Three cardiologists and two ophthalmologists on the MedCentral Health System medical staff were selected as repeats to the 2014 Best Doctors list, a product of validated peer review, in which doctors who excel in their specialties are selected by their peers in the profession.
Included on the Best Doctors list are MedCentral’s Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Program Gregory M. Eaton, M.D. and his wife, Mary E. Alton, M.D., Steven Nelson, M.D, Leonard D. Quick, M.D., and Richard E. Selser, M.D.
Dr. Eaton has been named to the Best Doctors list for the seventh time. He directs cardiovascular clinical research at Mid-Ohio Heart Clinic and at MedCentral where he directs the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Dr. Eaton is board certified in cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology. He earned his medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1986 where he completed a fellowship in his specialty.
Dr. Alton is board certified in cardiovascular disease. Like her husband, she graduated from the OSU College of Medicine in 1986 and completed a cardiology fellowship there. This is her second consecutive year on the Best Doctors list.
Dr. Nelson is the director of MedCentral’s Electrophysiology Department. His specialty is the study of the heart’s electrical system where treatment may include a pacemaker, implantable defibrillator or catheter ablation procedures. The 1981 graduate of the OSU College of Medicine has been on the Best Doctors list every year since 2003. He completed his fellowships in cardiology and electrophysiology at the University of Michigan.
Making the list for the fifth time is Dr. Quick, a native Mansfielder. He earned his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1980 and completed specialty training at OSU.
His Ohio Eye colleague, Dr. Selser, made the Best Doctors list for the third time. He received his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in 1981 and completed fellowship training in cornea and external disease at the University of Michigan.
Only five percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor, decided by an impartial peer review.
The list has earned a worldwide reputation for reliable, impartial results by remaining totally independent. Doctors cannot subscribe to be included in the database, nor are they paid to provide their input.
