Northern Virginia Magazine names 76 Children's National physicians 'Top Doctors'

WASHINGTON - The annual "Top Doctors" list from Northern Virginia Magazine features 76 Children's National Hospital care providers across 25 specialties. The prestigious list includes physicians from many of Children's nationally-ranked programs, including Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neonatology, Nephrology, Orthopaedics and Urology. Seventeen of the named doctors practice in Northern Virginia through the Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV).

"I am very proud to see so many of Children's National Hospital's well-regarded physicians recognized in Northern Virginia Magazine's Top Doctors issue", says Kurt Newman, M.D., president and CEO of Children's National Hospital. "Inclusion in this list demonstrates that they have earned the respect of their peers. This recognition is evidence of our physicians' commitment to putting patients and families at the center of care."

Nominations for Northern Virginia Magazine's list of "Top Doctors" are generated by a peer survey and panels from eight local hospitals. Each panel nominated the doctors based on internal evaluations, patient reviews, patient access, training and quality of records. This year's recognized physicians from Children's National include:

*denotes physicians who also practice at Pediatric Specialists of Virginia.

Children's National offers more than 50 pediatric specialty care programs and departments, available at the Washington, D.C., Sheikh Zayed Campus for Advanced Children's Medicine, in Northern Virginia as part of PSV and many other locations throughout the region.

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