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A GREEN INFUSION With federal funding, Richmond plans to invest millions in parks and community centers in long-neglected neighborhoods
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n South Richmond, wedged between Interstate 95 and Richmond Highway, a row of small brick colonials built in the 1940s front Ruffin Road across from a sea of cracked asphalt and rusted-out chain-link fences. There are basketball and tennis courts, a baseball field, and an aging community center, but on most days, the area looks abandoned. Aside from a handful of roads that were repaved a few years ago, this neighborhood has received little attention from the city. It’s part of what used to be Chesterfield County before annexation in 1970. The single-story Thomas B. Smith Community Center was built more than 30 years ago. On a sunny Saturday afternoon in early March, however, the city is hosting the first in a series of “community engagement” events under a tent next to the basketball courts. Mayor Levar Stoney is here, along with City Councilman Michael Jones and architects with Baskervill and Timmons Group. Over the next two years, the city plans to spend $20 million revamping the community center, playground and adjacent athletic courts. After a series of meetings, a plan will be introduced later this summer, with construction getting underway perhaps early next year. The mayor says the new community center will help rejuvenate a long-forgotten neighborhood after years of neglect. “I think there’s been some clear negligence on behalf of our government when it comes to South Richmond,” he says. “The neglect, it becomes almost cultural. It gets into bloodstream, [and] folks start to believe that we don’t matter.” A new community center should help
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change that, he says. “I think this is a start.” Over the next few years, Richmond plans to spend half of its $155 million allotment, or $78 million, from the federal American Rescue Plan Act on parks and recreation projects, including improvements to three community centers — Smith, Southside Community Center on Hull Street and the Calhoun Center near Gilpin Court — and a new community center at Lucks Field playground in Church Hill. The community centers, located in low-income areas of the city, will get the lion’s share of that funding, $64 million. The goal is to use the funds to focus on neighborhoods that have been devoid of investment and work toward social equity, says Chris Frelke, Richmond’s director of Parks and Recreation. The size of this year’s capital infusion will allow the department to begin projects that have been on the books for years, Frelke says. “This helps us invest and really transform.”
But there are potential downsides. Infrastructure improvements such as parks and trails can lead to rising property values, which in turn can lead to displacement, says Ben Teresa, an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University who specializes in housing policy. “This can place displacement pressure [on an area], sometimes in the form of gentrification, where rising rents and property values are felt by elderly homeowners, homeowners of color and Black homeowners,” Teresa says, who recommends policy protections such as limiting rising rents or property taxes and investing in affordable housing. The mayor says the city can do both — invest in communities while also creating housing policies to prevent gentrification. At the Smith Community Center in early March, however, few seem too concerned about the potential ill effects of a $20 million makeover. “South Side is always the last one on the ball,” says Juanita Gaines, 75, who has lived on nearby Ryburn Road since 1978. Years ago, she says, the neighborhood was vibrant, the playgrounds and basketball courts full of kids playing. Nowadays, not so much. As for the community center project, she says, “I’ve been praying for something like this.” —Leah Hincks and Scott Bass
Mayor Levar Stoney kicks off a community engagement event at T.B. Smith Community Center in early March.
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Mayhem on Mayo’s Bridge How an epidemic lockdown in the 1700s nearly sparked a shooting war between Richmond and Manchester
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A view of Richmond from Mayo’s Bridge in 1822 by French watercolorist J.L. Bouqueta
with his wife, Ann, their 4-year-old son and attendant slaves, though the Hayes family also operated the Falls Plantation, which was situated along a bend of the James River east of Manchester. Hayes, an English immigrant and publisher, served as official printer for the commonwealth and postmaster of Richmond. On Saturday, Jan. 25, he endeavored to place his family and enslaved workers away from the infection. But the move nearly sparked a shooting war. A few weeks later, Hayes wrote a letter to Gov. Lee to explain what had happened on Mayo’s Bridge. After Hayes made a crossing by canoe, the Manchester Guard seized the craft. Then two of Hayes’ slaves went into Richmond, “desirous of seeing their fellow-servants,” wrote Hayes. Upon their return to the Falls Plantation, guards ambushed the men and hauled them to the Manchester end. “They were there cruelly treated,” Hayes informed Gov. Lee, “one in particular by Thomas Goode, who after having beaten him in a most violent and inhuman manner” returned the enslaved man to Richmond. Hayes sought justice. He gathered five witnesses, who armed themselves and paid a visit to the Manchester Guard. Hayes wrote that he left his weapon with the posse and approached the Manchester toll house, calling for the captain. Goode emerged, whereupon Hayes “complained of his treatment of the negro.” Unremorseful, Goode declared
that he’d do it again. Hayes threatened to prosecute Goode, prompting a vulgar response that Hayes deemed unnecessary to repeat. The party turned to leave when Goode, Hayes claimed, “called out vehemently for the guard to turn out and put every man to death. A scuffle then ensued.” Hayes recounted how “after a good deal of severity, repeated insults and threats,” three of the men were forced onto a beach beneath the bridge. They all then went before Chesterfield County epidemic enforcer “magistrates.” The Manchester Guardsmen served as prosecutors and witnesses, and the Hayes gang received a bond of 50 pounds to appear at the next court session. But Hayes finagled a return to Falls Plantation. This caused an altercation with Patteson on Hayes’ property. He ultimately thought it “advisable to make my escape in a canoe.” The guards pursued. Lee, meanwhile, sought to quell the consternation along Mayo’s Bridge by negotiating a compromise to reopen the span to North Siders. The crisis was averted. Mayo’s Bridge, however, wasn’t so lucky. It suffered at least eight destructions, including detonation by retreating Confederates on April 3, 1865. Following the 1910 union of Richmond and Manchester, the city in 1913 completed a concrete bridge, somewhat resembling the Pont Neuf in Paris. The bridge is presently due for some form of renovation. R
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Chained Rock. You’ll see a chain linking two giant boulders instead of a waterfall on the latter hike, but the epic views are as good as any in the area. When you tire of hiking, you can play 18 holes at the park’s Wasioto Winds Golf Course, a links-style course in the mountains that regularly ranks among the best of Kentucky’s public golf courses. If you’re looking for more history, drive a few minutes south into Tennessee and check out Lincoln Memorial University’s Abraham Lincoln Museum and Library (lmunet.edu/abraham-lincoln-library-and-museum) in Harrogate, Tennessee, where exhibits highlight an enormous collection of Lincoln and Civil War material. After the museum, it will be worth your time to cross the street to Haymaker Farms restaurant, where locals praise the barbecue and fried catfish.
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o maybe you’ve seen a lot of sights in Virginia, but have you ever traveled to the dagger-like western tip of the commonwealth that juts into Kentucky and Tennessee? This marks the famous Cumberland Gap, and when you head in that direction, you’ll be following in the footsteps of nearly a quarter-million early American settlers, including Abraham Lincoln’s parents and Daniel Boone, who trekked west along the Wilderness Road to the rich farmlands of Kentucky and Ohio. Its glory days as a major settlers’ route are now in the past, but the Cumberland Gap area today offers scenic beauty, hikes galore, camping, golf and, of course, plenty of American history.
STATES OF TOURISM I’m a bit of a national park geek, and it pleases me to share that Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (nps.gov/ cuga/index.htm) is one of a select few
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National Park Service units that encompass three states. You can celebrate this rare distinction by hiking two hours round-trip to Tri-State Peak. Have fun taking photos of each other standing in three different states simultaneously. Next, try navigating the multiple hairpins of Pinnacle Road to Pinnacle Point, where you will enjoy spectacular views over the Gap and, in the distance, shimmering Fern Lake straddling the Kentucky and Tennessee border. Time this drive around sunset for an epic experience. Be sure to also stop by the park visitors center, where you can view documentary films about the area, peruse history exhibits and get all your questions answered by the helpful park rangers. Just 20 minutes north of the Gap, you’ll find Kentucky’s first state park, Pine Mountain State Resort Park (parks. ky.gov/pineville/parks/resort/pinemountain-state-resort-park). Among its many activities, Pine Mountain features two scenic hikes: Honeymoon Falls and
You’ll find many good lodging options at Pine Mountain’s 30-room lodge, as well as cabins and cottages for rent. Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and Virginia’s Wilderness Road State Park (dcr.virginia.gov/stateparks/wilderness-road) in Ewing both have campsites available for reservation.
SAVE THE DATE May 26-29: Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival in Pineville, Kentucky WHAT TO EXPECT: Since 1931, Kentucky has hosted this event, which now features a carnival, a 5K race, live country music, fireworks, the coronation of the Mountain Laurel Queen and more. LEARN MORE: kmlf.org
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Doctors in the House Richmond’s Randolph family exudes excellence By Don Harrison
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ere’s a pitch for the perfect feel-good TV show. Call it “Meet the Randolphs.” The show follows an African American family made up largely of distinguished, respected physicians. The 6-foot 7-inch patriarch, David, answers to “Poppy.” He and his middle child, David II, or “Little David,” lead a respected oncology clinic. They could be mistaken for twins, except dad is 3 inches taller. Mom, Renita, is a top-rated dentist who graduated with honors from dental school while raising two small children. While the two Davids are often in the spotlight in local and national media — the former high school cheerleader prefers to rah-rah from the sidelines. Eldest sister, Jessica, is a retinal surgeon married to Joe, a mechanical engineer. They have adorable 18-month-old twins. One running gag has Jessica playfully bickering with Little David, her college roommate, about the relative importance of their chosen fields — “I restore
sight,” “But I cure cancer,” and so on. Little David’s wife, Morgan, works in oncology too, as a pediatric clinical pharmacist, assisting with young cancer patients. They have a son, David III, and a daughter on the way. Morgan hails from Tennessee and, at 5-foot-3, stands many inches shorter than the rest of the family. There’s a younger brother, too, Doug, who is kind of an Alex P. Keaton character. Everyone in the family is athletic — Little David played basketball for the University of Richmond, Jessica was a University of Virginia high-jumper. Financial advisor, Doug, 28, was a college football standout at Notre Dame. He turned his back on medicine, even though dad thought he was a natural for it. Along the way, the Randolphs have endured, and prevailed against, long hours, difficult cases and racist roadblocks. Sounds like a can’t miss show, right? I didn’t even get to the part where Poppy stops the runaway Cadillac with his bare hands.
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“I was always a sickly kid,” says Dr. David Randolph, a radiation oncologist at the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at Johnston-Willis Hospital. “I had congenital hip dysplasia, where the hips don’t form properly, I walked pigeon-toed and had asthma and I did not get medical care.” It was a cultural thing, he says. His parents didn’t believe in doctors. “So basically, I was allowed to suffer.” Growing up the sixth of 13 siblings in rural Charlotte County, near Appomattox, Randolph, 62, attended Randolph Henry High School, “Named after the slave owner that freed my relatives,” he says. His father had a fourth-grade education and swung a 15-pound sledgehammer at a foundry. “He was an incredibly powerful man and I wanted to be like him. I would pray, ‘Please God, let me be big and strong.’ “ He grew tall but skinny, he says, and had poor nutrition. “It was only when I went to VCU and got on the meal plan and started lifting weights that I began to bulk up.” He graduated high school in three years and did the same at Virginia Commonwealth University. “I was dirt poor,” he says. “I didn’t pledge fraternities and I didn’t go to parties. I studied.” He also worked multiple jobs, including one at the VCU Computer Center, mentoring underachieving students. One night, in the throes of his last exams, Randolph looked out his window and saw a vision, he says. “There was a step show in front of my apartment, and in the crowd I saw the most beautiful woman I ever saw in my life. I went outside and walked in her direction, but she drove off.” But it didn’t end there. “We were introduced by a mutual friend in the Pantry Pride on West Broad Street,” recalls Dr. Renita Randolph, a dentist at Grove Avenue Family Dentistry. “We did not hit it off. I thought he was rude.” The Thomas Jefferson High graduate was then attending Virginia Union University on a full academic scholarship; her mom was an accountant, and the family owned a North Side general store. She did not suffer fools. “I wasn’t trying to be rude, I was too nervous to speak,” David Sr. explains. A short time after he started medical school at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, they met again. “After he settled down and actually talked to me, we hit it off,” Renita says. After a long-distance romance — Renita was not allowed to marry until she finished school — the newlyweds lived in Norfolk’s Ghent area, where David built their furniture and finished medical school. “I was 2 weeks old at his graduation,” says daughter Dr. Jessica Randolph, an 0phthalmology specialist and vitreoretinal surgeon at the VCU School of Medicine. “We’ve always been exposed to medicine,” she says. “Even when we were young, we’d be out at grocery stores or church and people would recognize our parents from their offices and early on it affirmed the importance that health care had on other people’s lives.”
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David II was born in Lynchburg, where the Randolphs moved for Poppy’s family practice residency. His goal was to be a family doctor. “But I was frustrated,” he says. “I had an idealistic view that everybody would flock to the doctor, and I’d make everyone feel better. But I couldn’t make the inroads. I couldn’t get people to exercise, eat right, or improve their situation. No, if they wanted to lose weight, or to lower their blood pressure, they just wanted me to give them a pill.” He found inspiration in a charismatic father figure, Peter Hulick, then the radiation oncologist at Lynchburg General Hospital, who was laser-focused on treating cancer. “We had these optional one-month rotations and I did a month with him, and I was so impressed with the difference he made in people’s lives. I wanted to be like him,” David says. The family returned to Richmond so that David could do his radiation oncology residency at VCU. These were hectic, sleepless times. “We made it because I was board certified in family practice,” he recalls. “So, I would work two 12-hour shifts in the emergency room, and that was enough to pay for childcare.” Renita enrolled in VCU School of Dentistry, eventually graduating with honors. “I did it with a whole lot of prayer and gumption,” she says. “My classmates were twentysomethings and footloose and fancy free, and when I got home, I was mom. Our children have always come first. I didn’t start studying until they were in bed.” “She’s amazing,” Jessica says. “She had two small children at home and was still first in her class. And that was at a time when dental school wasn’t very friendly to Black people.” “My whole family, we’ve worked very hard and achieved a whole lot despite racism, sexism and all the isms,” Renita says. “I experienced it. But I had the wherewithal in dental school to stand up for myself.” Before moving the family to Roanoke, where he and Renita each set up practice, Big David became the first African American to finish VCU’s radiation oncology program. He’s more vocal than his wife about the racism he endured. “One day my chairman looks at me and laughs out loud. He was German and said in a thick accent, ‘You’re blecch. You’ll never get a job.’ “ An earlier department head had accused Randolph, apropos of nothing, of pimping women and selling drugs. “All but one of the chairmen there were a--holes,” he says today. “But they could not intimidate me.”
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Healing societal ills, one person at a time By Tharon Giddens
EVEN AS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC is abating, hopefully fading into endemic status, another, long-term malady continues to impact our everyday lives. It’s an angry, polarized world out there, and that’s hazardous to health. Doom scrolling, political polarization, road rage, conspiratorial thinking, misinformation and mistrust feed the flames of anxiety and, in turn, anger. Anger is a primal instinct. You feel it, and you vent; you don’t first reflect on why you’re feeling angry, says Dr. Salmaan A. Khawaja, a clinical neuropsychologist with Bon Secours Mercy Health System. And if you confront someone when they’re angry and argue with them, you further fuel their anger. Khawaja says increased anger, anxiety and stress may
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lead to problems at work and home, substance abuse, depression and suicide. Anger shortens the lifespan, and it is a culprit in a range of conditions, including obesity and neurologic diseases. Anxiety and stress are directly linked with heart attacks and strokes. Anxiety may also trigger tremors or dizziness. It can lead to mood swings or problems with memory or attentiveness. The pandemic seems to have exacerbated societal anger, and medical professionals have found themselves the targets of abuse. “Many physicians, nurses and other health care workers lost their lives to COVID-19 while caring for patients with COVID-19,” says Dr. Jonathan Foote, a gynecologic oncologist with Bon Secours Commonwealth Gynecologic Oncology.
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“However, there is now a large portion of the U.S. population who look down on health care workers, and in fact seem to think that we are not working in their best interest, which is against the Hippocratic oath that we all took in medical school.” The pandemic presented the perfect storm of angst and anger: a deadly infectious virus, invisible and evolving unpredictably, that people had little control over and that caused an array of reactions in seemingly similar people, Khawaja says. It is easier to deny the existence of something that is scary and invisible than it is to acknowledge its existence. The impact of the pandemic on physical and mental health has been profound. People have died unnecessarily, Khawaja says, because of their anger and belief in misinformation. “I am seeing more patients with signs of dementia, more adults with cognitive and emotional changes, and more children with mood and cognitive problems than ever before,” he says. “I am seeing
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more patients who have developed cognitive and emotional problems directly related to the anxiety caused by fear of the COVID vaccine; debilitating symptoms that have lasted for over a year in some people, all because of anger, fear and anxiety.” It’s a problem that cuts across the belief spectrum. “The numerous patients that I have who are members of QAnon, the anti-vaxxers, the ultra-conservative, the ultra-religious, the ultra-liberal, the extreme left and the extreme right patients all have the exact same characteristics of anxiety, which stems from a sense of lack of control [or that control is being taken from them], and the resulting anger that ensues, all projected outward,” Khawaja says. “There are inpatients dying of COVID in hospital that tell me they do not have the disease that is killing them, and instead are angry that I am part of a global conspiracy of some sorts. After they die, their angry family members still hold similar sentiments. These delusions stem from anger, which stems from anxiety.” It’s not just anger: “Just about any of the negative emotions that you would put on your short list seems to be up,” says Dr. Edward Peck Jr., a Richmond-based neuropsychologist with Neuropsychological Services of Virginia. The depth of the problem is hard to gauge; standard measures relied on by mental health professionals may not be useful in the current situation, according to Peck. Questions typically asked to assess anger in an individual may not apply to societal situations, feeling angry because you perceive yourself as helpless in the face of family situations, your income, the environment or your body. Peck notes that people like to believe the rules they follow are universal, sort of a personal golden rule. We tend to believe that how we handle ourselves in a situation is the logical way of proceed-
ing, and that others similarly perceive a situation. “Unfortunately, people follow different sets of rules,” he says.
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Negative, intense emotions affect other aspects of life, from how you sleep and eat to how you interact with others. Stress leads to anxiety, and prolonged anxiety breeds feelings of anger and hostility, says Dr. Michele Cosby, assistant professor of psychiatry for VCU Health and a licensed clinical psychologist with the Virginia Treatment Center for Children. “Anger is often an emotion that is easier to feel because it usually drives us to some form of action and a desire to
“I am seeing more patients with signs of dementia, more adults with cognitive and emotional changes, and more children with mood and cognitive problems than ever before,” — Dr. Salmaan A. Khawaja, clinical neuropsychologist, Bon Secours Mercy Health System
take control,” she says. “Sometimes that control leads to unhealthy and negative behaviors like aggression, substance abuse, self-injury and so on.” Khawaja notes that most anxiety disorders stem from control issues; the less one’s sense of control, the greater the anxiety, and the greater the anxiety, the greater the anger. “Because we don’t feel like we did this to ourselves, our increased anger increasingly projects outwards until we hit the target that we believe is responsible for our anger,” he says, “not realizing, of course, that the source of anger is ourselves.” People who have suffered the most
during the pandemic had fewer supports, says Dr. Rajinderpal Singh, a Glen Allen psychiatrist. He notes that patients with church communities did well through the pandemic, while many “who were on their own journey, they are suffering.”
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Peck says it’s up to each of us to do what we can to heal ourselves. Look first to your own physical and mental health, and then you can have the energy to help the next person. “Heal yourself so you can heal others,” he says. But there’s no quick fix. “It will be years before we can recover from our current state of affairs, if we are able to recover at all,” according to Foote. “It will be a shame if our country cannot recover from the societal decline we have seen in the last six to seven years.” Foote says a key to recovery is restoring the concept of fully respecting one another as a basis of society — “recognizing that we don’t all have to agree, that we need to see one another for whom each of us is, that we are all human and that we are all living life as best we can.” Singh is upbeat; he believes that there’s always an opportunity behind every difficulty. He sees a need for mustering resources to drown out misinformation, a job that entails an outpouring of accurate information from sources ranging from local social services to media outlets. Debate will not defuse anger; it hardens a person’s viewpoints, according to Khawaja. We need to listen to one another, which won’t necessarily lead to agreement, but will allow us to gain empathy, to realize that people with whom we disagree may likely have more in common with us than they realize. “We should speak less and listen more,” he says. “Healing, as individuals and as a society, is going to require us to learn how to listen and learn how to stop yelling long enough so that we can listen.” R
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For these Richmond health care professionals, a pandemic has brought insights into living life and practicing medicine By Dina Weinstein
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Lesso ns Learn ed
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has lingered over the medical community for more than two years, bringing an array of challenges, hardships and grief. So, when Richmond magazine asked our Top Doctors 2022 survey participants to reflect on life lessons learned over the course of their work, many shared how they were affected by the horrors wrought by the novel coronavirus, professionally and in their personal lives. Some reflected on patients who left lasting impressions, others recounted recent horror scenes of lives taken too soon and threats to their own health and well-being. The force of medical teams was a theme in many of the responses. The mindset that it is a sacred honor to serve and heal came through strongly in many stories, as well as the crucial role compassion and listening play in treating patients. Here is a sampling of Richmond-area health care practitioners’ pandemic stories and insights gained.
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TEAMWORK IS ESSENTIAL Dr. Atul Aggarwal, director of nuclear medicine, Radiology Associates of Richmond
Aggarwal acknowledges the importance of medical teams in providing excellent quality health care, from hospital volunteers and patient transport staff to therapists, nurses, technologists, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, IT
staff, doctors and administrators. Personal experience drove that home. “Watching my mother pass away from colon cancer within two years, despite surgery and chemotherapy, provided a very personal view into our own mortality and helplessness,” Aggarwal wrote for the survey. “Also, it gave me a deep appreciation for palliative care medicine and hospice. I will be eternally grateful to all the people involved in my mother’s care, especially near the end-of-life care.”
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HOPE IS AN INSPIRATION AND A HEALING ELEMENT Dr. Harpreet Reeba, board certified in child, adolescent and adult psychiatry, Virginia South Psychiatric and Family Services, Midlothian office
When Reeba treats children and adolescents with emotional or psychosocial issues including ADHD, PTSD or schizophrenia, one of the first things she does is apologize to them for what they’ve been through. She also expresses a message
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“I bore witness to the bond of ‘the team.’ thicker than blood, that would not let nurses abandon one another in the midst of a once-in-alifetime pandemic.”
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THE POWER OF NURSES Dr. Vincent Schuler, trauma and emergency general ICU surgeon, HCA Forest Hospital
In the ER, Schuler saw tremendous human suffering and the power of physicians and other health care workers to help to heal even before COVID-19. The anguish of medical teams pushing far beyond normal demands inspires him. He says he saw, “The nurses who cried tears of exhaustion, tears of sorrow, the tracks of which streamed into the
“Everybody deserves equal importance and respect. I often notice that many doctors forget the importance of this.”
of hope and faith while describing the disease to a patient saying: “You are going to be given all the help you need. The healing process starts right here.” “[The] most important life-changing experience is that as a child and adolescent psychiatrist, I am able to get the information from children which they have not told anyone, I have the opportunity to start the healing process right there. I never let that opportunity go.” She looks to her patients’ strengths, and it helps them move forward with treatment.
furrows cast into their faces by masks. Nurses who, when a young boy’s father died, found the strength to compose themselves in a show of strength as I walked him to see his father for the last time. Nurses who worked around the clock in the emergency department and, after their shift was over, returned to help their comrades because the sick just kept coming. Nurses who gave morphine and held the hands of the dying, and whispered into their ears, ‘Your family loves you so much’ as a last act of compassion and closed their eyes when their long struggle finally ended.”
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LESSON EIGHT
LIFE IS FRAGILE AND PRECIOUS Dr. Salman A. Khawaja, clinical neuropsychologist, Bon Secours Neurology Clinic at Westchester Emergency and Medical Center
LESSON SEVEN
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED Dr. Stephanie Arnold, primary care physician, InnovAge PACE-Richmond
Arnold had just settled into a new job at InnovAge PACE, which stands for Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly and provides healthcare and social services to seniors without moving them into a nursing facility, when COVID-19 hit her and her patients particularly hard. “Not only are they at increased risk of complications, but the social isolation and staffing shortages have been particularly difficult to grapple with,” Arnold wrote in response to a survey. She had recently finished a residency in New York, where many of her friends and colleagues were in the hardest-hit areas. “It has been surreal,” Arnold says. “I felt like my friends had gone to war without me.” When the pandemic started, she was working at Patient First and caring for her 2-year-old daughter. Being pregnant in the summer of
2020 made Arnold feel more vulnerable. “I thought having my first baby during residency was hard, but navigating the pandemic first pregnant, and then with two small children has been surreal,” she describes. “Surreal” is also how Arnold describes entering a locked unit for elderly with dementia before COVID19 vaccines, where she was struck by the patients’ inability to wear masks. “I felt like I was in a bubble that no one wanted to be with because of my profession,” Arnold remembers about her stressful pregnancy, only feeling happiness when at seven months she was vaccinated. The pandemic was hard on the elders in her care because of the diminished socialization and lack of physical touch. Patients couldn’t leave their rooms and facilities couldn’t offer activities. Arnold still feels left behind with small children who are too young to be vaccinated. “I see people with vaccinated kids out in the world,” she says. “I haven’t eaten out since the pandemic started. I feel like I am in two different worlds.”
Khawaja is often called to see patients at the end of their lives, to look at them with a cognitive lens when they do not recognize they are dying, as well as cases that pose complicated medical dilemmas. He notes that COVID-19 has presented long-term cognitive issues for patients as well as changing a lot for the medical community, because there was not a template to follow when “ridiculously healthy people were dying,” he says. Watching patients who didn’t believe they had the disease, then die has shown Khawaja how fragile and ironic life is and how powerless people — and even healers — often are. He experienced some COVID-19 patients who resisted the reality of their diagnosis to the point of spitting and attacking him. Such actions disrespected his life and were contrary to his pledge to work to save his patients’ lives. “Sometimes we feel just as helpless as our patients and their families do,” Khawaja says. “They are looking to us. It’s very emotional.” Having seen so much death throughout the pandemic and simply continuing to treat patients shows him the resiliency, humility and humanity of medical professionals. But it’s not all heavy, Khawaja says, there are light moments and sometimes gallows humor to survive the challenges. R
“I have lost more patients and colleagues to suicide since COVID than I have in my entire career.”
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TOP DOCS 2022 WINNERS Julia Nunley VCU Health, Massey Cancer Center, Stony Point 9109, 9109 Stony Point Drive, 804-828-9361
Suzanne Peck
Richmond Dermatology and Laser Specialists, 9816 Mayland Drive, 804-282-8510
Georgia Seely
Dermatology Associates of Virginia, 10800 Midlothian Turnpike, Suite 309; 201 Concourse Blvd., Suite 110, Glen Allen; 804-549-4040
Laurie Shinn
Commonwealth Dermatology, 7001 Forest Ave., Suite 400, 804-282-0831
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Charles Deverna HCA CJW Medical Center, JohnstonWillis Hospital Emergency Department, 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, North Chesterfield, 804-483-6000
Harinder Dhindsa VCU Health, 1213 E. Clay St., 800-762-6161
Jeff Mason
Richmond Emergency Physicians, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital Emergency Department, 5855 Bremo Road, Suite 210, 804-287-7066
Peter Moffett
VCU Health, 1213 E. Clay St., 800-762-6161
Robert Powell
Richmond Emergency Physicians, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital Emergency Department, 5855 Bremo Road, Suite 210, 804-287-7066
Deborah Vinton
Systems medical director, HCA Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, 1602
Skipwith Road, 804-289-4500
1471 Johnston Willis Drive, 804-320-1333
VCU Health, Emergency Center at New Kent, 2495 Pocahontas Trail, 800-762-6161
Family Physicians, division of Commonwealth Primary Care, 1800 Glenside Drive, Suite 110, 804-288-1800
Shannon Walsh
ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES AND METABOLISM Allen S. Burris
Virginia Diabetes & Endocrinology, 348 Brown’s Hill Court, Midlothian, 804-272-2702
Robert P. Castellucci 8921 Three Chopt Road, Suite 102, 804-282-9899
Francesco Celi
VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St., 804-828-2161
Douglas Johnson Bon Secours Richmond Diabetes and Endocrinology, 8266 Atlee Road; Medical Office Building II, Suite 332, Mechanicsville; 804-764-7686
Ben D. Phillips
Virginia Endocrinology, 3460 Mayland Court, Henrico; 2384 Colony Crossing Place, Midlothian, 804-423-3636
Kelsey Salley
Virginia Endocrinology, 2384 Colony Crossing Place, Midlothian; 804-423-3636
Edmond (Trey) Wickham
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 2305 N. Parham Road; 804828-CHOR (2467)
FAMILY/GENERAL PRACTICE J. Rand Baggesen
Executive Health Group, by referral only, executive.md
Caroline Cella
Primary Health Group – Johnston-Willis,
Richard L. Gergoudis
Giancarlo Pierantoni VCU Health at Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court, 804-527-4540
Bradley J. Rolfe
Commonwealth Primary Care Ridgefield, 2200 Pump Road, Suite 100, 804-741-7141
Jennifer B. Humberson UVA Pediatric Specialty Care, St. Mary’s Hospital Campus, 5875 Bremo Road, Suite 500, 804-297-3055
Ray Lewandowski
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; 804828-CHOR (2467)
John Quillin
VCU Massey Cancer Center, 401 College St., 800-762-6161
GASTROENTEROLOGY
GERIATRIC MEDICINE
Gastrointestinal Specialists Inc., 6602 W. Broad St., Suite B, 804-285-8206
VCU Health Center for Advanced Health Management, 2116 W. Laburnum Ave., 804-254-3500
Souheil Abou-Assi
Stephen Bickston
VCU Health Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St., 804-828-4060
Ramy Eid
Gastrointestinal Specialists Inc., 201 Wadsworth Drive, 804-285-8206
Howard O. Haverty Jr. Richmond Gastroenterology Associates, 169 Wadsworth Drive, 804-560-9852
Robert Mitchell
Mitchell Endoscopy Center, 27605 Forest Ave., Suite 211, 804-282-3114
Bimaljit Sandhu
Richmond Gastroenterology Associates, 169 Wadsworth Drive, 804-560-9852
George Smallfield
VCU Health at Stony Point 9109, 9109 Stony Point Drive, 804-828-4060
GENETICS
Hind Al Saif Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
Peter Boling
Sarah Hobgood
VCU Health Center for Advanced Health Management, 2116 W. Laburnum Ave., 804-254-3500
GYNECOLOGY/ OBSTETRICS (GENERAL) Alice J. Hirata
Bon Secours Richmond OB-GYN, 1501 Maple Ave., Suite 100, NW Bldg. 1, 804-320-2483
Christine Isaacs
VCU Health, Stony Point 9105, 9105 Stony Point Parkway; Adult Outpatient Pavilion, 1001 E. Leigh St.; 804-828-4409
Nicole Karjane
VCU Health, Stony Point 9105, 9105 Stony Point Parkway; Adult Outpatient Pavilion, 1001 E. Leigh St.; 804-828-4409
Thomas Mead
Dominion Women’s Health, Dominion Medical Park, 8239 Meadowbridge Road, Suite A, Mechanics-
(cont’d)
ville, 804-730-0800
Vienne Murray
West End Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7601 Forest Ave., Suite 100, 804-282-9479
HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY Elke K. Friedman
Virginia Cancer Institute, 6605 W. Broad St., Suite A, 804-287-3000
M. Kelly Hagan
Virginia Cancer Institute, 7501 Right Flank Road, Suite 600, Mechanicsville, 804-559-2489
James T. May III
Virginia Cancer Institute, 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 100, 804-330-7990
Rachna Raman
Bon Secours Cancer Institute at St. Mary’s Hospital, 5875 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 209, 804-287-7804
Will Voelzke
Virginia Cancer Institute, 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 100, 804-330-7990
HEPATOLOGY Hannah Lee
VCU Health, 1200 E. Marshall St., 804-828-4060
Arun Sanyal
VCU Health, 1200 E. Marshall St., 804-828-4060
Mitchell L. Shiffman Bon Secours Liver Institute of Richmond, 5855 Bremo Road, Suite 509, 804-977-8920
Mohammad S. Siddiqui
VCU Health, 1200 E. Marshall St., 804-828-4060
Richard Sterling
VCU Health, 1200 E. Marshall St., 804-828-4060
GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY
Oncology, Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute, 7607 Forest Ave., Suite 200, 804-200-7062
Jori Carter
Women’s Cancer and Wellness Institute, 9101 Stony Point Drive; 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 1100, North Chesterfield; 804-323-5040
Johnny Hyde Jr.
Bon Secours Commonwealth Gynecologic Oncology, 5875 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite G-7, 804-288-8900
Stephanie Sullivan
VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St., 804-828-9080
Randal J. West
Women’s Cancer and Wellness Institute, 9101 Stony Point Drive; Johnston-Willis Hospital, 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 1100, North Chesterfield; 804-323-5040
HOSPICE CARE Erin Alesi
VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St., 804-828-5116
Marc William Flickinger
Medical director of Bon Secours Hospice and Palliative Care, 8580 Magellan Parkway, Suite 200, 804-627-5360
Cara Jennings
Bon Secours Palliative Medicine, 5855 Bremo Road, MOB North, Suite 403, 804-288COPE (2673)
Danielle Noreika
VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St., 804-828-7999
Cecelia H. Boardman Virginia Gynecologic Yellow highlight denotes top vote-getter in category.
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TOP DOCS 2022 WINNERS Leanne Yanni
Diane S. Sinnatamby
Vice president, medical affairs, Bon Secours Richmond
Bon Secours Laburnum Medical Center, 8220 Meadowbridge Road, Suite 203, Mechanicsville, 804-764-2200
HOSPITALISTADULT Margaret Guy
VCU Health, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St., 804-828-2161
Brian Hanrahan
System medical director, HCA Richmond; HCA Chippenham Hospital (CJW Medical Center), 7101 Jahnke Road, 804-483-0000
Ahmed Kardar
Facility medical director of hospitalist medicine, Bon Secours Southside Medical Center, Petersburg, Alteon Health
Muktak Mathur
Sound Physicians, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospitalist Program, 5801 Bremo Road, 804-285-2011
Philip Rizk
Henrico Doctors’ Hospital Hospitalist Program, 7700 E. Parham Road, 804-521-5317
HYPERBARIC MEDICINE
Joseph V. Boykin Jr. Medical director, wound healing program, Section of Plastic Surgery, Central Virginia VA Health Care System, 1201 Broad Rock Blvd., 804-675-5000
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
James W. Brooks Jr. Infectious Diseases Specialists P.C., 7605 Forest Ave., Suite 302, 804-285-1833
David M. Rowles
Infectious Diseases Specialists P.C., 7605 Forest Ave., Suite 302, 804-285-1833
Michael Stevens
VCU Health, Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St., 804-828-2161
Sarika S. Tripathi
Commonwealth Infectious Diseases, 804-833-5765
INTENSIVIST Lisa Brath
VCU Health, Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St., 800-762-6161
Ken Haft
Pulmonary Associates of Richmond, 6600 W. Broad St., No. 300, 804-320-4243
Feras Khan
Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, 1602 Skipwith Road, 804-289-4500
Sarah K. Kilbourne Chippenham Hospital, 7101 Jahnke Road, 804-483-0000
Rajiv Malhotra
Chippenham Hospital, 7101 Jahnke Road, 804-4830000; Henrico Doctors Hospital, 1602 Skipwith Road, 804-289-4500
Kristin B. Miller
VCU Health, Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St., 800-762-6161
Robert Ratzlaff
Sound Physicians, system director of critical care, Bon Secours Richmond
John Sentz
Pulmonary Associates of Richmond, 6600 W. Broad St., No. 300, 804-320-4243
417 N. 11th St., 804-828-9357
Amelia Grover
VCU Health, VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St.; Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; 804-628-3111
Christophe P. Hayes
Bon Secours West End Internal Medicine, 7001 Forest Ave., Suite 2500, 804-282-7857
Sidney Jones
Bon Secours West End Internal Medicine, 7001 Forest Ave., Suite 2500, 804-282-7857
Jeff Kushinka
VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St., 804828-9357
Anand Lothe
Virginia Physicians Inc., Innsbrook Primary Care, 4900 Cox Road, Suite 150, Glen Allen, 804-346-1780
Jonathan Schaaf
Executive Health Group, by referral only, executive.md
MATERNALFETAL MEDICINE/ HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY James Taylor Christmas
Commonwealth Perinatal Services, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, 7601 Forest Ave., Suite 336, 804-289-4972; Commonwealth Perinatal Services, Johnston-Willis Hospital, 1051 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 110, 804-560-5827
Susan Lanni
INTERNAL MEDICINE
VCU Health, Stony Point 9105, 9105 Stony Point Parkway; Adult Outpatient Pavilion, 1001 E. Leigh St.; 804-828-4409
VCU Health,
VCU Health,
Amanda George
Ronald Ramus
(cont’d)
Stony Point 9105, 9105 Stony Point Parkway; Adult Outpatient Pavilion, 1001 E. Leigh St.; 804-828-4409
Todd Gehr
Amandeep Sangha
VCU Health, Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St.; Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; 804-828-2161
Bon Secours Neurology Clinic at St. Mary’s, 5855 Bremo Road, Suite 207, 804-893-8656
VCU Health, Stony Point 9105, 9105 Stony Point Parkway; Adult Outpatient Pavilion, 1001 E. Leigh St.; 804-828-4409
Jason Kidd
Edward H. Springel
Lisa R. Troyer
Commonwealth Perinatal Services, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, 7601 Forest Ave., Suite 336, 804-289-4972; Commonwealth Perinatal Services, Johnston-Willis Hospital, 1051 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 110, 804-560-5827
NEONATALPERINATAL MEDICINE Jenny Fox
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804-828-9956
Ann Heerens
Director of neonatology, Bon Secours Richmond; Pediatrix Medical Group of Richmond; Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital NICU, third floor, 5801 Bremo Road, 804-282-8082
Karen HendricksMunoz
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804-828-9956
Russell Moores
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804-828-9956
Art Shepard
Neonatologist and medical director, HCA Henrico Doctors’ Hospital
NEPHROLOGY
Walid Abou Assi Nephrology Specialists, 8400 North Run Medical Drive, Suite B, 804-559-6980
VCU Health at Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St.; 804-828-2161
Srikanth R. Kunaparaju
Richmond Nephrology Associates, 7001 W. Broad St., Suite A, 804-673-2722
Brian Peppiatt
Richmond Nephrology Associates, 671 Hioaks Road, Suite B, 804-272-5814
NEUROLOGY
Matthew Boyce Neurological Associates, 1101 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 200, 804-2882742; 7607 Forest Ave., Suite 300, 804-288-2742
Stacey Epps
Bon Secours Neurology Clinic, 8266 Atlee Road, MOB II, Suite 330, Mechanicsville, 804-325-8720
Warren Felton
VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St.; Short Pump Pavilion, 11958 W. Broad St., 804-828-9350
Kelly G. Gwathmey
VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St.; Short Pump Pavilion, 11958 W. Broad St., 804-828-9350
Mary Beth Ramsey
Neurological Associates, 7607 Forest Ave., Suite 300, 804-288-2742
Mary Ransom
Bon Secours Neurology Clinic at St. Mary’s, 5855 Bremo Road, Suite 207, 804-893-8656
Scott A. Vota
Bon Secours Neurology Clinic, 8266 Atlee Road, MOB II, Suite 330, Mechanicsville, 804-325-8720
NEUROSURGERY
Peter A. Alexander Neurosurgical Associates, 1651 N. Parham Road, 804-288-8204
R. Scott Graham
VCU Health, Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St.; Short Pump Pavilion, 11958 W. Broad St.; 804-828-9165
Kathryn Holloway
VCU Health, Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St.; Short Pump Pavilion, 11958 W. Broad St.; 804-828-9165
Matthew T. Mayr
Neurosurgical Associates, 1651 N. Parham Road, 804-288-8204
Richard H. Singleton Neurosurgical Associates, 1011 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 100, 804-330-4990
NURSE PRACTITIONER Annabel Britton
HCA CJW Medical Center, 7101 Jahnke Road, 804-483-0000
Caylee Cook
Richmond Pediatric Associates, 7521 Right Flank Road, Suite 100, Mechanicsville, 804-559-0447; 9900 Independence Park Drive, Suite 100, 804-747-1750
Tim Ford
VCU Health, 1300 E. Marshall St., 800-762-6161
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TOP DOCS 2022 WINNERS Amy Foster
D. Michael Rose
Virginia Cancer Institute, 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 100, 804-330-7990
Virginia Surgical Institute, 10710 Midlothian Turnpike, Suite 138, 804-348-2814
Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists, 7611 Forest Ave. Suites 100 and 100-A, 804-288-4827
James Gill
Bon Secours Surgical Specialists at St. Mary’s Hospital, 5855 Bremo Road, MOB North, Suite 506, 804-893-8676
Sound Physicians, Critical Care, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital
OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGERY
Andrea (Andi) Funai
Sarah Ro
BetterMed Urgent Care, seven sites in metro Richmond, 804-386-0200
Charlotte Roberts
VCU Health, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-628-4327
Chelsea Snead
West End Foot & Ankle, 7650 E. Parham Road, Suite 215, 804-346-1779
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE Joseph Andriano
HCA Occupational Health; Retreat Doctors’ Hospital, 2621 Grove Ave., 804-254-5467; HCA CJW Medical Center, 7153 Jahnke Road, 804-483-1708
ONCOLOGIC SURGERY
Leopoldo Fernandez VCU Health, VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St.; Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; 804-628-3111
Amelia Grover
VCU Health, VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St.; Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; 804-828-7739
Brian Kaplan
Formerly VCU Health, VCU Massey Cancer Center
Michael White
William Benson
VCU Health, Stony Point Medical Office Building, 8700 Stony Point Parkway, 804-828-9315
Vikram Brar
VCU Health, Nelson Clinic, 401 N. 11th St.; Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; 804-828CHOR (2467)
Joseph D. Iuorno
Commonwealth Eye Care Associates, 3855 Gaskins Road, 804-217-6363
Jessica Randolph
VCU Health, Stony Point Medical Office Building, 8700 Stony Point Parkway; Nelson Clinic, 401 N. 11th St.; 804-828-9315
Evan Silverstein
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health Stony Point Medical Office Building, 8700 Stony Point Parkway; 804828-CHOR (2467)
OPTOMETRY
Patricia A. Daylor Family Vision Care of Richmond, 4114 Innslake Drive, Glen Allen, 804-217-9883
Kyra Dorgeloh
VCU Health Stony Point Medical Office Building, 8700 Stony Point Parkway, 804-828-9315
Shawn H. Hobbs
Commonwealth Eye Care Associates,
3855 Gaskins Road, 804-217-6363
Jeff Michaels
Family Vision Care of Richmond, 4114 Innslake Drive, Glen Allen, 804-217-9883
Gerald Neidigh Jr. Grove Eye Care, 3601 Grove Ave., 804-353-3937
Ashley Parsons
Grove Eye Care, 3601 Grove Ave., 804-353-3937
Lenna Walker
VCU Health Stony Point Medical Office Building, 8700 Stony Point Parkway; Nelson Clinic, 401 N. 11th St.; 804-828-9315
ORTHOPEDICSGENERAL Greg Golladay
VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St.; Short Pump Pavilion, 11958 W. Broad St.; 804-828-7069
Mark M. Jones
OrthoVirginia, 1400 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite A, 804-379-8088
Stephen L. Kates
VCU Health, Adult Outpatient Pavilion, 1001 E. Leigh St., 804-828-7069
Paul G. Kiritsis
OrthoVirginia, 1400 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite A, 804-379-8088
William E. “Bill” Nordt OrthoVirginia, 7650 E. Parham Road, Suite 100, 804-288-3136
OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGERY Brian Fishero
Commonwealth Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists, 5875 Bremo Road, South Medical Building, Suite 212, 804-525-4231
Julie Kerr
Commonwealth Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists,
5875 Bremo Road, South Medical Building, Suite 212, 804-525-4231
James T. May
Virginia Ear Nose & Throat, 3450 Mayland Court; 7485 Right Flank Road, Suite 210, Mechanicsville; 161 Wadsworth Drive, Midlothian; 4700 Puddledock Road, Suite 100, Prince George; 804-484-3700
Evan Reiter
VCU Health Nelson Clinic, 401 N. 11th St.; VCU Health at Stony Point 9109, 9109 Stony Point Drive; VCU Massey Cancer Center, 1300 E. Marshall St.; 804-762-6161
Wayne Shaia
The Balance and Ear Center, 10200 Three Chopt Road, 804-288-3277
PAIN MANAGEMENT John Barsanti
Commonwealth Spine & Pain Specialists, Medical Office Building Northwest, 1501 Maple Ave., Suite 301, 804-288-7246
Andrew W. Chapman VCU Health, Short Pump Pavilion, 11958 W. Broad St., 800-762-6161
Peter Duke Crane
CJW Pain Management, 1011 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 230, 804-267-6820
Yaoming Gu
National Spine & Pain Centers, 1630 Wilkes Ridge Parkway, 804-270-7262
Stephen P. Long
Commonwealth Spine & Pain Specialists, Medical Office Building Northwest, 1501 Maple Ave., Suite 301, 804-288-7246
Benjamin G. Seeman
Integrative Pain Specialists, 6900 Forest Ave., Suite 310, 804-249-8888
(cont’d)
PALLIATIVE CARE Erin Alesi
VCU Health, VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St., 804-828-5116
Virginia Boothe
Bon Secours Palliative Medicine, 5855 Bremo Road, MOB North, Suite 403, 804-288COPE (2673)
Amy Foster
Virginia Cancer Institute, 1401 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite 100, 804-330-7990
Cara Jennings
Bon Secours Palliative Medicine, 5855 Bremo Road, MOB North, Suite 403, 804-288COPE (2673)
Kelly Lastrapes
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-2467; medical director, Bon Secours Noah’s Children, 5855 Bremo Road, Suite 703; 804-287-7686
Danielle Noreika
VCU Health, VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St., 804-828-7999
Meera Pahuja
VCU Health, VCU Massey Cancer Center, North Hospital, 1300 E. Marshall St., 804-828-7999
Vidya Raghavan
Bon Secours Palliative Medicine, 5855 Bremo Road, MOB North, Suite 403, 804-288COPE (2673)
Leanne Yanni
Vice president, medical affairs, Bon Secours Richmond
Secours St. Mary’s Hospital, Monument Pathologists, 5801 Bremo Road, 804-281-8100
Woon Chow
VCU Health, 1200 E. Marshall St., 800-762-6161
Dharam M. Ramnani Virginia Urology, 9101 Stony Point Drive, 804-330-9105
Kimberly Sanford
VCU Health, 1200 E. Marshall St., 800-762-6161
Steven Smith
VCU Health, 1200 E. Marshall St., 800-762-6161
John W. Turner
Forward Pathology Solutions, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, 1602 Skipwith Road; Johnston-Willis Hospital, 1401 Johnston Willis Drive; 804-483-5146
PEDIATRIC ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
Stephanie Crewe Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Mayland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; 804828-CHOR (2467)
An Pham
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Maryland Medical Center, 3470 Mayland Court; 804828-CHOR (2467)
Charles Terry
RVA Pediatrics, 10410 Ridgefield Parkway, 804-754-3776; 7000 Patterson Ave., 804-282-9706; 14400 Sommerville Court, Midlothian, 804-379-5437
PATHOLOGY
PEDIATRIC ALLERGY/ IMMUNOLOGY
Department chair for pathology, Bon
Allergy Partners of Richmond, 7605
Cliff Lee Bridges
Michael Blumberg
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TOP DOCS 2022 WINNERS
(cont’d)
Brad McQuilkin
Anil R. Kumar
Juan Villalona
Clifton C. Lee
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Bremo Road, 5855 Bremo Road; 804828-CHOR (2467)
Bon Secours Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Associates, 5875 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 306, 804-281-8303
Pediatric Gastroenterology of Richmond, The Highland II Medical Office Building, 7229 Forest Ave., Suite 106, 804-888-7337
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-828-0951
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Chesterfield Meadows, 6433 Centralia Road; 804828-CHOR (2467)
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 2305 N. Parham Road, 804-828CHOR (2467)
PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY/ ONCOLOGY
RVA Allergy, 7229 Forest Ave., Suite 104, 804-285-5000 Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
Richmond Emergency Physicians, medical director, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department, 5855 Bremo Road, Suite 210, 804-287-7066
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Chesterfield Meadows, 6433 Centralia Road; 804828-CHOR (2467)
Richmond Emergency Physicians, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital Emergency Department, 5855 Bremo Road, Suite 210, 804-287-7066
Forest Ave., Suite 103, 804-288-0055
Anne-Marie Irani
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
Santhosh Kumar
Kelley von Elten
Brant Ward
Wei Zhao
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY Douglas Allen
UVA Pediatric Cardiology Richmond, 5875 Bremo Road, Suite 500, 804-297-3055
Kerri Carter
Robin Foster
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804-828-9111
Randall Geldreich
Chris Johnson
Frank Petruzella
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804-828-9111
Jonathan Silverman Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804-828-9111
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Ridgefield Parkway, 2200 Pump Road; 804828-CHOR (2467)
Chris Woleben
Children’s National Hospital Cardiology Richmond, 7603 Forest Ave., Suite 401, 804-285-1611
Anshu Gupta
Mary L. Falterman
Scott D. Gullquist
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; VCU Health at Ridgefield Parkway, 2200 Pump Road; 804828-CHOR (2467)
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1213 E. Clay St., 804-828-9111
PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 2305 N. Parham Road, 804-828CHOR (2467)
Elna Kochummen
Bon Secours Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Associates, 5875 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 306, 804-287-7322
Bryce Nelson
Mareen Thomas
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 2305 N. Parham Road, 804-828CHOR (2467)
Francis Tintani
Bon Secours Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Associates, 5875 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 306, 804-281-8303
Edmond (Trey) Wickham
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St.; Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 2305 N. Parham Road; 804828-CHOR (2467)
Madhu Gowda
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Massey Cancer Center, Children’s Pavilion, 1000 E. Broad St., 804828-CHOR (2467)
Jordyn Griffin
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467), VCU Massey Cancer Center
Mariekea Helou
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467), VCU Massey Cancer Center
Gita V. Massey
David Marcello
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-828-0951
Matthew Schefft
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-0951
Ashlie Tseng
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-0951
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Jeffrey Donowitz Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
David J. Friedel
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467), VCU Massey Cancer Center
India Y. Sisler
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
Bon Secours Pediatric Gastroenterology Associates, 5855 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 605, 804-281-8303
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-CHOR (2467), VCU Massey Cancer Center
William C. Koch
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIST
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
Carl B. Rountree Jr.
Praveen K.C. Selvakumar
Bon Secours Pediatric Gastroenterology Associates, 5855 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 605, 804-281-8303
Flora Szabo
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
Narendra Vadlamudi Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
Elizabeth Aarons pediatric hospitalist, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital, 5801 Bremo Road, 804-281-8222, clinical faculty of Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Christine Cook
pediatric hospitalist, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital, 5801 Bremo Road, 804-281-8222, clinical faculty of Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Emily Godbout
Suzanne R. Lavoie
Beth C. Marshall
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
PEDIATRIC INTENSIVIST
Arif Syed Alam HCA Chippenham Hospital Sheridan Children’s Healthcare, 7101 Jahnke
Road, Suite 735, 804-483-2720
Kara D. Greenfield Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-828-0951
Eric Jarandeh
HCA Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, 1602 Skipwith Road, 804-289-4500
Oliver Karam
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-828-0951
Mark Marinello
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1250 E. Marshall St., 804-828-0951
Michael Miller
Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital PICU medical director, 5801 Bremo Road, 804-281-8222; clinical faculty of Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
Timothy Bunchman Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
Megan Lo
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
Winslow J. Borkowski Jr. Bon Secours Pediatric Neurology Clinic, 5875 Bremo Road, MOB South, Suite 303, 804-281-8303
Amy Harper
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
Lawrence D. Morton Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
Yellow highlight denotes top vote-getter in category.
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TOP DOCS 2022 WINNERS SURGERY (ORTHOPEDIC)
N. Douglas Boardman VCU Health, Short Pump Pavilion, 11958 W. Broad St.; Stony Point 9000, 9000 Stony Point Parkway; 804-828-7069
Greg Golladay
VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St.; Short Pump Pavilion, 11958 W. Broad St.; Stony Point 9000, 9000 Stony Point Parkway; 804-828-7069
Mark M. Jones
William E. “Bill” Nordt
Jed Vanichkachorn
Rachit Shah
Adrian Cotterell
OrthoVirginia, 7650 E. Parham Road, Suite 100, 804-288-3136
Bon Secours Tuckahoe Orthopaedics, 1501 Maple Ave., Suite 200, 804-285-2300
VCU Health, Stony Point 9000, 9000 Stony Point Parkway, 800-762-6161
VCU Health, Hume-Lee Transplant Center, 1200 E. Marshall St., 804-828-4104; Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828CHOR (2467)
SURGERY (SPINE) Brian Cameron
VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St.; Short Pump Pavilion, 11958 W. Broad St.; 804-828-9165
Adam Crowl
OrthoVirginia, 13801 St. Francis Blvd., Suite 200, Midlothian, 804-379-2414
Matthew T. Mayr
OrthoVirginia, 1400 Johnston Willis Drive, Suite A, 804-379-8088
Neurosurgical Associates, 1651 N. Parham Road, 804-288-8204
VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St, 804828-7069
VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St., 804828-7069
Stephen L. Kates
(cont’d)
Rick J. Placide
SURGERY (THORACIC)
Graham Bundy Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates, 7611 Forest Ave., Suite 250, 804-282-8777
Anthony Cassano VCU Health, Stony Point 9000, 9000 Stony Point Parkway; Ambulatory Care Center, 417 N. 11th St.; 800-762-6161
Leo Gazoni
Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates, 7101 Jahnke Road, Suite 500, 804-320-2751
Daniel Woolley
Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates, 7101 Jahnke Road, Suite 500, 804-320-2751
SURGERY (TRANSPLANT) Kenneth Brown
Richmond Surgical Group, 7611 Forest Ave. Suite 300, 804-968-4435
David Bruno
VCU Health, Hume-Lee Transplant Center, 1200 E. Marshall St., 804828-4104; Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804828-CHOR (2467)
Ralph E. Layman
E. Marshall St.; 804828-4104; Stony Point 9109, 9109 Stony Point Drive, 804-828-4104
SURGERY (TRAUMA)
Michel Aboutanos VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St., 800-762-6161
Richmond Surgical Group, 7611 Forest Ave. Suite 300, 804-968-4435
Stanley Kurek
VCU Health, Hume-Lee Transplant Center, 1200 E. Marshall St.; Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, 1000 E. Broad St., 804-828-4104
Ralph E. Layman
TIE Marlon F. Levy
TIE Amit Sharma
VCU Health, Hume-Lee Transplant Center, 1200
Extant Trauma Surgery, 7101 Jahnke Road, Suite 260, 804-716-7758 Richmond Surgical Group, 7611 Forest Ave.; Suite 206, 804-968-4435
Stephan Walter Leichtle
VCU Health, 417 N. 11th St.; Short Pump Pavilion, 11958 W. Broad St., 800-762-6161
Yellow highlight denotes top vote-getter in category.
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