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Top Docs ’11: Cardiovascular Disease
Disorders of the heart, lungs and blood vessels
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE David A. Dichek, M.D., Regional Heart Center at UWMC, 1959 NE Pacific St., 206.598.4300, University of Washington Medical Center; University of California, Los Angeles, 1984; gene therapy, coronary artery disease Joseph W. Doucette, M.D., Overlake Internal Medicine Associates, 1135 116th Ave. NE, Suite 600, Bellevue, 425.454.2656, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; Harvard Medical School,…
Top Docs ’10 Profiles: Virginia P. Sybert
Virginia P. Sybert, M.D.Specialty: Medical genetics and pediatric dermatologyPractice: Group Health Cooperative, Universityof Washington Medical CenterHospital affiliations: Group Health Cooperative, Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington Medical CenterMedical degree: State University of New York at BuffaloWhy did you choose your specialty? Peds and genetics, because they were the most exciting fields…
Top Docs ’11: Interventional Cardiology
Catheter-based treatment of heart disorders
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY Peter A. Demopulos, M.D., Seattle Cardiology, 550 17th Ave., Suite 580, 206.215.4545, Swedish Medical Center, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, Overlake Hospital; Stanford University, 1981; preventive cardiology, cardiac catheterization, congenital heart disease Timothy Dewhurst, M.D., The Polyclinic, 550 17th Ave., Suite 400, 206.860.2302, Swedish Medical Center; University of Alberta, Canada, 1986; angioplasty, arrhythmias,…
Top Docs ’11: Cardiac Electrophysiology
Electrical disorders of the heart
CARDICA ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY Grace Buono, M.D., The Everett Clinic, 3901 Hoyt Ave., Everett, 425.339.5411, Providence Regional Medical Center; University of Washington, 1986 Sanjeev Garhwal, M.D., Western Washington Medical Group, 12728 19th Ave. SE, Suite 200, Everett, 425.225.2700, Providence Regional Medical Center; New York University School of Medicine, 1997; arrhythmias Daniel V. Wilkinson Jr., M.D., Summit Cardiology,…
Trend: Green Education
Local schools are bringing green education out of the books and onto the campus
Last spring, students at Ballard’s Adams Elementary School toted some of their science lessons outdoors. On the lawn beside the building’s front steps, landscape architect David Minnery involved first-, second- and fifth-graders in the design process—including model building, site analysis and mapping techniques—for the school’s new rain garden. The resulting landscape feature (which helps manage…
Top Docs ’11: Pediatric Specialties – Child Neurology
PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY Majeed Al-Mateen, M.D., Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Health Center, 311 S L St., Tacoma, 253.792.6630; University of California, Davis, 1979; neuromuscular disorders, Tourette syndrome Sidney M. Gospe Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, 206.987.2078, University of Washington Medical Center; Duke University, 1981; epilepsy, neuromuscular disorders, neurotoxicology George…
Top Docs ’11: Internal Medicine
INTERNAL MEDICINE David C. Chang, M.D., The Polyclinic Sleep Medicine Center, 1001 Broadway, Suite 215, 206.860.4545, Swedish Medical Center; Indiana University, 1995; sleep disorders/apnea/snoring, breathing disorders Sheryl Ann Dreyer, M.D., The Everett Clinic, 4410 106th St. SW, Mukilteo, 425.493.6001, Providence Regional Medical Center; University of Washington, 1988; AIDS, HIV Carrie Horwitch, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle…
Top Docs ’11: Allergy & Immunology
Disorders involving the immune system
ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY Leonard C. Altman, M.D., Northwest Asthma and Allergy Center, 4540 Sand Point Way NE, Suite 200, 206.527.1200, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School, 1969; urticaria, asthma, sinusitis, allergy Garrison H. Ayars, M.D., Allergy and Asthma Associates, 1200 112th Ave. NE, Suite C-210, Bellevue, 425.454.2191, Overlake Hospital Medical…
Health: Gym Dandy
For patients seeking to get well and for athletes seeking personal bests, a new local fitness center
For years, debilitating arthritis kept Leanne Stevens from doing much in the way of exercise. But on her 60th birthday, she gave herself two knee replacements. In 2008, after taking two years to recover from myriad complications, the former hiker and martial arts enthusiast was ready—or so she thought—to start working out. “I felt like…
Top Docs ’11: Pediatric Specialties – Pediatric Nephrology
Pediatric Nephrology Allison Eddy, M.D., Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, 206.987.2524; McMaster University, Canada, 1975; kidney disease, glomerulonephritis Joseph Flynn, M.D., Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, 206.987.2524; State University of New York, Buffalo, 1987; hypertension, dialysis care Laurie Fouser, M.D., Swedish Pediatric Specialty Care, 1101 Madison St., Suite 800,…
Top Docs ’11: Infectious Disease
INFECTIOUS DISEASE Peter Hashisaki, M.D., Overlake Hospital Medical Center, 1200 116th Ave. NE, Suite D, Bellevue, 425.455.8248; University of Washington, 1975 Margot Schwartz, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., 206.341.0846, Virginia Mason Medical Center; Johns Hopkins University, 1991; AIDS, HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, infectious diseases Martin Siegel, M.D., The Polyclinic,…
Top Docs ’11: Addiction Psychiatry
ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY Steven M. Juergens, M.D., 11201 SE Eighth St., Suite 105, Bellevue, 425.454.0255, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; Mayo Medical School, 1979; addiction/substance abuse, alcohol abuse, drug abuse. Andrew J. Saxon, M.D., Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Way, 206.762.1010, University of Washington Medical Center; Tufts University, 1977; addiction/substance abuse, opiate…
Health: An Expert’s Advice on Mammograms
A year after a federal task force issued a controversial advisory on mammographies for women in thei
Dr. David C. Grossman, senior investigator at Seattle’s Group Health Research Institute, has served nearly three years of a four-year term as one of 16 members on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which last year was at the center of a controversy arising from its new recommendations on mammography screenings. News reports have indicated…
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