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UK HealthCare Boasts 104 Best Doctors in America®

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 16, 2007) − This year’s list of Best Doctors in America® includes 104 UK HealthCare physicians – more than any other hospital in Kentucky. In fact, UK HealthCare's list of Best Doctors has grown from 64 physicians listed in 2005 to this year's 104. Best Doctors® surveyed physicians nationwide and asked them: “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer them?”

The following UK physicians were honored in this year’s list of Best Doctors in America®:

Dr. Kenneth B. Ain Endocrinology and Metabolism

Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati Ophthalmology

Dr. Michael I. Anstead Pediatric Pulmonary

Dr. Sanford M. Archer Otolaryngology

Dr. Susanne M. Arnold Medical Oncology and Hematology

Dr. Henrietta Salvilla Bada Neonatology

Dr. Clarence William Balke Cardiovascular Disease

Dr. Robert J. Baumann Neurology, Child

Dr. Joseph R. Berger Neurology

Dr. Rolando Berger Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Dr. Peter James Blackburn Ophthalmology

Dr. David C. Booth Cardiovascular Disease

Dr. Edwin A. Bowe Anesthesiology

Dr. John Timothy Bricker Pediatric Cardiology

Dr. Robert A. Broughton Pediatric Infectious Disease

Dr. Raeford E. Brown, Jr. Anesthesiology

Dr. James L. Buck Radiology

Dr. Franca Cambi Neurology

Dr. T. Shawn Caudill Internal Medicine (General)

Dr. Jane W. Chan Neurology

Dr. Michael L. Cibull Pathology

Dr. Rebecca Collins Pediatrics (General)

Dr. John D. Conklin, Jr. Ophthalmology

Dr. Diane D. Davey Pathology

Dr. Paul D. DePriest Obstetrics and Gynecology

Dr. Philip A. DeSimone Medical Oncology and Hematology

Dr. Willem J.S. de Villiers Gastroenterology

Dr. Thomas G. Di Sessa Pediatric Cardiology

Dr. Dennis Doherty Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Dr. John H. Eichhorn Anesthesiology

Dr. Eric D. Endean Surgery

Dr. Deborah R. Erickson Urology

Dr. Brenda Fahy Anesthesiology

Dr. Toufic A. Fakhoury Neurology

Dr. James E. Ferguson II Obstetrics and Gynecology

Dr. Jacqueline S. Gibson Internal Medicine (General)

Dr. Donna G. Grigsby Pediatrics (General)

Dr. John C. Gurley Cardiovascular Disease

Dr. Steven Arthur Haist Internal Medicine (General)

Dr. Wendy Fetterman Hansen Obstetrics and Gynecology

Dr. Richard C. Haydon III Otolaryngology

Dr. Sidney A. Houff Neurology

Dr. Ardis Hoven Internal Medicine

Dr. Joseph A. Iocono Surgery

Dr. Gregory A. Jicha Neurology

Dr. Darren Lee Johnson Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Raleigh O. Jones Otolaryngology

Dr. Jamshed F. Kanga Pediatric Pulmonary

Dr. Edward J. Kasarskis Neurology

Dr. Paul A. Kearney Surgery

Dr. Stefan G. Kiessling Pediatric Nephrology

Dr. Cheri D. Landers Pediatric Critical Care

Dr. Philip B. Latham Pediatrics (General)

Dr. Robert W. Lightfoot, Jr. Rheumatology

Dr. Richard Lock Anesthesiology

Dr. Richard P. Lofgren Internal Medicine (General)

Dr. Grace F. Maguire Pediatrics (General)

Dr. Scott D. Mair Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Hartmut H. Malluche Nephrology

Dr. Samuel Matheny Family Medicine

Dr. Kevin T. McDonagh Medical Oncology and Hematology

Dr. Ronald Charles McGarry Radiation Oncology

Dr. Patrick C. McGrath Surgical Oncology

Dr. David J. Moliterno Cardiovascular Disease

Dr. Debabrata P. Mukherjee Cardiovascular Disease

Dr. Kevin R. Nelson Neurology

Dr. Nicholas J. Nickl III Gastroenterology

Dr. Mark L. Parrott Pediatrics (General)

Dr. Roy A. Patchell Neurology

Dr. P. Andrew Pearson Ophthalmology

Dr. Jay Allan Perman Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Dr. Luther C. Pettigrew Neurology

Dr. Barbara A. Phillips Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Sleep Medicine

Dr. Thomas Pittman Neurological Surgery

Dr. Marcus E. Randall Radiation Oncology

Dr. John J. Rinehart Medical Oncology and Hematology

Dr. Kimberly Ringley Pediatrics (General)

Dr. William C. Robertson, Jr. Neurology, Child

Dr. Edward H. Romond Medical Oncology and Hematology

Dr. Randall G. Rowland Urology

Dr. Sheila P. Sanders Ophthalmology

Dr. Randall Schell Anesthesiology

Dr. Wei-Jen Shih Nuclear Medicine

Dr. John Slevin Neurology

Dr. David A. Sloan Surgical Oncology

Dr. Charles D. Smith, Jr. Neurology

Dr. Steven R. Steinhubl Cardiovascular Disease

Dr. Carol Steltenkamp Pediatrics (General)

Dr. Julia C. Stevens Ophthalmology

Dr. Alice Thornton Internal Medicine

Dr. Phillip A. Tibbs Neurological Surgery

Dr. Dale E. Toney Internal Medicine (General)

Dr. Tarvez Tucker Neurology

Dr. Fredrick Ueland Obstetrictics/Gynecology

Dr. Joseph Valentino Otolaryngology

Dr. Woodford S. VanMeter Ophthalmology

Dr. John R. Van Nagell Obstetrics and Gynecology

Dr. Henry C. Vasconez Plastic Surgery

Dr. James C. Wilkes Pediatrics (General)

Dr. William O. Witt Anesthesiology

Dr. Peter Wong Pediatrics (General)

Dr. Shelia H. Woods Pediatrics (General)

Dr. A. Byron Young Neurological Surgery

Dr. Thomas L. Young Pediatrics (General)

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