Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025

From stitching up childhood scrapes to guiding us through life’s most challenging diagnoses, doctors are the backbone of our health and well-being. Few decisions carry as much weight as choosing the right physician, whose expertise and compassion can shape the trajectory of our lives. And with four major medical schools statewide, Virginia is home to a host of talented medical doctors deserving of recognition for their achievements in research and treatment.

That’s where Virginia’s Top Doctors comes in. Published by Virginia Business in cooperation with the Medical Society of Virginia, Virginia’s Top Doctors is a peer-selected, statewide list of the top physicians across 87 categories of medical specialties.

Virginia Business contracted with Colorado-based media research and analytics firm DataJoe to conduct online balloting of Virginia physicians, who were asked to identify which of their peers are the top doctors in specific specialties.

This year’s statewide Top Doctors list recognizes 1,423 doctors — 15.6% of the 9,096 doctors who were nominated by their peers this year. Based on input from physicians and health systems, Virginia Business added 27 medical specialty categories for 2025, largely reflecting a wider range of pediatric specialties.

All doctors actively practicing medicine and licensed in Virginia in good standing are eligible to vote and be included in the list. Doctors on the list must hold M.D., DO or DPM degrees (or DDS/DDM degrees if practicing oral and maxillofacial surgery).

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Virginia’s Top Doctors 2025

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Addiction Medicine

Adolescent Medicine

Allergy and Immunology

Anesthesiology

Breast Surgery

Cardiology

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Cosmetic Surgery

Dermatology

Diagnostic Radiology

Emergency Medicine

Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism

Family Medicine

Gastroenterology

General Surgery

Geriatric Medicine

Gynecologic Oncology

Hand Surgery

Hematology

Hematology Oncology

Hospice and Palliative

Infectious Disease

Internal Medicine

Interventional Cardiology

Interventional Radiology

Maternal and Fetal Medicine

Nephrology

Neurology

Neurosurgery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Oncology

Ophthalmology

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Orthopedic Surgery

Orthopedics

Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat)

Pain Management

Pathology

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Pediatric Cardiology

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Pediatric Dermatology

Pediatric Developmental Behavioral

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Endocrinology

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Pediatric Genetics

Pediatric Hematology Oncology

Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Pediatric Nephrology

Pediatric Neurology

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery

Pediatric Otolaryngology (ENT)

Pediatric Pain and Palliative Medicine

Pediatric Pathology

Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Pediatric Pulmonology

Pediatric Radiology

Pediatric Rheumatology

Pediatric Surgery

Pediatric Urology

Pediatrics (General)

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Podiatry

Psychiatry

Pulmonology

Radiation Oncology

Radiology

Reproductive Endocrinology

Rheumatology

Sleep Medicine

Spine Surgery

Sports Medicine

Surgical Oncology

Thoracic Surgery

Urology

Vascular Surgery

Weight Loss Surgery