St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Physicians Named

Nineteen physicians from St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children were recently named to Philadelphia magazine’s “Top Doctors” listing for 2010. The list profiles the “Top Docs” who are among the best in their respective fields in the Philadelphia region.

According to the magazine, this year’s “Top Docs” were selected by an independent research and publishing company. Researchers compiled the list by asking local doctors who they would choose to tend to their family members’ health care. The magazine says the result is a list that creates “a gold standard for those seeking the finest medical care in Philadelphia.”

The St. Christopher’s 2010 “Top Docs” include:

• Susan Conley, Pediatric Nephrology
• Maria Delivoria-Papadopoulos, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Francesco DeLuca, Pediatric Endocrinology
• Mark Dovey, Pediatric Pulmonology
• Eric Faerber, Diagnostic Radiology
• Paul Glat, Plastic Surgery
• Donald Goldsmith, Pediatric Rheumatology
• Jan Marie Goplerud, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Gregory Halligan, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
• Martin Herman, Orthopaedic Surgery
• Agustin Legido, Child Neurology
• Sarah Long, Pediatric Infectious Disease
• John Murphy, Pediatric Cardiology
• Peter Pizzutillo, Orthopaedic Surgery
• Marshall Schwartz, Pediatric Surgery
• Frank Shafer, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
• Robert Steckler, Urology
• Alan B. Zubrow, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• David Zwillenberg, Pediatric Otolaryngology

Since 1875, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children has been providing exceptional patient care and advancing new pediatric treatments through research and innovation. Through affiliations with Drexel University College of Medicine and Temple University School of Medicine, St. Christopher’s is a teaching hospital helping to train the next generation of professionals in pediatric medicine.

The 189-bed hospital is committed to delivering high quality family- and patient-centered care to children from throughout the Philadelphia area and around the world. Its highly acclaimed programs include its Level I Pediatric Trauma Center; Level IIIC NICU, which is the highest NICU designation; Heart Center, Oncology/Transplant; as well as its Burn Center, which is the only dedicated pediatric burn center in the area. In 2009, St. Christopher’s achieved Magnet status, which is one of the nation's highest forms of recognition for nursing excellence, and numerous St. Chris physicians were recognized in regional publications as being “Top Docs” in their fields.

To learn more about St. Christopher’s, visit www.stchristophershospital.com. St. Christopher’s can also be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/StChrisHospital or on Twitter at http://twitter.com/stchrishospital.

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