The votes have been counted, and the results are in! Dr. Jonathan Shaw, Orthopedic Surgeon at Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute, is a 2026 Best of Florida® Regional winner in Guide to Florida’s annual readers’ poll.
Guide to Florida readers and editors have weighed in on the best of everything in Florida, honoring thousands of businesses and organizations in more than 25 broad business and community sectors.
The process starts with a nomination on the Best of Florida website. Voting remains open throughout the year, with hundreds of thousands of votes ultimately received. The process culminates with the publishing of the annual Best of Florida Keepsake Annual along with a statewide publicity campaign.
Dr. Jonathan Shaw, Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute
Dr. Jonathan Shaw is a local, fellowship-trained joint replacement surgeon. He specializes in minimally invasive total hip and knee replacement, robotic surgery, revision joint replacement, and nonoperative care for hip and knee arthritis. Dr. Shaw trained at one of the top arthroplasty fellowships in the world, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush. He is currently an active member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.
Best of Florida winners and nominees are chosen by a combination of readers’ votes and editors’ input, and are vetted through several ranking sites, Better Business Bureau complaint reports, and voting pattern analysis reports.
Winners are named in hundreds of individual categories, providing Guide to Florida readers with a go-to-guide for the best of everything in Florida. Guide to Florida recognizes three levels of winners: The Best of Florida, Best of Florida Regional Winners, and Honorable Mentions. Within each category, there are multiple honorees named in each tier, depending on the size of the market sector.
You can view the full list of Best of Florida winners at GuidetoFlorida.com/best-of/winners/2026.
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