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Top Doctors 2008: Twin Cities Doctors and Nurses Choose the Specialists They'd Go To

We asked 2,500 doctors and 2,500 registered nurses, When your loved ones get sick, to whom do you send them? They responded in record numbers and the result is our list 2008 Top Doctors. Mpls.St.Paul Magazine has been surveying the metro's doctors since 1992 and this is our twelfth list of Top Doctors. Only the votes of their colleagues get doctors on this list, not advertising.

How does the process work? The doctors and nurses surveyed were randomly selected by the Minnesota Mailing List Service from the State of Minnesota's list of licensed physicians and practical nurses in the ten-county metro area. Physicians receiving approximately the top 15 percent of the votes in each specialty were named Top Doctors. We've chosen specialties that have been certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties.

Please use our list of Top Doctors as another resource to help you decide which physicians to choose. As others for their advice; study your options. This is not your only resource, but we've worked hard to assure you that it's one you can trust.

If a doctor has been selected as a Top Doctor in at least four of the last six surveys, an ambulance symbol will  appear. A "DO" after a doctor's name refers to a doctor of osteopathy, a "DPM" to a doctor of podiatric medicine.
This online resource allows you to search for Top Doctors by their location or by specialty.

For a complete listing of Twin Cities doctors, please refer to our Medical Guide listings.



Diane Ogren

A Surgeon's Gift

Ogren does all types of surgery, including endocrine and thyroid treatments, but her main focus has become breast cancer. She is most often involved in surgical treatment and helps patients coordinate radiation treatments.

January 2008

Brian Zelickson

Genetic Predisposition

Brian Zelickson had always been interested in science, but was determined to avoid dermatology, the specialty of his father, renowned dermatologist Alvin Zelickson, who has been practicing for close to fifty years and has been a Mpls.St.Paul Top Doctor himself.

January 2008

Richard Bendel; Catherine Bendel; Anne Bendel; Ellen Bendel-Stenzel; Michael Bendel-Stenzel

Dr. Bendel, I Presume

Being voted a Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Top Doctor seventeen times is unheard of—unless you are one of the four full-time physicians in the Bendel clan.

January 2008

John Hick

Prepared for an Emergency

Within ten minutes of the I-35W bridge collapse, John Hick was on the scene, providing assistance and coordinating with paramedics and others working with the injured.

January 2008


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