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 Diego, 1987; laparoscopic surgery, hernia, thyroid and parathyroid surgery

Steven N. Bock, M.D., Group Health Bellevue Medical Center, 11511 NE 10th St., Suite 2A, Bellevue, 425.502.3450, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; New York University School of Medicine, 1982; obesity/bariatric surgery, laparoscopic surgery

Mark T. Brakstad, M.D., Northwest Surgical Specialists, 1560 N 115th St., Suite 102, Seattle, 206.363.2882, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center; University of Washington, 1983; laparoscopic surgery, breast surgery

David Byrd, M.D., Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Ave. E, Seattle, 206.288.7222, University of Washington Medical Center; Tulane University, 1982; surgical oncology, melanoma, breast, thyroid and pancreatic cancers

Lily Chang, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.341.1994, Virginia Mason Medical Center; Tufts University, 1996; minimally invasive surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, esophageal surgery

Joseph E. Chebli, M.D., Northwest Obesity Surgery, 10330 Meridan Ave. N, Suite 390, Seattle, 206.368.1230, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center; State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1995; obesity/bariatric surgery, laparoscopic surgery

Richard Clarfeld, M.D., Overlake Medical Clinics Breast Surgery, 1135 116th Ave. NE, Suite 180, Bellevue, 425.688.0212, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, 1974; breast surgery, breast cancer and surgery, cancer surgery

E. Patchen Dellinger, M.D., Surgical Specialties Center, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, 206.598.4477, University of Washington Medical Center; Harvard Medical School, 1970; obesity/bariatric surgery, surgical infections, gastrointestinal surgery

Nicole S. Gibran, M.D., Harborview Medical Center, Burn and Plastic Surgery Clinic, 325 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.520.5000, University of Washington Medical Center; Boston University, 1985; burn care, trauma, wound healing/care

Karen Horvath, M.D., F.A.C.S., Surgical Specialties Clinic, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, 206.598.4477, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; New York Medical College, 1990; colon and rectal surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, necrotizing pancreatitis

Jeffrey A. Hunter, M.D., Virginia Mason Federal Way, 33501 First Way S, Federal Way, 253.874.1604, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of Cincinnati, 1983; bariatric surgery, laparoscopic surgery, general surgery

Robert Michaelson, M.D., Ph.D., Northwest Weight Loss Surgery, 125 130th St. SE, Floor 1, Everett, 425.385.2263, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center; University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1995; obesity/bariatric surgery, laparoscopic surgery

Jorge D. Reyes, M.D., Liver and Transplantation Surgery & Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, 206.598.8288, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital; Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1979; transplant surgery, pediatric transplant surgery, hepatobiliary surgery

Mika N. Sinanan, M.D., Surgical Specialties Clinic, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, 206.598.4477, University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center; Johns Hopkins University, 1980; gastrointestinal (especially colorectal) surgery, gastrointestinal cancer, liver and biliary cancer

Debra Wechter, M.D., Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic, Buck Pavilion, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206.223.6633, Virginia Mason Medical Center; University of California, Davis, 1980; laproscopic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, endocrine surgery