Top Doctor Awards are Suspect
Trying to find a great specialist in your area is a challenging endeavor. After looking at so many of the Top Doctor lists, I found this ABC news article which debunks some of the lists as either popularity contests, paid for awards and/or doctors whose background had not been researched. It's kind of disturbing.
It seems that word of mouth referrals are still the best bet IMO. If I don't have that, I check online recommendations and then call the office. If the office personnel are difficult to work with then I usually move on to the next lead because the best specialists I have met always had really great support staff. Ironically, another rule of thumb for me is that the most brilliant minds I have met tend to also be humble people. It's ironic because they have to have a healthy ego to get to a high level of achievement in their field and yet somehow they have learned to be humble and kind. I always say "I don't have to like my doctors." I'm starting to rethink that logic 
Top Doctor Awards: Are They Well Deserved? ABC News Investigation - ABC News
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2006: epidural shots did nothing; 2 surgeons recommended 2 level fusion, I declined.
2007 - 2010 4 foraminotomy and cord decompression cervical surgeries and 2 endoscopic discectomy T7-T8 surgeries; total 6 with Dr. Jho (Pittsburgh,PA) My C6/C7 autofused around 2009.
2013 - 2015: epidurals 3 times (again did nothing) and 4 Radiofrequency ablation (or RFA) procedures.
2016 more RFAs, hit the 10 year mark of this insanity and pain, 3 level M6-C ADR with Dr. Clavel May 19, 2016 
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