The state's Best Doctors: these are the specialists that physicians say they'd go to if they needed to see a doctor.
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Best Doctors Inc., a Boston-based company that rates physicians, takes a direct approach in determining the best doctors: It asks those in practice to whom they would turn if they or members of their families needed a specialist. More than 30,000 doctors nationwide submit evaluations of practitioners in 43 fields. Best Doctors then verifies licenses and board certifications and checks state medical boards for disciplinary actions. Best Doctors also asks doctors who are nominated more detailed questions about their practices, experience and research. About 4% of North Carolina's 16,000 licensed physicians make the list. An expanded list, including specialties not included here because of space constraints, can be found on our Web site, www.businessnc.com.
ADDICTION MEDICINE
Alfonso John Mooney III, Cary
ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Rebecca H. Buckley, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
A. Wesley Burks Jr., Duke University Medical Center, Durham
John W. Georgitis, Piedmont Allergy and Asthma, Winston-Salem
M. Louise Markert, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Larry W. Williams, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Thomas M. Bashore, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Richard C. Becker, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham
Robert M. Califf, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
David Fitzgerald, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem
Joe Ellis Gaddy, Cardiology Specialists of North Carolina, Winston-Salem
Davidson H. Givens, Winston-Salem Cardiology, Winston-Salem
J. Kevin Harrison, Durham
Joseph Kisslo, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
J. Tift Mann, Wake Heart Associates, Raleigh
Daniel B. Mark, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Marschall S. Runge, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Thomas J. Ryan, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Sidney C. Smith Jr., UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Frank C. Wefald, Smithfield Heart Associates, Smithfield
James P. Zidar, Duke Cardiology of Raleigh, Raleigh
DERMATOLOGY
Charles J. Brown, Dermatologic Laser Center, Charlotte
William Burke, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville
Claude S. Burton, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Jonathan L. Cook, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Luis A. Diaz, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Zoe D. Draelos, High Point
Libby I.E. Edwards, Mid-Charlotte Dermatology and Research, Charlotte
Steven Feldman, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
Alan Fleischer, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
W. Ray Gammon, Eastern Dermatology and Pathology, Greenville
Lowell Alan Goldsmith, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill
Gloria F. Graham, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
Russell P. Hall III, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
W. Dean Henrichs, Winston-Salem Health Care, Winston-Salem
Joseph L. Jorizzo, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
Barry Leshin, The Skin Surgery Center, Winston-Salem
Stanley B. Levy, Chapel Hill Dermatology, Chapel Hill
Amy J. McMichael, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
Elise A. Olsen, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Lawrence H. Pearson, Cleveland Dermatology, Shelby
Neil S. Prose, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Jerry L. Pruitt, Dermatology Center of Hickory, Hickory
Elizabeth F. Sherertz, Winston-Salem
Ronald J. Stanley, Boone
David E. Tart, Hickory
John A. Thompson Jr., Dermatologic Laser Center, Charlotte
W. Harrison Turner II, Greensboro Dermatology, Greensboro
Phil Williford, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
Gil Yosipovitch, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem
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ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Denis I. Becker, Raleigh Endocrine Associates, Raleigh
Roberta Bracken, Presbyterian Endocrinology and Osteoporosis Consultants, Charlotte
Warner Miller Burch Jr., Duke University Medical Center, Durham
John B. Buse, UNC Diabetes Care Center, Durham
David Alan Hester, Asheville Endocrinology Consultants, Asheville
Richard E. Kleinmann, Presbyterian Endocrinology and Osteoporosis Consultants, Charlotte
Kenneth W. Lyles, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Edith H. Miller, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte
K. Patrick Ober, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem
David A. Ontjes, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
James K. Speed, Asheville Endocrinology Consultants, Asheville
Paul C. Whiteside, Hanover Medical Specialists, Wilmington
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Thomas M. Bond, Asheville Gastroenterology Associates, Asheville
Eugene M. Bozymski, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill
Douglas A. Drossman, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
William D. Heize, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Kim Isaacs, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Joseph W. Kittinger III, Wilmington Gastroenterology Associates, Wilmington
Henry Paul Nathan, Mountain Medical Associates, Clyde
R. Balfour Sartor, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Nicholas J. Shaheen, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Richard L. Smith, Asheville Gastroenterology Associates, Asheville
John J. Walker, High Point
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Edwin A. Brown, Raleigh Infectious Diseases Associates, Raleigh
G. Ralph Corey, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Joseph J. Eron Jr., UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Hubert B. Haywood III, Raleigh Infectious Diseases Associates, Raleigh
Kevin High, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
James M. Horton, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte
Timothy W. Lane, Moses Cone Health System, Greensboro
Vicki Morris, Raleigh Infectious Diseases Associates, Raleigh
James E. Peacock, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem
P. Samuel Pegram Jr., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
Janelle A. Rhyne, Wilmington Health Associates, Wilmington
Daniel J. Sexton, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
David C. Tanner, Infectious Disease Consultants, Charlotte
Charles M. van der Horst, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Wheaton J. Williams, Piedmont Infectious Disease Consultants, Hickory
Scott W. Younkin, Moses Cone Health System, Greensboro
INTERNAL MEDICINE (GENERAL)
Raymond F. Bianchi, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte
Edward A. Bradford, Mecklenburg Medical Group, Matthews
Warner Wells Edmundson, Raleigh
Ben Ferdon, Raleigh
Charles E. Ferree, Mecklenburg Medical Group, Charlotte
Arnold R. Frazier, Myers Park Internal Medicine, Charlotte
Richard Liebowitz, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Charles B. Rich, Mecklenburg Medical Group, Charlotte
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY
James N. Atkins, Southeastern Medical Oncology Center, Goldsboro
Stephen Alan Bernard, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
James F. Boyd, Oncology Specialists of Charlotte, Charlotte
Nelson Chao, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
M. Robert Cooper, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem
Jeffrey Crawford, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Richard Goldberg, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
David Hurd, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem
Don V. Jackson Jr., Asheville Hematology and Oncology Associates, Asheville
Alan D. Kritz, Raleigh Hematology-Oncology Associates, Raleigh
Steven A. Limentani, Carolinas Hematology-Oncology Associates, Charlotte
John F. Mahoney, Carolinas Hematology-Oncology Associates, Charlotte
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Peter Curt Mancusi-Ungaro, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington
Joseph O. Moore, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Thomas Ortel, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Bayard L. Powell, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem
Thomas C. Shea, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Keith M. Sullivan, Duke University Medical Center, Durham
H. Grant Taylor, Oncology Specialists of Charlotte, Charlotte
Frank M. Torti, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem
Gilbert C. White II, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Kenneth Zeitler, Raleigh Hematology and Oncology Associates, Raleigh
NEPHROLOGY
Patricia L. Adams, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
W. Patrick Burgess, Metrolina Nephrology Associates, Charlotte
John M. Burkart, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
James L. Deterding, Carolina Kidney Associates, Greensboro
Thomas Durward DuBose Jr., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
Cynthia Byrd Dunham, Carolina Kidney Associates, Greensboro
Ronald J. Falk, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Richard F. Fox, Carolina Kidney Associates, Greensboro
Leland E. Garrett Jr., Wake...
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