Best doctors 2008; This list plus doctors in 41 additional specialties can be found at www.BusinessNC.com/docs.

• Position: FEATURE

* ADDICTION MEDICINE

Alfonso John Mooney III, Cary.

* ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Jose A. Bardelas Jr., Allergy and Asthma Center of North Carolina, High Point; Rebecca H. Buckley, Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham; A. Wesley Burks Jr., Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham; Joseph Follett, LaFayette Clinic, Fayetteville; John W. Georgitis, LaFayette Allergy Services, Holly Springs; Nortin M. Hadler, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; David Lefkowitz III, Carolina Asthma and Allergy Center, Charlotte; M. Louise Markert, Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham; David B. Peden, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Richard S. Roberts, Carolina Asthma and Allergy Center, Charlotte; Richard P. Silton, Carolina Asthma and Allergy Center, Charlotte; John S. Sundy, Duke Asthma, Allergy and Airway Center, Durham.

* CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Kirkwood Adams Jr., UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Robert Joseph Applegate, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, WinstonSalem; Joseph D. Babb, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville; Thomas M. Bashore, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Michael A. Blazing, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Bruce R. Brodie, LeBauer Healthcare, Greensboro; Robert M. Califf, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; G. Ray Cheely, Raleigh Cardiology Associates; Victor J. Dzau, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; John M. Fedor, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte; David Fitzgerald, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Neil J. Freedman, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Thomas R. Gehrig, Duke Health Center, Durham; Davidson H. Givens, Winston-Salem Cardiology; Ruth Ann Greenfield, Duke Health Center, Durham; J. Kevin Harrison, Duke Health Center, Durham; J. Warren Holshouser, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte; James Jaggers, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; John S. Kelley, Carolina Cardiology Consultants, Raleigh; Paul Kirkman, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Joseph Kisslo, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Mark Earl Leithe, Raleigh Cardiology Associates; William Little, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Charles Mangano, Raleigh Cardiology Associates; J. Tift Mann, Wake Heart Associates, Raleigh; John Paul Mounsey,UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Christopher M. O'Connor, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; E. Magnus Ohman, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Harry R. Phillips III, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Amarendra Busa Reddy, Raleigh Cardiology Associates; Killian C. Robinson, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Joseph G. Rogers, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Marschall S. Runge, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Tony William Simmons, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; John Rankin Sinden, Raleigh Cardiology Associates; Michael Hugh Sketch, Duke Health Center, Durham; Sidney C. Smith Jr., UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; David Tate, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Andrew Wang, Duke Health Center, Durham; Franklin C. Wefald, Smithfield Heart and Vascular Associates; Park W. Willis IV, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Bryan Hadley Wilson, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte; James P. Zidar, Duke Cardiology of Raleigh.

* COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY

Mark J. Koruda, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill.

*DERMATOLOGY

John G. Albertini, The Skin Surgery Center, Winston- Salem; Charles J. Brown,Dermatologic Laser Center, Charlotte; William A. Burke, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville; Claude S. Burton, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Robert Clark, Cary Skin Center; Jonathan L. Cook, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Sue Ellen Cox, Aesthetic Solutions, Chapel Hill; Luis A. Diaz, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Zoe D. Draelos, High Point; Irene E. Edwards, Mid-Charlotte Dermatology and Research; Steven R. Feldman, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Alan B. Fleischer Jr., Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; W. Ray Gammon, Eastern Dermatology and Pathology, Greenville; James Grichnik, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Russell P. Hall III, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Frank M. Houston, Greensboro Dermatology Associates; Joseph L. Jorizzo, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Barry Leshin, The Skin Surgery Center, Winston-Salem; Stanley B. Levy, Chapel Hill Dermatology; Amy J. McMichael, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; John C. Murray, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Elise A. Olsen, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Lawrence H. Pearson, Cleveland Dermatology, Shelby; Jerry L. Pruitt, Dermatology Center of Hickory; David Scott Rubenstein, UNC Chapel Hill; Elizabeth F. Sherertz, Winston-Salem Dermatology and Surgery Center; Ronald J. Stanley, Boone Dermatology Clinic; Jenny L. Stone, Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology, Charlotte; David E. Tart, Viewmont Dermatology, Hickory; John A. Thompson Jr., Dermatologic Laser Center, Charlotte; W. Harrison Turner III, Greensboro Dermatology Associates; Phil M. Williford, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Gil Yosipovitch, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

* ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Denis I. Becker, Raleigh Endocrine Associates; Susan Braithwaite, UNC Diabetes Care Center, Durham; David Allen Brantley, Mecklenburg Medical Group, Charlotte; Ann J. Brown, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Warner Miller Burch Jr., Duke University Medical Center, Durham; John B. Buse, UNC Diabetes Care Center, Durham; David Clemmons, UNC Diabetes Care Center, Durham; Jean Dostou, UNC Diabetes Care Center, Durham; David Alan Hester, Asheville Endocrinology Consultants; Richard E. Kleinmann, Presbyterian Endocrinology and Osteoporosis Consult, Charlotte; David F. Lobach, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Kenneth W. Lyles, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Diana B. McNeill, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Edith H. Miller, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte; Thomas L. O'Connell, UNC Highgate Specialty Center, Durham; K. Patrick Ober, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; David A. Ontjes, UNC Endocrinology Clinic, Durham; Janet E. Rubin, UNC Highgate Specialty Center, Durham; Jeffrey Kent Russell, Asheville Endocrinology Consultants; Roberta Samelson Bracken, Presbyterian Endocrinology and Osteoporosis Consult, Charlotte; James K. Speed, Asheville Endocrinology Consultants; W. Stuart Tucker Jr., Randolph Internal Medicine, Charlotte; Paul C. Whitesides Jr., Hanover Medical Specialists, Wilmington; Eugene E. Wright, Cape Fear Valley Health system, Fayetteville.

* GASTROENTEROLOGY

John Baillie, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Thomas M. Bond, Asheville Gastroenterology Associates; Herbert L. Bonkovsky, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte; Eugene M. Bozymski, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Malcolm Stanley Branch, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Oscar Sven Brann, Mecklenburg Medical Group, Charlotte; Anna Mae Diehl, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Douglas A. Drossman, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Christopher Dean Ferris, Mecklenburg Medical Group, Charlotte; Michael Warren Fried, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Ian S. Grimm, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Kent C. Holtzmuller, Mecklenburg Medical Group, Charlotte; Kim L. Isaacs, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Joseph W. Kittinger III, Wilmington Gastroenterology Associates; Kenneth L. Koch, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Kenneth R. Kohagen, Digestive Healthcare, Raleigh; Carroll Koscheski, Gastroenterology Associates, Hickory; John McHutchison, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; John H. Meier, Gastroenterology Associates, Hickory; Henry Paul Nathan, Mountain Medical Associates, Clyde; Roy Charles Orlando, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Thomas John Pacicco, Charlotte Medical Clinic; Mark Russo, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte; Robert S. Sandler, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; R. Balfour Sartor, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Ronald Schwarz, Raleigh Medical Group; Nicholas J. Shaheen, UNC Chapel Hill; Richard L. Smith, Asheville Gastroenterology Associates; Mary Beth Spanarkel, Regional GI Associates, Durham; John J. Walker, High Point Gastroenterology; Robert T. Yavorski, Charlotte Medical Clinic; Steven Zacks, UNC Hospitals, Chaple Hill.

* HAND SURGERY

Julian McClees Aldrid, Duke Health Center, Durham; James R. Boatright, OrthoCarolina, Charlotte; Donald K. Bynum Jr., UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Anthony DeFranzo, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; John S. Gaul III, OrthoCarolina, Charlotte; Richard D. Goldner, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; L. Andrew Koman, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Gary R. Kuzma, Orthopaedic and Hand Specialists, Greensboro; Joseph Molnar, Wake Forest University BaptistMedical Center, Winston-Salem; Richard S. Moore, Wilmington Orthopaedic Group; James A. Nunley II, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; David S. Ruch, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Robert V. Sypher Jr., Orthopaedic and Hand Specialists, Greensboro.

* INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Edwin A. Brown, Raleigh Infectious Diseases Associates; John Franklin Campbell, Moses Cone Health System, Greensboro; Myron Cohen, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; G. Ralph Corey, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Joseph J. Eron Jr., UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Hubert B. Haywood III, Raleigh Infectious Diseases Associates; Deirdre A. Herrington, Blue Ridge Medical Associates, Winston-Salem; Charles B. Hicks, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Kevin P. High, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; James M. Horton, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte; Christopher Ingram, Raleigh Infectious Diseases Associates; Paul...