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Top Doctors 2018: Hand Surgery
Part of our 18th annual list of the region's best physicians
By Edited by Virginia Smyth March 1, 2018
This article originally appeared in the April 2018 issue of Seattle Magazine.
This article appears in print in the April 2018 issue, as part of the Top Doctors cover story. Click here to subscribe.
Sarah D. Beshlian, M.D., arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, fractures; University of Washington Medical Center Hand, Elbow & Shoulder Center at Northwest Outpatient Medical Center, 10330 Meridian Ave. N, Suite 270, Seattle, 206.668.6360; Northwest Hospital & Medical Center; Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 1986
Jeffrey B. Friedrich, M.D., hand and wrist surgery, brachial plexus injury, pediatric hand surgery; Burn and Plastic Surgery Clinics at Harborview, 325 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.520.5000; Harborview Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital; University of Texas, Houston, 2000
Todd M. Guyette, M.D., arthritis and trauma, nerve disorders/surgery, arthroscopic surgery; Proliance Hand, Wrist & Elbow Physicians, 12911 120th Ave. NE, Suite H-10, Kirkland, 425.823.4224; EvergreenHealth, Swedish Medical Center–Issaquah; Harvard Medical School, 1997
13 Years Douglas P. Hanel, M.D., reconstructive microvascular surgery, congenital hand deformities, elbow reconstruction; Hand, Elbow & Shoulder Center at Harborview, 908 Jefferson St., Seattle, 206.520.5000; Harborview Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital; St. Louis University School of Medicine, 1977
Jerry I. Huang, M.D.,* hand and elbow surgery, fractures and tendon transfers, elbow replacement/reconstruction; University of Washington Medical Center Hand, Elbow & Shoulder Center, 4245 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, 206.520.5000; University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center; University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, 2001
John A. Miyano, M.D., elbow, hand and wrist surgery, arthritis; Seattle Hand Surgery Group, 600 Broadway, Suite 440, Seattle, 206.292.6252; Swedish Medical Center–First Hill; Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 1990
Loryn W. Peterson, M.D., arthritis, fracture and hand surgery, minimally invasive procedures; The Polyclinic, Hand Surgery, 904 Seventh Ave., Seattle, 206.860.4430; Swedish Medical Center–First Hill, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; Brown University, Alpert Medical School, 1996
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