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Top Docs ’11: Pediatric Specialties – Pediatric Allergy & Immunology

Pediatric Allergy & Immunology William Butler, M.D., Group Health Capitol Hill Campus South Specialty Center, 125 16th Ave. E, 206.326.3000, Virgina Mason Medical Center; Ohio State University, 1973; allergy Originally published in July 2011  

Top Docs ’11: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Glandular disorders

ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES & METABOLISM Edward Benson, M.D., Group Health Cooperative, 125 16th Ave. E, 206.326.3000; University of Washington, 1975; diabetes, thyroid disorders, pituitary disorders Anthony Desantis, M.D., Diabetes Care Center at UWMC, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Suite 101, 206.598.4882, University of Washington Medical Center; Albany Medical College, 1993; diabetes, metabolic disorders Kenneth M. Gross, M.D.,…

Shelter: Green Houses

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: Infectious Disease

INFECTIOUS DISEASE Peter Hashisaki, M.D., Overlake Hospital Medical Center, 1200 116th Ave. NE, Suite D, Bellevue, 425.455.8248; University of Washington, 1975 Margot Schwartz, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., 206.341.0846, Virginia Mason Medical Center; Johns Hopkins University, 1991; AIDS, HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, infectious diseases Martin Siegel, M.D., The Polyclinic,…

Top Docs ’11: Addiction Psychiatry

ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY Steven M. Juergens, M.D., 11201 SE Eighth St., Suite 105, Bellevue, 425.454.0255, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; Mayo Medical School, 1979; addiction/substance abuse, alcohol abuse, drug abuse.  Andrew J. Saxon, M.D., Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Way, 206.762.1010, University of Washington Medical Center; Tufts University, 1977; addiction/substance abuse, opiate…

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…

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