Seventeen Department of Surgery physicians were selected to be listed as the "Best Doctors in America." Only 5 percent of doctors in the United States earn the honor, a product of impartial, validated peer review in which doctors who excel in their specialities are selected by their peers.

The surgeons from the Department of Surgery named are:

• Kelli Bullard Dunn , Colon and Rectal Surgeon
• Mary Fallat , Pediatric Surgery
• Glen Franklin , Trauma
• Susan Galandiuk , Colon and Rectal Surgery
• Brian Harbrecht , Trauma Surgery
• Robert Martin , Surgical Oncology
• Kelly McMasters , Surgical Oncology
• Frank Miller, Trauma Surgery
• J. David Richardson , General Surgery
• Gordon Tobin , Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Charles Scoggins , Surgical Oncology
• Gary Vitale , Gastroenterologic Surgery
• Bradon Wilhelmi , Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

It is important to note that several of the procedures done by Department of Surgery faculty were not included.