America's Top Doctors 2002: The Best in American Medicine : America's Top Doctors and Hospitals: A Cas Tle Connolly Guide

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• ISBN13: 9781883769277
• ISBN10: 1883769272
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Castle Connolly Medical Ltd

Summary

Offers a directory of the best physicians and hospitals in the United States grouped by specialty and location.

Table of Contents

Hippocratic Oath	ix
About the Publishers	xi
Medical Advisory Board	xiii
Foreword	xv
Introduction	1	(5)
Using this guide to find top specialists	6	(21)
Maximizing your first appointment with a top doctor	27	(4)
What to do if you can't get an appointment	31	(1)
Utilizing special resources	32	(11)
Learning about the National Institutes of Health (NH)	43	(46)
Geographic Regions and States	49	(3)
Locating a Specialist	52	(1)
Hospital Information Program	53	(30)
The Training of a Specialist	83	(4)
Preface to Medical Specialties	87	(2)
Adolescent Medicine	89	(4)
Physician Listings	90	(3)
Allergy & Immunology	93	(10)
Physician Listings	94	(9)
Cardiology	103	(54)
Barnes-Jewish Hospital	104	(1)
Cleveland Clinic	105	(1)
Continuum Health Partners, Inc.	106	(1)
Duke University Health System	107	(1)
Lenox Hill Hospital	108	(1)
Maimonides Medical Center	109	(1)
Montefiore Medical Center	110	(1)
Mount Sinai Hospital	111	(1)
New York-Presbyterian	112	(1)
NYU Medical Center	113	(1)
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center	114	(1)
Shands at The University of Florida	115	(1)
St. Francis Hospital - The Heart Center	116	(1)
University of Chicago Hospitals	117	(1)
University of North Carolina Health Care System	118	(1)
University of Pennsylvania Health System	119	(1)
University of Virginia Health System	120	(1)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	121	(1)
Westchester Medical Center	122	(2)
Physician Listings	124	(33)
Cardiac Electrophysiology	125	(5)
Cardiology	130	(23)
Interventional Cardiology	153	(4)
Child Neurology	157	(8)
Physician Listings	158	(7)
Clinical Genetics	165	(12)
Mount Sinai Hospital	166	(2)
Physician Listings	168	(9)
Colon & Rectal Surgery	177	(12)
NYU Medical Center	178	(2)
Physician Listings	180	(9)
Dermatology	189	(16)
NYU Medical Center	190	(2)
Physician Listings	192	(13)
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism	205	(18)
Physician Listings	206	(17)
Gastroenterology	223	(24)
Mount Sinai Hospital	224	(1)
New York-Presbyterian Health System	225	(1)
NYU Medical Center	226	(2)
Physician Listings	228	(19)
Geriatric Medicine	247	(12)
Mount Sinai Hospital	248	(1)
NYU Medical Center	249	(1)
Physician Listings	250	(9)
Gynecologic Oncology	259	(14)
NYU Medical Center	260	(2)
Physician Listings	262	(11)
Hand Surgery	273	(14)
NYU Medical Center	274	(2)
Physician Listings	276	(11)
Hematology & Medical Oncology	287	(52)
Barnes-Jewish Hospital	288	(1)
Continuum Health Partners, Inc.	289	(1)
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute	290	(1)
Duke University Health System	291	(1)
Montefiore Medical Center	292	(1)
Mount Sinai Hospital	293	(1)
New York-Presbyterian	294	(1)
NYU Medical Center	295	(1)
Shands at The University of Florida	296	(1)
University of Chicago Hospitals	297	(1)
University of North Carolina Health Care System	298	(1)
University of Pennsylvania Health System	299	(1)
University of Virginia Health System	300	(1)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	301	(1)
Westchester Medical Center	302	(2)
Physician Listings	304	(35)
Hematology	305	(8)
Medical Oncology	313	(26)
Infectious Disease	339	(16)
NYU Medical Center	340	(2)
Physician Listings	342	(13)
Internal Medicine	355	(12)
Duke University Health System	356	(1)
Mount Sinai Hospital	357	(1)
NYU Medical Center	358	(2)
Physician Listings	360	(7)
Maternal & Fetal Medicine	367	(12)
Maimonides Medical Center	368	(1)
NYU Medical Center	369	(1)
Physician Listings	370	(9)
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine	379	(8)
NYU Medical Center	380	(2)
Physician Listings	382	(5)
Nephrology	387	(14)
Physician Listings	388	(13)
Neurological Surgery	401	(22)
NYU Medical Center	402	(2)
Physician Listings	404	(19)
Neurology	423	(36)
Continuum Health Partners, Inc.	424	(1)
Mount Sinai Hospital	425	(1)
New York-Presbyterian Health System	426	(1)
NYU Medical Center	427	(1)
Shands at The University of Florida	428	(1)
University of Pennsylvania Health System	429	(1)
University of Virginia Health System	430	(1)
Westchester Medical Center	431	(1)
Physician Listings	432	(27)
Nuclear Medicine	459	(8)
NYU Medical Center	460	(2)
Physician Listings	462	(5)
Obstetrics/Gynecology	467	(12)
NYU Medical Center	468	(1)
University of North Carolina Health Care System	469	(1)
Physician Listings	470	(9)
Ophthalmology	479	(28)
New York Eye & Ear Infirmary	480	(2)
Physician Listings	482	(25)
Orthopaedic Surgery	507	(30)
Barnes-Jewish Hospital	508	(1)
Duke University Health System	509	(1)
Maimonides Medical Center	510	(1)
NYU Medical Center	511	(1)
University of North Carolina Health Care System	512	(2)
Physician Listings	514	(23)
Otolaryngology	537	(28)
Mount Sinai Hospital	538	(1)
New York Eye & Ear Infirmary	539	(1)
NYU Medical Center	540	(1)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	541	(1)
Physician Listings	542	(23)
Pain Management	565	(8)
Physician Listings	566	(7)
Pathology	573	(12)
Physician Listings	584	(1)
Pediatrics	585	(88)
Riley Hospital for Children	588	(1)
Children's Hospital of Michigan	589	(1)
Maimonides Medical Center	590	(1)
Children's Hospital at Montefiore	591	(1)
Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian	592	(1)
NYU Medical Center Pediatrics	593	(1)
NYU Medical Center Pediatric Allergy & Immunology	594	(1)
NYU Medical Center Pediatric Cardiology	595	(1)
NYU Medical Center Pediatric Critical Care Medicine	596	(1)
NYU Medical Center Pediatric Gastroenterology	597	(1)
NYU Medical Center Pediatric Hematology-Oncology	598	(1)
NYU Medical Center Pediatric Infectious Diseases	599	(1)
NYU Medical Center Pediatric Nephrology	600	(1)
NYU Medical Center Pediatric Pulmonology	601	(1)
NYU Medical Center Pediatric Rheumatology	602	(1)
NYU Medical Center Pediatric Surgery	603	(1)
University of Chicago Hospitals	604	(1)
University of North Carolina Health Care System	605	(1)
Westchester Medical Center	606	(2)
Physician Listings	608	(65)
Pediatrics	611	(4)
Pediatric Allergy & Immunology	615	(5)
Pediatric Cardiology	620	(7)
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine	627	(3)
Pediatric Endocrinology	630	(6)
Pediatric Gastroenterology	636	(4)
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology	640	(7)
Pediatric Infectious Disease	647	(5)
Pediatric Nephrology	652	(4)
Pediatric Otolaryngology	656	(4)
Pediatric Pulmonology	660	(3)
Pediatric Rheumatology	663	(3)
Pediatric Surgery	666	(7)
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	673	(14)
Rehabilitaton Institute of Michigan	674	(1)
Mount Sinai Hospital	675	(1)
Physician Listings	676	(11)
Plastic Surgery	687	(24)
Physician Listings	688	(23)
Psychiatry	711	(30)
New York-Presbyterian	712	(1)
NYU Medical Center	713	(1)
Physician Listings	714	(27)
Addiction Psychiatry	715	(2)
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	717	(8)
Geriatric Psychiatry	725	(3)
Psychiatry	728	(13)
Pulmonology	741	(24)
NYU Medical Center	742	(2)
Physician Listings	744	(21)
Radiation Oncology	765	(16)
NYU Medical Center	766	(2)
Physician Listings	768	(13)
Radiology	781	(16)
NYU Medical Center	782	(2)
Physician Listings	784	(13)
Diagnostic Radiology	785	(4)
Neuroradiology	789	(4)
Radiology	793	(4)
Reproductive Endocrinology	797	(14)
NYU Medical Center	798	(2)
Physician Listings	800	(11)
Rheumatology	811	(16)
NYU Medical Center	812	(2)
Physician Listings	814	(13)
Sports Medicine	827	(6)
NYU Medical Center	828	(2)
Physician Listings	830	(3)
Surgery	833	(34)
Maimonides Medical Center	834	(1)
Mount Sinai Hospital Minimally Invasive Surgery	835	(1)
Mount Sinai Hospital Transplantation	836	(1)
New York-Presbyterian	837	(1)
NYU Medical Center	838	(1)
Shands at The University of Florida	839	(1)
Westchester Medical Center Trauma/Burn Center	840	(1)
Westchester Medical Center Transplant Center	841	(1)
Physician Listings	842	(25)
Thoracic Surgery	867	(26)
Barnes-Jewish Hospital	868	(1)
NYU Medical Center	869	(1)
Physician Listings	870	(23)
Urology	893	(28)
Cleveland Clinic	894	(1)
Mount Sinai Hospital	895	(1)
NYU Medical Center	896	(2)
Physician Listings	898	(23)
Vascular Surgery (General)	921	(20)
Maimonides Medical Center	922	(1)
New York-Presbyterian	923	(1)
NYU Medical Center	924	(2)
Physician Listings	926	(15)
Appendix A American Board of Medical Specialties	941	(6)
Appendix B Oseopathic Boards	947	(4)
Appendix C Self-designated Medical Specialties	951	(4)
Appendix D Patient Rights	955	(2)
Appendix E Hospital Listings (alphabetically with abbreviations)	957	(48)
Appendix F Medical Schools (alphabetically by state with abbreviations)	1005	(8)
Appendix G Selected Resources	1013	(6)
Appendix H Additional Medical Specialties and Subspecialties Recognized by the ABMS	1019	(11)
Subject Index	1030	(3)
Special Expertise Index	1033	(64)
Alphabetical Listing of Doctors	1097	(38)
Acknowledgments	1135