This summer, 180 Duke physicians were named by their colleagues around the state as among North Carolina 's very best -- the doctors whom they would select for their own medical care or that of their families. The names of these highly respected Duke physicians appear on this year's annual list of North Carolina's Best Doctors, published in the July 2007 edition of Business North Carolina magazine. Duke has far more physicians on the list than any other health care institution in the state.

The Duke physicians who received this recognition practice within a broad variety of specialties -- from cancer care to cardiology, OB/GYN to ophthalmology. They work closely with their fellow Duke doctors within dedicated multidisciplinary teams to provide sophisticated, compassionate, patient-centered care.

In fact, the Duke physicians honored in Business North Carolina represent the extraordinary training, expertise, and dedication of all of our physicians. And of that, we're very proud indeed.

To search for a Duke physician by name or medical specialty, visit Find a Physician.

How Was the List of North Carolina's Best Doctors Compiled?

To compile the listings, Business North Carolina contracted with Best Doctors Inc., a private company owned by Health Resources and Technology Inc. Based in Boston, the firm conducts physician surveys throughout the United States and several other countries.

Best Doctors asked 33,000 doctors nationwide to submit their evaluations of practitioners in various medical specialties. The doctors were also asked whom they themselves would go to for medical care, or to whom they would refer a member of their families if they needed treatment. Best Doctors compiled the results, verified licenses and board certifications, and checked medical boards for disciplinary actions.

Only 5 percent of all North Carolina physicians made the final list.

Below are Duke physicians recognized on the list.

Allergy and Immunology

• Rebecca H. Buckley
  
• A. Wesley Burks Jr.
• M. Louise Markert
  
• Larry W. Williams

Anesthesiology

• Mark F. Newman
  
• Winston C. V. Parris
• David Samuel Warner
  

Cardiovascular Disease

• Thomas M. Bashore
• Michael A. Blazing
• Robert M. Califf
• Pamela S. Douglas
• Victor J. Dzau
• J. Kevin Harrison
• Joseph Kisslo
• Christopher M. O’Connor
• E. Magnus Ohman
• Joseph G. Rogers
• Thomas J. Ryan
• James P. Zidar

Dermatology

• Jonathan L. Cook
• James Grichnik
• Russell P. Hall III
• Elise A. Olsen
• Neil S. Prose

Endocrinology and Metabolism

• Warner Miller Burch Jr.
• David F. Lobach
• Kenneth W. Lyles
• Diana B. McNeill

Family Medicine

• Jeffrey R. Bytomski
• Joyce A. Copeland
• Margaret Gradison
• Barbara L. Sheline
• Kimberly H. Yarnall

Gastroenterology

• Malcolm Stanley Branch
• Anna Mae Diehl
• John McHutchison

Geriatric Medicine

• Harvey Jay Cohen
• Kenneth W. Lyles

Hand Surgery

• Richard D. Goldner
• James A. Nunley II
• David S. Ruch

Infectious Disease

• G. Ralph Corey
• Charles B. “Chuck” Hicks
• Daniel J. Sexton
• Nathan Thielman

Internal Medicine (General)

• Bruce T. Peyser
• Laura P. Svetkey
• James A. Tulsky

Medical Oncology and Hematology

• Kimberly L. Blackwell
• Nelson Chao
• Harvey Jay Cohen
• Jeffrey Crawford
• Louis Diehl
• Jon P. Gockerman
• Paul Kelly Marcom
• Joseph O. Moore
• Michael A. Morse
• Thomas L. Ortel
• Victoria L. Seewaldt
• Keith M. Sullivan

Nephrology

• Stephen R. Smith

Neurological Surgery

• Allan H. Friedman
• Herbert E. Fuchs

Neurology

• Richard Bedlack
• Henry S. Friedman
• Larry B. Goldstein
• Vern C. Juel
• Daniel T. Laskowitz
• E. Wayne Massey
• Janice M. Massey
• Joel C. Morgenlander
• Richard Payne
• Rodney A. Radtke
• Donald B. Sanders
• Donald E. Schmechel
• Mark Allen Stacy

Neurology, Child

• Darrell V. Lewis Jr.

Nuclear Medicine

• Salvador Borges-Neto
• Ralph Edward Coleman

Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Andrew Berchuck
• Haywood L. Brown
• Robert Phillip Heine
• Charles H. Livengood
• Elizabeth G. Livingston
• Thomas Michael Price
• David K. Walmer

Occupational Medicine

• Woodhall Stopford

Ophthalmology

• Natalie A. Afshari
• R. Rand Allingham
• Sanjay Asrani
• Edward G. Buckley
• Alan N. Carlson
• Pratap Challa
• Laura B. Enyedi
• Sharon Fekrat
• Sharon F. Freedman
• Leon W. Herndon
• Glenn J. Jaffe
• Terry Kim
• Paul P. Lee
• Brooks Walton McCuen II
• Travis Eric A. Postel
• Cynthia A. Toth
• David K. Wallace
• Terri L. Young

Orthopaedic Surgery

• Carl J. Basamania
• William E. Garrett Jr.
• L. Scott Levin
• Claude T. Moorman III
• James A. Nunley II
• Steven A. Olson
• William J. Richardson
• Alison P. Toth

Otolaryngology

• Ramon M. Esclamado
• Richard L. Scher
• Debara L. Tucci

Pediatric Specialist

• Philip P. Breitfeld
• Ira Cheifetz
• John W. Foreman
• Nancy E. Friedman
• Ronald N. Goldberg
• Ricki F. Goldstein
• Ronald J. Kanter
• Richard M. Kravitz
• Susan G. Kreissman
• Joanne Kurtzberg
• Joseph Marc Majure
• Kathleen A. McGann
• Ross E. McKinney Jr.
• Thomas Miles Murphy
• Joseph W. St. Geme
• David T. Tanaka
• Martin Howard Ulshen
• Judith Ann Voynow
• Bruce Craig Weldon
• Delbert R. Wigfall

Pediatrics (General)

• Jeffrey P. Baker
• A. Wesley Burks Jr.
• Dennis A. Clements III
• Joseph Marc Majure
• Dean Scott Miner
• Deborah L. Squire

Plastic Surgery

• Philip E. Higgs
• L. Scott Levin

Psychiatry

• Dan G. Blazer
• Harold G. Koenig
• Ranga R. Krishnan
• Richard D. Weiner

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

• Michael Jon Cicale
• William J. Fulkerson
• Joseph A. Govert
• Neil R. MacIntyre
• Scott M. Palmer
• Victor Tapson

Radiation Oncology

• David M. Brizel
• Lawrence B. Marks
• Leonard R. Prosnitz

Radiology

• Philip C. Goodman

Rheumatology

• Nancy Bates Allen
• Lisa Criscione-Schreiber
• Rex Monroe McCallum
• John R. Rice
• E. William St. Clair
• John S. Sundy

Sleep Medicine

• Rodney A. Radtke

Surgery

• Paul C. Kuo
• H. Kim Lyerly
• Richard Lucas McCann
• Theodore N. Pappas

Surgical Oncology

• David M. Ota
• Douglas Tyler

Thoracic Surgery

• Thomas A. D’Amico
• R. Duane Davis Jr.
• Donald D. Glower
• Peter K. Smith

Urology

• David M. Albala
• Craig F. Donatucci
• Judd W. Moul
• Glenn M. Preminger
• George D. Webster