Mpls St. Paul Magazine
In January, Mpls St. Paul magazine sent surveys to a random sampling of 2,500 licensed doctors and 2,500 registered nurses in the seven county Metro area asking them to recommend doctors in 43 specialties. Phsyicians who were among the top 15 percent of the vote getters are included on the list of Twin Cities "Top Docs". The list is in the June edition of Mpls. St. Paul magazine. Here are the HealthPartners and Regions physicians who were voted top notch by their peers.
| Name | Specialty Voted | Times on list 1992-2004 |
| Paul Abraham, MD | Nephrology | 5 years |
| George Biltz, MD | Sports Medicine | 1 year |
| Troy Boffeli, DPM | Podiatry | 1 year |
| Emmett Carpel, MD | Ophthalmology | 3 years |
| Allen Fongemie, MD | Sports Medicine | 2 years |
| Elie Gertner, MD | Rheumatology | 6 years |
| Richard Heinrich, MD | Psychiatry | 3 years |
| Terrence Horrigan, MD | Surgery | |
| Douglas Hotvedt, MD | Internal Medicine | 4 years |
| Aliva Janda, MD | Ophthalmology | |
| Mary Ann Kish, MD | Infectious Diseases | 2 years |
| Jerry Kobrin, MD | Ophthalmology | 3 years |
| Rebecca Koerner, MD | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 2 years |
| Teresa Kovarik, MD | Pediatric | 1 year |
| Joan Madden, MD | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 5 years |
| John McBride, MD | Cardiology | 1 year |
| Michael McGrail, MD | Occupational Medicine | 1 year |
| Avi Nahum, MD | Pulmonary Disease | 3 years |
| Mark Rabinovitch, MD | Pediatric | 2 years |
| Gary Rosenthal, MD | Vascular Surgery | |
| Warren Schubert, MD | Surgery-Plastic | 3 years |
| Leonard Snellman, MD | Pediatric | 6 years |
| Carol Soutor, MD | Dermatology | 5 years |
| Drew Thomas, MD | Sports Medicine | 1 year |
| Richard Timming, MD | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 3 years |
| Thomas Von Sternberg, MD | Geriatric Medicine | 8 years |
| J. Bryan Warren, MD | Internal Medicine | 5 years |
Consumers' Checkbook
Consumers' Checkbook is an independent, non-profit consumer information and service resource. To find the top doctors are around the country, they asked subscribers to consumer reports, which specialists would you send a loved one to for care? Here are the HealthPartners physicians who were named for the Twin Cities Consumers Checkbook.
| Specialty : | Name : |
| Allergy/Immunology : | Rolf Sigford |
| Cardiology : | James Morrison |
| Dermatology : | Carol Soutor |
| Endocrinology : | John MacIndoe II |
| Kevin Sheridan | |
| Family Practice : | Allen Fongemie |
| Anthony Giefer | |
| Gastroenterology : | Irshad Jafri |
| Bryce Purdy | |
| General Surgery : | Peter Kernahan |
| Steven Mestitz | |
| James Schlaefer | |
| Seth Wolpert | |
| Geriatrics : | Thomas Von Sternberg |
| Hematology/Oncology : | Randy Hurley |
| Jeffrry Jaffe | |
| Brian Rank | |
| Infectious Disease : | Mary Ann Kish |
| David Strike | |
| Internal Medicine : | Barbara Butcher |
| John Butler | |
| Douglas Hotvedt | |
| Bernard Quebral | |
| Dale Schurle | |
| Karen Steiner | |
| Bryan Warren | |
| Rae Williams | |
| Nephrology : | Paul Abraham |
| Obstetrics/Gynecology : | Barb Hyer |
| Joan Kreider | |
| Charles Lais | |
| Joan Madden | |
| Opthalmolgy : | Keith Carlson |
| Emmett Carpel | |
| Jerry Kobrin | |
| John Nelson | |
| Joseph Terry | |
| Pediatrics : | Teresa Kovarik |
| Mark Rabinovitch | |
| Leonard Snellman III | |
| Howard Stang | |
| Plastic Surgery : | Warren Schubert |
| Pulmonary Disease : | John Marini |
| James Mickman | |
| Avi Nahum | |
| Radiology-Diagnostic : | Joseph Tashjian |
| Rehabilitation : | Richard Timming |
| Bonnie Warhol | |
| Rheumatology : | Elie Gertner |
| Thomas Harkcom | |
| Ellen Shammash |
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