Twenty-One Department of Medicine Physicians on National “Top Doctors” List for 2011-2012

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Twenty-one Department of Medicine physicians are among the 83 UC San Diego Health System doctors designated Top Doctors by U.S.News & World Report for 2011-2012.

U.S. News teamed with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., publisher of America’s Top Doctors and other consumer health guides, to create its Top Doctors™ list.

Of the 21 Top Doctors from the Department of Medicine, 16 are among Castle Connolly’s top 1% in the nation and 5 are considered in the top 10%.

In the following list, an asterisk indicates the physician is in Castle Connolly’s Top 1%.

Auger, William R.*

– Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Ball, Edward D.*

– Bone Marrow Transplantation

Blanchard, Daniel G. *

– Cardiology

Catanzaro, Antonino*

– Pulmonary

Choe, Charles H.

– Endocrinology and Metabolism

Edelman, Steven V.*

– Endocrinology and Metabolism

Feld, Gregory K.*

– Cardiology

Gamble, Paul N.

– General Internal Medicine

Gish, Robert*

– Gastroenterology

Kipps, Thomas J.*

– Hematology-Oncology

Mahmud, Ehtisham*

– Cardiology

Mittal, Ravinder

– Gastroenterology

Parker, Barbara A.*

– Hematology-Oncology

Read, William L.

– Hematology-Oncology

Reid, Tony R.*

– Hematology-Oncology

Richman, Douglas D.*

– Infectious Diseases

Rubin, Lewis J.*

– Gastroenterology

Sandborn, William J.*

– Gastroenterology

Savides, Thomas

– Gastroenterology

Schooley, Robert T.*

– Infectious Diseases

Wasserman, Stephen I.*

– Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology

U.S. News and Castle Connolly use a combination of peer nomination and physician-directed analysis to create their Top Doctors™ database. | More about the methodology: Castle Connolly | U.S. News