Best Doctors has undertaken the largest, continuous, peer-to-peer survey of the medical profession ever conducted to develop our proprietary Best Doctors database of 50,000 expert physicians. We ask doctors questions like, "If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer them?" That’s the idea behind Best Doctors database. Doctors have unique, “inside” perspective about who’s at the top of their profession, who’s up on the latest advances in their field, and therefore, where they personally would turn for state-of-the-art care when faced with a serious medical problem.

At Best Doctors, we believe making expert physician insight on “best care” available to people is the key to empowering consumers. So how does it work? How are 50,000 of the Best Doctors worldwide chosen? And what makes them “the best”?

Continuous peer-to-peer surveys help us identify specialists who are considered by fellow physicians to be the most skilled in their fields and most qualified for reviewing and treating complex medical conditions. The polling process is anonymous and confidential, qualitative and quantitative. It provides detailed profiles of each physician, including his or her practice, research programs and diagnostic and treatment procedures. We survey doctors in more than 400 subspecialties of medicine.

But how do we ensure reliable, impartial results? We are totally independent. Doctors do not pay to be included in the database, nor do we pay them to participate in the survey. The judgment of peers is the determining factor. And to get opinions with weight and professional credibility, we consult the very best. We contact all currently elected physicians, including many department heads at major teaching hospitals, and ask them to rate specialists outside their own facilities. Our process of peer review requires that every listed physician be re-evaluated with each new survey. With person-to-person telephone interviews and proprietary polling and balloting software, we collect up to 1.5 million evaluations annually. Only 5% of the doctors in any country are actually selected to become  Best Doctors.

The result? An unparalleled worldwide “Doctors of Excellence” network unmatched in the industry today. What could be more reassuring than knowing that we will give you access to the doctors that other doctors choose?

If you are a physician, hospital PR representative or a reporter and would like more information about the Best Doctors in America® list, please contact us.