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Top Doctors 2021: Medical Oncology
Part of our 21st annual list of the region's best physicians
Eric Y. Chen, M.D., Ph.D.: hematologic malignancies, solid tumors; Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Campus, 201 16th Ave East, Seattle, (206) 326-3000 Peter Y.Z. Jiang, M.D., Ph.D.: gastrointestinal cancer, genitourinary cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer; The Everett Clinic, Providence Regional Cancer Partnership, 1717 13th St., Suite 300, Everett, 425-297-5500 Sharmila Amhed, M.D.: breast cancer; Pacific Medical…
Top Doctors 2021: Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Part of our 21st annual list of the region's best physicians
These obstetricians and gynecologists are experts in high-risk pregnancy, focusing on the management of care during pregnancy and childbirth. Carolyn R. Kline, M.D.: diabetes in pregnancy, perinatal medicine, prenatal ultrasound, fetal diagnosis and therapy; Eastside Maternal-Fetal Medicine at EvergreenHealth, 12333 N.E. 130th Lane, Suite 240, Kirkland, 425-899-2200; Overlake Medical Center Brigit Brock, M.D.: diabetes in…
Top Doctors 2021: Interventional Cardiology
Part of our 21st annual list of the region's best physicians
These cardiologists use nonsurgical interventional procedures, such as catheters, for procedures that once required open-heart surgery. Joseph Doucette, M.D.: angioplasty and stent placement, echocardiography; Overlake Clinics – Cardiology, 1135 116th Ave. N.E., floor 6 – Suite 600 Scott J. Haugen, M.D.: angioplasty and stent placement, percutaneous valve repair, coronary artery disease-complex; Kaiser Permanente Bellevue Medical…
Most Influential, Media: Tom Mara
Retirement didn’t last long for the Seattle radio legend
Tom Mara is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential Media and entertainment executive Tom Mara vowed to retire when he left Seattle-based nonprofit radio station KEXP last June 30 after two stints, a name change and 34 years altogether. Retirement didn’t last long. After months serving as a consultant to…
Min Jin Lee on taking 28 years to write a novel
Insights on life and writing from the bestselling author of Pachinko
Min Jin Lee is a little freaked out about her next novel — a “stupidly” ambitious project about what education means to Korean people across the globe. “I want to stop,” she told me on a call, laughing a bit at her own obsessive nature. As with her previous two books — Pachinko and Free…
Most Influential, Food & Drink: Donna Moodie
Restaurateur and activist Donna Moodie is all about community
Donna Moodie is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential “If music be the food of love, play on,” wrote William Shakespeare in “Twelfth Night.” At Donna Moodie’s intimate Capitol Hill restaurant, Marjorie, music, food and love collide to create an alchemy of community as organic as the ingredients Chef Cheyenne…
Most Influential, Food & Drink: David Nichols
Restaurateur David Nichols once had a drinking problem. He now helps others who still do.
David Nichols is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential Chef and restaurateur David Nichols would like to share about the time he hit rock bottom. But he can’t remember it. He was blackout drunk, driving home after another arduous day and night of work and talking on the phone with…
Most Influential, Arts: Elsa Sjunneson
The award-winning deafblind author and media critic is fighting ableism with an unapologetic call for representation in the media.
Elsa Sjunneson is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential Deafblind author and activist Elsa Sjunneson always knew she would be a writer. As a child growing up in Belltown, she spent hours of free time crafting stories and making “books” from stapled-together pieces of loose-leaf paper. “Growing up, I knew…
Most Influential, Equity: Marc Dones
Working tirelessly to end homelessness
Marc Dones is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential No task is too massive for King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) CEO Marc Dones. The consummate consensus builder, the diplomatic Dones has worked toward finding a solution to Seattle’s homelessness problem with the difficult task of intergovernmental communication, coordinating federal,…
Most Influential, Equity: T’wina Nobles
Community leader and lawmaker seeks to grow generational wealth in the African American community
T’wina Nobles is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential Growing up in and out of foster care and homelessness with a drug-addicted mother, T’wina Nobles became familiar with social services and community needs. Now, 41, the wife, mother of four, state senator and leader of two influential organizations — the…
Most Influential, Media: Michael McPhearson
Taking over the ‘South Seattle Emerald’ at a crucial time
Michael McPhearson is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential The South Seattle Emerald born in 2014, founded in a basement and funded by the savings account of Marcus Harrison Green. The online publication has come an awful long way since then, growing to fill Green’s ambition of providing a platform…
Most Influential, Arts: Kate Becker
Growing the region’s creative economy
Kate Becker is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential Kate Becker is equally at ease analyzing spreadsheets as she is reading sheet music. The King County Creative Economy and Recovery director has combined her passion for music and film with her business acumen to build a stronger cultural and financial…
Most Influential, Sports: Julio Rodriguez
Mariners’ phenom led all rookies in virtually every offensive statistic last baseball year
Julio Rodriguez is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential At age 21, he was the youngest player at last year’s MLB All-Star Game and the runner-up in the Home Run Derby. He is strong and fast and plays baseball with an unmistakable enthusiasm. He is Julio Rodriguez, the latest phenom…
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