America's leading doctors: from treating heart disease to fighting cancer, These physicians are changing world of medicine.

Title: Medical Director and Chief, Cardiothoracic Transplantation, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center

Specialty: Internal Medicine, Cardiology

A prominent cardiologist and heart transplant specialist, Yancy's clinical research extends over ample areas of clinical congestive heart failure and transplantation. The Dallas physician is dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment, education, and cure of cardiovascular diseases.

NEUROLOGY

Michael E. Batipps, M.D.

Title: Neurologist, Washington Hospital Center

Specialty: Neurology

This pain management specialist treats more than 300 multiple sclerosis patients at Washington Hospital Center. He has helped young people who faced stroke-like disabilities by prescribing interferon drugs and natalizumab to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis, avoid relapses, and decrease the chances of wheelchair confinement.

OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Jeremiah A. Bartley, M.D.

Title: Staff Physician, Platte Valley Medical Center

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology

Bartley has 26 years of experience in matters concerning women's health issues. He works to educate his patients to aid in the journey to achieving optimal health. Actively involved in correcting disparate healthcare practices, the Brighton, Colorado, specialist offers a 25% discount to women without insurance.

Stanley B. Berry, M.D.

Title: Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, William Beaumont Hospitals

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology

Subspecialty: Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Berry is a general OB/GYN who is a highly recognized expert in fetal diagnosis and therapy. The Royal Oak, Michigan, physician handles an area of medicine that seeks to identify structural or functional abnormalities in a developing fetus and provide treatments to ensure optimal delivery.

Carol L Brown, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., F.A.C.S.

Title: Associate Attending Surgeon and Director of the Office of Diversity Programs in Clinical Care, Research, and Training, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Specialty: Gynecologic Ontology

A dedicated surgeon, Brown has focused her career on the reduction and elimination of cancer health disparities in medically underserved populations. In addition to surgery for gynecologic cancers, Brown's clinical research involves clinical trials in gynecologic cancer and cancer health disparities.

Kevin Holcomb, M.D.

Title: Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill-Cornell Medical College; Member, Division of Gynecologic Ontology, New-York Presbyterian Hospital

Specialty: Gynecological Oncology

As president of the board of advisers for the American Cancer Society of Upper Manhattan, Holcomb has been instrumental in leading the way for robotic-assisted laparoscopy in gynecologic ontology. He is also a fellow of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Kerry M. Lewis, M.D.

Title: Interim Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Howard University Hospital

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology

Lewis is an OB/GYN with special expertise in managing complicated high-risk pregnancies, intrauterine intravascular fetal transfusions, and emergency surgical procedures to prevent the delivery of severely preterm babies.

Michael K. Lindsay, M.D., M.P.H.

Title: Chief of the Gynecology and Obstetrics Service, Grady Memorial Hospital; The Luella Klein Associate Professor and Director of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology

A former co-investigator for the CDC with a subspecialty in maternal-fetal medicine, Lindsay has committed his career to the analysis, investigation, and care of high-risk pregnancies including HIV and diabetes.

Veronica T. Mallett, M.D.

Title: Chair & Acting Director, Female Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology; Urogynecology

The Memphis, Tennessee-based specialist has done major research on the mechanics of pelvic support and urinary incontinence. She is a pioneer in the area of pelvic reconstructive surgery, using minimally invasive surgical procedures to correct incontinence and intrinsic sphincter defect disorder.

Hugh E. Mighty, M.D., M.B.A.

Title: Chairman, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Services & Chief of OB/GYN, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology, Critical Care Obstetrics

Delivering babies for nearly 26 years, Mighty's expertise is handling high-risk---in some cases, potentially fatal--pregnancies. In order to save patients the burden of traveling to the medical center, Mighty implemented "telemedicine"--video consultations for women with high-risk pregnancies.

Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D.

Title: Dean of the School of Medicine & Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, Meharry Medical College

Specialty: Women's Health

The research of this reproductive endocrinologist focuses on the elimination of disparities in women's health, with a particular emphasis on reproductive disorders and HIV. She is executive director of Meharry's pioneering Center for Women's Health Research.

Caryl G. Mussenden, M.D.

Title: Physician/Owner, Liposculpture by Design

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology

Mussenden is an OB/GYN and surgeon who also practices liposuction and mesotheraphy (a treatment for cellulite) at her self-owned medical spa. A graduate of Howard University Medical School and a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Mussenden has been in practice for more than 20 years.

Wanda K. Nicholson, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology

Nicholson has developed a postpartum-specific, healthy lifestyle project called FIRST WIND (weight loss interventions after delivery), for women who are at risk for Type 2 diabetes. She also serves as a principal investigator for a task force that focuses on gestational diabetes.

E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D. M.B.A.

Title: Dean, School of Medicine, University of Maryland; Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology

Reece played an instrumental role in the development of the embryofetoscopy technique for early prenatal diagnosis. Through his research, which focuses on diabetes in pregnancy, birth defects, and prenatal diagnosis, it has been determined that there are specific changes at the epithelial level associated with these anomalies.

Gloria A. Richard-Davis, M.D.

Title: Chair & Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meharry Medical College

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology and infertility

Richard-Davis has treated infertility by in vitro fertilization and third-party reproduction. Clinical care and research includes management of menopausal symptoms, cultural differences, female sexual health, and breast cancer risks. She has served on national advisory boards for the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Yvonne S. Thornton, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.O.G., F.A.C.S.

Title: Perinatal Consultant, Westchester Medical Center

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology, High Risk Obstetrics

Thornton is a world-renowned advocate for women's health issues. She is a specialist in obstetrics, gynecology, and maternal-fetal medicine. Thornton is the first African American woman in the U.S. to become board certified in high-risk obstetrics and accepted into the New York Obstetrical Society.

Janice E. Whitty, M.D.

Title: Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meharry Medical College

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Whitty is a professor and director of maternal fetal medicine in the department of obstetrics and gynecology. Her focus is on critical-care medicine, maternal and fetal medicine, and obstetrics/gynecology. She has published numerous papers during her 23-year career.

ONCOLOGY

A. William Blackstock Jr., M.D.

Title: Vice Chairman and Professor of Radiation Ontology, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Specialty: Radiation Oncology

A radiation oncologist, Blackstock is also a clinical trial investigator in lung and gastrointestinal cancers. He serves as principal investigator of multiple national and international clinical trials in these cancers. He has sewed on the executive committee for Cancer and Leukemia Group B, a national clinical research group sponsored by National Cancer Institute.

Dwight Heron, M.D.

Title: Vice Chairman of Radiation Ontology, Shadyside; Associate Professor of Radiation Ontology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Specialty: Radiation Ontology

An expert in new radiation techniques to treat cancer, Heron is focused on improved quality of life for patients. He has received a $5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to improve access and clinical outcomes for racially and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups with cancer in and around Pittsburgh.

Valarae O. Lewis, M.D.

Title: Associate Professor of Surgery, CAd-Interim Chief), Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Specialty: Orthopaedic Ontology