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University of Iowa News ReleaseRelease: April 11, 2005
UI Physicians Listed Among "Best Doctors in America"
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Ophthalmology faculty Listed Wallace L. M. Alward, Glaucoma H. Culver Boldt, retina/Echography Keith D. Carter, Oculoplastic Surgery Randy H. Kardon, Neuro-Ophthalmology Ronald V. Keech, Pediatric Ophthalmology Andrew G. Lee, Neuro-Ophthalmology Jeffrey A. Nerad, Oculoplastic Surgery Stephen R. Russell, Retina Edwin M. Stone, Retina and Heritable Diseases John E. Sutphin, Jr., Cornea, External Disease, Refractive Surgery Michael Wall, Neurology, Neuro-ophthalmology Thomas A. |
One hundred fifty-two physicians from University of Iowa Hospitals and
Clinics have been selected for inclusion in 2005 "Best Doctors in
America" database, a leading resource for linking consumers with expert
medical care.
The selected physicians - faculty in the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver
College of Medicine who provide clinical services at UI Hospitals and
Clinics - represent 32 medical specialties. They comprise over half of
the 296 physicians from Iowa listed in the latest database, which
includes physicians from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The "Best Doctors" database results from exhaustive peer review surveys undertaken by Best Doctors, Inc., a provider of information about the best medical care available. To compile the current database, more than 35,000 doctors throughout the United States were asked to rate the clinical abilities of other doctors in their areas of specialization. Only physicians who earned the consensus support of their peers were included.
The polling methodology mimics the informal peer-to-peer referral
process that doctors themselves use to identify appropriate specialists
for their patients.
Best Doctors uses its database to support a family of high-touch, as
well as Web-based services that link individuals with serious illness to
expert medical specialists for second opinions or treatment. The
database includes detailed physician profiles (special areas of
research, diagnoses treated most often, etc.), enhancing its ability to
guide patients to the doctors most experienced to advise on and/or treat
the illness in question.
In addition, all doctors are checked for licensing and certification
requirements and for any disqualifying disciplinary actions.
The company's Web site is www.bestdoctors.com.
Donna Katen-Bahensky, director and chief executive officer of UI
Hospitals and Clinics, said the "Best Doctors" listings underscore the
high quality of physician expertise available to all Iowans at the
hospital. "I believe the people of this state are extremely fortunate to
have so many nationally recognized physicians available to them," she
said.
Jean Robillard, M.D., dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine, said
the "Best Doctors" listings validate the state's commitment to provide
world- class patient care, research, and medical education at the UI.
UI Health Care physicians listed in the database, by specialty, are:
ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY: Richard C. Ahrens; Zuhair K. Ballas; Barbara A. Muller; Miles M. Weinberger
ANESTHESIOLOGY: Timothy J. Brennan; John S. Hata; Bradley J. Hindman; Michael M. Todd
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: Richard E. Kerber; Michael G. Kienzle; Brian
Olshansky; James D. Rossen; David J. Skorton
COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY: Amanda M. T. Metcalf
DERMATOLOGY: Kathi C. Madison; Thomas L. Ray; Mary S. Stone; Duane C. Whitaker
ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM: Janet Schlechte
FAMILY MEDICINE: George R. Bergus; Richard C. Dobyns; John W. Ely; Susan M. Goodner, Paul A. James; Barcey T. Levy, Kelly S. Skelly
GASTROENTEROLOGY: F. Jeffrey Field; Frederick C. Johlin; Robert W.
Summers
HAND SURGERY: Brian Adams; Curtis M. Steyers
INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Charles M. Helms; Loreen A. Herwaldt
INTERNAL MEDICINE, GENERAL: Peter Densen; John F. Fieselmann; James R. Flanagan; Christopher Goerdt; Richard LeBlond; Paul Mulhausen
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY: Gerald H. Clamon
NEPHROLOGY: Michael J. Flanigan; Lawrence G. Hunsicker
NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY: Matthew Howard; Arnold H. Menezes; Timothy Ryken; Vincent C. Traynelis
NEUROLOGY: Harold P. Adams, Jr.; Katherine Mathews (pediatric); Robert L. Rodnitzky; William T. Talman Jr.; Michael Wall
NUCLEAR MEDICINE: David L. Bushnell; Michael M. Graham; Daniel Kahn
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY: Barrie Anderson; William A. Davis; Jennifer R. Niebyl; Ingrid E. Nygaard; Craig Syrop; Bradley Van Voorhis; Jerome Yankowitz
OPHTHALMOLOGY: Wallace L. M. Alward, H. Culver Boldt; Keith D. Carter; Randy H. Kardon; Ronald V. Keech; Andrew G. Lee; Jeffrey A. Nerad; Stephen R. Russell; Edwin M. Stone; John E. Sutphin, Jr.; Thomas A. Weingeist
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY: Annuziato Amendola; Joseph A. Buckwalter; John J.
Callaghan; Charles R. Clark; Frederick R. Dietz; James Nepola; Ignacio
V. Ponseti (Emeritus); Charles L. Saltzman; Stuart L. Weinstein.
OTOLARYNGOLOGY: John W. Canady; Gerry F. Funk; Bruce J. Gantz; Henry T. Hoffman; Richard J. H. Smith
PATHOLOGY: Jo Ann Benda; James Goeken
PEDIATRICS, GENERAL: William R. Daws: Claibourne I. Dungy; Lois B.
Dusdieker; Mary Larew; Ellen Link; Vera Loening-Baucke; Jody R. Murph;
Jerold C. Woodhead
PEDIATRIC SPECIALIST: Michael Acarregui, Richard C. Ahrens; Michael
Artman; Dianne L. Atkins; Edward F. Bell, Warren Bishop; John Dagle;
Patricia Donohoue; Charles Grose; Herman A. Hein; Jonathan Klein; Larry
T. Mahoney; Paul McCray; Jill Morriss; Jeffrey C. Murray; Craig C.
Porter; Jean Robillard; Thomas Scholz; Jeffrey Segar; Jeffrey Smith;
Raymond Tannous; Eva Tsalikian; Miles Weinberger; John A. Widness
PSYCHIATRY: Arnold E. Andersen; Donald W. Black; Brian L. Cook; William Coryell; Raymond R. Crowe; Tracy D. Gunter; Delwyn D. Miller; Bruce M. Pfohl; Robert G. Robinson
PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE: John F. Fieselmann; Gary W.
Hunninghake; Jeffrey S. Wilson
RADIATION ONCOLOGY: John M. Buatti
RADIOLOGY: Bruce P. Brown; John C. Chaloupka, George Y. El-Khoury; E. A. Franken, Jr.; Yutaka Sato; Wendy Smoker
RHEUMATOLOGY: Robert F. Ashman; George V. Lawry II
SLEEP MEDICINE: Mark E. Dyken
SURGERY: Kimberly S. Ephgrave; Gerald P. Kealey; John P. Lawrence;
Anthony D. Sandler; Carol E. H. Scott-Conner
THORACIC SURGERY: Wayne E. Richenbacher
UROLOGY: Bernard Fallon; Karl J. Kreder; Richard D. Williams; Howard N. Winfield.
University of Iowa Health Care describes the partnership between the UI
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and UI Hospitals and
Clinics and the patient care, medical education and research programs
and services they provide. Visit UI Health Care online at
www.uihealthcare.com.
STORY SOURCE: Joint Office for Marketing and Communications, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Room E110 GH, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-100
