 Eighteen physicians from the Medical University of South Carolina are listed in the 2004 edition of America's Top Doctors. The book, published by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., recognizes physicians who are considered among the best in their specialties in both patient care and research.
The doctors were nominated by their peers and the result was a carefully researched and highly selective list of the top specialists in the nation. According to the Castle Connolly research team, more than 250,000 doctors were surveyed by mail and were asked to nominate the top people in their specialties and in related specialties, especially those to whom they would refer their own patients.
The most important criterion for physician selection was excellence in patient care. Other criteria included education, residency, board-certification, fellowships, professional reputation, hospital affiliation, medical school faculty appointment, experience and disciplinary history.
An extensive biographical form was sent to each of those nominated physicians and telephone interviews were conducted, primarily with leaders in medical specialties and leading physicians at major medical centers. Additional research was conducted in the areas of disciplinary and license histories. The book is designed to help people find the right specialists locally, regionally or nationally.
We congratulate all the physicians included in the 2004 guide and applaud their efforts to raise the standards of medicine even higher.
The MUSC doctors designated as "America's Top Doctors" by specialty are:
Addiction Psychiatry - Dr. Kathleen T. Brady Cardiology - Dr. Eric R. Powers Gastroenerology - Dr. Donald O. Castell
Gastroenerology - Dr. Peter Cotton
Gastroenerology - Dr. Robert H. Hawes
Gastroenerology - Dr. Brenda Hoffman
Gynecologic Oncology - Dr. Matthew Kohler Maternal & Fetal Medicine - Dr. Peter J. Van Dorsten
Obstetrics & Gynecology - Dr. Paul Underwood
Ophthalmology - Dr. Edward M. Wilson, Jr.
Otolaryngology - Dr. Paul R. Lambert
Pediatric Endocrinology - Dr. Lyndon L. Key Jr.
Pulmonary Disease - Dr. John E. Heffner
Pulmonary Disease - Dr. Steven A. Sahn Thoracic Surgery - Carolyn Reed
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