Seattle magazine recently honored 37 members of the EvergreenHealth medical staff as among the best in the region in the publication’s Top Doctors issue.

The annual list recognizes providers who are highly regarded by their peers for their exceptional experience and expertise within their medical specialties.

This year, Seattle magazine’s April 2018 Top Doctors issue features 446 total providers across 68 specialties, ranging from primary care to maternal-fetal medicine.

“The recognition for this year’s ‘Top Docs’ is very well deserved by each of the 37 EvergreenHealth medical staff providers who are featured as the best in our region,” EvergreenHealth’s CEO Bob Malte said. “They exemplify the high standards patients and families count on from their care team, and we are proud to honor them as part of the EvergreenHealth system as we work together to enrich the health and well-being of our community.”

For 18 years, Seattle magazine has turned to local physicians to nominate colleagues for a position on the list who they would entrust with a loved one’s care. Local doctors nominated their peers via an online survey hosted by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., an independent health care research and information company.

To qualify for a nomination, providers must practice in King, Kitsap, Pierce or Snohomish counties. More than 602 providers from around the Puget Sound region participated in the survey from June 26, 2017 to July 26, 2017, resulting in 7,843 total nominations. The finalists were selected based on their total number of nominations, their professional activities and an appropriate distribution of medical specialties with regard to hospital and geographical affiliation.

EvergreenHealth medical staff’s 2018 Top Doctors and their specialties are listed below in alphabetical order:

· Richard Angelo, MD, Sports Medicine

· Kathryn Arendt, MD, Urogynecology/

· Kathleen Lin, MD, Reproductive Endocrinology

Female Pelvic Medicine

· James Brown, MD, Internal Medicine

· James Lund, MD, Internal Medicine

· Elizabeth Miler, MD, Urology

· Maria Chong, MD, Diagnostic Radiology

· George Min, MD, Plastic Surgery

· William Crenshaw, MD, Vascular & Interventional Radiology

· Richard Neiman, MD, Rheumatology

· Bettina Paek, MD, Maternal & Fetal Medicine

· Charles Drescher, MD, Gynecologic Oncology

· Sanjiv Parikh, MD, Vascular & Interventional

Radiology

· Farrokh Farrokhi, MD, Neurological Surgery

· Loryn Peterson, MD, Hand Surgery

· Michele Frank, MD, Hematology

· Theresa Platz, MD, Family Medicine

· William Getchell, MD, Cardiovascular

· Francis Riedo, MD, Infectious Disease

Disease

· Kathleen Gibson, MD, Vascular Surgery

· Derek Rodrigues, MD, Cardiac Electrophysiology

· Todd Guyette, MD, Hand Surgery

· Jennifer Heydt, MD, Otolaryngology

· Dyan Simon, MD, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

· Amy Hoing, MD, Family Medicine

· Reza Tabibi, MD, Geriatric Medicine

· Michael Hunter, MD, Radiation Oncology

· Amy Tu, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology

· Edward Kim, MD, Interventional Cardiology

· Dan Veljovich, MD, Gynecologic Oncology

· Carolyn Kline, MD, Maternal & Fetal Medicine

· Hope Wechkin, MD, Hospice & Palliative

Medicine

· Yen-Tsun Lai, MD, Geriatric Medicine

· Mitchell Weinberg, MD, Pediatrics

· Barry Lawson, MD, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

· Karen Wells, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology

· Mark Zobel, MD, Diagnostic Radiology

For more information about EvergreenHealth and its Top Doctors, visit www.evergreenhealth.com.