More than 100 UChicago Medicine physicians named to Chicago magazine’s ‘Cancer Fighters’ list

More than 100 physicians from the University of Chicago Medicine were named to Chicago magazine's The Cancer Fighters list — the most of any hospital system in the six-county Chicago area.

The 120 UChicago Medicine and UChicago Medicine AdventHealth doctors represent 27 different cancer specialties.

This recognition comes as UChicago Medicine prepares to open its seven-story, 575,000-square-foot AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion in Hyde Park in April 2027.

The Cancer Fighters list is compiled by a physician-led team of researchers from Castle Connolly Top Doctors. Their rigorous screening process starts with nominations from licensed physicians.

Candidates are assessed based on professional qualifications, education, hospital and faculty appointments, research leadership, professional reputation, disciplinary history and interpersonal skills. The list was published in Chicago magazine's January 2026 issue.

The UChicago Medicine doctors listed are:

Cardiovascular Disease

• Jeanne DeCara, MD

Dermatology

• Diana Bolotin, MD, PhD
• Arlene Ruiz de Luzuriaga, MD, MPH, MBA
• Christopher R Shea

Diagnostic Radiology

• Paul Chang, MD
• Abraham H. Dachman, MD
• Gregory S. Stacy, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

• Ronald N. Cohen, MD
• Brian Kim, MD
• David H. Sarne, MD

Gastroenterology

• Uzma D. Siddiqui, MD

Gynecologic Oncology

• Nita Karnik Lee, MD, MPH
• Katherine Kurnit, MD, MPH
• Ernst R. Lengyel, MD, PhD
• Kathryn Mills, MD
• Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD
• Sudarshan Sharma, MD
• S. Diane Yamada, MD

Hematology

• Michael Drazer, MD, PhD
• Richard A. Larson, MD
• Wendy Stock, MD
• Michael J. Thirman, MD

Hospice & Palliative Medicine

• Monica Malec, MD

Medical Oncology

• Christine Bestvina, MD
• Michael R. Bishop, MD
• Janet Chin, MD
• Kenneth Cohen, MD
• Jay S. Dalal, MD (UChicago Medicine AdventHealth)
• Christopher Daugherty, MD
• Ben Derman, MD
• Gini Fleming, MD
• Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD
• Srilata Gundala, MD (UChicago Medicine AdventHealth)
• Rekha Harting, MD (UChicago AdventHealth)
• Andrzej Jakubowiak, MD, PhD
• Hedy Lee Kindler, MD
• Justin Kline, MD
• Satyajit Kosuri, MD
• Arti Lakhani, MD (UChicago Medicine AdventHealth)
• Chih-Yi “Andy” Liao, MD
• Rita Nanda, MD
• Peter H. O'Donnell, MD
• Olatoyosi Odenike, MD
• Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD
• Daniel Olson, MD
• Alexander T. Pearson, MD, PhD
• Blase Polite, MD
• Mark J. Ratain, MD
• Peter Riedell, MD
• Ari Rosenberg, MD
• Ardaman Shergill, MD
• Sonali M. Smith, MD
• Randy F. Sweis, MD
• Russell Zelig Szmulewitz, MD
• Jonathan Trujillo, MD
• Everett E. Vokes, MD
• James Wallace, MD
• Warren C. Wong, MD (UChicago Medicine AdventHealth)

Neurologic Surgery

• Beejal Y. Amin, MD, FAANS (UChicago Medicine AdventHealth)
• Edwin Ramos, MD

Nuclear Medicine

• Daniel Appelbaum, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology

• Nicole D. Edison, MD
• Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MA

Orthopedic Surgery

• Rex Haydon, MD, PhD

Otolaryngology

• Nishant Agrawal, MD
• Hassan Arshad, MD
• Brandon Baird, MD
• Louis de Guzman Portugal, MD
• Jayant Pinto, MD

Pain Medicine

• Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD

Pathology

• Daniel A. Arber, MD
• Anthony Chang, MD
• Sandeep Gurbuxani, MD, PhD
• John A. Hart, MD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology

• Mark A. Applebaum, MD
• Eric C. Beyer, MD, PhD
• Lorraine E. Canham, MD
• Susan L. Cohn, MD
• Jill de Jong, MD, PhD
• Ami V. Desai, MD, MSCE
• James LaBelle, MD, PhD
• Perry Morocco, MD
• Gabrielle Lapping-Carr, MD
• Samuel L. Volchenboum, MD, PhD, MS

Pediatric Neurologic Surgery

• Arthur J. DiPatri, MD

Pediatric Surgery

• Marion C. W. Henry, MD, PhD
• Thomas K. Lee, MD
• Grace Z. Mak, MD
• Manish Raiji, MD

Plastic Surgery

• David W. Chang, MD
• Courtney Cripps, MD
• Lawrence J. Gottlieb, MD
• Summer E. Hanson, MD, PhD, FACS

Radiation Oncology

• Steven J. Chmura, MD, PhD
• Philip Connell, MD
• Howard J. Halpern, MD, PhD
• Daniel James Haraf, MD
• William F. Hartsell, MD (UChicago Medicine AdventHealth)
• Yasmin Hasan, MD
• Kapila Kalakota, MD (UChicago Medicine AdventHealth)
• Stanley Liauw, MD
• Patrick Sweeney, MD (UChicago Medicine AdventHealth)

Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility

• Sana Salih, MD, MS

Surgery

• Peter Angelos, MD, PhD
• John J. Fung, MD, PhD
• Nora Jaskowiak, MD
• J. Michael Millis, MD
• Stephan G. Wyers, MD (UChicago Medicine AdventHealth)

Surgical Oncology

• Cristina O'Donoghue, MD, MPH
• Mitchell C. Posner, MD

Thoracic Surgery

• Jessica Donington, MD, MSCR

Urology

• Piyush Agarwal, MD
• John Kritsas, MD (UChicago Medicine AdventHealth)
• Arieh L. Shalhav, MD
• Gregory Zagaja, MD

Vascular & Interventional Radiology

• Francis Facchini, MD (UChicago Medicine AdventHealth)
• Rakesh Navuluri, MD
• Thuong Van Ha, MD
• Michael Sichlau, MD (UChicago AdventHealth)