Quality Care Award Winners
The SMN Quality Care Award recognizes the top three family medicine, internal medicine and pediatric care clinicians with the highest overall score on 14 selected quality measures from 2019.
Sutter Health Bay Area - Family Medicine
- Jennifer Schreck, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group - Mary-Louise Ferris,
M.D.
Mills-Peninsula Medical Group
MVP in Family Medicine - Naomi Bitow, M.D.
Sutter East Bay Medical Group
Sutter Health Bay Area - Internal Medicine
- Irena Ilic, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Two-time winner! / MVP in Internal Medicine - Richard Jordan, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Two-time winner! - Jie Ling, M.D.
Mills-Peninsula Medical Group
Sutter Health Bay Area - Pediatrics
- Devi Ananda, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group - Casey Schirmer, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group - Jeffrey Tan, M.D.
Mills-Peninsula Medical Group
Sutter Health Valley - Family Medicine
- Joseph Cerny, M.D.
Sutter Independent Physicians - Christie Romo, M.D.
Sutter Medical Group - Joan Smith-Maclean,
M.D.
Sutter Medical Group
Sutter Health Valley - Internal Medicine
- Allison Alcalay, M.D.
Sutter Medical Group
Four-time winner! - Mita Gordo, M.D.
Gould Medical Group
Four-time winner! - Kuo Ooi, M.D.
Sutter Independent Physicians
Two-time winner!
Sutter Health Valley - Pediatrics
- Beth Ward, M.D.
Sutter Medical Group
MVP in Pediatrics / Four-time winner! - Richard Gould, M.D.
Sutter Independent Physicians
Three-time winner! - Mary Grace, M.D.
Sutter Medical Group
Two-time winner!
Sutter Health Bay Area - Most Improved Award Winners
- Jeffrey Walton, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Family Medicine - Jeanne Lee, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Internal Medicine - Robert Zaglin, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Pediatrics
Sutter Health Valley - Most Improved Award Winners
- Juan Barahona, D.O.
Gould Medical Group
Family Medicine - Corinne Lee-Guzman,
D.O.
Sutter Medical Group
Internal Medicine - Richard Gould, M.D.
Sutter Independent Physicians
Pediatrics
Patients' Choice Award
The SMN Patients’ Choice Award recognizes the top three primary care and top three specialty care physicians with the highest overall score in the Provider Communication Domain using 2019 YTD results.
Sutter Health Bay Area - Primary Care
- Nicole Marsico, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Pediatrics - Pauline Siao, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Family Medicine - Thomas Zembal, M.D.
Sutter Medical Group of the Redwoods
Pediatrics
Two-time winner!
Sutter Health Bay Area - Specialty Care
- Danagra Ikossi, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Surgery
MVP in Specialty Care - Julia Cronin, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Allergy & Immunology - Aruna Jayaraman,
M.D.
Sutter Medical Group of the Redwoods
Gastroenterology
Sutter Health Bay Area - Most Improved Award Winners
- Fannie Huang, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Primary Care (Family Medicine) - Lowell Albert Wetter, M.D.
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Specialty Care (Bariatric Surgery)
Sutter Health Valley - Primary Care
- Kimberly Breneisen,
M.D.
Sutter Medical Group
Pediatrics
Three-time winner! - Richard Loomis, M.D.
Sutter Medical Group
Pediatrics
MVP in Primary Care - Sarah Markley, M.D.
Sutter Medical Group
Pediatrics
Sutter Health Valley - Specialty Care
- Catherine Baker, D.O.
Sutter Medical Group
Cancer Surgery - Richard Maddalena,
M.D.
Sutter North Medical Group
Obstetrics & Gynecology - Jeffrey Schwartz,
M.D.
Sutter North Medical Group
Surgery
Sutter Health Valley - Most Improved Award Winners
- Robert Fromuth, M.D.
Gould Medical Group
Primary Care (Pediatrics) - Thomas McKenzie, M.D.
Gould Medical Group
Specialty Care (Orthopedic Surgery)