery

Paul Fedalen, MD

 

Critical Care Medicine

Maria Azhar, MD 

Bilal Bangash, MD

Margarita Gianniosis, MD

Syed Nazeer Mahmood, MD

Rabab Nasim, MD

 

Dermatology
Nicole Bright, DO

Emergency Medicine

Lee T. Colaianni, MD

Julia M. Cullen, DO

Joydeep Haldar, MD

Aamer A. Khan, MD

Endocrinology

Hajira Amir, MD

Rithikaa Ellangovan, MD

Blanca Ocampo-Lim, MD
Hasitha Vemula, MD

 

Family Medicine

Preeti Gupta, MD

Sharad Patel, MD

Lisa Reid, MD

Bryan P. Villar, MD

 

Gastroenterology

Abhishek Agnihotri, MD

Muhammad Hanafi, MD

 

Geriatrics

Manu Sehgal, MD
Pavandip Virdi, MD

 

Hospital Medicine
Joseph Ablaza, MD
Samer Alhindi, MD
Rahul Gaiba, MD

Safwan Muhammad, MD

Svyatoslav Polishchuk, MD

Jonathan Salangsang, MD

Tanvir Singh, MD

Muhammad Syed, MD

Muhammad Umair, MD

 

Infectious Disease

Dawn Roach, MD 
Rafael E. Ruiz Gaviria, MD

Ramesh K. Vemulapalli, MD

 

Internal Medicine

Ben Hur H. Aguilar, MD
Andrew E. Nash, DO
Svetlana Polishchuk, MD

Lilia G. Villarin, MD

Nephrology
Mwangi Kamau, MD

Rabail Qureshi, MD

Jose Saez, DO

Shalini Sehgal, MD

 

Neurology

Ali Sheharyar, MD

Usman A. Shehzad, MD

 

Neurosurgery

Kaitlyn Melnick, MD

Aaron C. Sigler, DO

OB/GYN

Walter Kobasa Jr., MD

 

Oncology: Breast

Sheeba Ba Aqeel, MD

Wendy Newell, MD
Rishi Sawhney, MD

 

Oncology: Colorectal

Assar A. Rather, MD

 

Oncology: Heptobiliary

Mridul Pansari, MD

Orthopedics: Foot & Ankle
Henry DeGroot III, MD

Orthopedics: Hand & Wrist

Andrew Park, MD
Darshdeep Singh, DO

Orthopedics: Joint Replacement
John Burger, DO

 

Orthopedics: Spine

Stephen Malone, MD

Orthopedics: Trauma

Marek N. Denisiuk, DO

 

Otolaryngology

David W. Roberson, MD

 

Pathology

Tauhid H. Awan, MD 

 

Pediatrics: Neonatology

Ashish O. Gupta, MD

Pediatrics: Orthopedics

Justin R. Connor, MD

 

Pediatrics: Primary Care

Jennifer Liquido, MD

 

Plastic Surgery: Cosmetic 

Lawrence Chang, MD
Jonathan Sarik, MD

 

Podiatry

Dimitrios Moustakas, DPM

 

Psychiatry

Andrea C. DeSimone, DO

Fiza Khan, MD

 

Radiology

James C. Mezger, MD

 

Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery 

Michael Amygdalos, MD

 

Rheumatology
Yvan Maque Acosta, MD
Surjeet Dheer, DO

 

Sports Medicine: Non-Surgical

Terrence C. Tsui, DO
George Umeh, MD

 

Surgery: General
Charles N. Frasso, DO

Anirudha Goparaju, MD

Barath Krishnan, MD
Krishnaraj Mahendraraj, MD
Francisco Rodriguez, MD

 

Surgery: Trauma
Patrick Elliott, DO

 

Urogynecology

Ray Bologna, MD

 

Urology

Antoinette Ptak, MD

Michael Zaragoza. MD

 

Vascular Surgery

Luiz Araujo, MD

Carl H. Barosso, MD