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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