TOP
DOCTORS
The Best in Our Region
On a daily basis, our readers call to ask advice
on everything from where to have an
anniversary dinner to whom they can call to
repair a precious heirloom. Normally, we give them
our recommendations based upon the experience
we have gained from our 32 years of publishing and
what we have heard from others we know and trust.
However, we found ourselves lacking the knowledge
or experience to recommend a host of medical
specialties. Therefore, we decided to retain the
help of Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a health care
research firm that uses a medical doctor to survey,
research and screen a variety of sources in our area to
select top doctors. Their online nomination process
is open to all licensed physicians and results in a
list of physicians who are highly regarded by their
peers. Doctors do not and cannot pay to be selected
and profiled as a top doctor by Castle Connolly.
If a doctor is not selected, it does not mean he/
she is not qualified, nor does the Castle Connolly
selection ensure that the listed doctor is the correct
choice for you. This list is a guide to help you find
highly qualified doctors in a wide variety of fields.
Individuals must make their own decisions when
determining which medical professionals to visit.
Selection Process: Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. is a healthcare research and information company founded in 1991 by a
former medical college board chairman and president to help guide consumers to America’s top doctors and top hospitals.
Castle Connolly’s established nomination survey, research, screening and selection process, under the direction of an MD,
involves many hundreds of thousands of physicians as well as academic medical centers, specialty hospitals and regional
and community hospitals all across the nation. Castle Connolly’s physician-led team of researchers follows a rigorous
screening process to select top doctors on both the national and regional levels. Its online nominations process – located
at www.castleconnolly.com/nominations - is open to all licensed physicians in America who are able to nominate physicians
in any medical specialty and in any part of the country, as well as indicate whether the nominated physicians are, in their
opinion, among the best in their region in their medical specialty or among the best in the nation in their medical specialty.
Careful screening of doctors’ educational and professional experience is essential before final selection is made among those
physicians most highly regarded by their peers. The result - we identify the top doctors in America and provide you, the
consumer, with detailed information about their education, training and special expertise in our paperback guides, national
and regional magazine “Top Doctors” features and online directories.
Doctors do not and cannot pay to be selected and profiled as Castle Connolly Top Doctors.
Physicians selected for inclusion in this magazine’s “Top Doctors” feature may also appear as online at www.
castleconnolly.com, or in in conjunction with other Castle Connolly Top Doctors databases online and/or in print.
MARCH/APRIL 2018 | TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 45