Pittsburgh, April 30, 2010 -- L. Dade Lunsford, MD, Joseph C. Maroon, MD, and Ian Pollack, MD, have been named among this area’s top doctors in their field in a national survey published locally in the May issue of Pittsburgh Magazine.

The annual survey was conducted by Castle Connolly, Ltd., a health care research and information company founded in 1991 by a former medical-college board chairman and president to help guide consumers to America’s top doctors and top hospitals

According to the magazine's website, "Castle Connolly’s physician-led team of researchers follows a rigorous screening process to select top doctors on the national and regional levels. Using mail and telephone surveys and electronic ballots, the team asks physicians and the medical leadership of leading hospitals to identify highly skilled, exceptional doctors. Careful screening of doctors’ educational and professional experience is essential before final selection is made among those physicians most highly regarded by their peers.

"Doctors do not and cannot pay to be selected and profiled as Castle Connolly 'Top Doctors.'"

It's the ninth straight year for Dr. Lunsford's inclusion on the list.