Dr. Rachel Bardowell, Dr. Katy Filson, Dr. Margo Girardi, Dr. Gina LaRossa, and Dr. Bob Mahoney
Castle Connolly is a division of Everyday Health Group, a respected authority in patient and provider education. Everyday Health Group has built an active community of over 82 million health consumers and more than 900,000 practicing physicians and clinicians in the United States through its top-notch digital platforms focused on health and wellness. Their objective is to enhance clinical and health outcomes by providing valuable and up-to-date information, data, and analytics to support informed decision-making. For over 30 years, Castle Connolly has been researching, reviewing, and selecting Top Doctors with the goal to help connect people with the best health care providers. This rigorous screening process occurs on both a national and regional level with top physicians being selected from a pool of over 985,000 U.S. doctors.
Castle Connolly diligently evaluates the professional qualifications and background of each physician through comprehensive research. This includes assessing factors such as their education, hospital and faculty positions, research involvement, professional standing, disciplinary record, and, if accessible, outcomes data. In addition to these criteria, the review process also considers a physician’s interpersonal abilities, including their effective listening and communication skills, demonstration of empathy, and ability to inspire trust and confidence. The Castle Connolly Doctor Directory, consisting of peer-nominated physicians, is the largest network of its kind in the country.
The 2024 Top Doctors list includes five members of the Division of Hospital Medicine: Rachel Bardowell, MD, Katy Filson, MD, Margo Girardi, MD, Gina LaRossa, MD, and Bob Mahoney, MD. We are incredibly proud to have these excellent physicians as a part of our division, and grateful that their efforts are being widely acknowledged.