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25 Physicians from Harvard Vanguard Make 2009-2010 Best Doctors in America® List

Newton, MA - (December 21, 2009) - Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician practice with practices across eastern Massachusetts and an affiliate of Atrius Health, is pleased to announce that 25 of its physicians appear on the Best Doctors in America® list for 2009-10.

This widely respected list, created by Best Doctors, Inc., results from exhaustive polling of over 45,000 physicians in the United States. Doctors in over 400 subspecialties of medicine appear on this year’s list. In a confidential review, current listees answer the question, “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer?”

Best Doctors, Inc. evaluates the review results, and verifies additional information to meet inclusion criteria. The experts that are part of the Best Doctors in America® database provide the most advanced medical knowledge to patients with serious conditions. Harvard Vanguard’s group of experts listed in the database includes world-class specialists in internal medicine, pediatrics obstetrics and gynecology, allergy and immunology, cardiology, dermatology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, infectious disease, ophthalmology, surgical oncology, and urology. The Harvard Vanguard physicians named Best Doctors for 2009-10 are:

  • Anita Feins, MD – Kenmore, Pediatrics
  • Christopher Doyle, MD – Kenmore and Quincy, Urology
  • Claire Wilson, MD – Burlington, Pediatrics
  • Daniel Slater, MD – Watertown, Pediatrics
  • E. Lawrence Hoder, MD – Burlington, Pediatrics
  • Elizabeth Stewart, MD – Burlington, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Francis X. Campion, MD – Kenmore, Internal Medicine
  • Gale Fiarman, MD – Burlington and Cambridge, Gastroenterology
  • Graeme Steele, MD – Wellesley, Urology
  • Jeffrey Garber, MD – Kenmore, Endocrinology
  • Lynn Halpern, MD – West Roxbury, Ophthalmology
  • Martha Richardson, MD – Copley and Kenmore, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Michael Pinnolis, MD – Kenmore, Ophthalmology
  • Michael O’Leary, MD – West Roxbury, Urology
  • Patricia Come, MD – Braintree and Kenmore, Cardiology
  • Paul Sax, MD – Kenmore, Infectious Disease
  • Rafael Pupo, MD – Chelmsford and Kenmore, Dermatology
  • Richard Horan, MD – Medford and West Roxbury, Allergy and Immunology
  • Richard Marshall, MD – Copley, Pediatrics
  • Richard Swanson, MD – Kenmore, Surgery
  • Ronni Goldsmith, MD – Concord, Pediatrics
  • Stanley Ashley, MD – West Roxbury, Surgery
  • Stephanie Lee, MD – West Roxbury, Endocrinology
  • William Kettyle, MD – Cambridge, Endocrinology
  • Lawrence A. Starr, MD - Jamaica Plain/Faulkner, Internal Medicine

Best Doctors has earned a worldwide reputation for reliable, impartial results by remaining totally independent. Doctors cannot pay to be included in the database and nor are they paid to provide their input. The list is a product of validated peer review, in which doctors who excel in their specialties are chosen. Only 5% of the doctors in America earn a spot on the list.

Harvard Vanguard is currently welcoming new patients in adult medicine and pediatrics. Click here for more information.