- Source: Castle Connolly Medical
Castle Connolly Top Doctors is a publishing organization dealing with healthcare research and information services in the US. The organization publishes an annual list of Top Doctors in the United States, recognizing the top 7% of physicians, based on important criteria including professional qualifications, education, hospital and faculty appointments, research leadership, professional reputation and disciplinary history.
The Castle Connolly Top Doctor™ selection process is entirely merit-based. Doctors cannot pay to be listed on the Castle Connolly website or in any other lists. Top Doctors must also first be nominated by a peer.
John K Castle and John J Connolly while being the Chairman and President respectively of the board of trustees of the New York Medical College, founded Castle Connolly Medical in 1991. Castle Connolly Graduate Medical, a separate organization that publishes books and guidebooks, was established in 1999. A sister organization was established in 2006 with the name Castle Connolly Healthcare Navigation, to provide guidance in health and insurance. The sister organization was later merged with Castle Connolly Top Doctors. Everyday Health Group acquired the organization in 2019.
The publisher works in collaboration with different news media and journal publication houses.
Selected publications
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area. United States: Castle Connolly Medical Limited, 2014. ISBN 9781883769345
America's Top Doctors: America's Trusted Source for Identifying Top Doctors. United States: Castle Connolly Medical, 2011. ISBN 9780984567010
Top Doctors: Chicago Metro Area. United States: Castle Connolly Medical Limited, 2002. ISBN 9781883769307
Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors: A Castle Connolly Guide. United States: Castle Connolly Medical Limited, 2012. ISBN 9781883769628
Connolly, John J.., Morgan, Jean. Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors: America's Trusted Source for Identifying Top Doctors, The Best in American Medicine. United States: Castle Connolly Medical Limited, 2012. ISBN 9781883769635