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Notes from Tom Douglas Culinary Summer Camp
On Friday, the day after this year’s Tom Douglas Culinary Summer Camp ends, an aching hunger will set in, especially around 10 in the morning when campers realize nobody is feeding them an endless buffet of bites of the amazing food they’ve just seen prepared by a parade of uber-talented chefs starting last Sunday at…
Grab your Tickets for the August 1 Red, White & Brew
Though it may not be its official moniker, at Seattle mag we view August as “Washington Wine Month” — what with the 25th annual Auction of Washington Wines, the impending grape harvest and the debut of our Best Washington Wines list in the August issue. What better way to kick off the wine-filled month than…
Opening Today! Skillet Counter at the Armory
The construction covers are off and the doors open this morning to Skillet’s new concept at the Armory at the Center House. The crown jewel of the new kingdom of food offerings in the completely redesigned space, the Counter, as they’re calling it, is predominantly just that: a large, open kitchen enclosed by a long…
High Tech Help for Preventing Sports Brain Injury
A Seattle company could hold a key to solving the nationwide epidemic of sport-related concussions.
The numbers are staggering: An estimated 3.8 million sport- and recreation-related concussions occur every year across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But a Seattle company could hold a key to solving the nationwide epidemic of sport-related concussions. X2Impact has created head-impact monitoring systems to help team physicians and athletic…
Three Livesaving Developments Pioneered Locally
Including the first new drug approved by the FDA for Hodgkin’s lymphoma in more than 30 years.
Three Eastside tech firms have pioneered lifesaving new devices and treatments in the past year. Redmond’s Mobisante has created a MOBILE ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE—the MobiUS SP1 ultrasound system—that is the first smartphone-based diagnostic device to be cleared by the FDA. The device, released last October, fits into a pocket and can be charged anywhere, making…
Multiple Sclerosis Update: Major New MS Center Opens in Seattle
Multiple sclerosis is more prevalent in the Northwest than almost anywhere else on earth, for reasons that are largely unknown, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society—more than 12,000 people in the Northwest, Montana and Alaska have been diagnosed with the disease. To battle that statistic, Swedish Medical Center has just opened the largest and…
“Smart” Cancer Treatment for Kids
This developing therapy could potentially one day eliminate the need for chemotherapy and radiation.
There’s a powerful new weapon in the battle against pediatric cancer, thanks to a new “smart” therapy that could one day eliminate the need for chemotherapy and radiation. The therapy harnesses the power of the immune system to recognize and fight cancer. Here’s how it works: A child’s immune system is reprogrammed to recognize and…
Sleep Deprived in Seattle
Why local experts are prescribing fewer sleeping pills despite a growing insomnia epidemic.
When Courtney Crocker found herself wide awake and cleaning her house at 4 a.m., she knew she needed a different way to manage her insomnia. A recent nursing school graduate, Crocker, 30, of Eastlake, had been assigned the night shift at the University of Washington Medical Center’s intensive care unit. Within a couple of months,…
Vascular Surgery
Mark H. Meissner, M.D., 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, 206.598.9436, 206.598.1435, University of Washington Medical Center; University of Colorado, 1985; thrombotic disorders, vein disorders, vascular disease Daniel F. Neuzil, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6637, Virginia Mason Medical Center; Johns Hopkins University, 1987; aortic aneurysm, endovascular surgery, mesenteric…
Vascular & Interventional Radiology
William Crenshaw, M.D., Washington Imaging Services, 1135 116th Ave. NE, Suite 260, Bellevue, 425.688.0100, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; University of Virginia Medical School, 1987; diagnostic and full-spectrum vascular and interventional radiology, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), central venous access Mehran Fotoohi, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6851, Virginia…
Urology
Emily B. Bradley, M.D., The Polyclinic Northgate, 11011 Meridian Ave. N, Suite 200, Seattle, 206.528.4944, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, Swedish Medical Center; University of Michigan Medical School, 1999; incontinence, voiding dysfunction, general urology Mark W. Burns, M.D., Urology, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, W-4735, Seattle, 206.987.2509, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington Medical Center;…
Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Gabriel S. Aldea, M.D., Regional Heart Center, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, 206.598.3636, University of Washington Medical Center; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1981; thoracic aortic surgery, heart valve surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery James K. Brevig, M.D., Providence Physician Group Cardiovascular and Thoracic Clinic, 1330 Rockefeller Ave., Suite 400, Everett, 425.261.4950, Providence…
Surgery
Ralph W. Aye, M.D., F.A.C.S., Swedish Cancer Institute, First Hill Campus, 1101 Madison St., Suite 850, Seattle, 206.215.6800, Swedish Medical Center; University of Pittsburgh, 1977; lung cancer, esophageal disorders, minimally invasive surgery Thomas Biehl, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6638, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of California, San…
Reproductive Endocrinology
Brenda S. Houmard, M.D., Ph.D., University Reproductive Care, 4245 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, 206.598.4225, University of Washington Medical Center; Ohio State University, 1994; infertility, menstrual disorders Janet L. Kennedy, M.D., Seattle Reproductive Medicine, 12333 NE 130th Lane, Suite 220, Kirkland, 425.284.4400, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center; University of Maryland at Baltimore,…
Rheumatology
Julie L. Carkin, M.D., The Seattle Arthritis Clinic, 10330 Meridian Ave. N, Suite 250, Seattle, 206.368.6123, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center; Boston University, 1987; osteoporosis Jeffrey Carlin, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Lindeman Pavilion, 1201 Terry Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6824, Virginia Mason Medical Center; New York University School of Medicine, 1975; arthritis, lupus/systemic lupus erythematosus…
Sports Medicine
David Belfie, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Lindeman Pavilion, 1201 Terry Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6487, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of Washington, 1993; arthroscopic surgery, shoulder and elbow surgery Terrence Cronin, M.D., Pediatric Specialty Care, First Hill Campus, 1101 Madison St., Suite 800, Seattle, 206.215.2700, Swedish Medical Center; University of California, San Francisco, 1999; pediatric…
Pulmonary Disease
William De Paso, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Central Pavilion, 925 Seneca St., Seattle, 206.625.7180, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 1984; sleep medicine, sleep disorders, cardiopulmonary complications of sleep apnea Todd D. Freudenberger**, M.D., Overlake Internal Medicine Associates, 1135 116th Ave. NE, Suite 600, Bellevue, 425.454.2671, Overlake Hospital…
Plastic Surgery
Kevin M. Beshlian, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Lindeman Pavilion, 1201 Terry Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6831, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1982; breast reconstruction, skin cancer, facial trauma Gavin M. Dry, M.D., Plastic Surgery Northwest, 13114 120th Ave. NE, Kirkland, 425.821.6000, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; University of British Columbia, Canada,…
Psychiatry
Vernon M. Neppe, M.D., Ph.D., Pacific Neuropsychiatric Institute, 6300 Ninth Ave. NE, Suite 353, Seattle, 206.527.6289, Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center; University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1973; behavioral neurology, neuropsychiatry, psychopharmacology Murray Raskind, M.D., VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Way, Seattle, 206.762.1010, University of Washington Medical…
Pathology
Donald G. Guinee, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6861, Virginia Mason Medical Center; Tulane University, 1986; pulmonary pathology, kidney pathology, dermatopathology Timothy Jacobs, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6861, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of Cape Town Medical School, South Africa,…
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