Stony Brook's Department of Surgery had an impressive 11 surgeons named to this year's Castle Connolly Top Doctors list. This annual list is based on peers surveyed by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. and represents the top 7 percent of physicians in the United States. The 2026 list includes the aforementioned 11 Department of Surgery doctors as part of Stony Brook Medicine's total of 139 healthcare providers.
The Department of Surgery's selected doctors come from seven of the department's ten divisions. Our honorees this year include:
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Dr. William B. Smithy
- Multi Board-Certified Doctor
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 1999
- Featured in Newsday
- Featured in New York Magazine
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ENT)
Dr. Anisha Kumar
- Multi Board-Certified Doctor
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 2025
- Featured in Westchester Magazine
- Featured in New York Magazine
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Dr. Kenneth W. Gow - Chief
- Multi Board-Certified Doctor
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 2011
- Featured in Newsday
- Featured in New York Magazine
Division of Breast Surgery
Dr. Brian J. O'Hea
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 1999
- Featured in Newsday
- Featured in New York Magazine
Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care
Dr. Eunice L. Chung
- Multi Board-Certified Doctor
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 2022
- Featured in New York Magazine
- Multi Board-Certified Doctor
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 2021
- Featured in Newsday
- Featured in New York Magazine
Division of Surgical Oncology
Dr. Sherif R. Abdel-Misih
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 2016
- Featured in Newsday
- Featured in New York Magazine
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 2006
- Featured in Newsday
- Featured in New York Magazine
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr. Allison J. McLarty
- Multi Board-Certified Doctor
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 2019
- Exceptional Women in Medicine
- Top Black Doctors
- Featured in Newsday
- Featured in New York Magazine
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Dr. Apostolos K. Tassiopoulos
- Multi Board-Certified Doctor
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 2009
- Featured in Newsday
- Featured in New York Magazine
- Multi Board-Certified Doctor
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 2013
- Featured in New York Magazine