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Top Doctors 2021: Surgery
Part of our 21st annual list of the region's best physicians
By CASTLE CONNOLLY MEDICAL LTD and Seattle Magazine Staff May 13, 2021
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Seattle Magazine.
These specialists perform operations for a wide variety of ailments and diseases, and also oversee preoperative and postoperative patient care.
Marion C. Johnson, M.D.: breast cancer and surgery, gallbladder surgery; Evergreen Health Surgical Care, 12333 N.E. 130th Lane, Suite 420, Kirkland, 425-899-5500
Eileen Bulger, M.D.: trauma, critical care, gastrointestinal cancer; General Surgery Clinic at Harborview, Norm Maleng Building, 410 Ninth Ave., floor 7, Seattle, 206-744-3241
Joseph Cuschieri, M.D.: gastrointestinal surgery, trauma/critical care; General Surgery Clinic at Harborview, Norm Maleng Building, 410 Ninth Ave., floor 7, Seattle, 206-744-3241
Ronald V. Maier, M.D.: hernia-complex, trauma/critical care, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), esophageal surgery; General Surgery Clinic at Harborview, Norm Maleng Building, 410 Ninth Ave., floor 7, Seattle, 206-744-3241
Adel G. El-Ghazzawy, M.D.: minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction; Proliance Surgical Associates at Overlake, 1231 116th Ave. N.E., Medical Pavilion Tower, Suite 535, Bellevue, 425-688-1916; Overlake Medical Center
Helen H. Kim, M.D.: breast cancer and surgery; Proliance Surgical Associates at Overlake, 1231 116th Ave. N.E., Medical Pavilion Tower, Suite 535, Bellevue, 425-688-1916; Overlake Medical Center
Perry Soriano, M.D.: breast cancer and surgery, gastrointestinal cancer and surgery, pancreatic cancer; The Everett Clinic, Surgery Department, 1330 Rockefeller Ave., Everett, 425-339-5442; Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
Carol J. Cornejo, M.D.: breast surgery, breast cancer and surgery, laparoscopic surgery; Proliance Surgical Specialists of Edmonds, 7315 212th St. S.W., Suite 201, Edmonds, 425-778-8116; Swedish Medical Center-Edmonds Campus
Steven Counter, M.D.: adrenal tumors, minimally invasive surgery, hernia, gallbladder surgery; The Polyclinic, 1145 Broadway, floor 1, Seattle, 206-860-2301; Swedish Medical Center-First Hill Campus
Juan C. de la Ossa, M.D.: minimally invasive surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, gallbladder surgery, laparoscopic surgery; The Polyclinic, 1145 Broadway, floor 1, Seattle, 206-860-2301; Swedish Medical Center-First Hill Campus
Clayton D. Hackerman, M.D.: laparoscopic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gallbladder surgery; The Polyclinic, 1145 Broadway, floor 1, Seattle, 206-860-2301; Swedish Medical Center-First Hill Campus
David McKinley White, M.D.: colon and rectal surgery, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastrointestinal surgery; Pacific Medical Centers Specialty Care – Canyon Park; 1909 214th St. S.E., Suite 300, Bothell, 206-505-1300; Swedish Medical Center-First Hill Campus
David R. Byrd, M.D.: breast cancer and surgery, cancer surgery, thyroid cancer, melanoma; Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, 206-288-7222; University of Washington Medical Center
Kristine E. Calhoun, M.D.: breast cancer and surgery, breast disease; Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, 206-288-7222; University of Washington Medical Center
Sara H. Javid, M.D.: breast cancer and surgery; Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, 206-288-7222; University of Washington Medical Center
Brant K. Oelschlager, M.D.: esophageal cancer, esophageal surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, minimally invasive surgery; Esophageal and Gastric Diseases Clinic at UW Medical Center – Montlake, 1959 N.E. Pacific St., floor 3, Seattle, 206-598-4477
Mika N. Sinanan, M.D., Ph.D.: hernia-complex, gastrointestinal cancer and surgery, laparoscopic surgery, colon and rectal cancer; General Surgery Clinic at UW Medical Center – Montlake, 1959 N.E. Pacific St., floor 3, Seattle, 206-598-4477
Raymond S.W. Yeung, M.D.: liver and biliary cancer, liver cancer, melanoma; General Surgery Clinic at UW Medical Center – Montlake, 1959 N.E. Pacific St., floor 3, Seattle, 206-598-4477
Thomas R. Biehl, M.D.: liver &and biliary cancer, laparoscopic surgery, gastrointestinal cancer and surgery, pancreatic and biliary surgery; Virginia Mason Seattle Medical Center, General Surgery, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206-223-6638
Lily C. Chang, M.D.: bariatric/obesity surgery, minimally invasive surgery; Virginia Mason Seattle Medical Center, General Surgery, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206-341-1994
William Scott Helton, M.D.: hernia-complex, liver cancer, gallbladder and bile duct cancers, pancreatic cancer; Virginia Mason Seattle Medical Center, General Surgery, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, 206-341-1985
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