St. Francis Hospital physicians named ‘Indy’s Top Docs’ by magazine

INDIANAPOLIS – Seventeen physicians at St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers have been honored as “Indy’s Top Docs” by Indianapolis Monthly magazine (November issue).

They were among those selected by nationwide surveys of tens of thousands of physicians conducted by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., and they represent the top five percent of board-certified physicians in the Indianapolis area, the magazine reports.

The St. Francis physicians and their specialties:

Cardiovascular Disease
Richard Shea, M.D.

Colon & Rectal Surgery
Olaf Johansen, M.D.
Frederick Lane, M.D.

Family Medicine
Richard Beardsley, M.D.

Gastroenterology
Michael Elmore, M.D.
David Pound, M.D.


Gynecologic Oncology
David Moore, M.D. 

Interventional Cardiology
William Berg, M.D.

Medical Oncology
Mary Mayer, M.D.

Obstetrics & Gynecology
G. Alan Von Stein M.D. 

Otolaryngology
Thomas Fairchild, M.D.

Pediatrics
Baron Kidd, M.D.

Pulmonary Disease
Charles Kinsella, M.D.

Reproductive Endocrinology
William L. Gentry, MD

Surgery
Jonathan Mandelbaum, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery
Marc Gerdisch M.D.

Vascular Surgery
Dawn Salvatore, M.D.

Dr. Michael Elmore also was the subject of a magazine profile about his work as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at St. Francis.