One hundred forty-four University of Iowa Health Care physicians have been selected for inclusion in the 2002 Best Doctors in America® database. Best Doctors uses its database to support Web-based services that link individuals with serious illness to these expert medical specialists for second opinions or treatment. Individuals may contact the company through its Web site, www.bestdoctors.com.

Allergy and Immunology:
Richard C. Ahrens; Zuhair K. Ballas; Marta M. Little; Barbara Ann Muller; Miles M. Weinberger

Anesthesiology
David L. Brown; Tanya Oyos; Michael M. Todd

Cardiovascular Disease
Richard E. Kerber; Michael G. Kienzle; Brian Olshansky; James D. Rossen; David J. Skorton

Colon and Rectal Surgery
Amanda M. T. Metcalf

Dermatology
Kathi C. Madison; Warren W. Piette; Thomas L. Ray; Richard D. Sontheimer; Mary S. Stone; John Steinert Strauss; Duane C. Whitaker

Endocrinology and Metabolism
Thomas M. O'Dorisio; Janet Schlechte

Family Medicine
George R. Bergus; Richard C. Dobyns; John W. Ely; Paul A. James; Cynda A. Johnson; Barcey T. Levy

Gastroenterology
F. Jeffrey Field; Frederick Carl Johlin; Robert W. Summers

Hand Surgery
Brian Adams; Curtis M. Steyers

Infectious Disease
Charles M. Helms; Loreen A. Herwaldt

Intetrnal Medicine, General
Bradley N. Doebbeling; John Frederick Fieselmann; James R. Flanagan; Christopher Goerdt; Bruce Everett Johnson; Richard LeBlond; Paul Mulhausen

Medical Oncology and Hematology
Gerald H. Clamon

Nephrology
Michael J. Flanigan; Lawrence G. Hunsicker

Neurological Surgery
Ken Follett; Patrick W. T. Hitchon; Matthew Howard; Arnold H. Menezes; Vincent C. Traynelis; John C. VanGilder

Neurology
Harold P. Adams, Jr.; Antonio Damasio; Hanna Damasio; Robert L. Rodnitzky; Jon M. Tippin; Michael Wall

Nuclear Medicine
David L. Bushnell; Michael M. Graham; Daniel Kahn

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Barrie Anderson; Jennifer R. Niebyl; Joel I. Sorosky; Craig Syrop; Bradley Van Voorhis; Frank J. Zlatnik

Ophthalmology
Wallace L. M. Alward, H. Culver Boldt; Keith D. Carter; Randy H. Kardon; Ronald V. Keech; Andrew G. Lee; Jeffrey A. Nerad; Stephen R. Russell; William E. Scott; Edwin M. Stone; John E. Sutphin, Jr.; Thomas A. Weingeist

Orthopaedic Surgery
Joseph A. Buckwalter IV; John J. Callaghan; Charles L. Saltzman; Stuart L. Weinstein

Otolaryngology
Gerry F. Funk; Bruce J. Gantz; Henry T. Hoffman; Richard J. H. Smith

Pediatrics, General
Brenda Cruikshank; Claibourne I. Dungy; Lois Dusdieker; Mary S. Larew; Jody R. Murph; Jerold Woodhead

Pediatric Specialist
Richard C. Ahrens; Michael J. Acarregui, Dianne L. Atkins, Edward F. Bell; John Dagle; Patricia A. Donohoue; Charles F. Grose; Herman Hein; Robert P. Kelch; Jonathan M. Klein; Ronald M. Lauer; Larry T. Mahoney; Paul McCray; Mary J. Hagan Morriss; Jeffrey C. Murray; Thomas D. Scholz; Jeffrey Segar; Jeffrey Smith; Raymond Tannous; Eva Tsalikian; Miles M. Weinberger; John A. Widness; Ekhard E. Ziegler

Plastic Surgery
John W. Canady

Psychiatry
Arnold E. Andersen; Nancy C. Andreasen; Donald W. Black; Brian L. Cook; William Coryell; Raymond R. Crowe; Bruce M. Pfohl; Robert G. Robinson

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
John Frederick Fieselmann; Gary W. Hunninghake; Jeffrey S. Wilson

Radiology
Bruce P. Brown; George Y. El-Khoury; E. A. Franken, Jr.; Yutaka Sato; Wendy Smoker; William Stanford

Rheumatology
Robert F. Ashman; John S. Cowdery, Jr.; Elizabeth H. Field; George V. Lawry II; M. Paul Strottman

Surgery
Carol E. H. Scott-Conner

Surgical Oncology
Adel S. Al-Jurf

Thoracic Surgery
Douglas M. Behrendt; Wayne E. Richenbacher

Urology
Bernard Fallon; Karl J. Kreder; Richard D. Williams; Howard N. Winfield