Thirty VA Physicians Among Top Local Docs

The August issue of Inside Houston magazine listed 30 Houston VA Medical Center physicians as some of Houston's best.

The magazine pulled the names from Best Doctors Inc. of Boston and Aiken, South Carolina - a global source of information concerning the best medical care in the United States and around the world. For more than a decade, this company has been conducting the largest independent medical profession surveys to identify doctors that other doctors consider the best in their specialties. The surveys also identify outstanding local primary care physicians.

Houston VA Medical Center physicians listed among the best in Houston include:

Horacio Adrogue, M.D., medical care line renal service chief; Eugene L. Alford, M.D., operative care line staff physician and consultant; David Baskin, M.D., operative care line staff physician; Milton Boniuk, M.D., eye care line staff physician; Timothy Boone, M.D., operative and spinal cord injury line staff physician; Blase Carabello, M.D., medical care line executive; Glenn R. Cunningham, M.D., research service line executive; Rabih Darouiche, M.D., spinal cord injury and medical care line staff physician; Donald Donovan, M.D., operative care line staff physician; David Graham, M.D., medical care line digestive disease section chief; Ronald L. Gross, M.D., operative care line staff physician and consultant; Richard Hamill, M.D., medical care line infectious disease section staff physician; Michael Heggeness, M.D., operative and spinal cord injury care line orthopedic physician and consultant; Helene Henson, M.D., rehabilitation care line staff physician; Eric R. Holz, M.D., eye care line staff physician and eye care consultant; Douglas D. Koch, M.D., eye care line staff physician and consultant; Cristopher Lahart, M.D., medical care line staff physician; Moise L. Levy, M.D., medical care line staff physician and consultant; Richard A. Lewis, M.D., eye care line staff physician and consultant; Kenneth Mathis, M.D., operative care line orthopedic section chief; Alice Matoba, M.D., eye care line staff ophthalmologist; Ronald Morton, M.D., operative care line urology section chief; James B. Moseley, M.D., operative care line staff physician and consultant; Daniel Musher, M.D., medical care line infectious disease section chief; Josef Prchal, M.D., medical care line staff physician; Theodore Rosen, M.D., medical care line dermatology section chief, Andrew I. Schafer, M.D., medical care line staff physician; Kevin M. Slawin, M.D., operative care line staff physician and consultant; John E. Wolf, M.D., medical care line staff physician and consultant; and Ronald L. Young, M.D., operative care line staff physician and consultant

The 2001-2002 Best Doctors in America database, maintained by Best Doctors Inc., includes more than 30,000 doctors in 43 specialties and more than 400 subspecialties, representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

All listed doctors are checked for licensing and certification requirements, as well as for any disqualifying disciplinary actions.

The polling methodology is designed to mimic the informal peer-to-peer referral process that doctors use to identify appropriate specialists for their patients.

For a complete list of the best doctors in Houston as printed by Inside Houston, visit their Web site at http://www.inside houstonmag.com.

- With contributions from Bobbi Gruner, Houston VA Medical Center and Inside Houston magazine

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