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Children's Hospital is proud of its Medical Staff members on the Best Doctors List.

patel.hitendra.best_doctor_2009Of the 180 physicians on The East Bay’s Best Doctors list in Oakland magazine, 53 are on the Medical Staff of Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland.

One of the five sharing their stories on highlighted pages is Hitendra Patel, MD, Children’s Cardiology division director.

Oakland magazine’s list was compiled by Best Doctors Inc., founded in 1989 by physicians at Harvard University’s medical school. Best Doctors creates its list by asking physicians across the county who they think are the best in a variety of specialties.

Allergy and Immunology
Michael A. Le Noir, MD
Comprehensive Allergy Services
Oakland, CA
(510) 834-4897

Pediatric Anesthesiology
Maurine Heard, MD
Anesthesiology
(510) 428-3070

Kristen L. Johnson, MD
Anesthesiology
(510) 428-3070

Richard W. Rowe, MD
Anesthesiology
(510) 428-3070


Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Olaf Reinhartz, MD
Cardiac Surgery
(510) 428-3380


Pediatric Cardiology
Kishor Avasarala, MD
Cardiology
(510) 428-3380


Casey Culbertson, MD
Cardiology
(510) 428-3380

James Gregg Helton, MD
Cardiology
(510) 428-3380

Gregory H. Kurio, MD
Cardiology
(510) 428-3380

Kathleen Newkumet, MD
Cardiology
(510) 428-3380

Hitendra T. Patel, MD
Cardiology
(510) 428-3380


Howard Rosenfeld, MD
Cardiology
(510) 428-3380

Ziad Saba, MD
Department of Cardiology
(510) 428-3380

Pediatric Critical Care
Natalie Cvijanovich, MD
Critical Care
(510) 428-3710

Heidi Rosanna Flori, MD
Critical Care
(510) 428-3710

James H. Hanson, MD
Critical Care
(510) 428-3710

Vivienne Newman, MD
Critical Care
(510) 428-3710

Arup Roy-Burman, MD
Critical Care
(510) 428-3710

Pediatric Endocrinology
Susan C. Conrad, MD
Endocrinology
(510) 428-3654

Soffia G. Jonasdottir, MD
Endocrinology
(510) 428-3654

Jennifer Ann Olson, MD
Endocrinology
(510) 428-3654

Pediatric Gastroenterology
Elizabeth Gleghorn, MD
Gastroenterology
(510) 428-3058


Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
James H. Feusner, MD
Hematology & Oncology
(510) 428-3372

Caroline Hastings, MD
Hematology & Oncology
(510) 428-3372

Bertram H. Lubin, MD
Hematology & Oncology/CHORI
(510) 450-7601

Elliott P. Vichinsky, MD
Hematology & Oncology
(510) 428-3372

Pediatric Infectious Disease
Parvin H. Azimi, MD
Infectious Diseases
(510) 428-3336

Ann Petru, MD
Infectious Diseases
(510) 428-3336

Pediatric Nephrology
Barbara B. Botelho, MD
Nephrology
(510) 428-3335



Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Peter Sun, MD
Neurosurgery
(510) 428-3319

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Scott A. Hoffinger, MD
Orthopaedics
(510) 428-3238

Pediatric Otolaryngology
Frederick Rosen, MD
Otorhinolaryngology
(510) 428-3233

Pediatric Pulmonology
Karen Hardy, MD
Pulmonary Medicine
(510) 428-3209

Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Karen Hardy, MD
Sleep Lab/Pulmonary Medicine
(510) 428-3209

Pediatric Specialist/Abused Children

James Edward Crawford, MD
Center for Child Protection
(510) 428-3742

Pediatric Specialist/Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Barbara Staggers, MD
Adolescent Medicine
(510) 428-3387

Pediatric Specialist/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Herbert A. Schreier, MD
Psychiatry
(510) 428-3571

Pediatric Specialist/ Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
David J. Durand, MD
Neonatology
(510) 428-3276

Pediatric Surgery

James M. Betts, MD
Sugery
(510) 428-3022

Olajire Idowu, MD
Surgery
(510) 428-3022

Pediatric Thoracic Surgery
Olaf Reinhartz, MD
Cardiology
(510) 428-3380


Pediatric Urology
James M. Betts, MD
Urology
(510) 428-3022


Pediatrics/General

Myles B. Abbott, MD
Primary Care
East Bay Pediatrics
(925) 254-9203

Arnold J. Blustein, MD
Primary Care
San Leandro, CA

(510) 352-2425

Patricia A. Chase, MD
Primary Care
(510) 428-3226

James G. "Jim" Cuthbertson, MD
Primary Care
Berkeley Pediatric Medical Group
(510) 848-2566

James R. Eitel, MD
Primary Care
La Clinica de la Raza
(510) 535-3500

Mika Hiramatsu, MD
Primary Care
Castro Valley Pediatrics
(510) 581-1446

Jane E. Hunter, MD
Primary Care
Pediatric Medical Group
(510) 849-1744

Olivia Lang, MD
Primary Care
Berkeley Pediatric Medical Group
(510) 848-2566

Richard L. Oken, MD
Primary Care
East Bay Pediatrics
(925) 438-1100

Daniel L. Robbins, MD
Primary Care
Lamorinda Pediatrics Medical Group
(925) 284-1800

Robin Winokur, MD
Primary Care
Kiwi Pediatrics Medical Group
(510) 652-1720


Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Robert Haining, MD
Pediatric Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine
(510) 428-3655

Plastic Surgery
Michael G. Cedars, MD
Oakland, CA
(510) 763-2662

 

 

 

 

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