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We ask for nominations in two ways:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Peer Review:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0We send surveys to Northern Virginia and DC doctors asking them to recommend other doctors to whom they would refer friends and family.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hospital Panel:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0We invite local hospitals to assemble panels comprised of medical directors and other hospital leadership to select physicians to nominate from within their systems. Each panel nominates doctors based on internal criteria.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Our editorial staff then vets the peer nominations and hospital panel selections to come up with the final list.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Although some Top Doctor winners choose to advertise in the magazine, doctors cannot pay to be included on the list. The listing and the advertising sections are separate entities.<\/span><\/p>","link":"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/best\/doctors\/","name":"Doctors","slug":"doctors","taxonomy":"listing_categories","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDoctors - Northern Virginia Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/best\/doctors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doctors Archives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Methodology: Creating our annual Top Doctors list is nearly a year-long endeavor. Here\u2019s how the process works. 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