“In compiling this inaugural edition of Virginia’s Top Doctors, Virginia Business contacted more than 10,000 medical professionals through a variety of outreach methods, including via health systems and medical associations. Virginia Business contracted with Colorado-based media research and analytics firm DataJoe to conduct balloting. Casting their ballots on a website that was available only during a monthlong voting period, physicians were asked to identify which of their peers were the top doctors across 60 categories of medical specialties.”