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New Treatment: Rib Plate
New rib fracture fix reduces pain, risks and recovery time
If you’ve ever fractured a rib, you know one thing: It hurts. A lot. And with every single breath. That’s because you can’t immobilize your ribs, like you would a wrist, arm, ankle or leg, while the bones knit back together. Which also means, insult to injury, that recovery can take longer—sometimes six months. And…
The 6 Doctors to Avoid
1. The Too-Busy-to-Talk Doc There are lots of reasons it may seem like your doctor wants to bolt: shortage of time, poor bedside manner, or the real desire to be elsewhere. But wanting a doctor to demonstrate he or she has time and interest in your well-being isn’t about your self-esteem, it’s actually a matter…
Top Doctors 2013: Doing More With Less
Using sonograms to curb expensive MRIs
When orthopedic surgeon Sean Adelman, M.D., served as a member of an Air Force surgical team in the Middle East following 9/11, he didn’t have access to high-end imaging options, such as MRIs. So he and his fellow surgeons used handheld ultrasound devices instead. Years later, this experience would be called on in a different…
The Must List: Capitol Hill Block Party, Arts in Bellevue and a Just Opened Online Jewelry Shop
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Rock/stronga href=” http://bit.ly/1aJxMxQ” target=”_blank”strongbrCapitol Hill Block Party/strong/abr(7/26 to 7/28, times vary) — It’s the sweatiest, loudest, most rockin’ party of the summer, when local musicians and the hipsters who love them swarm Capitol Hill’s Pike/Pine corridor. With more than 60 bands (including The Flaming Lips!) performing over three days, this is musical mayhem you…
The Best Photos From Last Night’s Not-so-secret Macklemore Video Shoot
There have been oodles of ceiling references swirling about the Internets this morning (“the ceiling did hold them after all!”), due to Macklemore et al filming a video on top of Dick’s Drive-In in Capitol Hill. (Underneath rock-dwellers: His song “Can’t Hold Us” mentions that, in fact, a ceiling perhaps may not hold them.) The…
Make Room for White Space
!–paging_filter–pMagnolia-based, New York transplant designer Khadjiah Fulton has just launched a href=”http://www.whitespacejewelry.bigcartel.com/” target=”_blank”White Space/a, a pretty, pretty jewelry line consisting of sweet, minimalistic, slightly rough-hewn pieces with a chic and modern sensibility./ppI’m in love. This gal’s work is fantastic./ppAnd it should come as no surprise. Fulton has a BFA from Parsons and has designed for…
Dandy Outdoor Cocktailing Spots
!–paging_filter–pAs we bask in a nearly unprecedented stretch of amazing weather (it feels like we’ve had pretty swell temps since May and that we missed “June-uaray” altogether), it’s best to have a good handle on some fine outdoor cocktail spots. While the backyard is nice, sometimes you want to get out and let someone else…
Where to Eat in Capitol Hill if You’re Not Going to the Big Block Party
This would be the weekend to avoid (most of) Capitol Hill if you aren’t into crowds. The crazy, three-day hipster-filled bash that is the Capitol Hill Block Party begins tomorrow, so expect the Pike/Pine corridor to be teeming with swarms of sweaty, music-loving revelers. (If you do need a ticket, go here. Single-day passes are…
Jeweler Moorea Seal Opens Online Shop
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/designer-watch-moorea-seal“Moorea Seal/a, emSeattle/em magazine’s Designer to Watch for jewelry in 2012, has opened a super-cool online shop (with a huge a href=”http://www.mooreaseal.com/pages/about-us” target=”_blank”team/a of helpers), called, appropriately, a href=”http://www.mooreaseal.com/” target=”_blank”mooreaseal.com/a. The site is focused on beautiful artisan-made items by US-based designers, including a href=”http://www.mooreaseal.com/collections/moorea-seal” target=”_blank”Seal’s jewelry line/a, a href=”http://www.mooreaseal.com/collections/balue-co” target=”_blank”Balue/Co/a (another emSeattle/em mag a…
Anthropologie Moving from The Bravern to Bellevue Square
!–paging_filter–pThe website a href=”http://www.downtownbellevue.com/2013/07/02/bravern-responds-anthropologi…” target=”_blank”Downtown Bellevue Network/a is reporting that Anthro is moving from a href=”http://thebravern.com/” target=”_blank”The Bravern/a to a href=”http://www.bellevuecollection.com/” target=”_blank”Bellevue Square/a in November. Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., who now owns the luxury outdoor mall, calls the move “a mutually understandable relocation,” and goes on to say, “We understand that some may be wondering about…
Understanding the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act likely affects you and just about everyone you know
Kathryn is in her early 50s and lives on the shore of Lake Washington with her husband, Bill, in an elegant contemporary home filled with sunlight and exquisite art. Bill, a successful entrepreneur, retired in his mid-50s. Bill and Kathryn* are too young for Medicare, but felt well protected since they had purchased one of…
Doctor Spotlight: Blair Washington, M.D.
Specialty: Urogynecology Hospital affiliation: Virginia Mason Medical Center Why did you choose to specialize in urogynecology? I’ve always had a big interest in women’s health issues and learned in medical school that I loved surgery—urogynecology is the perfect blend of those two interests. I’ve read that 30 percent of women ages 65 and older…
Doctor Spotlight: Renato Martins, M.D.
Specialty: Medical oncology, head, neck and lung cancerHospital affiliation: Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, UW Medicine As a native of Brazil, what drew you to pursue your career here in Seattle?In 2004, I was 36, and I was presented with a tremendous professional opportunity here to lead the medical oncology program…
Doctor Spotlight: Brian Louie, M.D.
Specialty: Thoracic SurgeryHospital affiliation: Swedish Medical CenterWhy did you choose to specialize in thoracic surgery? When I was a first-year med student, I happened to do a summer rotation with a very energetic and thoughtful thoracic surgeon. The first time I went to the operating room with him, he made the entire operating room be…
Doctor Spotlight: Mark Vossler, M.D.
Specialty: CardiologyPractice: EvergreenHealth CardiologyHospital affiliation: EvergreenHealth What attracted you to your specialty?My interest in cardiology started during my residency. I had originally wanted to be an internist, but when I saw how people were so sick and got better so quickly, I changed my focus. It is very gratifying when you thought someone was going…
Doctor Spotlight: Nancy Kadel, M.D.
Specialty: Orthopedic surgeonHospital affiliation: Group Health Cooperative How has your early dance experience, including a stint in New York with the Martha Graham Dance Company, influenced your approach to your job? It helps me stay focused and think on my feet; just as if you are on stage and somebody misses an entrance or the…
Doctor Spotlight: Charles Cowan, M.D.
Specialty: Pediatric autismHospital affiliation: Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington How did you come to choose autism as your medical specialty? I’ve had an interest in children with developmental disabilities for more than 25 years, and started out as a general pediatrician. In the ’90s, we first began to see children who were recognized as…
Radiation
Paul Herstein, M.D., Group Health, Capitol Hill campus, 201 16th Ave. E, Seattle, 206.326.3000; Group Health Cooperative; Stanford University School of Medicine, 1974; stereotactic linac-based irradiation and prostate implantation Daniel Landis, M.D., Ph.D., Ballard Radiation Treatment Center, 5225 Tallman Ave. NW, Seattle, 206.386.6707; Swedish Cancer Institute; University of Washington School of Medicine, 2001; tomotherapy, intensity-modulated…
Pediatric
Douglas Hawkins, M.D., Seattle Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, 206.987.2106; Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington Medical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Harvard Medical School, 1990; sarcomas, pediatric cancer Julie R. Park, M.D., Seattle Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, 206.987.2106;…
Lung
Renato Martins, M.D., M.P.H., Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Ave., Seattle, 206.288.1135; University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1992; lung cancer, head and neck cancer, thyroid cancer Joseph Rosales, M.D., Virginia Mason, main campus, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6193, Virginia…
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