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Twenty-eight "Top Docs"


DENVER —

Twenty-eight physicians at National Jewish Health were named "Top Docs" in the annual ranking of Denver-area physicians by 5280 magazine. This list is compiled through a survey of more than 7,500 Denver metro-area doctors, who were asked, specialty by specialty, which physicians they would trust to treat them or their families. The twenty-eight National Jewish Health physicians selected as "Top Docs" are:


Dan Atkins, MD, allergy and immunology

J. Kern Buckner, MD, cardiovascular disease

Leonard Dragone*, MD, pediatric rheumatology

James Fenton, MD, pulmonary disease

Laura Fenton*, MD, pediatric radiology

Stephen Frankel, MD, critical care medicine

James Good, MD, pulmonary disease

E. Brigitte Gottschall, MD, occupational medicine

Steve Groshong, MD, pathology

Thomas Hay*, MD, pediatric radiology

Jennifer Janssen, MD, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism

Rohit Katial, MD, allergy and immunology

Kimberly Kelsay, MD, child and adolescent psychiatry

Todd Kingdom*, MD, otolaryngology

Gary Larsen, MD, pediatric pulmonology

Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD, sleep medicine

David Lynch, MD, diagnostic radiology

Lisa Maier, MD, occupational medicine

Richard Meehan, MD, rheumatology

John Mitchell*, MD, thoracic surgery

Cecile Rose, MD, occupational medicine

Scott Sagel*, MD, pediatric pulmonology

Michael Schwartz, MD, critical care medicine

John Strain*, MD, pediatric radiology

Frederick Wamboldt, MD, psychiatry

Mary Lair Warner, MD, critical care medicine, pulmonary disease

Howard Weinberger, MD, cardiovascular disease

Sterling West*, MD, rheumatology

 

 

*These doctors' primary practices are at The Children's Hospital and University Hospital

National Jewish Health is the leading respiratory hospital in the nation. Founded 125 years ago as a nonprofit hospital, National Jewish Health today is the only facility in the world dedicated exclusively to groundbreaking medical research and treatment of children and adults with respiratory, cardiac, immune and related disorders. Patients and families come to National Jewish Health from around the world to receive cutting-edge, comprehensive, coordinated care. To learn more, visit the media resources page.


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