National Jewish Health Physicians Recognized for Excellence

Twenty-one National Jewish Health physicians were named "Top Doctors" in the 2016 list of Denver-area physicians published by 5280 Magazine. Top doctors are those named most often by more than 10,000 Denver metro-area doctors who were asked, specialty by specialty, which physicians they would trust to treat themselves or a loved one.

The 21 National Jewish Health physicians selected as the best in their field include:

J. Kern Buckner, MD, – cardiovascular disease
Laurie L. Carr, MD,– medical oncology
Kenny Chan*, MD, – pediatric otolaryngology
James J. Fenton, MD, – pulmonary disease
Barbara L. Goldstein, MD, – rheumatology
Steve D. Groshong, MD, – pathology
Carrie A. Horn, MD, – internal medicine
Rohit K. Katial, MD, – allergy and immunology
Todd T. Kingdom*, MD, – otolaryngology
Robert J. Lapidus, MD, – sleep medicine
David A. Lynch, MD, – diagnostic radiology
Lisa A. Maier, MD, – occupational medicine
Richard T. Meehan, MD, – rheumatology
John Mitchell*, MD, – thoracic and cardiac surgery
William T. Pluss, MD, – pulmonary disease
Cecile S. Rose, MD, – occupational medicine
Michael D. Schwartz, MD, – critical care medicine
Sheila Tsai, MD, – sleep medicine
Frederick S. Wamboldt, MD, – psychiatry & psychosomatic medicine
Michael Weyant*, MD, – thoracic and cardiac surgery
Brian K. Wise, MD, – child and adolescent psychiatry

*These doctors' primary practices are at The Children's Hospital and/or University Hospital and have privileges at National Jewish Health.