Press Releases: Colorado
October 19, 2009
Twenty-seven Kaiser Permanente Physicians Honored as 5280 Magazine Top Docs
Every year Denver’s 5280 Magazine surveys all registered physicians in the metro area and asks them to select fellow doctors they believe are “top” in their specialty. The results are in — and of the record number of physicians chosen this year, 27 are from Kaiser Permanente Colorado. They are:
- Allan Graham, Addiction Psychiatry
- John M. Williams, Allergy & Immunology
- Theresa Kinnard, Anesthesiology
- Christopher Lang, Cardiovascular Disease
- John J. Reusch, Cardiovascular Disease
- Laurent Lewkowiez, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Simone Ince, Dermatology
- Nora Morgenstern, Geriatric Medicine
- Mark W. Rhine, Geriatric Psychiatry
- Daniel C. Johnson, Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine
- Alan Rastrelli, Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine
- Miguel Mogyoros, Infectious Disease
- Steven Resnick, Interventional Cardiology
- David A. Gilmore, Medical Toxicology
- Alphonso Pantoja, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- William Bentley, Neurology
- Robert Schabbing, Neurology
- Sophia Symko, Neuroradiology
- Tracy Anderson, Obstetrics & Gynecology
- David Kim, Orthopedic Surgery
- David Mulica, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Royal Gerow, Plastic Surgery
- Jean Milofsky, Psychiatry
- Robert Hays, Rheumatology
- Edward A. Vaughn, Surgery
- Thomas F. Barsch, Vascular & Interventional Radiology
- Thomas F. Rehring, Vascular Surgery
This year, 5280 Magazine turned to their list of Top Doctors to sort through the important issues and topics dominating the health care reform discussion. Of the nine experts selected to provide insight and break down the terminology, two are leading Kaiser Permanente physicians.
Cardiologist Christopher Lang, MD, was tapped to explain health information technology, given Kaiser Permanente’s extensive experience working with computerized records. He noted: “HIT has the potential to transform medical care by improving the quality, safety, and cost of care.”
John Williams, MD, an allergy and asthma expert, was called upon to discuss the meaning of preventive medicine. He agreed with colleague Christopher Lang, MD, that health information technology is necessary to improve quality care, stating, “Once we invest in primary care and the electronic medical record infrastructure, we will have better preventive care, and, as a result, we’ll have healthier people while decreasing the need for expensive procedures and treatment.”
For more information on the Top Docs list, visit www.5280.com
About Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Kaiser Permanente Colorado is the state's largest nonprofit health plan, proudly working to improve the lives and health of Denver, Boulder, and Southern Colorado area residents for 40 years. Kaiser Permanente of Colorado provides comprehensive health care services to more than 480,000 members through 17 medical offices and a network of affiliated hospitals and physicians. The health plan was recently named “Highest in Member Satisfaction” among Commercial Health Plans by J.D. Power and Associates. It is also the top-ranked commercial and Medicare health plan in Colorado, according to U.S. News & World Report/National Committee for Quality Assurance. In 2008, Kaiser Permanente directed more than $50 million to community benefit programs to improve the health of all Coloradans. For more Kaiser Permanente news, visit kp.org/newscenter.