America's Top Doctors 2005

by Castle Connolly

• ISBN13: 9781883769918
• ISBN10: 1883769914
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: Castle Connolly Medical Ltd

Summary

The selection of medical providers for inclusion in this book was based in part on opinions solicited from physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals. The author and publishers cannot assure the accuracy of information provided to them by third parties, since such opinions are necessarily subjective and may be incomplete. The omission from this book of particular health care providers does not mean that such providers are not competent or reputable.

Table of Contents

Hippocratic Oath	x
About the Publishers	xi
Medical Advisory Board	xiii
Foreword	xv
Introduction	1	(5)
Using this guide to find top specialists	6	(19)
Maximizing your first appointment with a top doctor	25	(4)
What to do if you can't get an appointment	29	(1)
Utilizing special resources	30	(11)
Learning about the National Institutes of Health (NIH)	41	(4)
Geographic Regions and States	45	(4)
Partnership for Excellence Program	49	(30)
The Training of a Specialist	79	(3)
Medical Specialty and Subspecialty Abbreviations	82	(7)
Locating a Specialist	89	(1)
Preface to Medical Specialties	90	(1)
Adolescent Medicine	91	(4)
Physician Listings	93	(2)
Allergy & Immunology	95	(12)
Cleveland Clinic	97	(2)
Physician Listings	99	(8)
Cardiovascular Disease	107	(52)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	109	(1)
Clarian Health Partners	110	(1)
Cleveland Clinic	111	(1)
Continuum Health Partners	112	(1)
Duke University Health System	113	(1)
Lenox Hill Hospital	114	(1)
Maimonides Medical Center	115	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	116	(1)
New York-Presbyterian	117	(1)
NYU Medical Center	118	(1)
Shands Healthcare at the University of Florida	119	(1)
Shands Jacksonville	120	(1)
St. Francis Hospital - The Heart Center	121	(1)
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals	122	(1)
University of North Carolina Health Care System	123	(1)
University of Pennsylvania Health System	124	(1)
Vanderbilt Medical Center	125	(1)
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	126	(1)
Physician Listings	127	(32)
Cardiac Electrophysiology	127	(4)
Cardiovascular Disease	131	(22)
Interventional Cardiology	153	(6)
Child Neurology	159	(8)
Physician Listings	161	(6)
Clinical Genetics	167	(12)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	169	(1)
NYU Medical Center	170	(1)
Physician Listings	171	(8)
Colon & Rectal Surgery	179	(12)
NYU Medical Center	181	(2)
Physician Listings	183	(8)
Dermatology	191	(18)
NYU Medical Center	193	(2)
Physician Listings	195	(14)
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism	209	(18)
Cleveland Clinic	211	(2)
Physician Listings	213	(14)
Gastroenterology	227	(28)
Cleveland Clinic	229	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	230	(1)
New York-Presbyterian	231	(1)
NYU Medical Center	232	(1)
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	233	(2)
Physician Listings	235	(20)
Geriatric Medicine	255	(12)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	257	(1)
NYU Medical Center	258	(1)
Physician Listings	259	(8)
Gynecologic Oncology	267	(14)
NYU Medical Center	269	(2)
Physician Listings	271	(10)
Hand Surgery	281	(14)
Cleveland Clinic	283	(1)
NYU Medical Center	284	(1)
Physician Listings	285	(10)
Hematology & Medical Oncology	295	(60)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	297	(1)
Clarian Health Partners	298	(1)
Cleveland Clinic	299	(1)
Continuum Health Partners	300	(1)
Duke University Health System	301	(1)
Maimonides Medical Center	302	(1)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center	303	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	304	(1)
New York-Presbyterian	305	(1)
NYU Medical Center	306	(1)
Shands Healthcare at the University of Florida	307	(1)
Thomas Jeffersn University Hospitals	308	(1)
University of North Carolina Health Care System	309	(1)
University of Pennsylvania Health System	310	(1)
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	311	(1)
Vanderbilt Medical Center	312	(1)
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	313	(2)
Physician Listings	315	(40)
Hematology	315	(10)
Medical Oncology	325	(30)
Infectious Disease	355	(16)
NYU Medical Center	357	(2)
Physician Listings	359	(12)
Internal Medicine	371	(8)
NYU Medical Center	373	(2)
Physician Listings	375	(4)
Maternal & Fetal Medicine	379	(12)
Maimonides Medical Center	381	(1)
NYU Medical Center	382	(1)
Physician Listings	383	(8)
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine	391	(10)
NYU Medical Center	393	(2)
Physician Listings	395	(6)
Nephrology	401	(14)
Cleveland Clinic	403	(2)
Physician Listings	405	(10)
Neurological Surgery	415	(32)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	417	(1)
Continuum Health Partners	418	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	419	(2)
NYU Medical Center	421	(1)
Shands Healthcare at the University of Florida	422	(1)
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	423	(2)
Physician Listings	425	(22)
Neurology	447	(38)
Cleveland Clinic	449	(1)
Duke University Health System	450	(1)
Maimonides Medical Center	451	(1)
New York-Presbyterian	452	(1)
NYU Medical Center	453	(1)
Shands Healthcare at the University of Florida	454	(1)
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	455	(1)
University of Pennsylvania Health System	456	(1)
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	457	(2)
Physician Listings	459	(26)
Nuclear Medicine	485	(8)
NYU Medical Center	487	(2)
Physician Listings	489	(4)
Obstetrics/Gynecology	493	(16)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	495	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	496	(1)
NYU Medical Center	497	(1)
University of North Carolina Health Care System	498	(1)
University of Pennsylvania Health System	499	(2)
Physician Listings	501	(8)
Ophthalmology	509	(34)
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute	511	(1)
Cleveland Clinic	512	(1)
Duke University Health System	513	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	514	(1)
New York Eye & Ear Infirmary	515	(1)
Vanderbilt Medical Center	516	(1)
Physician Listings	517	(26)
Orthopaedic Surgery	543	(38)
Clarian Health Partners	545	(1)
Cleveland Clinic	546	(1)
Continuum Health Partners	547	(1)
Duke University Health System	548	(1)
Hospital for Special Surgery	549	(1)
Lenox Hill Hospital	550	(1)
Maimonides Medical Center	551	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	552	(1)
NYU Medical Center	553	(1)
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals	554	(1)
University of North Carolina Health Care System	555	(1)
University of Pennsylvania Health System	556	(1)
Physician Listings	557	(24)
Otolaryngology	581	(32)
Cleveland Clinic	583	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	584	(1)
New York Eye & Ear Infirmary	585	(1)
NYU Medical Center	586	(1)
Vanderbilt Medical Center	587	(2)
Physician Listings	589	(24)
Pain Medicine	613	(8)
Physician Listings	615	(6)
Pathology	621	(16)
Physician Listings	623	(14)
Pediatrics	637	(96)
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute	645	(1)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	646	(1)
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles	647	(1)
Clarian Health Partners	648	(1)
Cleveland Clinic	649	(1)
Maimonides Medical Center	650	(1)
New York-Presbyterian	651	(1)
NYU Medical Center: Pediatrics	652	(1)
NYU Medical Center: Pediatric Allergy & Immunology	653	(1)
NYU Medical Center: Pediatric Cardiology	654	(1)
NYU Medical Center: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine	655	(1)
NYU Medical Center: Pediatric Gastroenterology	656	(1)
NYU Medical Center: Pediatric Hematology-Oncology	657	(1)
NYU Medical Center: Pediatric Infectious Diseases	658	(1)
NYU Medical Center: Pediatric Nephrology	659	(1)
NYU Medical Center: Pediatric Pulmonology	660	(1)
NYU Medical Center: Pediatric Rheumatology	661	(1)
NYU Medical Center: Pediatric Surgery	662	(1)
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital	663	(1)
Shands Healthcare at the University of Florida	664	(1)
University of North Carolina Health Care: Children's Hospital	665	(1)
University of North Carolina Health Care: Children's Heart Center	666	(1)
University of Texas MD Anderson Medical Center	667	(1)
Vanderbilt Medical Center	668	(1)
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	669	(2)
Physician Listings	671	(62)
Pediatrics	671	(3)
Pediatric Allergy & Immunology	674	(4)
Pediatric Cardiology	678	(7)
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine	685	(2)
Pediatric Endocrinology	687	(5)
Pediatric Gastroenterology	692	(5)
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology	697	(9)
Pediatric Infectious Disease	706	(5)
Pediatric Nephrology	711	(4)
Pediatric Otolaryngology	715	(4)
Pediatric Pulmonology	719	(3)
Pediatric Rheumatology	722	(3)
Pediatric Surgery	725	(8)
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	733	(14)
Cleveland Clinic	735	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	736	(1)
NYU Medical Center	737	(2)
Physician Listings	739	(8)
Plastic Surgery	747	(26)
New York Eye & Ear Infirmary	749	(1)
Vanderbilt Medical Center	750	(1)
Physician Listings	751	(22)
Preventive & Occupational Medicine	773	(8)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	775	(2)
Physician Listings	777	(4)
Occupational Medicine	777	(1)
Preventive Medicine	778	(3)
Psychiatry	781	(30)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	783	(1)
New York-Presbyterian	784	(1)
NYU Medical Center	785	(2)
Physician Listings	787	(24)
Addiction Psychiatry	787	(1)
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	788	(7)
Geriatric Psychiatry	795	(3)
Psychiatry	798	(13)
Pulmonary Disease	811	(26)
Cleveland Clinic	813	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center: Pulmonary Medicine	814	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center: Sleep Medicine	815	(1)
NYU Medical Center	816	(1)
Physician Listings	817	(20)
Radiation Oncology	837	(16)
NYU Medical Center	839	(1)
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	840	(1)
Physician Listings	841	(12)
Radiology	853	(22)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	855	(1)
NYU Medical Center	856	(1)
Physician Listings	857	(18)
Diagnostic Radiology	857	(7)
Neuroradiology	864	(5)
Vascular & Interventional Radiology	869	(6)
Reproductive Endocrinology	875	(14)
NYU Medical Center	877	(2)
Physician Listings	879	(10)
Rheumatology	889	(18)
Cleveland Clinic	891	(1)
Hospital for Special Surgery	892	(1)
NYU Medical Center	893	(2)
Physician Listings	895	(12)
Sports Medicine	907	(8)
Cleveland Clinic	909	(1)
NYU Medical Center	910	(1)
Physician Listings	911	(4)
Surgery	915	(40)
Clarian Health Partners	917	(1)
Cleveland Clinic	918	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center: Minimally Invasive Surgery	919	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center: Transplantation	920	(1)
New York-Presbyterian	921	(1)
NYU Medical Center	922	(1)
Shands Healthcare at the University of Florida	923	(1)
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals	924	(1)
Physician Listings	925	(30)
Thoracic Surgery	955	(32)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	957	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center: Cardiothoracic Surgery	958	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center: Thoracic Surgery	959	(1)
NYU Medical Center	960	(1)
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	961	(2)
Physician Listings	963	(24)
Urology	987	(32)
Cleveland Clinic	989	(1)
Mount Sinai Medical Center	990	(1)
NYU Medical Center	991	(1)
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	992	(1)
Vanderbilt Medical Center	993	(2)
Physician Listings	995	(24)
Vascular Surgery	1019	(20)
Maimonides Medical Center	1021	(1)
New York-Presbyterian	1022	(1)
NYU Medical Center	1023	(2)
Physician Listings	1025	(14)
Appendix A American Board of Medical Specialties	1039	(6)
Appendix B Osteopathic Boards	1045	(4)
Appendix C Self-designated Medical Specialties	1049	(4)
Appendix D Hospital Listings (alphabetically with abbreviations)	1053	(58)
Appendix E Medical Schools (alphabetically by state with abbreviations)	1111	(8)
Appendix F Selected Resources	1119	(8)
Appendix G Additional Medical Specialties and Subspecialties Recognized by the ABMS	1127	(11)
Subject Index	1138	(3)
Special Expertise Index	1141	(92)
Alphabetical Listing of Doctors	1233	(42)
Book Order Form	1275	(1)
Acknowledgments	1276	(1)
Customer Feedback Offer	1277	(1)
Doctor-Patient Advisor Service	1278	(1)
Donation Statement	1278