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Top Docs ’11: Nephrology
Kidney disorders and high blood pressure
By Seattle Mag December 31, 1969
NEPHROLOGY
Suhail Ahmad, M.D., Scribner Kidney Center, 2150 N 107th St., Suite 160, 206.363.5090, University of Washington Medical Center; University of Allahabad, India, 1968; hypertension, chronic kidney failure, kidney stones
Andrew Brockenbrough, M.D., Valley Nephrology Health Services, 24920 104th Ave. SE, Kent, 425.227.0231, Valley Medical Center, Auburn Regional Medical Center; Vanderbilt University, 1998; kidney transplant medicine, kidney disease, hypertension
Cyrus Cryst, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., 206.223.6674, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 1984; diabetes, fluid/electrolyte disorders, hypertension, kidney transplant medicine
Frank P. Fung, M.D., Valley Nephrology Services, 24920 104th Ave. SE, Kent, 425.227.0231, Valley Medical Center; Case Western Reserve University, 1995; kidney disease, hypertension
Mark Gunning, M.D., Western Washington Medical Group, 1330 Rockefeller Ave., Suite 450, Everett, 425.258.6801, Providence Regional Medical Center; University of Dublin Medical School, Ireland, 1978; hypertension, dialysis care, kidney transplant medicine
Leah A. Haseley, M.D., Harborview Renal Clinic, 410 Ninth Ave., Floor 7, 206.744.8845, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1990; kidney disease, glomerulonephritis, kidney disease–autoimmune, hypertension in pregnancy
Susan M. Ott, M.D., Bone and Joint Surgery Center at UWMC, 4245 Roosevelt Way NE, 206.598.4288, University of Washington Medical Center; University of Washington, 1974; metabolic bone disorders, osteoporosis
Ilan Zawadzki, M.D.*, Group Health Capitol Hill Campus South Specialty Center, 125 16th Ave. E, 206.326.3000, Group Health Cooperative Central Hospital, Providence St. Peter Hospital, Virginia Mason Medical Center; New York University School of Medicine, 1983; kidney transplant medicine, glomerulonephritis, hypertension, electrolyte disorders
Originally published in July 2011
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