UPMC Physicians Named Pittsburgh Magazine’s ‘Top Docs’
PITTSBURGH, April 24, 2009 — With the release of the May issue, five UPMC physicians share the distinction of being named in eight consecutive Pittsburgh Magazine “Top Doctors” lists. They are among a distinguished group of 103 UPMC and UPMC-affiliated physicians who comprise 78 percent of this year’s list.
The five who have been honored in every list are William Follansbee, M.D., cardiology; Freddie Fu, M.D., orthopaedic surgery; L. Dade Lunsford, M.D., neurological surgery; Fred Rubin, M.D., geriatric medicine; and John Zitelli, M.D., dermatology.
“These physicians exemplify the best of medicine,” said Elizabeth Concordia, executive vice president of UPMC and president of the Hospital and Community Services Division. “They consistently provide the highest level of effective, compassionate care to their patients and are leaders in their respective fields. We are very proud of their accomplishments and congratulate them on this well-deserved recognition.”
In 30 of the 48 categories, UPMC doctors are the only ones named, while at least one UPMC physician was included in all specialty categories.
UPMC physicians are listed in the following specialties:
- adolescent medicine
- cardiovascular disease
- child and adolescent psychiatry
- child neurology
- colon and rectal surgery
- dermatology
- diagnostic radiology
- endocrinology
- diabetes and metabolism
- family medicine
- gastroenterology
- geriatric medicine
- gynecologic oncology
- hand surgery
- hematology
- infectious disease
- internal medicine
- maternal and fetal medicine
- medical oncology
- neonatal-perinatal disease
- nephrology
- neurology
- neurological surgery
- obstetrics and gynecology
- ophthalmology
- orthopaedic surgery
- otolaryngology
- pediatrics
- pediatric cardiology
- pediatric endocrinology
- pediatric gastroenterology
- pediatric hematology-oncology
- pediatric infectious disease
- pediatric nephrology
- pediatric otolaryngology
- pediatric pulmonology
- pediatric surgery
- physical medicine and rehabilitation
- plastic surgery
- psychiatry
- pulmonary disease
- radiation oncology
- reproductive endocrinology
- rheumatology
- sports medicine
- surgery and vascular surgery
- thoracic surgery
- urology
The listing was compiled by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., whose physician-led research team follows a rigorous screening process to select top doctors on the national and regional levels.
For more information about the “Top Doctors” at UPMC, visit www.upmc.com.
About UPMC
UPMC is an $8 billion integrated global health enterprise headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is one of the leading nonprofit health systems in the United States. As western Pennsylvania‘s largest employer, with almost 50,000 employees, UPMC is transforming the economy of the region into one based on medicine, research, and technology. By integrating 20 hospitals, 400 doctors‘ offices and outpatient sites, long-term care facilities, and a major health insurance services division, and in collaboration with its academic partner, the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC has advanced the quality and efficiency of health care and developed internationally renowned programs in transplantation, cancer, neurosurgery, psychiatry, orthopaedics, and sports medicine, among others. UPMC is commercializing its medical and technological expertise by nurturing new companies, developing strategic business relationships with some of the world‘s leading multinational corporations, and expanding into international markets, including Italy, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and Japan. For more information about UPMC, visit our website at www.upmc.com.