The annual compilation of The Best Doctors in America® includes more than 60 physicians affiliated with the University of North Carolina’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The Best Doctors database recognizes the top 5 percent of the nation’s doctors in its database. The 61 UNC Lineberger physicians are among approximately 47,000 doctors from the United States chosen through a peer-reviewed survey and research conducted by Best Doctors.
The UNC Lineberger physicians, listed by their medical specialty (as the specialty is identified in the Best Doctors database), are:
Dermatology – Nancy Thomas
Endocrine and Metabolism – David Clemmon
Gastroenterology – Robert S. Sandler, R. Balfour Sartor, Nicholas J. Shaheen, Ian S. Grimm, Kim L. Isaacs
Geriatric Medicine – Jan Busby-Whitehead, M. Laura C. Hanson
Hepatology – Michael Warren Fried
Internal Medicine – Michael Pignone
Medical Oncology and Hematology – Stephen A. Bernard, Lisa A. Carey, Elizabeth Claire Dees, Nigel S. Key, Stephan Moll, Hyman B. Muss, Bert O’Neil, W. Kimryn Rathmell, Alice D. Ma, Matthew I. Milowsky, Hannah K. Sanoff, Thomas C. Shea
Neurological Surgery – Matthew G. Ewend
Nuclear Medicine – William H. McCartney
OB GYN – John F. Boggess, Wendy R. Brewster , Daniel L. Clarke-Pearson, Wesley C. Fowler, Jr., Paola Alvarez Gehrig, Linda Van Le
Ophthalmology – Jonathan J. Dutton
Otolaryngology – Mark C. Weissler, Harold C. Pillsbury III, Brent A. Senior, William W. Shockle
Pathology – Margaret L. Gulley, William K. Funkhouser
Ped Hem Oncology – Julie Blatt, Stuart Gold
Psychiatry – Donald L. Rosenstein
Pulmonary Medicine – Maria Patricia Rivera
Radiation Oncology – Catherine M. Lee, Lawrence B. Marks, Julian G. Rosenman, Joel E. Tepper, Mahesh Kumar A. Varia
Radiology – Mauricio Castillio, Julia Fielding, Joseph M. Stavas
Surgery – Anthony A. Meyer
Surgical Oncology – Benjamin F. Calvo, David W. Ollila
Thoracic Surgery – Thomas M. Egan, Richard H. Feins,
Urology – Culley C. Carson III, Raj Pruthi, Matthew Nielsen, Matthew Raynor, Eric Wallen
Best Doctors, Inc. is based in Boston and provides highly specialized medical services to approximately 10 million people in more than 30 nations. Best Doctors’ global database is updated continuously through a peer-review based evaluation of the medical profession in more than 40 specialties and 400 subspecialties of medicine.