Top Doctor's Methodology
Chris Gonsalves
Castle Connolly’s physician-led team of researchers follows a rigorous screening process to select top doctors on both the national and regional levels. Using mail and telephone surveys and electronic ballots, they ask physicians and the medical leadership of leading hospitals to identify highly skilled, exceptional doctors.

Careful screening of doctors’ educational and professional experience is essential before final selection is made among those physicians that are most highly regarded by their peers. Advertising in the magazine plays no role in selecting physicians for inclusion in this magazine’s "Top Doctors" feature. These physicians also appear as Regional Top Doctors online at www.castleconnoly.com, or in one of Castle Connolly’s national top doctors guides, such as America’s Top Doctors and America’s Top Doctors for Cancer

America’s Top Doctors ($29.95) is available in bookstores or may be ordered from its publisher, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. (which provided ’s regional list of top doctors) by calling toll-free (800) 399-DOCS or by visiting www.castleconnolly.com