{"id":11828,"date":"2026-01-23T14:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/?p=11828"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T20:11:51","slug":"drs-alice-zhang-kathy-whitfield-named-to-2026-castle-connolly-top-doctors-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/2026\/01\/drs-alice-zhang-kathy-whitfield-named-to-2026-castle-connolly-top-doctors-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Drs. Alice Zhang &amp; Kathy Whitfield Named to 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-xs-3 col-sm-3 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-xs-3 col-sm-3 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2886 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: bold\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2018\/07\/dr-kathy-whitfield-assistant-professor-of-pediatric-ophthalmology-and-adult-strabismus-at-unc-ophthalmology-is-the-newly-appointed-medical-director-of-the-kittner-eye-center-effective-may-1-2018-image2-scaled-e1724700853524.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2018\/07\/dr-kathy-whitfield-assistant-professor-of-pediatric-ophthalmology-and-adult-strabismus-at-unc-ophthalmology-is-the-newly-appointed-medical-director-of-the-kittner-eye-center-effective-may-1-2018-image2-scaled-e1724700853524.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2018\/07\/dr-kathy-whitfield-assistant-professor-of-pediatric-ophthalmology-and-adult-strabismus-at-unc-ophthalmology-is-the-newly-appointed-medical-director-of-the-kittner-eye-center-effective-may-1-2018-image2-scaled-e1724700853524-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-size: 9pt\">Kathy Whitfield, MD<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 9pt\">(Pediatrics)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-xs-3 col-sm-3 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2025\/10\/Alice-Zhang-2017-e1769195477920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-size: 9pt\">Alice Zhang, MD<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 9pt\">(Vitreoretinal Surgery)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-xs-3 col-sm-3 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nUNC Ophthalmology is thrilled to recognize <strong>Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Alice Zhang, MD,<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Kathy Whitfield, MD<\/strong>, for being named to the <a class=\"mdc-link__mdc mdc-link--body__mdc\" href=\"https:\/\/pr.report\/hzwp\" data-v-602de5d2=\"\"><span class=\"mdc-article-underline\" data-v-1f1bdc8a=\"\">2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors<\/span><\/a> list! This year&#8217;s Top Doctors list represents the <strong>top 7% out of 1.1M physicians in practice nationwide<\/strong> and includes 72,000 board-certified U.S. physicians from all 50 states and 85 medical specialties. To develop its annual curated list of Top Doctors, the Castle Connolly Medical Advisory Board vets peer-nominated, best-in-class physicians who&#8217;ve demonstrated exceptional professional achievements, expertise, integrity and excellence in patient care.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Kathy Whitfield<\/strong> is a Pediatric Ophthalmology expert and has been a UNC Ophthalmology clinical faculty member for a decade (2016 &#8211; Present). She has served in multiple department leadership roles, including UNC Kittner Eye Center Medical Director, Outpatient Leadership Task Force Chair and Pediatric Ophthalmology Resident Education Director.\u00a0 <strong>Dr. Alice Zhang<\/strong> is a Vitreoretinal Surgery\/Retinal Disease expert and UNC Ophthalmology clinical faculty member of almost a decade (2017 &#8211; Present). She serves as the department&#8217;s Residency Program Director. At UNC, Dr. Zhang has received the Faculty Resident Teaching Award (2020), as well as UNC Hospitals&#8217; Carolina Care Excellence (2019) Award, an honor reserved for physicians\/APPs who rank highly on patient surveys for excellence in patient care.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.castleconnolly.com\/castle-connolly-top-doctors\"><strong>HERE<\/strong> <\/a>to learn more about the <strong>Castle Connolly Top Doctors list<\/strong> and significance of this designation in the field of physician practice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ophth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1268\/2026\/01\/Castle-Connolly-2026-Top-Doctors-e1769195768922.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC Ophthalmology is thrilled to recognize Associate Professor and Residency Program Director Alice Zhang, MD,\u00a0and Assistant Professor\u00a0Kathy Whitfield, MD, for being named to the 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors list!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17488,"featured_media":11830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Drs. 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