Seattle Met’s annual Top Doctors rankings are in. Nearly 4,000 doctors in the Seattle metropolitan area participated in our new and improved survey, the result of a partnership between Seattle Met and Avvo. Avvo rates and profiles 90 percent of doctors in the U.S., including every doctor in Washington State.
The 2011 survey is more comprehensive than ever, with active participation from almost 40 percent of doctors practicing in King, Kitsap, and Snohomish counties, and parts of Pierce County. Avvo’s proprietary algorithms rate doctors on a 10-point scale, employing not only peer endorsements but factors such as experience, education, training, disciplinary history, fellowships, hospital privileges, and awards. Avvo’s dynamic ratings of the 9,933 doctors in the survey area are regularly refreshed based on new information gleaned from doctors as well as from certifying and licensing boards. The doctors on the pages that follow represent the top 5 percent of practitioners in their fields as of May 24.
For specialists not included in Avvo’s service—acupuncturists, chiropractors, naturopaths, optometrists, and podiatrists—the rankings are based on nominations from doctors, nurses, physician’s assistants, and other health care professionals. Our survey asked those professionals to name the colleagues they would choose to treat themselves and their loved ones. The resulting list of 612 top practitioners in their fields is presented here alphabetically by specialty and alphabetically by last name.
Seattle Met researchers gave each Top Doctor the opportunity to specify areas of focus within his or her practice or exemplary cases recently treated. For example, a doctor in the field of cardiology might list cardiovascular risk assessment, preventive cardiology, diagnostic cardiology, and cholesterol management to provide the reader with more context regarding her practice. This in no way indicates that the doctor’s practice is limited to those areas of focus.
As of press time, all the practitioners on our list were certified to practice in their fields by the state’s medical licensing board (Washington State Department of Health, 360-236-4700, option 3; doh.wa.gov, click Provider Credential Search).
We’ve given close attention to creating a comprehensive and detailed list, but this reference is best used as just one step in the careful journey toward finding doctors who are right for you.
Doctors by Specialty
Doctors by Last Name
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Published: August 2011
I have to wonder about your ratings when one of your top docs was put on probation Winter of 2011 by the State of Washington
Roys, David S., MD (MD00010221) (Seattle, King County,
Washington)
Stipulated Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Agreed Order.
Respondent, a psychiatrist, failed to coordinate the care of a suicidal
patient with the patient’s therapist and failed to establish a crisis plan
with the patient. Respondent agreed to a probationary period during
which he will complete CME on outpatient management of the acutely
suicidal psychiatric patient, and submit to practice reviews.
August 24, 2011.
Dr. Dorcas McLennan has been my Dr. for a very long time, and I have to say she is the best Dr. ever. She had her practice by Valley Medical and she then moved to Swedish in Ballard, I chose to follow her althought it is very far from my house and my work as she the BEST!
I haven’t seen Dr. Mark Brakstad’s name, he is a superb general surgeon from Northwest Hospital.
Id like to see the addition of an Integrative Medicine category. There are MDs out there who practice this, not just naturopaths and many of us would rather see a trained MD.
I strongly recommend Dr. Austin Hsu from Back 2 Health Bellevue. I had a car accident and have been seeing him for couple sessions now. He offers the state of art spinal depression equipment, which I haven’t seen in other chiropractics clinics. It released my pain incredibly fast. He is very caring, exprienced and professional.
where are the doctors from orthopedicspecialistsofseattle.com? they provide the best care in seattle for orthopedic surgery.
Sanctions by State, Thank you for bringing this sanction to our attention. Avvo has updated Dr. Roys’s profile to reflect that disciplinary action has been taken. We do screen winners before they are awarded. However, our Top Doctors 2011 list was published before this information became public record.
Gabrielle Morris Occupational medicine – I am SHOCKED she is listed here.
I have a tumor and it took her 3 months to schedule an MRI to discover it, after I’d also been having pain for 9+ months. I got multiple letters from L&I that were addressed to her and cc’d to me, that she claimed she never saw. My primary physician and physical therapists recommended MRI but Morris would not get me one.
I DO NOT recommend her. She was not willing to do anything for me and did not listen to any of my concerns. All she wanted to do was close my case.
Please consider this before choosing Dr Morris.
Dr Suzanne Fial is awesome! Congrats! If you have a need ofr a caring doctor she is the one!
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Dr. Suzanne Fiala is a selfless, caring, devoted and tireless professional. Thank you for recognizing her. The compassion for her patients, the devotion to her family and her love of animals is second to none. Thank you Dr. Fiala.