Congratulations to UW Medicine Top Doctors

The annual rankings of top doctors for 2008 by Seattle (September) and Seattle Metropolitan (August) have been published. Both magazines compile their lists from surveys sent to medical professionals in the Puget Sound region.

Congratulations to the following UW Medicine physicians and UW School of Medicine faculty members who were named top doctors:  

Harborview Medical Center

• Scott Barnhart, Occupational Medicine
• Virginia Broudy, Hematology
• Michael Copass, Emergency Medicine
• Richard Ellenbogen, Neurosurgery; Pediatric Neurosurgery
• Douglas Hanel, Hand Surgery; Pediatric Hand Surgery
• Stanley Herring, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Jane Huntington, Family Practice
• Arthur Lam, Anesthesiology
• Barbara McCann, Psychiatry
• Wayne McCormick, Geriatrics
• Joseph Merrill, Addiction Medicine
• Peter Roy-Byrne, Psychiatry
• John Sheffield, Internal Medicine

UW Medical Center

• Gabriel Aldea, Cardiac Surgery
• Josh Benditt, Pulmonary Medicine
• Peter Byers, Genetics Medicine
• David Byrd, Surgical Oncology; Other Cancers (Surgical)
• Edith Cheng, Obstetrics; Maternal-Fetal Medicine
• E. Patchen Dellinger, Bariatric Surgery
• James Douglas, Pediatric Oncology (Radiation)
• Richard Ellenbogen, Neurological Surgery; Pediatric Neurological Surgery
• William Ellis, Urology and Urological Surgery; Prostate Cancer (Surgical)
• R. Alan Failor, Endocrinology/Metabolism
• Stu Farber, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Dermot Fitzgibbon, Pain Medicine; Pain Management
• Neal Futran, Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
• Gregory Gardner, Rheumatology
• Christine Gleason, Neonatal and Perinatal Pediatrics; Neonatology
• Melissa "Moe" Hagman, Hospitalist
• Earl Hirsch, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
• David Loren, Neonatal and Perinatal Pediatrics
• Frederick Matsen, Orthopedic Surgery; Orthopedics
• Terry Mengert, Emergency Medicine
• Michael Mulligan, Transplantation
• Peter Neligan, Plastic, Reconstructive Surgery
• Ib Odderson, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Medicine
• John O’Kane, Sports Medicine
• John Olerud, Dermatology
• Doug Paauw, Internal Medicine
• Richard Page, Cardiology
• Shilpen Patel, Lung Cancer (Radiation)
• Michael Saunders, Gastroenterology
• Mika Sinanan, General Surgery; Colorectal Surgery; Colorectal Cancer (Surgical)
• Paul Sutton, Internal Medicine
• James Toop, Optometry
• Thomas Trumble, Hand Surgery
• Edward Verrier, Cardiac Surgery
• Hubert Vesselle, Nuclear Medicine
• Ernest Weymuller Jr., Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery; Otolaryngology
• Douglas Wood, Thoracic Surgery; Lung Cancer (Surgical)

Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center (Pediatric Specialties)

• Corrie Anderson, Pain Management
• Steven Anderson, Sports Medicine
• Angela Badaru, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
• Harris Baden, Critical Care Medicine
• Cora Collette Breuner, Adolescent Medicine; Eating Disorders
• Thomas Brogan, Critical Care Medicine
• Dena Brownstein, Emergency Medicine
• Jane Burns, Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine
• Edward Carter, Pulmonary Medicine
• Maida Lynn Chen, Sleep Medicine
• Dennis Christie, Gastroenterology
• Gordon Cohen, Cardiac Surgery; Transplant Surgery
• Ernest "Chappie" Conrad III, Orthopedics
• Charles Cowan, Developmental and Behavioral Medicine
• Jason Debley, Pulmonary Medicine
• Allison Eddy, Nephrology
• Eric Effman, Diagnostic Radiology
• Helen Emery, Rheumatology
• Janet Englund, Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine
• J. Russell Geyer, Hematology
• Ronald Gibson, Pulmonary Medicine
• Ian Glass, Medical Genetics
• Christine Gleason, Neonatal and Perinatal
• Adam Goldin, General Surgery
• Sidney Gospe, Neurology
• Richard Grady, Urology and Urological Surgical
• Joseph Gruss, Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery (Adult and Pediatric)
• Douglas Hawkins, Oncology
• Ross Hays, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Patrick Healey, Transplant Surgery
• Richard Hopper, Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery
• Simon Horsien, Gastroenterology
• Andrew Inglis, Ear, Nose and Throat (Otolaryngolgoy)
• Craig Jackson, Neonatal and Perinatal
• Kenneth Jaffe, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Thomas Martin Jinguji, Sports Medicine
• Troy Johnston, Cardiology
• Thomas Jones, Cardiology
• Byron Joyner, Urology
• Raj Kapur, Pathology
• Yemiserach Kifle, Sleep Medicine
• Bryan King, Psychiatry; Developmental and Behavioral Medicine
• Eileen Klein, Emergency Medicine
• Marty Koyle, Urology
• Anjana Kundu, Pain Management; Alternative Medicine – Acupuncture
• Mark Lewin, Cardiology
• Anne Lynn, Anesthesiology
• Scott Manning, Ear, Nose and Throat (Otolaryngology)
• Teresa Massagli, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Dana Matthews, Hematology
• Robert Mazor, Critical Care Medicine
• Ruth McDonald, Nephrology
• Darren Migita, Hospitalist
• Russell Migita, Emergency Medicine
• Karen Murray, Gastroenterology
• Julie Park, Oncology
• Kathleen Patterson, Pathology
• Catherine Pihoker, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
• Gregory Redding, Pulmonary Medicine
• Jorge Reyes, Transplant Surgery
• Joan Roberts, Critical Care Medicine
• Joe Rutledge, Pathology
• Jack Salerno, Cardiology
• Robert Sawin, General Surgery
• Gregory Schmale, Sports Medicine
• Dennis Shaw, Radiology
• Akiko Shimamura, Hematology
• Kathleen Sie, Ear, Nose and Throat (Otolaryngolgoy)
• Jordan Symons, Nephrology
• Troy Torgerson, Rheumatology
• John Waldhausen, General Surgery; Thoracic Surgery
• William Walker, Developmental and Behavioral Medicine
• Edward Weinberger, Diagnostic Radiology
• Avery Weiss, Ophthalmology
• Ghassan Wahbeh, Gastroenterology
• Carol Wallace, Rheumatology
• George Woodward, Emergency Medicine
• Jerry Zimmerman, Critical Care Medicine

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

• Anthony Back, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Terry Gernsheimer, Hematology
• Barbara Goff, Gynecologic Cancers (Surgical)
• Julie Gralow, Breast Cancer (Medical)
• Celestia Higano, Prostate Cancer (Medical)
• Wui-Jin Koh, Gynecologic Cancers (Radiation)
• David Mankoff, Nuclear Medicine
• Renato Martins, Lung Cancer (Medical)
• Kenneth Russell, Prostate Cancer (Radiation)