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Top Doctors 2020 Cancer Specialties: Gynecologic Oncology
Part of our 20th annual list of the region's best physicians
By Danielle Hayden and Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. April 5, 2020
This article originally appeared in the April 2020 issue of Seattle Magazine.
This article appears in print in the April 2020 issue as part of the Top Doctors (Cancer Specialties) cover story. Click here to subscribe.
Michelle F. Benoit, M.D., robotic surgery, gynecologic cancers; Kaiser Permanente Washington, Bellevue Medical Center, 11511 NE 10th St., Bellevue, 425.502.3000; Overlake Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente–Capitol Hill
Charles W. Drescher, M.D., gynecologic cancers, robotic surgery, Pap smear abnormalities; Pacific Gynecology Specialists Seattle, 1101 Madison St., Suite 1500, Seattle, 206.965.1700; Swedish Medical Center–First Hill
Barbara A. Goff, M.D., ovarian and uterine cancer, cervical cancer, complex gynecologic surgery; Gynecologic Oncology at University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, 206.598.8300; University of Washington Medical Center
Heidi J. Gray, M.D., gynecologic cancers, clinical trials for ovarian cancer, robotic surgery; Gynecologic Oncology at University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, 206.598.8300; Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, University of Washington Medical Center
Pamela Paley, M.D., gynecologic oncology, complex gynecologic and robotic surgery, risk reduction for breast and gynecologic cancers; Overlake Cancer Center, 1135 116th Ave. NE, Suite 200, Bellevue, 425.635.3400; Overlake Medical Center
Chirag A. Shah, M.D., MPH, minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, cervical cancer; Pacific Gynecology Specialists, 1101 Madison St., Suite 1500, Seattle, 206.965.1700; Swedish Medical Center–First Hill, Swedish Medical Center–Issaquah
Ron E. Swensen, M.D., ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, cervical and vulvar cancer; Valley Medical Center, Oncology and Hematology Clinic, Valley Professional Center North, 3915 Talbot Road S, Suite 300, Renton, 425.690.3409; Valley Medical Center
Dan Steven Veljovich, M.D., robotic and radical surgery for gynecologic cancers, clinical trials for gynecologic cancers, gynecologic cancer hereditary predisposition evaluation; Pacific Gynecology Specialists Seattle, 1101 Madison St., Suite 1500, Seattle, 206.965.1700; Swedish Medical Center–First Hill, EvergreenHealth
Credentials
A guide to the abbreviations used in this list to indicate medical and professional degrees:
DMD Doctor of Dental Medicine
D.O. Doctor of Osteopathy
MBA Master of Business Administration
MBChB Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (U.K. and other countries outside the U.S.)
M.D. Doctor of Medicine
MPH Master of Public Health
MSCE Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology
MS/MSCI Master of Science (many countries outside the U.S.)
Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy (doctorate)
Each physician’s primary practice location is listed after their specialties; additional hospital affiliations follow.
* One asterisk after a physician’s name means the physician is not seeing new patients, but may refer within the department, group or practice.
** Two asterisks mean that the physician is not seeing new patients, but can take new patients by referral. The doctor may also take relatives of current patients.
Doctors do not and cannot pay to be selected as a Top Doctor. To learn how doctors are selected, please click here.
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