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U.VA. DOCTORS RANK AMONG NATION'S BEST

More than 100 University of Virginia physicians have been named among the "best doctors" in America by Best Doctors®, Inc.

Best Doctors Inc. compiles its list by commissioning a biennial peer review survey of the medical profession. The survey involves contacting 35,000 doctors, who in previous surveys were identified as the best in their specialties, and asking them, “if you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer them?” The polling methodology mimics the informal peer-to-peer referral process that doctors themselves use to identify appropriate specialists for their patients. The database, which represents the top five percent of physicians in more than 400 medical subspecialties, is aimed at helping people find the right specialists locally, regionally or nationally.

The Best Doctors’ physicians at U.Va. are:
 

Bennett A. Alford

Radiology

Carlos R. Ayers

Cardiovascular Disease

Eugene J. Barrett

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Bruce G. Bateman

Obstetrics and Gynecology

George A. Beller

Cardiovascular Disease

James D. Bergin

Cardiovascular Disease

W. Kline Bolton

Nephrology

Robert J. Boyle

Pediatric Specialist

Martha A. Carpenter

Pediatric Specialist

Robert L. Chevalier

Pediatric Specialist

Christian A. Chisholm

Obstetrics and Gynecology

William L. Clarke

Pediatric Specialist

Brian P. Conway

Ophthalmology

John B. Cousar

Pathology

Sheila E. Crowe

Gastroenterology

Thomas M. Daniel

Thoracic Surgery

David R. Diduch

Orthopaedic Surgery

John P. DiMarco

Cardiovascular Disease

Gerald R. Donowitz

Infectious Disease

Charles G. Durbin, Jr.

Anesthesiology

William S. Evans

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Barry M. Farr

Infectious Disease

John P. Franko

Family Medicine

Arthur Garson, Jr.

Pediatric Specialist

Joyce B. Geilker

Internal Medicine (General)

David S. Geldmacher

Neurology

Kenneth E. Greer

Dermatology

Leigh B. Grossman

Infectious Disease

Charles W. Gross

Otolaryngology

Richard L. Guerrant

Infectious Disease

Howard P. Gutgesell

Pediatric Specialist

E. Clarke Haley, Jr.

Neurology

John B. Hanks

Surgery

George T. Hashisaki

Otolaryngology

Frederick G. Hayden

Infectious Disease

Peter W. Heymann

Allergy and Immunology

Bruce Hillman

Radiology

Jean L. Holley

Nephrology

Stuart S. Howards

Urology

Robert A. Jahrsdoerfer

Otolaryngology

John A. Jane, Sr.

Neurological Surgery

Alan D. Jenkins

Urology

Mary Elizabeth Jensen

Radiology

Karen C. Johnston

Neurology

R. Scott Jones

Surgery

Vern Charles Juel

Neurology

Neal F. Kassell

Neurological Surgery

John Kattwinkel

Pediatric Specialist

D. Casey Kerrigan

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Abdallah G. Kfoury

Cardiovascular Disease

Irving L. Kron

Surgery, Thoracic Surgery

Edward R. Laws, Jr.

Neurological Surgery

Paul A. Levine

Otolaryngology

B. Gail Macik

Medical Oncology and Hematology

Gerald L. Mandell

Infectious Disease

John C. Marshall

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Alan H. Matsumoto

Radiology

Daniel F. McCarter

Family Medicine

Eugene D. McGahren, III

Surgery

Stacey E. Mills

Pathology

Jerry L. Nadler

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Steven A. Newman

Ophthalmology

Victoria F. Norwood

Pediatric Specialist

Richard D. Pearson

Infectious Disease

Vito A. Perriello, Jr.

Pediatrics (General)

Lawrence H. Phillips, II

Neurology

Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills

Allergy and Immunology

Barbara T. Post

Internal Medicine (General)

Eric R. Powers

Cardiovascular Disease

Michael F. Rein

Infectious Disease

Karen S. Rheuban

Pediatric Specialist

Laurel W. Rice

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Sydney Rice

Pediatrics (General)

Tyvin Andrew Rich

Radiation Oncology

Bradley Moreland Rodgers

Surgery, Thoracic Surgery

Robert S. Rust, Jr.

Pediatric Neurology

Devereux N. Saller, Jr.

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ian Joseph Sarembock

Cardiovascular Disease

Frank T. Saulsbury

Pediatric Specialist

W. Michael Scheld

Infectious Disease

Bruce D. Schirmer

Surgery

Christopher I. Shaffrey

Neurological Surgery

Mark E. Shaffrey

Neurological Surgery

David Craig Slawson

Family Medicine

Diane G. Snustad

Geriatric Medicine

William D. Steers

Urology

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

Curtis G. Tribble

Thoracic Surgery

Ronald B. Turner

Pediatric Specialist

Mary Lee Vance

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Mark R. Wick

Pathology

Robert Phillips Wilder

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Mark E. Williams

Geriatric Medicine

William Grady Wilson

Pediatric Specialist

Brian Wispelwey

Infectious Disease

G. Frederick Wooten, Jr.

Neurology


All physicians chosen are checked for licensure and certification requirements and any disqualifying actions, according to the Best Doctors commission. Best Doctors does not pay for physician surveys nor do they receive payment from physicians who are listed with them.

February 4, 2004