Selection Process for Castle Connolly Top Doctor

Since 2015, Constantine Toumbis, MD, has worked at the Citrus Spine Institute in Crystal River, Florida, where he treats patients for a variety of neck and spine issues. Constantine Toumbis, MD, has been recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor multiple times.

An important resource to help people choose high-quality doctors in their area, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. compiles an annual America's Top Doctors book. This national directory highlights physicians who have been recognized as outstanding in their specialty by a rigorous selection process. First, doctors nominate colleagues through an extensive survey, then a doctor-led Castle Connolly research team evaluates candidates’ education, medical training, work history, and more. Doctors cannot pay to be included in the Top Doctor listing, nor can they nominate themselves.

To publicize its listings, Castle Connolly has partnered with more than 40 magazines, newspapers, and websites for Top Doctor feature issues, including US News and World Report and the New York Times, as well as television media outlets such as 20/20 and Good Morning America.