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Every January, we compile an extensive list featuring the best active physicians in the Greater Cincinnati area—all of which are selected by their professional peers in a survey. Here, we share our list of the top 939 physicians in 72 specialties, and we introduce you to six local doctors tackling some of the most pressing issues facing healthcare today. Search for a physician near you by clicking the button or using our search function below.

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TOP DOCTORS 2025

How Gender Bias in Medical Care Impacts Your Health

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Editor’s Letter: January 2025

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Editor-in-Chief John Fox ponders the gender gap in medicine.

It Takes a Village to Treat Brain Tumors

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Mayfield Brain & Spine neurosurgeons launch an institute of worldwide experts in collaboration with four area hospital groups.

Keeping Dancers on Their Toes

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Perhaps it takes an ex-ballerina to truly understand the rigors and injuries of performance training.

Empowering Women to Talk to Their Doctors

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Abby Loftus-Smith, M.D. wants women to have conversations with their doctors and ask questions at every age.

Giving Birth and Being Heard

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When expectant moms in Cincinnati don’t feel heard by their OB/GYNs before giving birth,...

Infant Mortality Finally Improves

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The secret? Asking new and expecting mothers what they need, not telling them.

A Menopause Clinic Becomes Reality

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Betsy LeRoy, M.D., embraces those reporting symptoms that impair their ability to function daily.

TOP DOCTORS 2024

Beyond the Epidural

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Healing Through Integrative Health

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How a triple-cancer patient combined traditional and alternative therapies to beat the odds and thrive—during treatment and beyond.

A Smarter Knee Replacement

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Beacon’s new “smart knee” makes it easier than ever to track progress after joint replacement.

A Children’s Hospital Doctor and a Groundbreaking Dialysis Machine

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The CARPEDIEM: Cardio-Renal Pediatric Dialysis Emergency Machine is designed for children with kidney failure under 8 kilograms in size.

Using Advanced Technology to Save Stroke Victims

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It’s crucial to be able to identify stroke symptoms, and a Mayfield physician is establishing stroke centers across the region to help.

How an Experimental Cancer Treatment Led to Remission

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After spotty luck with four other therapies, BiTE, or “bispecific T-cell engager,” put an Oakley woman in remission.

Editor’s Letter January 2024: Top Doctors

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Celebrating Cincinnati's great bounty of talented doctors.

TOP DOCTORS 2023

Physical And Behavioral Care Should Be Integrated

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From mental health care to addiction treatment, TriHealth’s Behavioral Health Services team breaks down barriers to treat a subset of illnesses that affect about one in four adults.

Women’s Care Looks Different In A Post-Roe World

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The June 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade has plunged physicians—particularly those in women’s health—into a complex legal and ethical landscape.

Gender-Diverse (And Inclusive) Care Should Be Everywhere

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One family doctor’s quest to make gender-diverse care the norm within every corner of our healthcare systems.

It’s Time To Take Child And Adolescent Mental Health Seriously

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Tri-state kids are struggling. It’s time to step in.

Medicine Is Still Rife With Inequalities

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As a teen, Anisa Shomo had to take three buses to get to the doctor. Now, she’s the one wearing the white coat.

Genetic Testing Is the Future of Cancer Care

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St. Elizabeth’s new blood test can detect cancer early in at-risk patients.

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HOW WE DID IT

The professionals listed herein—active physicians in Hamilton, Butler, Warren, and Clermont counties in Ohio; Boone, Kenton, and Campbell counties in Kentucky; and Dearborn County in Indiana—were selected by their peers in a survey asking them which physicians they’d turn to for care conducted by Professional Research Services Company of Troy, Michigan. Professionals may be screened and selected through the verification of licensing and review of any infractions through various applicable boards, agencies, and rating services. For further information visit www.prscom.com or e-mail PRS at sshevin@hour-media.com. This list does not, of course, include every caring, knowledgeable, and responsible physician in Greater Cincinnati. Some physicians appear in more than one specialty. Not all listed physicians are accepting new patients.

ARCHIVE: TOP DOCTORS 2022

Health

Cutting Fibroids Off at the Source

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For women suffering from uterine fibroids, a lesser-known procedure could take the place of life-altering hysterectomies.
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Burns Blaxall Leads a Revolution in DNA

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Can we harness the power of DNA to change the way we think about medicine?
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Health

GammaTile Is the New Frontier for Radiation Treatment

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The GammaTile, a radiation device the size of a grain of rice, opens up a world of treatment possibilities for brain cancer patients.
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How Cincinnati Children’s Is Changing Outcomes for Patients with Congenital Heart Defects

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CCHMC is building a new learning network to assess long-term complications of a procedure for people born with a variety of congenital heart defects.
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Two UC Health Physicians Lead Region’s First Clinic for COVID Long Haulers

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The need for clinics to treat long COVID, which bring complex circumstances for patients, is growing.
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Michael Kachmann and Zachary Tempel Are Operating Room Innovators

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Armed with the latest technology and a unique camaraderie, these Mayfield neurosurgeons are changing the way we think about complex spinal surgery.
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Editor's Letter

Editor’s Letter, January 2022: What It Means to Be Healthy

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A successful healthcare regimen involves a top doctor, sure, but let’s not forget that it can—and maybe should—also include a clean environment, an appreciation for beauty, and a fun pair of shoes.
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ARCHIVE: TOP DOCTORS 2021

Health

The Christ Hospital’s New Medical Spa Creates an Environment of Overall Wellness

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Combining medical expertise and safety with restorative body treatments, the spa is a new frontier in the science behind beauty, skincare, and wellness.
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How Experts at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Are Combatting Allergic Reactions

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Research eventually leads to treatments and cures, but it takes dedication—and time. Marc Rothenberg, M.D, from Cincinnati Children's shares his decades-long work involving allergic reactions.
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How St. Elizabeth Healthcare Is Working to Turn the Tide in Kentucky’s Fight Against Cancer

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Kentucky has the nation’s highest cancer death rate at nearly 182 per 100,000 people. St. Elizabeth Healthcare is working to turn the tide and improve outcomes.
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Top Doctors 2021

TriHealth Uses Telemedicine to Connect With Patients at Home

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Telemedicine has opened up new avenues for patient care at TriHealth. And they might just be here to stay.
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Mercy Health Explores Treating COVID Using Plasma

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Patients at Mercy Health participated in a nationwide clinical trial that explored using convalescent plasma as a treatment for COVID-19.
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How UC Health Is Facing Fertility Challenges Head On

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Infertility affects one in eight couples. There’s no single solution. Luckily, UC Health offers a full spectrum of options.
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ARCHIVE: TOP DOCTORS 2020

Top Doctors 2020

Vascular Surgery Clears a Path in the Veins

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“The goal of everything is to allow the patients to return to their lives.” Kevin D. Martin, M.D., on controlling the turbulence of blood and how his profession has changed.
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Sleep Medicine Is Here to Help You Get a Good Night’s Rest

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“Sleeping well is the most important thing on this earth.” Samir Ataya, M.D., on a common problem that sometimes has a simple solution.
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Top Doctors 2020

Maternal-Fetal Medicine Treats Both Baby and Mother

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“We have an ability to change the outcome drastically.” Kristin Coppage, M.D., and Sammy Tabbah, M.D., on the collaborative efforts of the Cincinnati Fetal Center.
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Top Doctors 2020

How Advances in Hematology and Oncology Have Made Treating Blood Diseases Easier

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Irfan Firdaus, D.O., on advances in the fields of hematology and oncology that have helped with everything from anemia to leukemia.
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Top Doctors 2020

Sports Dermatology Is More Than a Skins Game

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Brian Adams, M.D., shares how he helped create a new field of study by blending his interests in athletics and dermatology.
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Top Doctors 2020

Endocrinology Aims to Understand How Hormones Work in Our Bodies

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“I think of it as a puzzle, finding the needle in the haystack.” Shannon Haggerty, M.D., on the challenges of studying hormones—and how that affects our bones.
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