{"id":136608,"date":"2023-08-09T14:30:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T18:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=136608"},"modified":"2023-11-27T15:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T20:32:56","slug":"9-ucf-health-physicians-named-top-docs-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/9-ucf-health-physicians-named-top-docs-for-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"9 UCF Health Physicians Named Top Docs for 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nine UCF Health doctors were recently recognized as the community\u2019s 2023 Top Physicians in an online poll by <em>Orlando Family Magazine<\/em>. The physicians, like all at UCF Health, are faculty at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/medicine\/\">UCF College of Medicine<\/a> and teach medical students, residents and fellows while also conducting clinical research.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s honorees are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucfhealth.com\/doctor\/abdo-asmar-m-d\/\">Abdo Asmar<\/a>, Nephrology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucfhealth.com\/doctor\/shazia-beg-m-d\/\">Shazia B\u00e9g<\/a>, Rheumatology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucfhealth.com\/doctor\/neha-bhanusali-m-d\/\">Neha Bhanusali<\/a>, Rheumatology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucfhealth.com\/doctor\/mariana-b-dangiolo-m-d\/\">Mariana Dangiolo<\/a>, Family Medicine and Geriatrics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucfhealth.com\/doctor\/bernard-gros-m-d-f-a-c-c\/\">Bernard Gros<\/a>, Cardiology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucfhealth.com\/doctor\/vladimir-neychev-m-d-ph-d\/\">Vladimir Neychev<\/a>, General and Endocrine Surgery<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucfhealth.com\/doctor\/mehul-patel-m-d-m-sc\/\">Mehul Patel<\/a>, Ophthalmology<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucfhealth.com\/doctor\/joyce-ann-paulson-m-d\/\">Joyce Paulson<\/a>, Internal Medicine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucfhealth.com\/doctor\/sharon-wasserstrom-m-d\/\">Sharon Wasserstrom<\/a>, Internal and Lifestyle Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UCF Health is the College of Medicine\u2019s clinical practice and offers primary and specialty care to patients across the community. It has two locations \u2014 in East Orlando, just blocks from the main UCF campus, and also in Lake Nona. For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/ucfhealth.com\/\">ucfhealth.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCF Health is the College of Medicine\u2019s clinical practice and offers primary and specialty care to patients across the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":130496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[9828,979,22543,15761,54314,17970],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-136608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-abdo-asmar","tag-college-of-medicine","tag-healthcare","tag-pegasus-briefs","tag-sharon-wasserstrom","tag-shazia-beg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO 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