
417 Magazine has released the results of the 2024 Top Doctors in Southwest Missouri competition, in which Mercy Joplin physicians won or earned runner up status more than 50 times! Congratulations to all of these providers, and thank you for what you do! For a full list of results, click here.

Mercy Top Doctors winners:
Anesthesiology: David Joseph Gooden
Cardiac Electrophysiology: Rafael J. Gaytan
Cardiovascular Disease: Jose C. De Hoyos
Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism: Gretchen Denise Shull
Family Medicine: Maria F. Bruce
Gastroenterology: Xujun Wu
Hematology Oncology: Samir Mukundray Dalia
Infectious Disease: Alan Clifford Howell
Obstetrics and Gynecology: Heath Ross Merkley
Podiatry: Jared Alan Stanton
Psychiatry: Tamon B. Paige
Pulmonary Disease: Syed A. Ahmed
Radiology: Steven James Taggart
Rheumatology: Melinda Renee Reed
Bariatric Surgery: Danny Tien-Hao Liu
Breast Cancer Oncology Surgical: Danny Tien-Hao Liu
Cardiovascular Surgery: Junaid Haroon
Colon and Rectal Surgery: Danny Tien-Hao Liu
Orthopedics Hand Surgery: Mark E. McNemar
Orthopedics Spinal: Brian J. Ipsen
Podiatric Surgery (tie): Elizabeth Mary Barnica, Jared Alan Stanton
Spinal Surgery: Brian J. Ipsen
Vascular Surgery: Jeffrey Don Lee
Runners up:
Anesthesiology: Mark L. Kerr
Cardiovascular Disease: William R. Craig
Emergency Medicine: Mark Leslie Brown, Jesse Hatfield
Family Medicine: Russell L. Kennedy, Glen W. King, Luke Wicke
Gastroenterology: Rangan Murali
Hematology Oncology: Irving E. LaFrancis, Gregory Don Nanney
Hospitalist: Kelly Biddle, Lydia Annette Espinoza Morales, Neeraja Mariserla, Salman Saeed
Infectious Disease: Eden R. Esguerra
Obstetrics and Gynecology: Elizabeth M. Barlet, Cheryl A. Fogarty
Podiatry: Elizabeth Mary Barnica
Pulmonary Disease: Festus Anayo Ndukwu, Ricky L. Scacewater
Rheumatology: Mark J. Jarek, Anne E. Winkler
Sports Medicine: Jonathan L. Grantham
