Seattle Living
Shelter: Green Houses
Do you know your LEED from your Living Building? Deciphering local green-home certification is the f
Green HousesMost of us “green” our homes with the same scattershot methods we use to improve our diets (organic apple here, “natural” energy bar there). We buy an Energy Star dishwasher, blow in some extra insulation and build our deck with wood stamped with a logo that looked sustainable under the sallow CFLs of Home…
Top Docs ’11: Pediatrics
Pediatrics Ann Champoux, M.D.*, Virginia Mason Sand Point Pediatrics, 4575 Sand Point Way NE, Suite 108, 206.525.8000, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1978 Ruth A. Conn, M.D., Virginia Mason Sand Point Pediatrics, 4575 Sand Point Way NE, Suite 108, 206.525.8000, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of Hawaii, John A….
Top Docs ’11: Diagnostic Radiology
Imaging procedures to diagnose and treat disease
DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY Arthur Castagno, M.D., Swedish/Edmonds Hospital, 21601 76th Ave. W, Edmonds, 425.640.4250, Swedish Medical Center Providence Campus, Providence Everett Medical Center; University of Pennsylvania, 1980; musculoskeletal imaging, body imaging, ultrasound Maria Chong, M.D., Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, 12040 NE 128th St., Kirkland, 425.899.1800; University of Washington, 1992; abdominal imaging John Clemett, M.D., 1135 116th…
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…
Top Docs ’11: Pediatric Specialties – Infectious Diseases
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES Farrah Cassis-Ghavami, M.D., Pediatric Specialty Care, 1101 Madison St., Suite 800, 206.215.2700, Swedish Medical Center, Valley Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital; State University of New York, Downstate College of Medicine, 1999; AIDS, HIV Scott J. Weissman, M.D., Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, 206.884.1067, University of Washington Medical Center; University…
Top Docs ’11: Hand Surgery
HAND SURGERY Sarah D. Beshlian, M.D., The Sports Medicine Clinic, 10330 Meridian Ave. N, Suite 300, 206.368.6100, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center; Northwestern University, 1986; arthritis, arthroscopic surgery, carpal tunnel syndrome, fractures John Buckmiller, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Lindeman Pavilion, 1201 Terry Ave., 206.223.7530, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of Rochester, 1980; arthritis,…
Scoop: Seattle’s Pollinator Pathway
Seattle's bees stay busy along the Pollinator Pathway
Seattle artist and designer Sarah Bergmann is making quite a buzz, thanks to the Pollinator Pathway, a project she began in 2008 with the intent of creating more habitat for local bees and other pollinating creatures. If you haven’t heard, the nation’s population of pollinators is plummeting, and the pathway aims to aid their plight…
Top Docs ’11: Pediatric Specialties – Hematology & Oncology
PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY Colleen Delaney, M.D., Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, 206.987.2106, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Harvard Medical School, 1996; stem cell transplant, pediatric cancer, cord blood transplant program J. Russell Geyer, M.D., Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE,…
Top Docs ’11: Gynecologic Oncology
Gynecologic Oncology Charles W. Drescher, M.D., Pacific Gynecology Specialists, 1101 Madison St., Suite 1500, 206.965.1700, Swedish Medical Center, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center; University of Michigan Medical School, 1984; Pap smear abnormalities, gynecologic cancer, gynecologic surgery. See profile on page 84. Barbara A. Goff, M.D., Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Ave. E, 206.288.7222, University…
Scoop: Quilts by Boo Davis
Seattle’s most headbanging quiltmaker shows off her softer side in a new book
How does a longtime metalhead channel her deep desire to quilt? In the case of Boo Davis, 36, she quits her day job as an illustrator for The Seattle Times, creates a label called Quiltsrÿche (quiltsryche.com) and uses traditional techniques to make quilts featuring the “devil horns” hand sign and tributes to heavy-metal bands. Davis’…
Top Docs ’11: Pediatric Specialties – Gastroenterology
PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY Dennis L. Christie, M.D., Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, 206.987.2521, University of Washington Medical Center; Northwestern University, 1968; inflammatory bowel disease, pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology. See profile on page 84. Simon P. Horslen, M.B., Ch.B., Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, 206.987.2521, University of Washington Medical Center; University of…
Top Docs ’11: Geriatric Medicine
GERIATRIC MEDICINE Itamar B. Abrass, M.D.*, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Ave., 206.744.8845, University of Washington Medical Center; University of Califoria, San Francisco, 1966; geriatric endocrinology, endocrine disorders, diabetes Soo Borson, M.D., Outpatient Psychiatry and Memory Disorders Clinic, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Suite 306, 206.598.7792, University of Washington Medical Center; Stanford University, 1969; Alzheimer’s disease,…
Editor’s Note: Seattle Style
2010--the year Seattle truly developed a sense of style
Creativity and innovation tend to rise when a down economy forces people to make do with less. That creativity has certainly been evident in the way we dress in Seattle. People are hanging on to their clothes a little longer, making investments in timeless, higher-quality pieces, and hitting consignment stores and vintage shops with the…
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