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More than 300 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 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 this list represent the extraordinary training, expertise, and dedication of all of our physicians. And of that, we're very proud indeed.

Below are Duke physicians recognized on the list.

Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology-Cardiac Division

• Solomon Aronson, MD
• Joseph P. Mathew, MD, MHSc
• Mark F. Newman, MD
• Mark Stafford-Smith, MD

Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology-GVTU Division

• Catherine M. Kuhn, MD

Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology-Neuro Division

• Cecil O. Borel, MD
• Jeffrey M. Taekman, MD
• David S. Warner, MD

Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology-Pediatric Division

• Scott R. Schulman, MD
• B. Craig Weldon, MD

Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology-VAMC

• Jonathan B. Mark, MD

Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology-Womens Division

• Holly A. Muir, MD

Community and Family Medicine / Family Medicine - General

• Kathryn M. Andolsek, MD, MPH
• Blake R. Boggess, DO
• Jeffrey R. Bytomski, DO
• Joyce A. Copeland, MD
• Margaret Gradison, MD, MHS-CL
• Lisa B. Nadler, MD
• Barbara L. Sheline, MD, MPH
• Gloria M. Trujillo, MD
• Samuel W. Warburton, MD
• Kimberly S. Yarnall, MD

Dermatology

• Garrett S. Bressler, MD
• Claude S. Burton III, MD
• Jonathan L. Cook, MD
• Sue Ellen Cox, MD
• Russell P. Hall, MD
• Stanley B. Levy, MD
• John C. Murray, MD
• Elise A. Olsen, MD
• Neil S. Prose, MD

Medicine / General Internal Medicine

• Martha B. Adams, MD, MA
• Lawrence H. Greenblatt, MD
• Michael Meredith, MD
• Eugene Zaverio Oddone, MD, MHS
• Robert W. Paterson, MD
• Bruce T. Peyser, MD
• Anne F. Phelps, MD
• Kevin B. Waters, MD

Medicine / Med - Endocrinology & Metab

• Denis I. Becker, MD
• Ann J. Brown, MD, MHS
• Warner M. Burch, MD
• Diana B. McNeill, MD

Medicine / Med-Rheumatolgy & Immunology

• Nancy B. Allen, MD
• David S. Caldwell, MD
• Lisa G. Criscione-Schreiber, MD
• John R. Rice, MD
• E. William St. Clair, MD

Medicine / Medicine - Cardiology

• Thomas M. Bashore, MD
• Richard C. Becker, MD, MEd
• Michael A. Blazing, MD
• Robert M. Califf, MD
• James P. Daubert, MD
• Pamela S. Douglas, MD
• Neil J. Freedman, MD
• Thomas Gehrig, MD
• Ruth A. Greenfield, MD
• J. Kevin Harrison, MD
• Joseph A. Kisslo, MD
• Daniel B. Mark, MD
• Christopher O'Connor, MD
• E. Magnus Ohman, MD
• Harry R. Phillips III, MD
• Joseph G. Rogers, MD
• Michael H. Sketch Jr., MD
• Andrew Wang, MD

Medicine / Medicine - Cellular Therapy Division

• Nelson J. Chao, MD
• Keith M. Sullivan, MD

Medicine / Medicine - Gastroenterology

• M. Stanley Branch, MD
• Anna Mae E. Diehl, MD

Medicine / Medicine - Geriatrics

• Harvey Jay Cohen, MD
• Mitchell T. Heflin, MD, MHS
• Kenneth W. Lyles, MD
• Kenneth E. Schmader, MD

Medicine / Medicine - Hematology

• Thomas L. Ortel, MD, PhD

Medicine / Medicine - Oncology

• Kimberly L. Blackwell, MD
• Jeffrey Crawford, MD
• Carlos M. De Castro III, MD
• Louis F. Diehl, MD
• Jon P. Gockerman, MD
• Kathleen A. Havlin, MD
• Gretchen G. Kimmick, MD, MS
• Gary H. Lyman, MD, MPH
• Paul Kelly Marcom, MD
• Joseph O. Moore, MD
• Michael A. Morse, MD, MHS
• Victoria L. Seewaldt, MD

Medicine / Medicine-Infectious Diseases

• G. Ralph Corey, MD
• Charles B. Hicks, MD
• Daniel J. Sexton, MD
• Nathan M. Thielman, MD, MPH

Medicine / Medicine-Nephrology

• David W. Butterly, MD
• John P. Middleton, MD
• Stephen R. Smith, MD, MHS
• Laura P. Svetkey, MD, MHS

Medicine / Medicine-Neurology

• Richard S. Bedlack, MD, PhD, MS
• James R. Burke, MD, PhD
• Larry B. Goldstein, MD
• Lisa D. Hobson-Webb, MD
• Aatif M. Husain, MD
• Vern C. Juel, MD
• Daniel T. Laskowitz, MD
• E. Wayne Massey, MD
• Janice M. Massey, MD
• Joel C. Morgenlander, MD
• Rodney A. Radtke, MD
• Burton L. Scott, MD, PhD
• Mark A. Stacy, MD
• Warren J. Strittmatter, MD

Medicine / Medicine-Pulmonary

• William J. Fulkerson, MD
• Joseph A. Govert, MD
• D. Allen Hayes, MD
• Monica Kraft, MD
• Peter S. Kussin, MD
• Neil R. MacIntyre, MD
• Paul W. Noble, MD
• Scott M. Palmer, MD, MHS
• Claude A. Piantadosi, MD
• John S. Sundy, MD, PhD
• Victor F. Tapson, MD

Obstetrics/Gynecology / Benign Gynecology

• Charles H. Livengood, MD

Obstetrics/Gynecology / Duke Women's Health Associates

• Anne C. Ford, MD

Obstetrics/Gynecology / Gynecology Oncology

• Andrew Berchuck, MD
• Laura J. Havrilesky, MD, MHSc
• Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD
• Fidel A. Valea, MD

Obstetrics/Gynecology / Maternal-Fetal Medicine

• Haywood L. Brown, MD
• R. Phillips Heine, MD
• Jeffrey A. Kuller, MD
• Elizabeth G. Livingston, MD

Obstetrics/Gynecology / Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

• Stanley J. Filip, MD

Obstetrics/Gynecology / OB/GYN-Harris & Smith Division

• Charles O. Harris, MD

Obstetrics/Gynecology / Reproductive Endocrinology & Fertility

• Thomas M. Price, MD
• David K. Walmer, MD, PhD

Ophthalmology / Comprehensive Ophthalmology

• Robin R. Vann, MD

Ophthalmology / Corneal Ophthalmology

• Natalie Afshari, MD, MA
• Alan N. Carlson, MD
• Terry Kim, MD

Ophthalmology / Glaucoma Ophthalmology

• R. Rand Allingham, MD
• Sanjay G. Asrani, MD
• Pratap Challa, MD
• Leon W. Herndon, MD

Ophthalmology / Pediatric Ophthalmology

• Edward G. Buckley, MD
• Laura B. Enyedi, MD
• Sharon F. Freedman, MD
• David K. Wallace, MD, MPH

Ophthalmology / Retinal Ophthalmology

• Sharon Fekrat, MD
• Glenn J. Jaffe, MD
• Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD
• Eric A. Postel, MD
• Cynthia A. Toth, MD

Orthopaedics

• Louis C. Almekinders, MD
• David E. Attarian, MD
• Brian E. Brigman, MD, PhD
• Mark E. Easley, MD
• Robert D. Fitch, MD
• William E. Garrett Jr., MD, PhD
• Richard D. Goldner, MD
• Scott S. Kelley, MD
• Paul F Lachiewicz, MD
• Joe T. Minchew, MD
• Claude T. Moorman III, MD
• James A. Nunley, MD, MS
• Steven A. Olson, MD
• Selene G. Parekh, MD, MBA
• William J. Richardson, MD
• David S. Ruch, MD
• Deborah L. Squire, MD
• Dean C. Taylor, MD
• Alison P. Toth, MD

Pediatrics / Gastroentorology, Hepatology & Nutrition

• Leon J. "Yul" Reinstein, MD
• Martin H. Ulshen, MD

Pediatrics / Med-Pediatrics

• Dean S. Miner, MD

Pediatrics / PEDS-HOSPITALIST MED

• Karen S. Frush, MD

Pediatrics / Pediatric-Blood & Marrow Transplantation

• Joanne Kurtzberg, MD
• Paul L. Martin, MD, PhD

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Allergy/Immunology

• Rebecca H. Buckley, MD
• M. Louise Markert, MD, PhD
• Joseph L. Roberts, MD, PhD

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Cardiology

• Ronald J. Kanter, MD

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Chairman Office

• Kathleen A. McGann, MD
• Joseph W. St. Geme III, MD

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Community Programs

• Douglas W. Clark, MD
• Gregory Alan Fisher, MD
• Martha E. Gagliano, MD
• Jennifer L. Lail, MD
• Kathy Ann Merritt, MD

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Critical Care Med

• Ira M. Cheifetz, MD
• Jon N. Meliones, MD, MS

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Endocrinology

• Michael S. Freemark, MD
• Nancy Friedman, MD

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology

• Susan G. Kreissman, MD

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases

• Ross E. McKinney Jr., MD

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Medical Genetics

• Priya S. Kishnani, MD, MB BS
• Dwight D. Koeberl, MD, PhD
• Vandana Shashi, MD, MB BS

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Neonatology

• C. Michael Cotten, MD, MHS
• Ronald N. Goldberg, MD
• Ricki F. Goldstein, MD
• David T. Tanaka, MD

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Nephrology

• John W. Foreman, MD
• Shashi K. Nagaraj, MD, MBBS
• Delbert R. Wigfall, MD

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care

• Michelle L. Bailey, MD
• Jeffrey P. Baker, MD, PhD
• Dennis A. Clements, MD, PhD, MPH
• Martha A. Snyder, MD
• Emmanuel B. Walter, MD, MPH

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Pulmonary and Sleep Med

• Richard M. Kravitz, MD
• Thomas M. Murphy, MD
• Judith A. Voynow, MD

Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Rheumatology

• Egla C. Rabinovich, MD, MPH
• Laura E. Schanberg, MD

Psychiatry / Biological Psychiatry

• Joseph Patrick McEvoy, MD
• Ashwin A. Patkar, MD
• Richard D. Weiner, MD, PhD

Psychiatry / Geriatric Psychiatry

• Dan G. Blazer, MD, PhD
• Harold G. Koenig, MD, MHSc
• Keith G. Meador, MD, MPH

Psychiatry / Medical Psychology

• Richard Harry Weisler, MD

Radiation Oncology / Radiation Onc-Clinical Sup

• David M. Brizel, MD
• Brian G. Czito, MD
• W. Robert Lee, MD, MEd, MS
• Leonard Richard Prosnitz, MD

Radiation Oncology / Radiation Oncology-General

• Christopher G. Willett, MD

Radiology / Abdominal Imaging

• Barbara S. Hertzberg, MD
• Rendon C. Nelson, MD

Radiology / Chest Radiology

• Philip C. Goodman, MD
• H. Page McAdams, MD
• Lacey Washington, MD

Radiology / Neuroradiology

• James M. Provenzale, MD

Radiology / Nuclear Medicine

• Salvador Borges-Neto, MD
• R. Edward Coleman, MD

Radiology / Pediatric Radiology

• Donald P. Frush, MD

Surgery / Abdominal Transplant

• Debra L. Sudan, MD

Surgery / Cardiovascular & Thoracic

• Thomas A. D'Amico, MD
• R. Duane Davis, MD
• Donald D. Glower, MD
• Carmelo A. Milano, MD
• Peter K. Smith, MD

Surgery / General and Advanced GI

• Theodore N. Pappas, MD
• Christopher R. Watters, MD
• James S. Wilson Jr., MD

Surgery / Neurosurgery

• Gavin W. Britz, MB BCh, MPH
• Allan H. Friedman, MD
• Henry S. Friedman, MD
• Herbert E. Fuchs, MD, PhD
• Robert E. Isaacs, MD

Surgery / Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

• Seth M. Cohen, MD, MPH
• Ramon M. Esclamado, MD, MS
• Eileen M. Raynor, MD
• Richard L. Scher, MD
• Debara L. Tucci, MD, MS
• David L. Witsell, MD, MHS

Surgery / Pediatric General Surgery

• Henry E. Rice, MD

Surgery / Plastic Max & Oral Surgery

• Jeffrey R. Marcus, MD
• Donald Serafin, MD
• Michael R. Zenn, MD

Surgery / Surgical Oncology

• Bryan M. Clary, MD
• Douglas S. Tyler, MD

Surgery / Surgical Sciences, Program in Molecular

• H. Kim Lyerly, MD

Surgery / Urology

• Judd W. Moul, MD
• Glenn M. Preminger, MD
• John S. Wiener, MD

Surgery / Vascular

• Richard L. McCann, MD
• Leila Mureebe, MD

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

This list was compiled by Best Doctors Inc., a private company based in Boston. The firm conducts physician research throughout the United States and several other countries.

Best Doctors asked 40,000 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.