Castle Connolly has honored Tryon Medical Partners with the following accolades for 2026, including being named a Top Institution in the Nation:
- #25 Private Practice, Overall, Top Institution All Specialties – Nationally (Top 25)
- #1 Private Practice, Overall All Specialties – North Carolina
- #1 Private Practice, Primary Care – North Carolina
- #1 Private Practice, Women’s Care – North Carolina
- #2 Private Practice, Dermatology Care – North Carolina
Tryon is proud to be an independent practice built upon creating stronger relationships.
In addition, 66 of our physicians across all nine of our specialty areas were selected as Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors 2026.
Cardiology
Richard Miller, MD, FACC
Seeing patients in: Ballantyne
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Ashleigh Owen Thompson, MD, MS, FAAC
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Dermatology
Meredith Dasher, MD, FAAD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Erin. L. Hodges, MD, FAAD
Seeing patients in: Matthews
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Laura McGirt, MD, MSCI, FAAD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Uma (Nadiminti) O’Brien, MD, FAAD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Martie L. (Jewell) Price, MD, FAAD
Seeing patients in: Ballantyne
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Patricia K. Roddey, MD, FAAD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Endocrinology
Francisco E. Bautista Vitiello, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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D. Allen Brantley, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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SiSi Hester-Clarke, MD
Seeing patients in: Huntersville
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Uha Reddy, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Gary Rolband, MD
Seeing patients in: Matthews, SouthPark
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Harold Springs III, MD
Seeing patients in: Steele Creek, SouthPark, Ballantyne
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Charles T. Upchurch, MD
Seeing patients in: Uptown, Matthews, SouthPark
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Family Medicine
Michael McCartney, MD
Seeing patients in: Gaston
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Gregory O’Leary, MD
Seeing patients in: Gaston
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Gastroenterology
Kent Holtzmuller, MD
Seeing patients in: Tryon Endoscopy Center, SouthPark
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Susan Nikrooz, MD
Seeing patients in: Ballantyne, Tryon Endoscopy Center
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D. Scott Smith, MD
Seeing patients in: Tryon Endoscopy Center, SouthPark
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Gynecology and Sexual Health
Jennie Jarvis Hauschka, MD, FACOG
Seeing patients in: Tryon Women’s Center
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Philomena Salvemini Hilton, MD, FACOG
Seeing patients in: Tryon Women’s Center
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T. Christopher Morris, MD, FACOG
Seeing patients in: Tryon Women’s Center
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Alyse Kelly-Jones, MD, FACOG, IF
Seeing patients in: Tryon Women’s Center
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Erin M. Stone, MD, FACOG
Seeing patients in: Tryon Women’s Center
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Internal Medicine
J. Chester Alexander, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Ketan B. Amin, MD
Seeing patients in: Waverly
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Daniel A. Aquino, MD, FACP
Seeing patients in: Waverly
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Anne Barnard, MD
Seeing patients in: Uptown
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Enrico Belgrave, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Robert Bowen III, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Robert Brownlee, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Christopher Buehrig, MD
Seeing patients in: Steele Creek
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Gregory Busse, DO
Seeing patients in: Pineville
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C. Brittain Callahan, MD
Seeing patients in: Pineville
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Elaine Campbell, DO
Seeing patients in: Huntersville
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Marianne Carim, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Jason Carnes, MD
Seeing patients in: Huntersville
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Alicia Cole, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Jeffrey Constantine, MD
Seeing patients in: Uptown
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Peter Copsis, MD
Seeing patients in: Matthews
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Althea Cunningham, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Natasha Dumra, DO
Seeing patients in: Ballantyne
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Meredith Faulkner, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Maya Fetter, MD
Seeing patients in: Ballantyne
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Maria Socorro Geronimo, MD, PACP
Seeing patients in: Matthews
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Melissa James, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Tina Kennelly, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Elizabeth B. Kirkland, MD, MSCR
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Lanna S. Kwon, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Eric Landis, MD
Seeing patients in: Pineville
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Adam Ligler, MD
Seeing patients in: Ballantyne
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Justin Miller, MD
Seeing patients in: Matthews
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Caroline Pierce, MD
Seeing patients in: Uptown
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Ilhem Remmouche, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Amine Segueni, MD
Seeing patients in: Matthews
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G. Ryan Shelton, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Allen Tauro, MD
Seeing patients in: Ballantyne
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John A. Tenini, MD
Seeing patients in: Steele Creek
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Reshma Vora, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Claire Wilder, MD, DABOM
Seeing patients in: Uptown
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Jennifer Womack, MD, DABOM
Seeing patients in: Uptown
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Rheumatology
Alison Johnson, MD, FACR
Seeing patients in: Huntersville, SouthPark
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Sleep Medicine
W. Eric Clemons, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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Jacob Coleman, MD
Seeing patients in: Huntersville, SouthPark
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Ehrlich Tan, MD
Seeing patients in: SouthPark
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