Top Doctors 2005

By Tom Blair

WHEN IT COMES TO CHOOSING a physician, who do you trust? We believe the best place to start is with other trustworthy physicians. And so, once again, that was our modus operandi in composing this year’s list of some of San Diego’s best doctors.

This is the second year San Diego Magazine has partnered with the San Diego County Medical Society to compile this prestigious list. Last year’s list comprised 247 physicians; this year, it’s up to 344 in 37 specialties. This is probably more a matter of improved and expanded polling than better doctors. In fact, even with a list of nearly 350 of the region’s finest physicians, we’re sure to have missed a few of the best —and likely to have made a few enemies by omission. If your doctor is absent, maybe we’ll catch up with him or her next year.

Meanwhile, the following advice from the Medical Society’s former communications chair, James Santiago Grisolia, bears repeating:

“Your quality of care depends on picking a doctor who listens to you and has a style that fits your personality and needs. That’s more important than any survey. Find a primary doctor who seems interested—who feels like he or she is working just for you. Then, when you need a surgeon or other specialty care, ask your primary doctor who he or she would pick for their own family.”

To your health!

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