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December 18, 2012 — U.S. News & World Report, in collaboration with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., released its 2012 list of the nation’s top physicians.<\/p>\n

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Among those included are the following faculty members in the Department of Surgery. Per U.S. News: the \u2605 icon “denotes that a doctor, in Castle Connolly’s estimation, is among the top 1% in the nation in his or her specialty. Doctors listed in U.S. News Top Doctors without this icon are determined to be in the top 10% in their region.”<\/p>\n

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  • William Adamson, MD – Division of Pediatric Surgery<\/li>\n
  • Keith Amos, MD – Division of Surgical Oncology<\/li>\n
  • \u2605Bruce Cairns, MD – N.C. Jaycee Burn Center<\/li>\n
  • \u2605Ben Calvo, MD – Division of Surgical Oncology<\/li>\n
  • \u2605Culley Carson III, MD – Division of Urologic Surgery<\/li>\n
  • \u2605Richard Feins, MD – Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery<\/li>\n
  • Ben Haithcock, MD – Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery<\/li>\n
  • C. Scott Hultman, MD, MBA – Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery<\/li>\n
  • \u2605Mark Koruda, MD – Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery<\/li>\n
  • William Marston, MD – Division of Vascular Surgery<\/li>\n
  • Sean McLean, MD – Division of Pedatric Surgery<\/li>\n
  • \u2605Anthony Meyer, MD – Department of Surgery<\/li>\n
  • Michael Meyers, MD – Division of Surgical Oncology<\/li>\n
  • \u2605Michael Mill, MD – Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery<\/li>\n
  • \u2605Raj Pruthi, MD – Division of Urologic Surgery<\/li>\n
  • \u2605Richard Sutherland, MD – Division of Urologic Surgery<\/li>\n
  • \u2605Eric Wallen, MD – Division of Urologic Surgery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

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