Monday, May 2, 2022
NEW LONDON, CT (May 2, 2022) Lawrence + Memorial Hospital affiliated physicians have been named among the state’s “Top Docs” in Connecticut magazine’s annual survey reported in its May 2022 issue.
Patrick L. Green, president and CEO of L+M, said the annual roster of the top physicians is always a chance to acknowledge the fine work of the hospital medial staff.
“Each year, it’s a source of pride to see so many of our doctors represented on the list,” he said. “We commend this year’s honorees. These outstanding doctors are examples of what I believe all L+M employees strive to give our patients – quality care and excellence.”
The “Top Docs’ list is compiled each year after the magazine sends out 5,000 questionnaires to physicians across Connecticut asking them to name specialists they’d send a loved one to for expert care. The top vote-getters make up the final list.
This year’s list of “Top Docs” from L+M includes:
Mary Ann Bentz, MD, dermatology; Mical Campbell, MD, gastroenterology; Francis Falck, MD, ophthalmology; Jon Gaudio, MD, cardiovascular disease; Alan Greenwald, MD, gastroenterology; Christopher Hutchins, MD, orthopedic surgery; Amzad Khan, MD, gastroenterology; Stephen Lattanzi, MD, hematology; Harry Ma, MD, vascular surgery; Geoffrey Nadzam, MD, bariatric surgery; Thomas Peter, MD, nephrology; Fred Santoro, MD, pediatrics; Eugene Sapozhnikov, MD, gastroenterology; George Yavorek, MD, colon and rectal surgery.
Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, a member of Yale New Haven Health, is a non-profit, 308-bed general and acute care hospital providing patient care to medical, surgical, pediatric, psychiatric and obstetrical patients in southeastern Connecticut and southern Rhode Island since 1912. Lawrence + Memorial offers cardiac acute, step-down and rehabilitation programs and is the only eastern Connecticut hospital that performs emergency and elective angioplasty. www.lmhospital.org
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