Castle Connolly Top Doctors are recognized as the top 7% of practicing physicians in the United States.

This prestigious list features healthcare providers who are nominated by their peers and undergo a comprehensive vetting process by our physician-led research team. These doctors exemplify excellence in both clinical expertise and interpersonal skills.

Peer Nominations

To be considered as Top Doctors, physicians must first receive nominations from their peers. In 2023 alone, we gathered over 55,000 nominations from licensed medical professionals.

Thorough Research Process

Our dedicated research team, comprised of physicians, meticulously evaluates each nomination to ensure that all selected doctors adhere to our strict standards of quality.

Top 7% of Physicians

In 2024, over 68,000 physicians were honored as Top Doctors from a candidate pool of more than 985,000 U.S. doctors.

Dr. J. Morgan O'Donoghue, MD has been a Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 2004

Castle Connolly Top Doctors is a healthcare research company and the official source for Top Doctors for the past 25 years. Castle Connolly’s established nomination survey, research, screening and selection process, under the direction of an M.D., involves many hundreds of thousands of physicians as well as academic medical centers, specialty hospitals and regional and community hospitals all across the nation.

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