Twenty-one National Jewish Health Physicians Recognized for Excellence

Twenty-one National Jewish Health physicians were named "Top Doctors" in the 2017 list of Denver-area physicians published by 5280 Magazine. Top doctors are those named most often by more than 10,000 Denver metro-area doctors who were asked, specialty by specialty, which physicians they would trust to treat themselves or a loved one.

The 21 National Jewish Health physicians selected as the best in their field include:

J. Kern Buckner, MD – cardiovascular disease
Laurie L. Carr, MD – medical oncology
Kenny Chan, MD* – pediatric otolaryngology
James J. Fenton, MD – pulmonary disease
Steve D. Groshong, MD – pathology
Carrie A. Horn, MD – internal medicine
Gwen A. Huitt, MD – infectious disease
Rohit K. Katial, MD – allergy and immunology
Todd T. Kingdom, MD* – otolaryngology
David A. Lynch, MD – diagnostic radiology
Lisa A. Maier, MD – occupational medicine
Richard T. Meehan, MD – rheumatology
John Mitchell, MD* – thoracic and cardiac surgery
J. Tod Olin, MD -- pediatric pulmonology
William T. Pluss, MD – pulmonary disease
Cecile S. Rose, MD – occupational medicine
Michael D. Schwartz, MD – critical care medicine
Sheila Tsai, MD – sleep medicine
Frederick S. Wamboldt, MD – psychiatry & psychosomatic medicine
Michael Weyant, MD* – thoracic and cardiac surgery
Brian K. Wise, MD – child and adolescent psychiatry

*These doctors' primary practices are at The Children's Hospital and/or University Hospital and have privileges at National Jewish Health.