McDonald again named a 'Best Doc'

COEUR d'ALENE - Dr. Jeffrey McDonald, M.D., Ph.D., has been named one of the Best Doctors in America for 2013. The recognition marks the fourth time that Dr. McDonald has earned this honor.

The Best Doctors in America List, assembled by Best Doctors, Inc. and audited and certified by Gallup, results from polling of over 45,000 U.S. physicians. In a confidential review, current physician listees answer the question, "If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer?"

Best Doctors, Inc. evaluates the review results, and verifies all additional information to meet detailed inclusion criteria.

Best Doctors has earned a reputation for reliable, impartial results by remaining totally independent. Doctors cannot pay to be included in the Best Doctors database, nor are they paid to provide their input. The list is a product of validated peer review, in which doctors who excel in their specialties are selected by their peers in the profession.

Over the past 20 years, Best Doctors has earned global acclaim for its database of physicians, regarded as the world's premier effort to create a validated, peer-reviewed database of excellence in medicine. The Best Doctors methodology is rigorously impartial and strictly independent; only those doctors recognized as the top 5 percent of their respective specialty earn the honor of being named one of the Best Doctors in America.

The experts who are a part of the Best Doctors in America database provide the most advanced medical expertise and knowledge to patients with serious conditions - often saving lives in the process by finding the right diagnosis and right treatment.

"It is an honor to have been selected by my peers for a fourth time as one of the top-ranked neurosurgeons in the U.S." McDonald said. "I am proud to be able to provide my services at Northwest Specialty Hospital, one of the top ranked hospitals in the United States."