Each year, Charlotte Magazine surveys licensed physicians in the Charlotte area to find out which of their peers they would choose if they or a loved one needed care. Physicians receive an online survey and are asked to make their selections without regard to hospital, clinic or health plan affiliations. Only 7 to 10 percent of area physicians in the featured specialties are selected to the list.

The following 39 physicians from Novant Medical Group, the physician network affiliated with Presbyterian Healthcare and Novant Health, are included on the magazine's 2012 Top Doctors list:

• Jimmie W. Adcock, MD, First Charlotte Physicians - EpiCentre 
• John E. Alexander, MD, Mid Carolina Cardiology 
• John R. Allbert, MD, Presbyterian Maternal & Fetal Medicine Associates 
• Mark L. Bland, MD, Rankin Women's Center 
• James T. Bohmer, MD, Rankin Women's Center 
• Paulette C. Bryant, MD, Presbyterian Blume Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Clinic
• Barry Chan, MD, Hawthorne Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons 
• Carmine Dalto, MD, Presbyterian Pulmonary & Critical Care - Matthews 
• Jodi A. Dodds, MD, Presbyterian Neurology Center 
• Timothy J. Eichenbrenner, MD, Elizabeth Pediatrics 
• Cary N. Fishburne, Jr., MD, Huntersville Obstetrics & Gynecology 
• Amy D. Fletcher, MD, Rankin Women's Center 
• Stuart Garner, MD, Presbyterian Pulmonary & Critical Care 
• Peter M. Giftos, MD, Eastover Pediatrics 
• Craig A. Greene, MD, Presbyterian Pediatric Cardiology 
• William W. Hammill, MD, Presbyterian Pediatric Cardiology 
• Michael S. Hoben, MD, Cotswold Medical Clinic 
• John G. Holevas, MD, McKee Internal Medicine 
• Glenn C. Holladay, MD, Elizabeth Pediatrics 
• W. Stokes Houck, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterology Associates 
• Harold R. Howe, MD, Hawthorne Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons 
• Robert S. Iwaoka, MD, Mid Carolina Cardiology 
• Richard E. Kleinmann, MD, Presbyterian Endocrinology & Osteoporosis Consultants 
• Matt McDonald, MD, Presbyterian Gynecologic Oncology 
• Christopher Morris, MD, Providence OB/GYN 
• David P. Ohmstede, MD, Presbyterian Pediatric Cardiology 
• Nancy A. Palermo, MD, Rankin Women's Center 
• Thomas E. Parker, MD, Parker Internal Medicine 
• John A. Pasquini, MD, Mid Carolina Cardiology 
• Amy G. Ryan, MD, Eastover Pediatrics 
• James W. Sandberg, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterology Associates 
• James W. Schaffer, MD, South Park Family Physicians 
• Scott M. Schneider, MD, Bradford Clinic - Ballantyne 
• Edwin H. Schoaf, MD, Presbyterian Internal Medicine Clinic 
• Brent A. Sunderland, MD, Presbyterian Psychiatric Associates 
• Lillian M. Teigland, MD, South Park Family Physicians 
• Shana D. Wallace, MD, Presbyterian Pediatric Neurology 
• Simon V. Ward, MD, Rankin Women's Center 
• Eric T. Warren, MD, Waxhaw Family Physicians & Sports Medicine Center

Many other physicians on the Presbyterian medical staff were also named to the list. To view the entire 2012 Top Doctors list online, learn more about the voting process or read profiles of six local physicians, including three from Novant Medical Group, visit www.charlottemagazine.com and search for ‘top doctors.’

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