OC Medical Association recognizes 150 UCI Health doctors as Physicians of Excellence

More than 150 UCI Health physicians have been named as “Physicians of Excellence” in the January 2017 edition of Orange Coast magazine. The recognition is bestowed by the Orange County Medical Association, a voluntary physician organization that exists to promote the art and science of medicine, the protection of public health, and the betterment of the medical profession.

The complete list includes approximately 470 Orange County physicians in 65 specialties. UCI Health has more physicians recognized than any other medical group in Orange County.

In the past year, UCI Health has received a fifth consecutive top grade for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group and was listed among America’s Best Hospitals for the 16th year in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

UCI Health doctors practice across the region, in addition to the UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange and the Gottschalk Medical Plaza at the UC Irvine campus. In 2016, UCI Health expanded access to world-class care with new primary and specialty care offices opening in Newport Beach, Yorba Linda, Placentia and Corona.

Last year, UCI Health opened a primary and multi-specialty care office in Tustin that includes cardiology, dermatology, ear, nose and throat, endocrinology and endocrine surgery, gastroenterology and digestive disease care, family and internal medicine, general and orthopaedic surgery consultation, neurology, pain management, rheumatology, obstetrics and gynecology services, pediatrics and urology. Previously, UCI Health Medical Group opened offices in Tustin and Orange to deliver primary care  medicine to the surrounding community.

UCI Health also offers specialty care in cancer, breast health, digestive diseases, plastic surgery, neurosurgery and dermatology at the Pacific Medical Plaza in Costa Mesa.

To be eligible for OCMA recognition, physicians were required to be certified by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties, a member board of the American Board of Osteopathic Medical Specialties, or an equivalency board recognized by the Medical Board of California or Osteopathic Medical Board of California; be in good standing with the Medical Board of California or Osteopathic Medical Board of California; maintain a primary practice in Orange County for the last five years; and be in practice within his/her specialty for the last five years.  Additionally, physicians were required to meet at least two of the following criteria: physician leadership; teaching/mentoring; medical research/scientific advances; and humanitarian service.

UCI Health Physicians of Excellence for 2017: