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SAINT ALPHONSUS IS PROUD
to congratulate the following
13 doctors on our medical staf who made the
U.S. News
“Top Doctors” list. These doctors span 11 specialty areas
and were selected based on a peer nomination process. For
more information, or to see the actual list of “Top Doctors”
on
U.S. News
, link to:
http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/
saint-alphonsusregional-medical-center-6820040/doctors
.
list names 13 Saint
Alphonsus physicians
Saint Alphonsus Regional
Medical Center was ranked
No. 1 in the Treasure
Valley in the U.S.News &
World Report 22nd annual
“Best Hospitals” report.
For this year’s list, U.S.
News evaluated 4,825
hospitals across 16 medical
specialties and identified
140 facilities that earned high enough scores to be
included in the rankings. Additionally, Saint Alphon-
sus also received high-performing marks in the
medical specialties of diabetes and endocrinol-
ogy, gynecology, orthopedics, and urology.
Hard numbers stand behind the rankings in
most specialties—death rates, patient safety,
procedure volume and other objective data.
Responses to a national survey, in which phy-
sicians were asked to name hospitals they
consider best in their specialty for the toughest
cases, were also factored in.
The core mission of the “Best Hospitals” report
is to help guide patients who need an especially
high level of care because of a difficult surgery, a
challenging condition, or added risk because of
other health problems or age. “These are referral
centers where other hospitals send their sickest
patients,” says Avery Comarow, U.S. News
Health Rankings editor. “Hospitals like these are
ones you or those close to you should consider
when the stakes are high.”
Saint Alphonsus Regional
Medical Center ranked No. 1
in the Treasure Valley in the
U.S. News “Best Hospitals” report
• Bruce J. Andersen, MD/PhD
Neurosurgeon
• Joseph Callanan, MD
AllergistImmunologist
• Michael Coughlin, MD*
Orthopedic Surgeon
• Fred Fender, MD
Geriatrician
• Julie Foote, MD
Endocrinologist
• Jefrey Hansen, MD*
Family Practice
• John Jeppson, MD
AllergistImmunologist
• Stewart Lawrence, MD
Neonatologist
• Kirby Orme, MD
Toracic Surgeon
• Peggy Ann Rupp, MD
Rheumatologist
• Bertram Stemmler, MD
Diagnostic Radiologist
• Shauna Williams, MD*
Colon and Rectal Surgeon
• Christian Zimmerman, MD*
Neurosurgeon
*Listed as top 1 percent in the nation