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Forty-nine UNC doctors listed in fourth edition of ‘America's Top Doctors’
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – For the fourth year in a row, doctors at UNC Hospitals have made a very strong showing in a compilation of the nation’s leading medical specialists.
June 16, 2004
Forty-nine UNC doctors listed in fourth edition of ‘America's Top Doctors’
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – For the fourth year in a row, doctors at UNC Hospitals have made a very strong showing in a compilation of the nation’s leading medical specialists.
Forty-nine UNC Hospitals physicians are listed in the fourth edition of "America's Top Doctors," a book published annually by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. UNC's showing placed it at No. 19 in Castle Connolly’s list of the top 50 hospitals by doctor count. More than 40 doctors at UNC Hospitals have been included each year since the book’s first edition was published in 2001.
Castle Connolly selected the doctors included in the book through a process that began with the mailing of surveys to more than 250,000 physicians, who were asked to nominate the top people in their specialties. The company also conducted an online survey and thousands of telephone interviews to come up with a list of about 25,000 nominees. Those doctors were asked to complete extensive biographical forms. Castle Connolly then reviewed their professional backgrounds and checked their disciplinary and license histories.
The result, according to Castle Connolly, is a "carefully researched and highly selective list of the top specialists in the nation" who are "recognized by their peers for their excellence in providing care for specific diseases and problems."
The UNC physicians, listed by medical specialty, are:
- Adolescent Medicine – Dr. Carol Ford
- Cardiology – Dr. Sidney Smith
- Child Neurology – Dr. Robert Greenwood
- Diagnostic Radiology – Dr. Etta Pisano
- Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism – Dr. Shelton Earp, Dr. David Ontjes
- Gastroenterology – Dr. Douglas Drossman, Dr. Balfour Sartor
- Geriatric Medicine – Dr. Mac Andrew Greganti, Dr. Laura Hanson
- Gynecologic Oncology – Dr. Wesley Fowler
- Infectious Disease – Dr. Myron Cohen, Dr. Frederick Sparling, Dr. Charles van der Horst
- Internal Medicine – Dr. Timothy Carey
- Maternal & Fetal Medicine – Dr. Nancy Chescheir, Dr. John Thorp
- Medical Oncology – Dr. Richard M. Goldberg, Dr. Mark Graham, Dr. Beverly Mitchell, Dr. Thomas Shea, Dr. Mark Socinski
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine – Dr. Alan Stiles
- Nephrology – Dr. Ronald Falk
- Obstetrics & Gynecology – Dr. John Steege
- Ophthalmology – Dr. Travis Meredith
- Orthopaedic Surgery – Dr. Timothy Taft
- Otolaryngology – Dr. Harold Pillsbury, Dr. Mark Weissler
- Pediatrics – Dr. Melvin Levine, Dr. Jacob Lohr, Dr. Louis Underwood
- Pediatric Gastroenterology – Dr. Marc Rhoads
- Pediatric Otolaryngology – Dr. Amelia Drake
- Pulmonary Disease – Dr. James Donohue, Dr. David Henke
- Radiation Oncology – Dr. Jan Halle, Dr. Julian Rosenman, Dr. Joel Tepper
- Reproductive Endocrinology – Dr. Marc Fritz
- Rheumatology – Dr. Nortin Hadler
- Surgery – Dr. Christopher Baker, Dr. Kevin Behrns, Dr. Mark Koruda, Dr. Anthony Meyer
- Thoracic Surgery – Dr. Thomas Egan
- Urology – Dr. Culley Carson, Dr. Stephen Shaban
- Vascular & Interventional Radiology – Dr. Matthew Mauro
- Vascular Surgery – Dr. Blair Keagy
UNC Hospitals consistently ranks among the top hospitals in the country in several different ranking schemes. For example, in March 2002, AARP Modern Maturity magazine ranked UNC Hospitals as No. 18 among the 50 best hospitals in the United States. In July 2003, eight medical specialties offered at UNC Hospitals were ranked among the top 50 programs of their kind nationwide in the annual “America’s Best Hospitals” issue of U.S. News & World Report. Also in July 2003, 51 UNC doctors were identified as “premier practitioners” by Business North Carolina magazine.
Based on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Hospitals consists of four separate hospitals: N.C. Memorial Hospital, N.C. Children’s Hospital, N.C. Women’s Hospital and N.C. Neurosciences Hospital. Collectively the UNC Hospitals serve as the teaching hospital for the UNC School of Medicine and the patient-care anchor for the University of North Carolina Health Care System, an integrated, not-for-profit health care system owned by the state of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill.
Media contact: Stephanie Crayton-Robinson, (919) 966-2860, scrayton@unch.unc.edu