July 2014
Top Docs ’14: Hand Surgery
!–paging_filter–pstrongJeffrey Friedrich, M.D./strong, plastic surgery; Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.520.5000; Harborview, UW Medical Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; University of Texas, 2000/ppstrongTodd Guyette, M.D./strong, trauma, microsurgery, arthroscopy of hand, wrist, elbow; Washington Hand Surgery, 12911 120th Ave. NE, Suite H-10, Kirkland, 425.823.4224, Swedish Orthopedic Institute 751 Blakely Drive, Issaquah; Swedish Medical Center,…
Top Docs ’14: Gynecology
!–paging_filter–pstrongAnne-Marie Amies Oelschlager, M.D./strong, uterine and vaginal anomalies, menstrual management, long-acting reversible contraception for adolescents with complex medical conditions; Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4540 Sand Point Way NE, Suite 200, Seattle, 206.987.2028; Seattle Children’s, UW Medical Center; Vanderbilt University, 1997/ppstrongAnn M. Bridges, M.D./strong, preventive health care, low- and high-risk obstetrics, contraceptive counseling; The Polyclinic Madison Center,…
Top Docs ’14: Gynecology
!–paging_filter–pstrongAnne-Marie Amies Oelschlager, M.D./strong, uterine and vaginal anomalies, menstrual management, long-acting reversible contraception for adolescents with complex medical conditions; Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4540 Sand Point Way NE, Suite 200, Seattle, 206.987.2028; Seattle Children’s, UW Medical Center; Vanderbilt University, 1997/ppstrongAnn M. Bridges, M.D./strong, preventive health care, low- and high-risk obstetrics, contraceptive counseling; The Polyclinic Madison Center,…
Top Docs ’14: Geriatrics
!–paging_filter–pstrongWayne McCormick, M.D., MPH/strong, emdementia, HIV and aging, palliative care/em; Harborview Medical Center, Senior Care Clinic, 325 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.744.4191; Harborview, UW Medical Center; Washington University, St. Louis, 1983/ppstrongMay Reed, M.D./strong,em geriatric medicine, internal medicine/em; Harborview Medical Center, Senior Care Clinic, 325 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.520.5000; Harborview; Harvard Medical School, 1986/ppstrongConnie J. Smith*, M.D./strong,…
How We Conducted our 2014 Top Doctors Survey
!–paging_filter–pOur a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/seattle-magazines-top-doctors-2014” target=”_blank”14th annual Top Doctors list/a is the result of more than nearly 13,000 nominations gathered through our comprehensive, controlled, peer-to-peer survey process. brbrThis year, for the first time, we expanded our health care provider list to include nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Always critical members of a health care team, these professionals…
Top Docs ’14: Community Service Award Winners
Seattle magazine is pleased to recognize these nine hardworking, committed community service doctors
!–paging_filter–pThis January, we asked doctors participating in our Top Doctors online survey to help us single out for praise health care practitioners who are expanding health care access and improving outcomes for underserved and disenfranchised communities close to home. From these nominations and in consultation with our Top Doctors Advisory Board, the editors selected nine…
Doctor Spotlight 2014: Lindsay Leeder, ARNP
!–paging_filter–pstrongSpecialty: /strongNurse practitioner, family medicinebrstrongHospital affiliation:/strong Edmonds Family MedicinebrstrongbrWhy did you choose to become a nurse practitioner?/strongbrI entered the field of nursing in an effort to serve others and affect change in a meaningful way. I wanted to learn how to care for the whole person and to provide patients with education and tools that…
Top Docs ’14: Tracking Personal Health Records
New ways to track personal health records give patients more control over their health care picture
!–paging_filter–pIt wasn’t long ago that a person’s personal health record was a box kept at home, overflowing with immunization records, lab results and past prescriptions, and there was a similar file at all of the various doctors and clinics that person visited. Nowadays, many of those records—along with doctors’ notes—are being offered online, with hospitals…
Top Docs ’14: The Doctor is In, Sort Of
In health- and tech-savvy Seattle, there’s nothing routine about a doctor’s visit
!–paging_filter–pAmong the most critical agents of change spawned by the Affordable Care Act are the millions of newly insured people catapulted into the system, creating new demands and pressures for already jam-packed emergency rooms and medical practices. In Washington state, since October 2013, more than 164,000 residents have signed up for private health insurance through…
Top Docs ’14: Surgery
!–paging_filter–pstrongSurgery, General/strong/ppstrongThomas Biehl, M.D./strong, pancreatic surgery, liver surgery, laparoscopic surgery; Virginia Mason Hospital Seattle Medical Center, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6638; Virginia Mason; University of California, San Diego, 1987/ppstrongDavid Byrd, M.D./strong, surgical oncology, gastrointestinal cancers, breast cancer; UW Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, 206.598.4477; UWMC, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Eastside Specialty Center; Tulane…
Top Docs ’14: The Patient is In
In the brave new world of health care, patients need to step up
!–paging_filter–pThis spring, a 45-year-old poet living in Madrona experienced what she described as a fluttering heart. During a checkup, her general practitioner prescribed a 48-hour EKG device. She dutifully wore the portable monitor, and a week later, learned that her heart was perfectly healthy. That was good news—until the bills came, four of them adding…
Top Docs ’14: Sports Medicine
!–paging_filter–pstrongRosemary Agostini, M.D./strong, primary care sports medicine, sports concussion, exercise as medicine; Group Health Bellevue Medical Center, 11511 NE 10th St., Bellevue, 425.502.3600; Group Health Cooperative; New York Medical College, 1981/ppstrongDavid J. Belfie, M.D./strong, orthopedic surgery, arthroscopic surgery, shoulder and elbow surgery; Virginia Mason Hospital Seattle Medical Center, Lindeman Pavilion, 1201 Terry Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6487;…