North Carolina's best -- doctors 2011.

• Position: FEATURE

Boston-based Best Doctors Inc. polled physicians to find the best doctors in North Carolina. An abridged list follows. The full list of about 1,600 -- including doctors in nine other specialties -- can be found at www.BusinessNC.com/docs.

* ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLUGY

Jose A. Bardelas Jr., Allergy and Asthma Center of North Carolina, High Point; Rebecca H. Buckley, Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham; Mark S. Dykewicz, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Joseph Follett, LaFayette Clinic, Fayetteville; John W. Georgitis, LaFayette Allergy Services, Holly Springs; Nortin M. Hadler, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; J. Gray Norris, Carolina Asthma and Allergy Center, Cornelius; Maeve O'Connor, Carolina Asthma and Allergy Center, Charlotte; David B. Peden, North Carolina Children's Hospital, Chapel Hill; Richard S. Roberts, Carolina Asthma and Allergy Center, Charlotte; Richard P. Silton, Carolina Asthma and Allergy Center, Charlotte; Brian D. Stone, Allergy Partners of the Piedmont, Winston-Salem; John S. Sundy, Duke Asthma, Allergy and Airway Center, Durham.

* CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

William Borden Abernethy III, Asheville Cardiology Associates; Kirkwood Adams Jr., UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Robert Joseph Applegate, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Benjamin Atkeson, Wake Heart and Vascular Associates, Clayton; Thomas M. Bashore, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Richard C. Becker, 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; H. Barrett Cheek, Carolina Regional Heart Center, High Point; G. Ray Cheely, Raleigh Cardiology; James P. Daubed, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Timothy P. Donahue, Triangle Heart Associates, Durham; Pamela S. Douglas, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; John M. Fedor, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte; Jonathan E. Fisher, Mid Carolina Cardiology, Huntersoille; Neil J. Freedman, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Sanjay K. Gandhi, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Anil Gehi, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Thomas R. Gehrig, Duke Health Center, Durham; Davidson H. Givens, Winston-Salem Cardiology; Ruth Ann Greenfield, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Sanjeev K. Gulati, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte; J. Kevin Harrison, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Rick A. Henderson, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; J. Warren Holshouser, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte; John Hoyle, Winston-Salem Cardiology; Eric M. Janis, Smithfield Heart and Vascular Associates; John S. Kelley, Carolina Cardiology Consultants, Raleigh; Paul Kirkman, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Joseph Kisslo, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Jeffrey Lawrence Klein, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Steven C. Klein, LeBauer Healthcare, Greensboro; William D. Kuehl, Asheville Cardiology Associates; Michael A. Kutcher, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Mark Earl Leithe, Duke Cardiology of Raleigh; William C. Little, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Laszlo Littmann, Carolinas Medical. Center, Charlotte; Charles Mangano Jr., Raleigh Cardiology; J. Tift Mann, Wake Heart and Vascular Associates, Raleigh; Daniel B. Mark, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Jonathan O. McLean, Mid Carolina Cardiology, Charlotte; Edward B. McMillan, Mid Carolina Cardiology, Charlotte; John Paul Mounsey, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; William O. Ntim, Mid Carolina Cardiology, Charlotte; Christopher M. O'Connor, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; E. Magnus Ohman, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; John A. Pasquini, Mid Carolina Cardiology, Charlotte; Harry R. Phillips III, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Amarendra Busa Reddy, Raleigh Cardiology; Michael Rinaldi, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte; Killian C. Robinson, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Joseph G. Rogers, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Geoffrey A. Rose, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte; Bryon E. Rubery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center; Winston-Salem; Marschall S. Runge, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Renato M. Santos, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Tony William Simmons, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; John Rankin Sinden, Raleigh Cardiology; Michael Hugh Sketch, Duke Health Center, Durham; Sidney C. Smith Jr., UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; David Tate, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Lokesh Tejwani, Mid Carolina Cardiology, Matthews; Vinay Thohan, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Ronald Thomas Uszenski, Mid Carolina Cardiology, Huntersville; Andrew Wang, Duke Health Center, Durham; Kenneth D. Weeks Jr., Mid Carolina Cardiology, Huntersville; Gretchen Lois Wells, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; William Wyant Wharton III, Asheville Cardiology Associates; Park W. Willis IV, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill; Bryan Hadley Wilson, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte; Virgil Howard Wynia, Raleigh Cardiology; James P. Zidar, Rex Heart and Vascular Specialists, Raleigh.

* COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY

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Sankar N. Adusumilli, Carolina Colorectal Surgery, Raleigh; Mark J. Koruda, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill.

* CRITICAL-CARE MEDICINE

Norman E. Adair, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Philip Boysen, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Shannon S. Carson, UNC Hospitals, Chapel 1-hill; David D. Collins, Brookview Hills Internal Medicine, Winston-Salem; John Conforti, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Joseph P. Coyle, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte; William J. Fulkerson, Duke University Medical Center South, Durham; Stuart J. Garner, Presbyterian Pulmonary and Critical Care, Charlotte; Joseph A. Govert, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Alan Heffner, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte; Mark Allan Hellreich, Asheville Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates; David C. Henke, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; R. Duncan Hite, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Daniel Karl Howard, Charlotte Medical Clinic; Toan T. Huynh, Carolinas Medical Center; David George Jacobs, CMC Specialty Surgery Center, Charlotte; Oliver Wheeler Jervis, Presbyterian Pulmonary and Critical Care, Charlotte; Jeffrey Scott Kelly, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Daniel T. Laskowitz, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Scott Lindblom, Charlotte Medical Clinic; Neil R. MacIntyre, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Robert Shayn Martin, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Trent McCain, Asheville Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates; William Miles, CMC Specialty Surgery Center, Charlotte; Preston R. Miller, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Peter E. Morris, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Paul Wesley Noble, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Kevin Michael O'Neil, Wilmington Health Associates; Linda J. Paradowski, WakeMed Medical Center, Raleigh; Arthur James Fatefield, Presbyterian Pulmonary and Critical Care, Charlotte; Stephen P. Peters, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Claude A. Piantadosi, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Christopher S. Poor, Lake Norman Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialists, Mooresville; Roger L. Royster, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Ronald F. Sing, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte; Michael H. Thomason, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte; Eric Andrew Toschlog, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville; Gregory Alan Underwood, Charlotte Medical Clinic; James R. Yankaskas, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill.

* DERMATOLOGY

John G. Albertini, The Skin Surgery Center, Winston-Salem; Gary Bressler, Durham Regional Hospital; 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 Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center at Southern Village, Chapel Hill; Zoe D. Draelos, High Point; Irene E. "Libby" Edwards, Mid-Charlotte Dermatology; Steven R. Feldman, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Alan B. Fleischer Jr., Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Mark S. Fradin, Chapel Hill Dermatology; W. Ray Gammon, Eastern Dermatology and Pathology, Greenville; Russell P. Hall III, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Frank M. Houston, Greensboro Dermatology Associates; Joseph L. Jorizzo, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; Naomi Kagetsu, Chapel Hill Dermatology; Barry Leshin, The Skin Surgery Center, Winston-Salem; Stanley B. Levy, Chapel Hill Dermatology; Lisa Lucas May, Biltmore Dermatology Associates, Asheville; Patrick McElgunn, Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology, Charlotte; Amy J. McMichael, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem; John C. Murray, Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Sarah Myers, Duke Dermatology, Durham; Lisa Denise Nurre, Biltmore Dermatology Associates, Asheville; 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, Salisbury Dermatology Clinic; David E. Tart, The Skin Surgery Center, Greensboro; Nancy E. Thomas, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill; John A. Thompson Jr., Dermatologic Laser Center, Charlotte; W. Harrison Turner III, Greensboro Dermatology Associates; Phil M. Williford, Wake Forest Baptist Medical...