Established 2014
Recognition from the doctors who know your work.
Doctors’ Choice Awards recognizes doctors chosen by their verified peers. Every voter and every winner is verified. Patients can check any badge in one click.
Free to enter, free to win, free to keep.
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For your practice
What recognition does for you.
Most patients research and decide online before they call. DCA gives them recognition they can check.
Show up where patients look
More patients now ask AI assistants and Google for the best doctor near them. DCA pages give them a current, verifiable answer with you in it.
A badge patients can check
Your badge opens a live page showing your award, your verified identity and the date it was last checked.
Chosen by your peers
Recognition comes from verified colleagues, every one of them checked against primary sources. It reflects your standing in your field.
Free at every step
Being considered, verified, nominated and recognized costs nothing.
How it works
Found, verified, recognized.
Three steps from the public record to recognition.
- 01
You’re found
Each cycle’s shortlist comes from public records, so there is no application.
- 02
You’re verified
We verify your identity against primary sources and re-check every quarter. Your profile shows the date.
- 03
You’re recognized
Verified peer endorsements decide nominees and winners under the published formula.
The tiers
Five awards, all free to earn.
From Nominee to the top 1% of nominees. Every doctor is verified first, free.
Nominee
Verified, and endorsed by three verified peers.
Top Doctor of the Month
The doctor who earned the most new endorsements that month, in each specialty in each state.
City Winner
A nominee in the top 10% for their city and specialty.
State Winner
A nominee in the top 5% for their state and specialty.
National Winner
The top 1% of nominees in their specialty nationally.
Since 2014
Recognizing doctors since 2014.
2014
Founded
Peer recognition for doctors begins.
2015–2023
Annual cycles
Nine annual cycles and a public winner registry.
2024
Paused
The platform pauses to be rebuilt.
2026
Relaunch
Published methodology and identity verification.
See how a winner is chosen.
Read the methodology, or open a verification page to see what a patient sees.