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Congratulations to all of our partners who were recognized in Newsweek's "Special Health Issue: Curing Cancer!"

11/19/2015, Newsweek

Newsweek Health:  Top Cancer Doctors 2015

According to the NIH/National Cancer Institute, in 2015 an estimated 1,658,370 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States, and 589,430 people will die from the disease.

Newsweek, in conjunction with Castle Connolly Medical LTD, the well respected publisher ofAmerica's Top Doctors®, presented the list of the “Top Cancer Doctors 2015 ” for the United States.

This list was compiled through peer nominations and extensive research that Castle Connolly Medical LTD. has conducted for more than two decades.

The Castle Connolly physician-led research team makes tens of thousands of phone calls each year, talking with leading specialists, chairs of clinical departments and vice presidents of medical affairs, seeking to gather further information regarding the top specialists for most diseases and procedures. Each year, Castle Connolly receives nearly 100,000 nominations via this process. After a careful review of credentials, the following physicians in Georgia have been selected to be a part of the Newsweek “Top Cancer Doctors 2015” list.  To view the full list, please click on the link below.  

Congratulations to all of our Georgia partners and colleagues!

Gynecologic Oncology 
Guilherme Cantuaria, MD, PhD, Northside Hospital
Ira R. Horowitz, MD, Emory University Hospital 
Cyril O. Spann, Jr., MD, DeKalb Medical at North Decatur
 
Hematology
H. Kent Holland, MD, Northside Hospital & Emory St. Joseph's Hospital
 
Medical Oncology
Anand Jillella, MD, Emory University Hospital
Omer Kucuk, MD, Emory University Hospital
David H. Lawson, MD, Emory University Hospital
Dong Moon Shin, MD, Emory University Hospital
Edmund K. Waller, MD, PhD, Emory University Hospital

 
Neurological Surgery
Jeffrey J. Olson, MD, Emory University Hospital
 
Ophthalmology
Hans E. Grossniklaus, MD, Emory University Hospital 
 
Otolaryngology 
David J. Terris, MD, Georgia Regents Medical Center & Doctors Hospital   
 
Pathology
Sharon A. Weiss, MD, Emory University Hospital
 
Pediatric Endocrinology
Lillian R. Meacham, MD, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite & Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
 
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Thomas A. Olson, MD, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Richard W. King, Jr., MD, Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital & Wellstar Cobb Hospital
 
Radiation Oncology
Jonathan J. Beitler, MD, Emory University Hospital
Ian R. Crocker, MD, Emory University Hospital & Emory University Hospital Midtown
Jerome C. Landry, MD, Emory University Hospital & Grady Memorial Hospital 
 
Urology
Martin G. Sanda, MD, Emory University Hospital & Emory St. Joseph's Hospital
William Holt Sander, MD, Northside Hospital & Emory St. Joseph's Hospital
Martha K. Terris, MD, Georgia Regents Medical Center & Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center

To read more or to see the full list, please click here.

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