PAMED Award 2024 Top Physicians Under 40

Last Updated: Apr 24, 2024

Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) announces the recipients of its annual Top Physicians Under 40 awards. These annual awards are given out to the best of the best early career physicians, nominated by their peers, and selected by a committee of PAMED members.

“Our committee really had to work through a lot of great nominations this year, but these candidates stood out among the rest,” said Lynn Lucas-Fehm, MD, JD, PAMED president-elect and chair of the awards committee. “The future of medicine will shine bright with their passion for patient care and innovative ideas that will shape the future of medicine.”

  1. Rasha Abdulmassih, MD, Allegheny County, Infectious Disease (Internal Medicine)
  2. Blaise Abramovitz, DO, Allegheny County, Nephrology (Internal Medicine) 
  3. Blair Armstrong, MD, Montgomery County, Ophthalmology
  4. Irtaza Asar, DO, Erie County, Emergency Medicine
  5. Eric Balaban, MD, Montgomery County, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 
  6. Bhavna Bali, MD, Dauphin County, Internal Medicine
  7. Nicholas Bertoni, MD, Lancaster County, Emergency Medicine
  8. Tanmayee Bichile, MD, Allegheny County, Rheumatology (Internal Medicine) 
  9. Eisha Chopra, MD, Philadelphia County, Emergency Medicine
  10. Mary Cooper, MD, Allegheny County, Family Medicine
  11. Grace Ferguson, MD, Allegheny County, Obstetrics & Gynecology
  12. Molly Fisher, MD, Allegheny County, Internal Medicine
  13. Zachary Frosch, MD, Philadelphia County, Hematology & Medical Oncology
  14. Eric Ghiraldi, DO, Montgomery County, Urology
  15. Jay Idler, MD, Allegheny County, Obstetrics & Gynecology
  16. Deeksha Jandhyala, MD, Allegheny County, Infectious Disease (Internal Medicine)
  17. Alexandra Johnston, DO, Allegheny County, Internal Medicine
  18. Rebecca Kreston, MD, Philadelphia County, Emergency Medicine
  19. Lena Makaroun, MD, Allegheny County, Internal Medicine
  20. Mona Masood, DO, Bucks County, Addiction Psychiatry (Psychiatry)
  21. Don Mathew, MD, Allegheny County, Internal Medicine
  22. Roopa Naik, MD, Northeast Counties, Hospitalist
  23. Abhishek Nitturkar, MD, Franklin County, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (Psychiatry)
  24. Karthikeyan Ranganathan, MD, Allegheny County, Interventional Cardiology (Internal Medicine)
  25. Emily Scott, DO, Allegheny County, Sports Medicine (Family Medicine)
  26. Sepehr Sedigh Haghighat, MD, Philadelphia County, Emergency Medical Services
  27. Aaron  Shedlock, MD, Dauphin County, Pediatrics
  28. Nathan Shively, MD, Allegheny County, Infectious Disease (Internal Medicine)
  29. Brian Walkowski, MD, Indiana County, General Surgery
  30. Tyler VanDyck , MD, Allegheny County, Emergency Medicine

To be eligible for the award, physicians must be PAMED members under the age of 40. Learn more about this year’s winners at www.pamedsoc.org/top40.

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