There is much confusion—among readers, doctors, and local media—about how we arrive at this and similar lists that we occasionally compile at D Magazine. Confusion is bad, so we’re going to explain the process here.
We sent letters and opened the voting to more than 2,500 pediatricians and medical professionals in Dallas-Fort Worth, asking them to recommend their peers. We posted an online ballot at www.dmagazine.com where we accepted votes from those with a valid Texas State Medical License number. Voters were asked to nominate their short list of doctors in 24 different specialties with the following question in mind: “Which Dallas pediatric specialist would you rank among the current best and to whom would you send your child?” Self-nominations were not counted.
Once the votes were tallied, we enlisted a team of respected local pediatricians to review the list. They agree to do so on the condition of anonymity, so they can speak freely about their colleagues. They review the winners and the voting tallies, helping us look for signs of ballot stuffing and making us aware of issues known only in the pediatric community.
Here’s where the confusion comes in. We then turn the list over to our sales team. They cannot add to or subtract from the list, but they can sell ads to the winners. A special advertising section containing all the winners who purchase ads is then put together and displayed somewhere else in this magazine.
That said, our list is extensive but by no means inclusive. If your child’s doctor is not on this list but you trust her implicitly, we recommend you stick with her.
| ADOLESCENT MEDICINE Drew Alexander, MD Commerce Plaza 972-239-9252 John Edlin, MD ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY Rebecca Gruchalla, MD John Meiser, MD Michael Ruff, MD Robert Sugerman, MD Richard Wasserman, MD, PhD CARDIAC SURGERY Eric Mendeloff, MD CARDIOLOGY William Pennock Laird, MD William Pennock Laird II, MD Lynn Mahony, MD William Scott, MD Daniel Stromberg, MD Damaris Wright, MD CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY CHILD DEVELOPMENT Thomas Pullano, MD Allan deVilleneuve, MD DEVELOPMENTAL CARDIOLOGY ENDOCRINOLOGY Ellen Sher, MD Grace Tannin, MD Perrin White, MD GASTROENTEROLOGY John Andersen, MD Eric Argao, MD Kendall Brown, MD Norberto Rodriguez-Baez, MD Michael Russo, MD Annette Whitney, MD GENERAL Barry Bergman, MD Ronald M. Blair, MD Michael Brown, MD Debra Burns, MD Susan Clifford, MD Somer Curtis, MD Molly Droge, MD Ross Finkelman, MD Vanthaya N.Gan, MD Jules Greif, MD Chad Guetersloh, MD Joe Hanig, MD Patricia Hicks, MD Susan Hubbard, MD Albert Karam, MD Angela Mihalic, MD Gary Morchower, MD Joe Neely, MD Joseph Peterman, MD Claude Prestidge, MD Stephanie Rutherford, MD Jack Seidel, MD Peter Sherrod, MD Susan Sugerman, MD Gina Viktorin, MD Cynthia Webb, MD Lisa Genecov, MD GENETICS Lewis Waber, MD, PhD Golder N. Wilson, MD, PhD HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY George Buchanan, MD Stanton C. Goldman, MD Patrick Leavey, MD Carl Lenarsky, MD Zora Rogers, MD Joel A. Weinthal, MD Naomi Winick, MD INFECTIOUS DISEASE | George McCracken, MD UT Southwestern Medical Center 214-648-3720 Octavio Ramilo, MD Jane Seigel, MD NEPHROLOGY Children’s Renal Center 972-566-7885 Raymond Quigley, MD Mouin Seikaly, MD NEUROLOGY Michael Dowling, MD Roy Elterman, MD Susan Iannaccone, MD Steve Linder, MD Van Miller, MD David Owen, MD Anthony Riela, MD NEUROSURGERY Dale Swift, MD Bradley Weprin, MD OPHTHALMOLOGY Robert Gross, MD Joel Leffler, MD Everett Moody, MD David Stager Jr., MD David Stager Sr., MD David Weakley, MD ORTHOPEDICS Marybeth Ezaki, MD John A. Herring, MD Barry Humeniuk, MD Lori Karol, MD Karl Rathjen, MD B. Stephens Richards, MD James Sackett, MD OTOLARYNGOLOGY Michael Biavati, MD Orval Brown, MD John McClay, MD Alan D. Murray, MD Timothy Trone, MD Pediatric Dermatology Fred Ghali, MD PEDIATRIC SURGERY Nilda Garcia, MD Darrell Hermann, MD Barry Hicks, MD Kevin Kadesky, MD John LaNoue, MD Steven Megison, MD Thomas Renard, MD Jay Roden, MD PLASTIC/CRANIOFACIAL Steve Byrd, MD Jeffrey Fearon, MD David Genecov, MD Craig Hobar, MD PSYCHIATRY Graham Emslie, MD Regina McFarland, MD Stephanie Setliff, MD Nancy Shosid, MD James Terfruchte, MD PULMONARY DISEASE Andrew Gelfand, MD Peter Luckett, MD Fernando Mandujano, MD Richard Silver, MD RHEUMATOLOGY UROLOGY Adam G. Baseman, MD David Ewalt, MD Clanton B. Harrison III, MD Warren Snodgrass, MD William R. Strand, MD Duncan Wilcox, MD |
