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Cover Story

Top Docs 2012
Available in digital edition: Our annual roster of the doctors that other doctors trust most. Thanks to a new online survey process, more physicians voted than ever. Plus, we share a few doctors recommended by patients.
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Methodology
Atlanta magazine’s Top Doctors list was compiled by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. This New York–based healthcare research and information company was founded in 1991 by a former medical college board chair and president to guide consumers to America’s leading doctors and hospitals. Castle Connolly’s established survey and research process involves tens of thousands of top doctors and the medical leadership of prominent hospitals.
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On the front lines with local doctors

What It's Like To: Transplant a Hand
The patient lost both legs and her left hand when she was a year old due to Kawasaki disease, a rare childhood condition of inflamed blood vessels. She emailed Cendales soon after her twenty-first birthday, and a short time later, she was evaluated and approved as a transplant candidate. I ... Read more
 
From the 2012 issue: Patients’ Picks
Doctors may be skilled at treating illnesses, but how well do they treat their patients? Vitals.com has consolidated nearly 2 million ratings from sources like Yelp, Citysearch, and its own website to identify Patients’ Choice Doctors—the physicians whom patients love best.

Click here to see the dozen local doctors who earned the most perfect overall ratings—and who patients say has the best bedside manner, spends the most time with them, keeps waiting times shortest, and diagnoses problems most accurately.
>> View the picks