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| For whatever ails you, here’s our
prescription: a list of the Baltimore region’s most highly regarded physicians,
chosen by their peers. It has been three years since we last surveyed the medical community for our popular ”Top Docs” feature, and there are some new faces this time around. In addition to telling you a little about their training and their specialties, we also asked the physicians for their views on a number of hot topics in health care, including alternative medicine and managed care. Some of those comments are included with the physicians’ individual listings. Since we realize peer-based polling often results in lists of more established practitioners, we also went looking for younger docs who are highly regarded by their elders. If you’re looking for a doc to grow old with, you may find one in “Up-and-Comers,” our list of recommended doctors under 40. Our medical name-dropping started with a survey of hundreds of physicians in the region. We also surveyed nurses, who see doctors at work as others do not. We consulted hospital administrators, too, plus a few of the region’s most highly regarded physicians, then checked out each of the nominees to make sure there was no legal unpleasantness in their past. (Our thanks to Rod Clark at the Board of Physician Quality Assurance, which keeps tabs on complaints against physicians.) The result, as you might expect from a town with world-class hospitals and medical schools, is a very impressive roster of more than 130 healers, all of whom are board certified in their specialties and all of whom are accepting new patients (a consumer-friendly requirement that eliminated some top researchers, academics, and superstars). Those Top Docs marked with asterixes are the ones who received the most recommendations from peers in their category. Two such notations in the same category indicate a tie. But any physician on this list is at the top of his or her game. We’ll bet you’re feeling better already. |
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