Top Doctors in Seattle 2012: The Big List

Every year we ask local doctors who they would trust with their loved ones' medical care.

By: Seattle Magazine Staff |   July 2012   |  FROM THE PRINT EDITION

We asked thousands of local doctors this question: To whom would you send a loved one for medical care? They answered in record numbers, making nearly 18,000 nominations. The doctors on this list have been selected by their peers as among the very best in their fields; whether practicing in oncology, pediatrics or dozens of other board-certified specialties, these are the doctors other doctors turn to when they or their families need care.

Addiction psychiatry

Adolescent medicine

Allergy & immunology

Cancer

Cardiac electrophysiology

Cardiovascular disease

Child neurology

Clinical genetics

Colon & rectal surgery

Dermatology

Diagnostic radiology

Diagnostic radiology—pediatric

Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism

Family medicine

Gastroenterology

Geriatric medicine

Geriatric psychiatry

Gynecologic oncology

Hand surgery

Hematology

Infectious disease

Internal medicine

Interventional cardiology

Maternal & fetal medicine

Medical oncology

Neonatal & perinatal medicine

Nephrology

Neurological surgery

Neurology

Neuroradiology

Nuclear medicine

Obstetrics & gynecology

Ophthalmology

Orthopedic surgery

Otolaryngology

Pain medicine

Pathology

Pediatric allergy & immunology

Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric critical care medicine

Pediatric endocrinology

Pediatric gastroenterology

Pediatric hematology & oncology

Pediatric infectious disease

Pediatric nephrology

Pediatric otolaryngology

Pediatric pulmonology

Pediatric rheumatology

Pediatric surgery

Pediatrics

Physical medicine & rehabilitation

Plastic surgery

Psychiatry

Pulmonary disease

Radiation oncology

Reproductive endocrinology

Rheumatology

Sports medicine

Surgery

Thoracic & cardiac surgery

Urology

Vascular & interventional radiology

Vascular surgery