Top doctors are revolutionary and innovative. They challenge the status quo to create new surgical procedures that enable their patients to regain their health with shorter recoveries, less pain and fewer risks. They provide top-notch patient care and are recognized consistently by their peers. And many of them practice right here, at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare.

Milwaukee Magazine sent a survey to 3,700 doctors and 1,300 nurses from the five-county metro area asking them to nominate three top physicians in 33 different specialties. The Top Doctors list was published in the magazine's February 2012 issue. Meet the Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare doctors who received Top Doctors honors.

Meet our Top Doctors
Joseph Battista, General Surgery | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
Bruce Berry, Internal Medicine | Metro Physicians
David Beste, Otolaryngology
Harvey Bock, Plastic Surgery
Spencer Block, Neurosurgery
James Brandes, Nephrology
Brian Butler, Urology
Jeff Butler, Orthopedics | Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
Lewis Chamoy, Hand Surgery
Manfred Chiang, General Surgery
Kumari Chintamaneni, Geriatrics | Metro Physicians
Curtis Crimmins, Hand Surgery
Steven Dankle, Otolaryngology
Christopher Davies, General Surgery
Jack Deckard, Neurosurgery
Daniel Dorrington, Pediatrics
William Elliott, Nephrology
David Engstrand, Vascular Surgery
James Ethington, Dermatology
Christopher Evanich, Orthopedics | Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
Peter Foote, Ophthalmology
Jeffery Garland, Neonatology
Patricia Golden, Family Medicine | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
Daniel Guehlstorf, Orthopedics | Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
Donald Hackbarth, Orthopedics
Christopher Hussussian, Plastic Surgery
Charles Kidd, Urology
Thomas Korkos, Plastic Surgery
Charles Lanzarotti, Cardiology | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
Marvin Lauwasser, Infectious Disease
W. Craig Leach, Pediatrics
Max Lee, Neurosurgery
David Letzer, Infectious Disease
Paul Loewenstein, Plastic Surgery
Richard London, Geriatrics | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
James Mahoney, General Surgery
James Mazzulla, Internal Medicine | Metro Physicians
Robert McManus, Cardiac Surgery
Mark Meier, Family Medicine | Metro Physicians
Gordon Mortensen, Pain Management
David Olson, Hand Surgery
Larry Pearson, Rheumatology
Mark Pearson, Rheumatology
William Pennington, Orthopedics | Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
Tom Pietrocarlo, Podiatry
Traci Purath, Neurology| Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
Stephen Ragatz, Neonatology
Kenneth Reichert, Neurosurgery
Lisa Rich, Nephrology
Thomas Russell, Dermatology
Niraj Sawhney, Infectious Disease
Varun Saxena, Neurology
Gary Seabrook, Vascular Surgery
William See, Urology
Elliott Silbar, Urology
Steven Sirus, Family Practice |  Metro Physicians
David Siverhus, Hand Surgery
Phillip Sonderman, Plastic Surgery
Ron Stark, Hand Surgery
John Stone, Gastroenterology
Thomas Taft, Infectious Disease
William Timm, Infectious Disease
Jonathan Treisman, Oncology | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
Mark Waples, Urology
Gregory Warren, Nephrology
Alvin Wells, Rheumatology
John Wolf, Neonatology

Read Milwaukee Magazine's Top Doctors article featuring William Pennington, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital, and see the complete list of 2012 Top Doctors.

The following physicians were also recently included in The Business Journal of Milwaukee's Best Doctors list:

Husam Balkhy, Thoracic Surgery
Bruce B. Berry, Internal Medicine | Metro Physicians
Beth Damitz, Family Medicine | Family Care Center
Jesse Varney DeGroat, Jr., Family Medicine | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
Christopher Evanich, Orthopedic Surgery | Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
Laura Gottschlich, Family Medicine | Family Care Center
Jill R. Hekman, Family Medicine | Family Care Center
Robin Helm, Family Medicine | Family Care Center
Kevin D. Izard, Family Medicine | Family Care Center
Thomas A. Johnson, Internal Medicine | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
David Klehm, Family Medicine | Family Care Center
Krishna Kumar, Cardiovascular Disease | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
Richard L. London, Geriatric Medicine | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
Jeffrey R. Maehl, Family Medicine | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
Mark Alan Meier, Family Medicine | Metro Physicians
Daryl J. Melzer, Geriatric Medicine | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
Thomas J. Perlewitz, Orthopedic Surgery | Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
Jeffery S. Postles, Internal Medicine/Hospital Medicine
Thomas M. Shimshak, Cardiovascular Disease | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
James G. Slawson, Family Medicine | Family Care Center
Samuel Wann, Cardiovascular Disease | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
Jule Wetherbee, Cardiovascular Disease | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group
Dennis Worthington, Obstetrics & Gynecology | Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group