SEATTLE, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Hospital & Medical Center
 today announced that 45 doctors affiliated with the hospital have been
 recognized among "Seattle's Best Doctors" in the September issue of Seattle
 Magazine.
     The magazine's 2006 Top Doctors list resulted from 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:
     * Gail Shapiro, Allergies/Immunology
     * Peter Demopulos, Cardiology
     * Sarah Speck, Cardiology
     * Thomas K. Jones, Cardiology
     * George Pappas, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine
     * Gregory Schroedl, Emergency Medicine
     * Peter Hohn, Family Practice
     * Pamela McDonald, Family Practice
     * Scott McIntyre, Family Practice
     * Nancy Klein, Fertility
     * Gerard Letterie, Fertility
     * David Gilbert, Gastroenterology
     * Steven Lewis, Gastroenterology
     * Sheldon Goldberg, Hematology and Oncology
     * William Ehni, Infectious Diseases
     * Francis Riedo, Infectious Diseases
     * Victor Ehrlich, Neurology
     * Jane Dymer, Obstetrics
     * Douglas Lee, Oncology
     * Todd Barnett, Radiation Oncology
     * Vivek Mehta, Radiation Oncology
     * Sandra Vermeulen, Radiation Oncology
     * James Crutcher, Orthopedics
     * Matthew Allen, Pediatrics
     * Ellen Passloff, Pediatrics
     * Donna Smith, Pediatrics
     * Evan Cantini, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
     * Richard Bouche, Podiatry
     * William Solan, Psychiatry
     * Julie Carkin, Rheumatology
     * Steven Overman, Rheumatology
     * Gandis Mazeika, Sleep Medicine
     * Gabriel Aldea, Cardiac Surgery
     * Edward Verrier, Cardiac Surgery
     * Richard Billingham, Colorectal Surgery
     * Mark Kimmins, Colorectal Surgery
     * Mark Brakstad, General Surgery
     * James Raisis, Neurosurgery
     * Jacob Young, Neurosurgery
     * Charles Drescher, Oncological Surgery
     * William Peters, Oncological Surgery
     * Daniel Downey, Plastic/Cosmetic Surgery and Plastic/Reconstructive
       Surgery
     * Michael Mulligan, Thoracic Surgery
     * Douglas Wood, Thoracic Surgery
     * Terence Quigley, Vascular Surgery
     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: 800-633-4636.
     Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, located at 1550 N. 115th St. in
 North Seattle, opened in 1960 as a nonprofit community hospital. Currently,
 it has 281 licensed beds and more than 1,600 employees. Major clinical
 programs and services include: emergency services; critical care; cardiac
 care; stroke care; cancer care; childbirth services; rehabilitation care;
 neurosciences; diagnostic Imaging; geropsychiatric center; Gamma Knife(R)
 Center; laboratory services; and education and wellness programs.
 
 

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