I think that getting published is not a very useful measure for the average person trying to evaluate a physician. It is not difficult to be published. What really matters is exactly where the physician was published, when it was published (a lot of articles are written during training), etc. In short, very difficult to evaluate if you are not in the field. Also, the best researchers are not necessarily the best physicians.
Having said that, if you have a rare or very difficult medical problem, it might be helpful to try and determine who seems to be doing the most work in this particular area. Usually, it will be someone in a University medical center.
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