TWENTY-SIX ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS NAMED US NEWS & WORLD REPORT “TOP DOCTORS” (BARRINGTON, IL) After being recognized earlier this month as a US News & World Report Top Hospital for Cardiology & Heart Surgery, the publication announced Tuesday that 26 Good Shepherd physicians are also named to its 2011 List of Top Doctors for the Chicago Metro region. They are among 440 Advocate Health Care physicians to be named to the List. To review the complete listing of Top Doctors and Top Hospitals recognized by US News, visit: http://health.usnews.com/top-doctors The staff and administration of Good Shepherd congratulates the following doctors on their recognition: Zubair Ahmad, MD Pulmonology Melinda Einfalt, MD Internal Medicine Jonathon Kaufman, MD Pediatrics James Ruffer, MD Radiation Oncology John Beckerman, MD Pediatrics Diane Fondriest, MD Pediatrics Deepak Khurana, MD Gastroenterology David Sheftel, MD Neonatology Charles Braverman, MD Pediatrics Jeffrey George, DO Neonatology Richard Lind, MD Surgeon Jeffrey Uhler, MD Family Medicine Bruce Carlson, MD Internal Medicine Michael Gitelis, MD Orthopedics Frederick Locher, MD Orthopedics Glenn Weiner, DO RheumatologyDavid Chudwin, MD Allergy-Immunology David Goldrath, MD Urology Mark Lowenthal, MD Allergy-Immunology Randy Zimmerman, MD OB-GYN Mary Beth Collins, MD Pediatrics Leo Jacobs, MD Psychiatry David Ondrula, MD Colorectal Surgery David Crandall, MD OB-GYN Bruce Johnson, MD Rheumatology Barry Rosen, MD General Surgery About Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Advocate Good Shepherd in Barrington, Illinois is an acute care hospital with more than 700 physicians representing more than 50 medical specialties. It is part of Advocate Health Care, Illinois’ largest healthcare provider, named one of the Top Ten hospital systems in the U.S. by Thomson-Reuters. Advocate is a faith-based organization that exists to serve its communities. In 2010, Advocate provided more than $474,000,000 in charity care and services to its communities. For more about Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital: www.advocatehealth.com/goodshep About Advocate Health Care Advocate Health Care, one of the nation's top 10 health systems based on clinical performance, is the largest health system in Illinois and one of the largest health care providers in the Midwest. Advocate operates more than 250 sites of care, including 10 acute care hospitals, two integrated children's hospitals, five Level I trauma centers (the state's highest designation in trauma care) and two Level II trauma centers, one of the area's largest home health care companies and one of the region's largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more than 2,000 residents, medical students and fellows at its three major teaching hospitals. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $474 million in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland in 2010. ###