Ten Named to Texas Monthly's 'Super Doctors' List

Ten faculty members of The University of Texas Medical School at Houston recently were named to Texas Monthly magazine's annual "Super Doctors" list, compiled by the Key Professional Media research company.

Specialties and listed UT physicians are:

Cardiology, James T. Willerson, M.D., president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, holder of the Edward Randall III Chair in Internal Medicine and the Alkek/Williams Distinguished Professor.

Endocrinology, Victor Lavis, M.D., professor of internal medicine; Shahla Nader-Eftekhari, M.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences and professor of internal medicine; and Philip Orlander, M.D., professor of internal medicine and director of the Division of Endocrinology.

Family/general practice, Grant Fowler, M.D., professor and vice chair of the Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine.

Ophthalmology, Richard Yee, M.D., holder of the Joe M. Green Jr. Chair in Ophthalmology.

Orthopedic surgery, Thomas Clanton, M.D., holder of the Edward T. Smith, M.D., Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Terry Clyburn, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery; and Kevin Coupe, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery.

Urology, Michael Ritchey, M.D., holder of the C. R. Bard Inc./Edward J. McGuire, M.D., Distinguished Chair in Urology.

Key Professional Media asked more than 52,000 doctors around the state which physicians they admired and would recommend to patients and family members. It also identified Texas doctors who had achieved special recommendation from their peers or had demonstrated other indications of expertise in their specialties.

The doctors recommended most often by their peers and who had earned the highest recognition and respect in their fields were placed on the list, which was published in the December 2004 issue of Texas Monthly.