2023 Top Doctors at Mass General for Children

Boston Magazine has named 82 physicians and surgeons affiliated Mass General for Children to its annual Top Doctors report. This award recognizes their commitment to providing outstanding, personalized care for infants, children and adolescents throughout the community. 

With more than 300 physicians, 50 medical specialties and 15 surgical services, Mass General for Children (MGfC) is an invaluable resource for the health-care needs of children and their families. With access to the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital, including innovative research and treatments, we have the expertise and experience — as well as the state-of-the-art facilities and technologies — to provide exceptional care for our patients.

The following doctors from Mass General for Children are included in the 2023 list:

Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

• Scott E. Hadland, MD, MPH, MS
• Jennifer Rosenblum, MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• Annah Abrams, MD
• Khadijah Booth Watkins, MD, MPH
• Paula K. Rauch, MD

Food Allergy Center

• Michael L. Pistiner, MD, MSc

Lurie Center for Autism

• Yamini J. Howe, MD
• Christopher J. Keary, MD
• Christopher J. McDougle, MD
• Ann M. Neumeyer, MD
• Michelle L. Palumbo, MD
• Diana Wasserman, MD

Medical Genetics

• Paula Goldenberg, MD, MSW, MSCE
• Angela Lin, MD
• Catherine B. Nowak, MD
• Barbara Pober, MD
• David Sweetser, MD, PhD
• Ronald Thibert, DO, MSPH

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

• Aleena Banerji, MD
• Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc
• Michelle Conroy, MD
• Paul Hesterberg, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

• Oscar Benavidez, MD
• Manuella Lahoud-Rahme, MD

Pediatric Dermatology

• Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD
• Daniela Kroshinsky, MD, MPH

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

• Kevin Schwartz, MD

Pediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Center

• Paul Boepple, MD
• Madhusmita Misra, MD
• Takara Stanley, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

• Jeffrey Biller, MD
• Alessio Fasano, MD
• Kriston A. Ganguli, MD, PhD
• Esther J. Israel, MD
• Jess Kaplan, MD
• Maureen Leonard, MD
• Victoria M. Martin, MD
• Christopher Moran, MD
• Marcella Radano, MD
• Harland Winter, MD
• Qian Yuan, MD, PhD

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

• David Ebb, MD
• Alison Friedmann, MD
• Eric Grabowski, MD, ScD
• David Sweetser, MD, PhD

Pediatric Hospital Medicine

• Lindsay P. Carter, MD

Pediatric Infectious Disease and Immunodeficiencies

• Vandana L. Madhavan, MD, MPH
• Mark Pasternack, MD

Pediatric Nephrology

• Lawrence S. Milner, MBBCH
• Elahna Paul, MD, PhD
• Weizhen Tan, MD

Pediatric Neurology

• Kevin Staley, MD
• Elizabeth Thiele, MD, PhD

Pediatric Neurosurgery

• William Butler, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmology

• Melanie Kazlas, MD

Pediatric Orthopaedics

• Maurice Albright, MD
• Brian Grottkau, MD
• Gleeson Rebello, MBBS

Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

• Branko Bojovic, MD

Pediatric Otolaryngology

• Christopher Hartnick, MD

Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

• Kyle Eberlin, MD

Pediatric Primary Care

• Alexy Arauz Boudreau, MD, MPH
• Marjorie Curran, MD
• Erin Mahoney Briones, MD
• Dan Hall, MD
• Susan Hata, MD
• Richard E. Mizner, MD
• Shannon Scott-Vernaglia, MD

Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine

• Anna L. Cook, MD
• Mary Shannon Fracchia, MD
• T. Bernard Kinane, MD
• Benjamin Nelson, MD
• Lael Yonker, MD

Pediatric Rheumatology

• Dan Brown, MD, PhD

Pediatric Surgery

• Daniel Doody, MD
• Allan Goldstein, MD
• David Lawlor, MD
• Daniel Ryan, MD

Pediatric Trauma Services

• Peter Masiakos, MD

Pediatric Urology

• Beth A. Drzewiecki, MD
• Jack Elder, MD

Proton Center

• Torunn I. Yock, MD

Other Awards

Nora Abo-Sido, MD, an Internal Medicine-Pediatrics resident, has been honored with the 2022 Association of Med-Peds Program Administrators Walter W. Tunnessen, Jr., MD, Award from the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine. The award recognizes a graduating med-peds resident who has demonstrated compassion, altruism and outstanding communication skills with patients and families and who has showed awareness and advocacy of the impact that the larger community has on the health of children and adults.

Susan Hata, MD, of Pediatric Primary Care, received the 2021 MGfC Mentoring in Excellence Award in recognition of her outstanding mentoring and contributions to the professional development of MGfC faculty and trainees.

Fatima Cody-Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, of the Pediatric and Adult Weight Center and Pediatric Endocrinology, received the 2021 Mentoring for Diversity and Inclusion Award from the Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH) in recognition of meaningful, sustained mentorship to young investigators from underrepresented in medicine backgrounds (URM) in the fields of nutrition, obesity and metabolism.