NORTH CAROLINA'S BEST DOCTORS.

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Boston-based Best Doctors Inc. surveys doctors to find specialists they identify as the best in their fields. An abridged list of 31 specialties follows.

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ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Rebecca H. Buckley Duke Children's Hospital Durham & Health Center Scott P. Commins UNC Allergy & Immunology Chapel Hill Clinic at Carolina Pointe II John W. Georgitis Med First Urgent Care and Sneads Ferry Family Practice Michelle L. Hernandez UNC Hospitals Raleigh Edwin H. Kim UNC Allergy & Immunology Chapel Hill Clinic at Carolina Pointe II Maeve O'Connor Allergy Asthma & Charlotte Immunology Relief David B. Peden UNC Hospitals Raleigh Richard P. Silton Carolina Asthma & Charlotte Allergy Center CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE William Borden Asheville Cardiology Asheville Abernethy III Associates George L. Adams North Carolina Heart & Raleigh Vascular Kirkwood Adams Jr. UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill Robert Joseph Applegate Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Benjamin Atkeson North Carolina Heart & Clayton Vascular Thomas M. Bashore Duke Health Center at Durham Southpoint Michael A. Blazing Duke Health Center at Durham Southpoint David Bohie Novant Health Cardiology Winston-Salem Blase Anthony Carabello East Carolina Heart Greenville Institute H. Barrett Cheek UNC Regional Physicians High Point Carolina Cardiology James P. Daubert Duke University Medical Durham Center William E. Downey Sanger Heart & Vascular Charlotte Institute David Fitzgerald UNC Regional Physicians High Point Carolina Cardiology IMeil J. Freedman Duke Health Center at Durham Southpoint Sanjay K. Gandhi Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Anil K. Gehi UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill Thomas R. Gehrig Duke Health Center at Durham Southpoint Davidson H. Givens Novant Health Cardiology Winston-Salem J. Kevin Harrison Duke Health Center at Durham Southpoint J. Warren Holshouser Sanger Heart & Vascular Charlotte Institute John Hoyle Novant Health Cardiology Winston-Salem W. Gregory Hundley Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center R. Lee Jobe North Carolina Heart & Raleigh Vascular Fred Kahl Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center J. Larry Klein UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill Steven C. Klein Cone Health Medical Group Greensboro HeartCare William D. Kuehl Asheville Cardiology Asheville Associates Michael A. Kutcher Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Mark Earl Leithe Duke Cardiology of Raleigh Raleigh Edward B. McMillan Novant Health Heart and Charlotte Vascular Institute John Paul Mounsey East Carolina Heart Greenville Institute Barbara Pisani Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Min Pu Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Michael Rinaldi Sanger Heart & Vascular Charlotte Institute Killian C. Robinson Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Joseph G. Rogers Duke University Medical Durham Center Geoffrey A. Rose Sanger Heart & Vascular Charlotte Institute Bryon E. Rubery Novant Health Cardiology Winston-Salem Stuart Russell Heart Care Plus Raleigh William J. Scarpa Jr. Wilkes Regional Medical North Wilkesboro Center Tony William Simmons Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center John Rankin Sinden WakeMed Heart & Vascular Raleigh Physicians Michael Hugh Sketch Duke Health Center at Durham Southpoint Andrew Wang Duke Health Center at Durham Southpoint William Wyant Wharton III Asheville Cardiology Asheville Associates Hadley Wilson Sanger Heart & Vascular Charlotte Institute David X. Zhao Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center James P. Zidar North Carolina Heart & Raleigh Vascular COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY Gregory S. Waters Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Norman E. Adair Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center David Bowton Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Shannon S. Carson UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill Daniel Clark Files Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Stuart J. Garner Novant Health Pulmonary Charlotte and Critical Care Joseph A. Govert Duke University Medical Durham Center Michael W. Haley Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte Mark Allan Hellreich Asheville Pulmonary and Asheville Critical Care J. Jason Hoth Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Daniel Karl Howard Charlotte Medical Charlotte Clinic-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Toan T. Huynh Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte David George Jacobs Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte Michael L. James Duke University Medical Durham Center Jeffrey Scott Kelly Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Jerrold H. Levy Duke University Hospital Durham Scott Lindblom Charlotte Medical Charlotte Clinic-Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Drew A. MacGregor Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Neil R. MacIntyre Duke University Hospital Durham Robert Shayn Martin Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Trent McCain Asheville Pulmonary and Asheville Critical Care William Miles Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte Preston R. Miller Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Bryant A. Murphy UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill Kevin Michael O'Neil Wilmington Health Wilmington Linda J. Paradowski WakeMed Physician Raleigh Practices-Hospital Medicine Stephen P. Peters Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Claude A. Piantadosi Duke University Medical Durham Center Roger L. Royster Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Aarti Sarwal Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Robert A. Shaw ECU Physicians Greenville Ronald F. Sing Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte Alexander O. Sy Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center Michael H. Thomason Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte Eric Andrew Toschlog Vidant Medical Center Greenville Vidula Vachharajani Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem Medical Center DERMATOLOGY John G. Albertini The Skin Surgery Center Winston-Salem Amber R. Atwater Duke University Medical Durham Center Gary Bressler Durham Charles J. Brown Dilworth Dermatology & Charlotte Laser William A. Burke ECU Physicians Greenville Claude S. Burton Duke University Medical Durham Center Adela Rambi Cardones Duke University Medical...