Name: Paul Grekin, M.D. Practice and Hospital Affiliation: Addiction psychiatry, Evergreen Treatment Services Why did you pick your specialty? Helping people with substance use disorder is as rewarding to me today as it was when I started 30 years ago. It is a privilege to work with people as they embrace the arduous struggle to…

Name: Julie LaCombe, M.D. Practice and Hospital Affiliation: Urogynecology, Overlake Clinics; Overlake Medical Center  Why did you pick your specialty? Women’s health care is something I’ve been passionate about since I started working in an OB/GYN office to help pay my way through college. I have been further influenced as a global women’s health advocate…

Name: Dr. Jeanne Poole Practice and Hospital Affiliation: Cardiac Electrophysiology at UW Medicine Heart Institute, University of Washington Medical Center  Why did you pick your specialty?  Arrhythmia diagnosis can be like a puzzle, requiring careful evaluation with many diagnostic tools to determine the best course of therapy. Electrophysiology is a technology-driven field, and has been at the forefront of using engineering…

Name: Francis X. Riedo, M.D. Practice and Hospital Affiliation: I am EvergreenHealth’s Medical Director of Infection Control and Prevention and have been with the health system for almost 30 years. EvergreenHealth is located in Kirkland and is an integrated health care system serving nearly one million residents in King and Snohomish counties. I specialize in…

Name: Keiko Aikawa, M.D., Fellow of the American College of Cardiology Practice and hospital affiliation: PacMed cardiologist at First Hill and Canyon Park clinics; medical director of PacMed Cardiovascular Lab (Vascular Studies) Why did you pick your specialty? I fell in love with cardiology when I was a medical student. I was on my cardiology rotation…

Many people have no idea how to find a doctor. They often rely on recommendations from friends or colleagues, or whomever their health system recommends. Personal referrals matter, but we’ve taken that to the next level. For more than two decades, Seattle magazine has published a list of the region’s top doctors. None paid to…

Vascular surgeons treat diseases of the arteries and veins (excluding the heart) through medical therapy, minimally invasive catheter procedures and surgical reconstruction. Renee C. Minjarez, M.D.: endovascular surgery, aneurysm, carotid artery surgery; Lake Washington Vascular, 12333 N.E. 130th Lane, Suite 425, Kirkland, 425-453-1772; EvergreenHealth Medical Center, Overlake Medical Center Benjamin Ware Starnes, M.D.: endovascular surgery,…

These radiologists use minimally invasive, image-guided procedures to diagnose and treat diseases in most organ systems. William B. Crenshaw, M.D.: portal hypertension, interventional radiology, interventional oncology, vascular disease; Radia Inc., PS, 19020 33rd Ave. W., Suite 210, Lynnwood, 425-563-1400; Overlake Medical Center; Swedish Medical Center-Edmonds Campus Robert T. Andrews, M.D.: uterine fibroid embolization, aneurysm-aortic, liver…

Urologists are surgeons who diagnoses and treat disorders of the urinary tract, such as urinary tract infections and incontinence. They also treat cancer of the bladder, kidneys, prostate and testes. Claire C. Yang, M.D.: kidney stones, neuro-urology, sexual dysfunction, voiding dysfunction; Urology Clinic at Harborview, 410 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206-744-3241 Marc A. Lowe, M.D.: urinary…

Adrianne B. Wesol, M.D.: pelvic floor disorders, incontinence-urinary, incontinence-fecal, pelvic organ prolapse repair; Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Campus, 310 15th Ave. E., North Building, Seattle, 206-326-3500; Swedish Medical Center-First Hill Campus Jeffrey L. Clemons, M.D.: robotic surgery, urogynecology, pelvic organ, prolapse repair, incontinence-urinary; MultiCare Urogynecology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, 1901 S. Union Ave. – B…

Robert Binford, M.D.: atrial fibrillation, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, heart valve surgery, robotic cardiac surgery; Overlake Clinics – Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department Cardiothoracic surgery, 1135 116th Ave. N.E., Suite 605, Bellevue, 425-454-8161; EvergreenHealth Medical Center David W. Nelson, M.D.: mediastinal tumors, coronary revascularization, heart valve surgery-mitral, lung cancer surgery; Overlake Clinics – Cardiothoracic surgery, Department Cardiothoracic…