Twenty-Four National Jewish Health Physicians Named Denver’s “Top Doctors”

JULY 31, 2015

DENVER, CO — Twenty-four National Jewish Health physicians have been named "Top Doctors" in the 2015 ranking of Denver-area physicians 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 24 National Jewish Health physicians selected as Top Doctors in 2015 are:

J. Kern Buckner, MD, cardiovascular disease
Laurie L. Carr, MD, medical oncology
Kenny Chan*, MD, pediatric otolaryngologist
Wendi Drummond, DO, MPH, pediatric infectious disease
James J. Fenton, MD, pulmonary disease
Laura Z. Fenton*, MD, pediatric radiology
Steve D. Groshong, MD, pathology
Philip D. Hanna, MD, gastroenterology
Thomas Hay*, DO, pediatric radiology
Rohit K. Katial, MD, allergy and immunology
Todd T. Kingdom*, MD, otolaryngology
Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong Jr., MD, sleep medicine
David A. Lynch, MD, diagnostic radiology
Lisa A. Maier, MD, occupational medicine
Richard T. Meehan, MD, rheumatology
John Mitchell*, MD, thoracic and cardiac surgery
William T. Pluss, MD, pulmonary disease
Jeremy Prager*, MD, pediatric otolaryngology
Cecile S. Rose, MD, occupational medicine
Michael D. Schwartz, MD, critical care medicine
John D. Strain*, MD, pediatric radiology
Elizabeth A. Swanson, MD, pediatric dermatology
Frederick Wamboldt, MD, psychiatry & psychosomatic medicine
Michael Weyant*, MD, thoracic and cardiac surgery
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*These doctors' primary practices are at The Children's Hospital and/or University Hospital and have privileges at National Jewish Health.

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