Our doctors are being recognized again. More than 27 doctors across our orthopedic service lines have been named to Minnesota Monthly’s 2021 Top Doctors list, and more than 150 doctors across our HealthPartners organization were named to the list.
To create their list of Top Doctors, Minnesota Monthly surveyed thousands of doctors across the Twin Cities metro area and Olmstead County. Contacted doctors named up to three doctors within each specialty area that they would recommend to others – and of course, doctors couldn’t nominate themselves. The doctors with the most votes were named as Top Doctors of the year.
We’re incredibly proud of this year’s honorees for providing quality care that’s recognized by both their peers and patients.
Minnesota Monthly’s Top Doctors 2021 – Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Anesthesiology
- Joseph G. Frisch, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Urgent Care, Bloomington
- Edward V. Violante, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Urgent Care, Bloomington
Diagnostic radiology
- Bret Yonke, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington
Hand surgery
- Deborah C. Bohn, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington
- Erica J. Gauger, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Woodbury
- Yvonne M. Grierson, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington
- Jeffrey B. Husband, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington; TRIA Orthopedics, St. Louis Park
- Katharine S. A. Pico, MD | HealthPartners Specialty Center – Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, St. Paul; TRIA Orthopedic Center, Woodbury
- Thomas F. Varecka, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington
- Thomas M. Walsh, IV, MD | TRIA Orthopedics, St. Louis Park; TRIA Orthopedics, Burnsville
- Christina M. Ward, MD | HealthPartners Specialty Center – Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, St. Paul; TRIA Orthopedic Center, Woodbury
Occupational medicine
- Christina L. Cusic, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington
Orthopedic surgery
- Jonathan P. Braman, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington
- Bradley Nelson, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington
- Christine M. Pui, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington; TRIA Orthopedics, St. Louis Park
- Julie A. Switzer, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington; TRIA Orthopedics, St. Louis Park
Pain management
- Joseph G. Johnson, MD | HealthPartners Clinic, Stillwater; HealthPartners Neuroscience Center, St. Paul; HealthPartners Regions Specialty Clinics, St. Paul; New Richmond Clinic, Westfields Hospital & Clinic, New Richmond; TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington
- Peter A. Stiles, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington
Physical medicine & rehabilitation
- Leslie J. Hillman, MD | Physicians Neck & Back Center, Woodbury; TRIA Orthopedic Center, Woodbury; TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington
- Nadine Maurer, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington
- Carrie P. Noran Jaeger, MD | Park Nicollet Specialty Center, St. Louis Park
Podiatry
- James W. Mazzuca, DPM | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington
- Troy J. Boffeli, DPM | HealthPartners Specialty Center – Foot & Ankle Surgery/Podiatry, St. Paul; TRIA Orthopedic Center, Woodbury
Sports medicine
- Heather L. Bergeson, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington; Park Nicollet Clinic and Specialty Center, Maple Grove
- Heather R. Cichanowski, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Woodbury
- Anne-Marie Ford Moore, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center, Bloomington
- Michelle Gorman-McNerney, MD | TRIA Orthopedic Center Bloomington