Dec. 14, 2007 - Dozens of University of Virginia physicians were named to the list of "Best Doctors in America" by Best Doctors Inc., the largest number ever for U.Va. This year 160 names made the list — 35 more than appeared on the previous list in 2005.
Best Doctors database contains the names and professional affiliations of doctors chosen through a comprehensive peer-review survey that asks: "If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer them?" The database represents the top 3 percent to 5 percent of physicians in more than 400 medical subspecialties. A Best Doctors physician goes through regular evaluations by the company in order to maintain his or her status as one of the "Best Doctors in America."
The Best Doctors are selected through a peer nomination process combined with additional research. More than a quarter million doctors are surveyed in the evaluation process to make selections for each list.
The 160 UVa Health System physicians on the Best Doctors roster, listed with their specified medical specialty, are:
Mark F. Abel | Orthopaedic Surgery |
Gerald Thomas Albrecht | Pediatric Specialist |
Bennett A. Alford | Radiology |
W.A. Andersen | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
William P. Arnold | Anesthesiology |
Kenneth A. Ballew | Internal Medicine (General) |
Eugene J. Barrett | Endocrinology and Metabolism |
Robert W. Battle | Cardiovascular Disease |
Victor Baum | Anesthesiology |
Daniel M. Becker | Internal Medicine (General) |
George A. Beller | Cardiovascular Disease |
James P. Bennett | Neurology |
James D. Bergin | Cardiovascular Disease |
Edward Bertram | Neurology |
W. Kline Bolton | Nephrology |
Larry C. Borish | Allergy and Immunology |
Stephen M. Borowitz | Pediatric Specialist |
Robert J. Boyle | Pediatric Specialist |
Stephen R. Braddock | Medical Genetics |
William Brant | Radiology |
Ted M. Burns | Neurology |
Mary G. Bryant | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Robert M. Carey | Endocrinology and Metabolism |
Martha A. Carpenter | Pediatric Specialist |
Jeannean Carver | Pediatric Specialist |
Abhinav (Bobby) Chhabra | Hand Surgery |
Kenneth J. Cherry, Jr. | Surgery |
Robert L. Chevalier | Pediatric Specialist |
Christian A. Chisholm | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
William L. Clarke | Pediatric Specialist |
Brian P. Conway | Ophthalmology |
Michael D. Dake | Radiology |
Alan Dalkin | Endocrinology and Metabolism |
Michael D. Dickens | Pediatrics (General) |
David R. Diduch | Orthopaedic Surgery |
John P. DiMarco | Cardiovascular Disease |
Vinko V. Dolenc | Neurological Surgery |
Gerald R. Donowitz | Infectious Disease |
David B. Drake | Plastic Surgery |
Charles G. Durbin, Jr. | Anesthesiology |
William Jeffrey Elias | Neurological Surgery |
Kurtis S. Elward | Family Medicine; Internal Medicine (General) |
Gina G. Davis Engel | Family Medicine |
William S. Evans | Endocrinology and Metabolism |
Karen Diane Fairchild | Pediatric Specialist |
Nathan Benjamin Fountain | Neurology |
Paula M. Fracasso | Medical Oncology and Hematology |
Sim Galazka | Geriatric Medicine |
Arthur Garson, Jr. | Pediatric Specialist |
Benjamin M. Gaston | Pediatric Specialist |
Spencer B. Gay | Radiology |
John Day Gazewood | Family Medicine |
Joyce B. Geilker | Internal Medicine (General) |
David S. Geldmacher | Neurology |
Howard P. Goodkin | Neurology, Child |
Matthew J. Goodman | Internal Medicine (General) |
Kenneth E. Greer | Dermatology |
Daryl R. Gress | Neurology |
Charles Bruce Greyson | Psychiatry |
Leigh B. Grossman | Infectious Disease; Pediatric Specialist |
Richard L. Guerrant | Infectious Disease |
Howard P. Gutgesell | Pediatric Specialist |
Elliott C. Haley, Jr. | Neurology |
William Hammill | Pediatric Specialist |
John B. Hanks | Surgery |
Michael Harper | Family Medicine |
Madaline Harrison | Neurology |
Jennifer Harvey | Radiology |
George T. Hashisaki | Otolaryngology |
Frederick G. Hayden | Infectious Disease |
Peter W. Heymann | Allergy and Immunology; Pediatrics (General) |
Bruce Hillman | Radiology |
Kathie L. Hullfish | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
John Fuller Hunt | Pediatric Specialist; Allergy and Immunology |
John A. Jane, Sr. | Neurological Surgery |
John A. Jane, Jr. | Neurological Surgery |
Alan D. Jenkins | Urology |
Mary Elizabeth Jensen | Radiology |
Bankole Johnson | Psychiatry; Addiction Medicine |
Karen C. Johnston | Neurology |
David R. Jones | Thoracic Surgery |
Neal F. Kassell | Neurological Surgery |
Deirdre Casey Kerrigan | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
John Allen Kern | Thoracic Surgery |
Susan E. Kirk | Endocrinology and Metabolism |
Irving L. Kron | Thoracic Surgery; Surgery |
Paul A. Levine | Otolaryngology |
Kant Yuan-Kai Lin | Plastic Surgery |
David Scott Lim | Pediatric Specialist |
Andrew Lockman | Family Medicine |
Carl Lynch III | Anesthesiology |
Barbara Gail Macik | Medical Oncology and Hematology |
John C. Marshall | Endocrinology and Metabolism |
Alan H. Matsumoto | Radiology |
Daniel F. McCarter | Family Medicine |
Eugene D. McGahren | Surgery |
Mark Mendelsohn | Pediatrics (General) |
Mark D. Miller | Orthopaedic Surgery |
Stacey E. Mills | Pathology |
Raymond F. Morgan | Hand Surgery |
Jerry L. Nadler | Endocrinology and Metabolism |
Steven A. Newman | Ophthalmology |
Victoria F. Norwood | Pediatric Specialist |
Mark D. Okusa | Nephrology |
Stephen S. Park | Otolaryngology |
William Davis Parker, Jr. | Neurology, Child |
James W. Patterson | Pathology |
Richard D. Pearson | Infectious Disease |
Craig A. Peters | Urology |
David Allen Peura | Gastroenterology |
C. Douglas Phillips | Radiology |
Lawrence H. Phillips II | Neurology |
JoAnn Pinkerton | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills | Allergy and Immunology |
Susan Pollart | Family Medicine |
Barbara Tyl Post | Internal Medicine (General) |
Michael Ragosta | Cardiovascular Disease |
Patrice K. Rehm | Radiology |
Michael F. Rein | Infectious Disease |
Karen S. Rheuban | Pediatric Specialist |
George Rich | Anesthesiology |
Tyvin Andrew Rich | Radiation Oncology |
Bradley Moreland Rodgers | Thoracic Surgery; Surgery |
Edward Rose | Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine |
Mitchell H. Rosner | Nephrology |
John C. Rowlingson | Anesthesiology |
Robert S. Rust, Jr. | Neurology, Child |
Devereux N. Saller, Jr. | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Frank T. Saulsbury | Pediatric Specialist; Allergy and Immunology |
William Michael Scheld | Infectious Disease |
David Schiff | Neurology |
Bruce D. Schirmer | Surgery |
Christopher I. Shaffrey | Neurological Surgery; Orthopaedic Surgery |
Mark E. Shaffrey | Neurological Surgery |
Robert A. Sinkin | Pediatric Specialist |
David Craig Slawson | Family Medicine |
Craig Slingluff | Surgical Oncology |
Diane G. Snustad | Internal Medicine (General); Geriatric Medicine |
William D. Steers | Urology |
Mark H. Stoler | Pathology |
James L. Sutphen | Pediatric Specialist |
Peyton T. Taylor, Jr. | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Christopher Y. Thomas IV | Medical Oncology and Hematology |
Michael O. Thorner | Endocrinology and Metabolism |
James S. Tiedeman | Ophthalmology |
Jonathon D. Truwit | Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine |
Amy L. Tucker | Cardiovascular Disease |
Ronald B. Turner | Pediatric Specialist |
Mary Lee Vance | Endocrinology and Metabolism |
Geoffrey Roger Weiss | Medical Oncology and Hematology |
Richard Whitehill | Orthopaedic Surgery |
Mark R. Wick | Pathology |
Robert Phillips Wilder | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Mark E. Williams | Geriatric Medicine |
Michael E. Williams | Medical Oncology and Hematology |
Douglas F. Willson | Pediatric Specialist |
William Grady Wilson | Medical Genetics; Pediatric Specialist |
Brian Wispelwey | Infectious Disease |
Andrew M. Wolf | Geriatric Medicine; Internal Medicine (General) |
G. Frederick Wooten, Jr. | Neurology |
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