Forty Department of Medicine physicians are among the 137 UC San Diego Health System doctors designated Top Doctors by U.S.News & World Report for 2012-2013. | See a photo gallery of the Department of Medicine honorees
U.S. News teamed with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., publisher of America’s Top Doctors and other consumer health guides, to create its Top Doctors™ list.
Of the 40 honorees from the Department of Medicine this year, 20 are among Castle Connolly’s top 1% in the nation. All physicians listed as Top Doctors are considered to be in the top 10%.
In the following list, an asterisk indicates the physician is in Castle Connolly’s Top 1%.
- Aceves, Seema S. – Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology
- Auger, William R.*– Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Ball, Edward D.* – Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Blanchard, Daniel G. * – Cardiology
- Brown, Lori – General Internal Medicine
- Catanzaro, Antonino* – Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
- Choe, Charles H. – Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Conrad, Douglas – Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Daniels, Lori – Cardiology
- Edelman, Steven V.* – Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Farber, Neil – General Internal Medicine
- Feld, Gregory K.* – Cardiology
- Gamble, Paul N. – General Internal Medicine
- Gish, Robert* – Gastroenterology
- Grunvald, Eduardo – General Internal Medicine
- Jamieson, Catriona H.M. – Hematology-Oncology
- Kerr, Kim – Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Kipps, Thomas J.* – Hematology-Oncology
- Kuo, Alezander – Gastroenterology
- Legner, Victor – Geriatrics
- Lippman, Scott* – Hematology-Oncology
- Loomba, Rohit – Gastroenterology
- Mahmud, Ehtisham* – Cardiology
- Mehta, Ravindra – Nephrology-Hypertension
- Middleton, Gregory – Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology
- Mittal, Ravinder* – Gastroenterology
- Parker, Barbara A.* – Hematology-Oncology
- Read, William L. – Hematology-Oncology; no longer at UC San Diego Health System
- Reid, Erin – Hematology-Oncology
- Reid, Tony R.* – Hematology-Oncology
- Richman, Douglas D.* – Infectious Diseases
- Rubin, Lewis J.* – Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
- Sandborn, William J.* – Gastroenterology
- Savides, Thomas J.* – Gastroenterology
- Schooley, Robert T.* – Infectious Diseases
- Sweetenham, John W.* – Hematology-Oncology
- Ward, David – Nephrology-Hypertension
- Wasserman, Stephen I.* – Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology
- Wastila, Lisa – General Internal Medicine
- Yu, Pearl* – General Internal Medicine
U.S. News and Castle Connolly use a combination of peer nomination and physician-directed analysis to create their Top Doctors™ database.
- More about the methodology
- See a photo gallery of the Department of Medicine honorees
- See the list of Top Doctors from UC San Diego Health System
