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By Amy Shapiro
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July 5, 2001
The first edition of America's Top Doctors, a book which provides information on about 4,000 specialists around the country, includes 42 University medical center physicians.
The guide is published by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a research company that provides information on physicians across the country.
Castle Connolly sent surveys in the mail to more than 225,000 doctors in private practice, chiefs of departments and deans of medical schools asking them to nominate top people in their specialties and related specialties.
A Castle Connolly research team then interviewed each of the nominated physicians.
"Our goal with [America's Top Doctors] was to identify those medical specialists and sub-specialists who would represent the top 1 percent of specialty care MDs in the country," said William Liss-Levinson, vice president for business development at Castle Connolly.
The doctors named from the University are specialists in fields ranging from cardiology to neurological surgery.
"I think it is one further recognition that we have world-class physicians who are recognized by their peers," said Thomas Massaro, chief of staff for the medical center.
Dr. James Ferguson II, a maternal and fetal medicine specialist who has been at the University medical center for 14 years, was one of the 42 doctors included in this year's book.
Ferguson said he works hard to treat his patients as he would like to be treated and as he would like family members to be treated, but he does not take all the credit for his nomination.
"It is very nice to have my name on the list, but whatever credit I receive, I have to share with the nurses and technicians that work with me," Ferguson said.
Ferguson also said the reason so many University doctors were included in the book has a lot to do with the hospital facilities and the staff.
"I think we are very blessed in terms of our physicians," he said.
