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Best Doctors: The 2012 List

The Top 1,160 Physicians

Whatever the fate of the Affordable Care Act—and we should know it soon—one thing is certain. We all want the same thing when we’re sick: the most qualified doctor we can get, as fast as we can get him or her. Our fifteenth annual Best Doctors issue is meant to help you find exactly that. With 1,160 names in 63 specialties, the list includes a leading physician for virtually every imaginable malady.

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