41 Northwest Hospital Physicians Named Among Seattle's Top Doctors by Seattle Magazine

    SEATTLE, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Hospital & Medical Center
 today announced that 41 doctors affiliated with the hospital have been
 recognized among "Seattle's Best Doctors" in the September 2007 issue of
 Seattle Magazine.
     The magazine's annual Top Doctors list is based on a survey of more
 than 10,000 physicians throughout the Puget Sound area, as well as a
 variety of complementary healthcare providers. The survey asked respondents
 to name the provider they would seek out or recommend to their loved ones
 in 96 specialty areas, regardless of hospital, clinic or health plan
 affiliation.
     "We are delighted that so many members of our medical staff have been
 acknowledged by their peers in the medical community for their hard work,
 skill and integrity," said Bill Schneider, CEO of Northwest Hospital &
 Medical Center. "As an organization, our mission is to raise the long-term
 health status of our community by providing personalized, quality care with
 compassion, dignity and respect. It is gratifying to know that so many of
 the top doctors in our area have chosen to join us in that effort."
     Members of Northwest Hospital's medical staff named to this year's list
 of top doctors include:
      * Joseph Chebli, Bariatric Surgery
      * Edward Verrier, Cardiac Surgery
      * Peter Demopulos, Cardiology
      * Thomas K. Jones, Pediatric Cardiology
      * Richard Billingham, Colorectal Surgery
      * Chris Beaty, Critical Care
      * Gregory Schroedl, Emergency Medicine
      * Nancy Niles, Endocrinology, Metabolism
      * Pamela McDonald, Family Practice
      * Scott McIntyre, Family Practice
      * Nancy Klein, Fertility
      * Gerard Letterie, Fertility
      * Steven Lewis, Gastroenterology
      * David Gilbert, Gastroenterology
      * Mark Brakstad, General Surgery
      * Steven Counter, General Surgery
      * William Ehni, Infectious Diseases
      * Francis Riedo, Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine
      * Peter Hashisaki, Infectious Diseases
      * Stephen Chentow, Neonatology
      * Jayashree Srinivasan, Neurosurgery
      * Jacob Young, Neurosurgery
      * Werner Cadera, Pediatric Ophthalmology
      * James Crutcher, Orthopedics
      * Robert Telzrow, Pediatrics
      * Evan Cantini, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
      * Daniel Downey, Plastic/Cosmetic Surgery and Plastic/Reconstructive
        Surgery
      * Richard Bouche, Podiatry
      * D.J. Wardle, Podiatry
      * William Solan, Psychiatry
      * George Pappas, Pulmonary Medicine
      * Julie Carkin, Rheumatology
      * Ralph Pascualy, Sleep Medicine
      * Michael Mulligan, Thoracic Surgery
      * Douglas Wood, Thoracic Surgery
      * Emily Bradley, Urology
      * Vivek Mehta, Radiation Oncology, Lung and Colorectal Cancer
      * Charles Drescher, Gynecologic Cancers
      * William Peters, Gynecologic Cancers
      * John Blasko, Radiation Oncology
      * Todd Barnett, Radiation Oncology
     For more information on these and other doctors at Northwest Hospital &
 Medical Center, visit www.nwhospital.org or call the hospital's Physician
 Referral Line at: 206-633-4636.
     About Northwest Hospital & Medical Center
     Opened in 1960, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center
 (www.nwhospital.org) is a full-service, non-profit community hospital
 located minutes north of downtown Seattle. With 281 licensed beds, more
 than 1,600 employees and all private rooms, it offers some of the most
 innovative, technologically advanced medical care available. Major clinical
 programs and services include: emergency services; critical care; cardiac
 care; stroke center; cancer care; childbirth services; bariatric surgery;
 sports medicine; medical rehabilitation; neurosciences; diagnostic imaging;
 geropsychiatric center; Gamma Knife(R) Center; laboratory services; and
 education and wellness programs, among others. For more information about
 Northwest Hospital, call 206-364-0500 or 206-633-4636 for the Physician
 Referral Line.
 
 

SOURCE Northwest Hospital & Medical Center