Seattle Culture
Top Docs ’11: Cardiovascular Disease
Disorders of the heart, lungs and blood vessels
By Seattle Mag December 31, 1969
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, 1984; interventional cardiology, angioplasty, echocardiography
Daniel P. Fishbein, M.D., Regional Heart Center at UWMC, 1959 NE Pacific St., 206.598.4300, University of Washington Medical Center; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1980; congestive heart failure, heart transplant medicine
Rosario Freeman, M.D., Regional Heart Center at UWMC, 1959 NE Pacific St., 206.598.4300, University of Washington Medical Center; Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, 1995; echocardiography, women’s health
Robert Haynes, M.D., Eastside Cardiology Associates, 12333 NE 130th Lane, Suite 320, Kirkland, 425.899.0555, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; University of Cincinnati, 1972; preventive cardiology, pacemakers, echocardiography, cardiac catheterization
Derek M. Rodrigues, M.D., Eastside Cardiology Associates, 12333 NE 130th Lane, Suite 320, Kirkland, 425.899.0555, Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Providence Regional Medical Center; University of London, United Kingdom, 1982; arrhythmias, cardiac electrophysiology
James Schneider, M.D., Eastside Cardiology Associates, 12333 NE 130th Lane, Suite 320, Kirkland, 425.899.0555, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; Dartmouth Medical School, 1975; echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, interventional cardiology
Budge H. Smith, M.D., Western Washington Medical Group, 12728 19th Ave. SE, Suite 200, Everett, 425.225.2700, Providence Regional Medical Center; George Washington University, 1982; interventional cardiology
Karen Stout, M.D., Regional Heart Center at UWMC, 1959 NE Pacific St., 206.598.4300, University of Washington Medical Center; University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1996; adult congenital heart disease, heart valve disease
Mark R. Vossler, M.D., Eastside Cardiology Associates, 12333 NE 130th Lane, Suite 320, Kirkland, 425.899.0555, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center; University of Rochester, 1989; heart failure, cardiomyopathy, heart disease in pregnancy, echocardiography
Gary L. Weeks, M.D., Summit Cardiology, 1536 N 115th St., Suite 200, 206.363.1004, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center; Northwestern University, 1980; interventional cardiology
Marko Yakovlevitch, M.D., Summit Cardiology, 1536 N 115th St., Suite 200, 206.363.1004, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center; Yale University, 1990; noninvasive cardiology, preventive cardiology
Harry Yu, M.D., Eastside Cardiology Associates, 12333 NE 130th Lane, Suite 320, Kirkland, 425.899.0555, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center; Northwestern University, 1995; heart failure, cardiac imaging, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology
Originally pubished in July 2011
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