Seattle Magazine’s 2020 Top Doctors Recognizes UW Department of Surgery

August 10, 2020

“Seattle Magazine announced their 2020 Top Doctors in their April issue and I am pleased to share the extensive recognition of Department of Surgery (DOS) faculty.

DOS had 64 faculty listed in 11 specialties—this is more than 50% of our faculty, and accounted for over 40% of the magazine’s listed surgeons in all of the specialties. This represents a remarkable presence in this year’s Top Doctor listings. Top Doctors is one form of recognition by the community and shows they hold our surgeons in high esteem.

I shared this with the faculty. The faculty responded with appreciation for being named as a Top Doctor in the Seattle metropolitan area, but they were uniformly quick to point out that what they do is a team effort and they are one member of the team.

I congratulate these faculty and am honored to lead this exceptional Department of Surgery.

Below is a listing of our faculty honored this year by their specialty:

BARIATRIC
Judy Chen, MD, Assistant Professor
Saurabh Khandelwal, MD, Associate Professor

BREAST
Ben Anderson, MD, Professor
Kris Calhoun, MD, Associate Professor
Meghan Flanagan, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor
Sara Javid, MD, Associate Professor

CANCER SURGERY
David Byrd, MD, Professor
Teresa Kim, MD, Assistant Professor
Jim Park, MD, Professor
Venu Pillarisetty, MD, Professor
Jonathan Sham, MD, Assistant Professor
Ray Yeung, MD, Professor

CARDIAC SURGERY
Gabriel Aldea, MD, Professor
Chris Burke, MD, Assistant Professor

COLORECTAL
Sarah Atkinson, MD, Assistant Professor
Mukta Krane, MD, Associate Professor
Mika Sinanan, MD, PhD, Professor

GENERAL SURGERY
Giana Davidson, MD, MPH, Associate Professor
Dan Kim, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Brant Oelschlager, MD, Professor
Rebecca Petersen, MD, Associate Professor
Mika Sinanan, MD, PhD, Professor
Estell Williams, MD Assistant Professor
Andy Wright, MD, Professor
Lorrie Langdale, MD, Professor
Deb Marquardt, MD, Assistant Professor
Roger Tatum, MD, Professor
Sam Arbabi, MD, MPH, Professor
Eileen Bulger, MD, Professor
Joe Cuschieri, MD, Professor
Lisa McIntyre, MD, Associate Professor
Grant O’Keefe, MD, MPH, Professor

HAND
Jeff Friedrich, MD, Professor
Dennis Kao, MD, Assistant Professor
Nick Vedder, MD, Professor

PEDIATRIC SURGERY
Adam Goldin, MD, MPH, Professor
Pat Healey, MD, Professor
Patrick Javid, MD, Associate Professor
Kim Riehle, MD, Associate Professor
John Waldhausen, MD, Professor

PLASTIC SURGERY
Craig Birgfeld, MD, Associate Professor
Shannon Colohan, MD, Associate Professor
Jeff Friedrich, MD, Professor
Richard Hopper, MD, Marlys C. Larson Professor of Craniofacial Surgery
Suzie Inchauste, MD, Assistant Professor
Kari Keys, MD, Associate Professor
Otway Louie, MD, Associate Professor
Peter Neligan, MB, Professor
Hakim Said, MD, Associate Professor
Nick Vedder, Professor
Shirley Taylor, ARNP

THORACIC SURGERY
Kathleen Berfield, MD, Assistant Professor
Aaron Cheng, MD, Associate Professor
Farhood Farjah, MD, MPH, Associate Professor
Mike Mulligan, MD, Professor
Doug Wood, MD, The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair
Christa Franz, PAC
Kristin DeGroot, PAC

VASCULAR SURGERY
Mark Meissner, MD, Professor
Elina Quiroga, MD, MPH, Associate Professor
Sherene Shalhub, MD, MPH, Associate Professor
Niten Singh, MD, Professor
Ben Starnes, MD, Professor
Matt Sweet, MD, MS, Associate Professor
Nam Tram, MD, Associate Professor

We have exceptional surgeons who are a credit to UW Medicine. I am incredibly grateful to work for such a wonderful team.”

With pride and gratitude,

Doug

 

Douglas E. Wood, MD, FACS, FRCSEd
The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery
University of Washington