Group Health 'Top Docs' Honors

Each year, Northwest publications and organizations honor outstanding doctors and other medical professionals.

In 2012, our doctors were recognized as among the best in the state in several publications. Those include the top doctor lists in Spokane Coeur d'Alene Living, Seattle Met Magazine, Seattle magazine, Washington Magazine, and West Sound Home and Garden.

"We know we have amazing doctors at Group Health, but there are still plenty of magazine readers who don't know we've got the region's largest medical group with a huge range of specialties," says Michael Soman, MD, president and CEO of Group Health Physicians. "All of our clinicians' contributions to their patients, their disciplines, and to our medical community make us proud."

2012 Honorees

Family Medicine

• Christopher Jack Berlin, MD, Downtown Medical Center, Seattle
• James Bingham, MD, Riverfront Medical Center, Spokane
• Richard Dobyns, MD, Rainier Medical Center, Seattle
• Tammy Ellingsen, MD, Family Health Center of Spokane (Columbia Medical Associates)*
• Fred Heidrich, MD, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Martin Levine, MD, Northgate Medical Center, Seattle
• Timothy Meyer, MD, Riverfront Medical Center, Spokane
• Robert Reid, MD, Metropolitan Park East, Seattle
• William Sayres, Jr., MD, Riverfront Medical Center, Spokane
• Mark Sugimoto, MD, Port Orchard Medical Center
• Richard Tanaka, Jr., MD, Port Orchard Medical Center
• Jason H. Wong, MD, Burien Medical Center

Pediatrics

• Jill Allen, MD, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Sarah Katherine Bloomer, MD, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• John Dunn, MD, Northshore Medical Center, Bothell
• Jeffrey Lindenbaum, MD, Group Health Adolescent Center locations
• David Moershel, MD, Veradale Medical Center, Spokane
• Robert Piston, MD, Lidgerwood Medical Center, Spokane
• M. Timothy Seppa, MD, Riverfront Medical Center, Spokane

Specialists

• Hugh Allen, MD, Anesthesiology, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Edward Benson, MD, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Nipali Bharani, MD, Psychiatry, Metropolitan Park East, Seattle
• Steven Bock, MD, Bariatric and General Surgery, Bellevue Medical Center
• William Butler, MD, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Christopher Cable, MD, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Bellevue Medical Center
• Ryan Caldeiro, MD, Psychiatry, Metropolitan Park East, Seattle
• Janet Chestnut, MD, Hematology and Oncology, Riverfront Medical Center, Spokane
• Ru Chien Chi, MD, Internal Medicine, Bellevue Medical Center
• Bruce Cutter, MD, Hematology and Oncology, Riverfront Medical Center, Spokane
• Timothy Dewhurst, MD, Cardiology, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Jane Dimer, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Michael Dorney, MD, Internal Medicine, Bellevue Medical Center
• Renee Dunaway, OD, Optometry, Port Orchard Medical Center
• Peggy Goldman, MD, Emergency Medicine, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Alan G. Golston, MD, Cardiology, Tacoma Medical Center
• Nina Greenblatt, MD, Emergency Medicine, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Robert Gutierrez, MD, Radiology, Tacoma Medical Center
• Xuewei Huang, MD, Internal Medicine, Group Health at Virginia Mason
• Man Kim, MD, Ophthalmology, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Robin Krause, MD, Internal Medicine, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Kathleen Leppig, MD, Clinical Cytogenetics and Genetics, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Thomas Lindquist, MD, Ophthalmology, Bellevue Medical Center
• Donna Lohmann, MD, Psychiatry, Metropolitan Park East, Seattle
• David McCulloch, MD, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Michael McManus, MD, Occupational Medicine, Silverdale Medical Center
• Richard Mesher, MD, Neurology, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Zachary Miller, MD, Infectious Diseases, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Marc Mora, MD, Internal Medicine, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Gabrielle Morris, MD, Occupational Medicine, Federal Way Medical Center
• Stephen Olivar, MD, Anesthesiology, Group Health at Virginia Mason, Seattle
• James A. Parker, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Metropolitan Park East, Seattle
• James D. Ralston, MD, Internal Medicine, Bellevue Medical Center
• Bruce C. Smith, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Richard Snyder, MD, Anesthesiology, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• John Sparks, MD, Internal Medicine, Group Health at Virginia Mason
• Virginia Sybert, MD, Dermatology, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• Gunjan Tykodi, MD, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Capitol Hill Campus, Seattle
• J. Thomas Ylvisaker, MD, Gastroenterology, Bellevue Medical Center
• Ilan Zawadzki, MD, Nephrology, Capitol Hill Campus

*Columbia Medical Associates doctors are part of Group Health Physicians.