Rob

My ENT surgeon has made the top doctors of Washingtonian at least the last three years. I did a google search but you have to either be a subscriber (as I am) or pay $5 for access. Anway here is her information from the most recent Washingtonian top doctors that I just accessed:
[quote]Top Doctors

Thousands of Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia physicians were asked: If someone in your family were sick, whom would you call? Here are the results.[/quote]
[quote]
Catherine A. Picken
Otolaryngology
Downtown DC
2440 M St NW Suite 620
Washington DC, DC 20037
T: (202)785-5000

Hospital Affiliations: GU, GWU

Accepted Insurance: Aetna HMO, Aetna PPO, CareFirst BC BS PPO, CareFirst BlueChoice HMO, CIGNA HMO, CIGNA PPO, Great West PPO, Kaiser Permanente HMO, Medicare, NC PPO, OneNet PPO, PHCS Multiplan PPO, United Health Care HMO, United Health Care PPO[/quote]

Your surgeons in Boston may be just as good and I would think you have similar surveys in Boston. It's the podunk towns without CCC and top notch docs that usually require travel.
I have been going to the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown in addition to her private office. She did the surgery at Georgetown.