Annual Best Doctors
Our health—and those who ensure it—are some of the most precious commodities throughout our lifetime. When you or a loved one are faced with a health concern of any size, finding the best doctor available becomes top priority. We’ve partnered with the Best Doctors, Inc. to bring you our region’s Best Doctors in America®, practicing in more than 40 specialties (how physicians are chosen is explained at the end of the list). Hold on to this issue so you have the BEST at your fingertips whenever the need may arise.
Allergy and Immunology
Kerry Drain
Spokane Allergy and Asthma Clinic
508 W. Sixth Ave., Ste. 700
(509) 747-1624
Cardiovascular Disease
Braden Batkoff
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Spokane Heart Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 450
(509) 455-8820
Russell R. Blakeley
Kootenai Heart Clinics Northwest
423 N. Third Ave., Ste. 355
Sandpoint, ID
(208) 265-7070
Andrew J. Boulet
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Spokane Heart Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 450
(509) 455-8820
Janice D. Christensen
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Spokane Heart Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 450
(509) 455-8820
Bryan E. Fuhs
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Spokane Heart Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 450
(509) 455-8820
Harold Robert Goldberg
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Spokane Heart Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 450
(509) 455-8820
R. Dean Hill
Heart Clinics Northwest
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 310
(509) 838-7711
Darren Charles Hollenbaugh
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Spokane Heart Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 450
(509) 455-8820
Philip R. Huber
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Spokane Heart Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 450
(509) 455-8820
Michael A. Kwasman
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Spokane Heart Institute
212 E. Central Ave., Ste. 240
(509) 455-8820
Pierre P. Leimgruber
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Spokane Heart Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 450
(509) 455-8820
Timothy J. Lessmeier
Heart Clinics Northwest
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 310
(509) 838-7711
Dieter Frantz Lubbe
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Spokane Heart Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 450
(509) 455-8820
Gerhard H. Muelheims
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Spokane Heart Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 450
(509) 455-8820
Eric C. Orme
Heart Clinics Northwest
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 310
(509) 838-7711
John G. Peterson
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Spokane Heart Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 450
(509) 455-8820
Michael E. Ring
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Spokane Heart Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 450
(509) 455-8820
Michael Williams
Kootenai Heart Clinics Northwest
700 W. Ironwood Dr., Ste. 320
Coeur d’Alene, ID
(208) 625-5250
Colon and Rectal Surgery
M. Shane McNevin
Columbia Surgical Specialists
Surgical Specialists of Spokane
217 W. Cataldo Ave.
(509) 747-6194
Critical Care Medicine
Daniel R. Coulston
Rockwood Clinic
Pulmonary Critical Care Center
910 W. Fifth Ave., Ste. 1001
(509) 623-1456
Samuel Joseph
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
Mechanical Heart Program
101 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 120
(509) 474-2041
Family Medicine
Erin A. Church
Rockwood Quail Run Clinic
2214 E. 29th Ave.
(509) 755-5250
Tammy R. Ellingsen
Columbia Medical Associates
Family Health Center
910 W. Fifth Ave., Ste. 600
(509) 688-6700
Debra Gore
Group Health Riverfront Medical Center
Department of Family Medicine
322 W. North River Dr.
(509) 324-6464
Jeffrey O’Connor
309 E. Farwell Rd., Ste. 204
(509) 385-0600
P. Z. Pearce
Champions Sports Medicine
730 N. Hamilton St.
(509) 487-4467
William Sayres
South Hill Medical Center
4102 S. Regal St., Ste. 101
(509) 535-2277
Gastroenterology
Arnold N. Cohen
Spokane Digestive Disease Center
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 550E
(509) 747-5145
Geriatric Medicine
Jeffrey Clode
Physicians Clinic of Spokane
Medical Center Building
820 S. McClellan St., Ste. 500
(509) 353-3950
Susan Melchiore
Heritage Health
Post-Acute Care
1250 W. Ironwood Dr., Ste. 201
Coeur d’Alene, ID
(208) 620–5262
Darryl K. Potyk
Spokane Teaching Health Center
Providence Internal Medicine Residency
624 E. Front Ave.
(509) 626-9900
Brian J. Seppi
Physicians Clinic of Spokane
820 S. McClellan St., Ste. 500
(509) 353-3950
Infectious Disease
Henry L. Arguinchona
Spokane Teaching Health Center
Providence Infectious Disease Clinic
625 W. Front Ave.
(509) 624-9904
Michael D. Gillum
Spokane Teaching Health Center
Providence Infectious Disease Clinic
625 W. Front Ave.
(509) 624-9904
Internal Medicine
Berdine Bender
Providence Internal Medicine
910 W. Fifth Ave., Ste. 701
(509) 624-0111
Jeffrey Clode
Physicians Clinic of Spokane
820 S. McClellan St., Ste. 500
(509) 353-3950
Daniel R. Coulston
Rockwood Clinic
Pulmonary Critical Care Center
910 W. Fifth Ave., Ste. 1001
(509) 623-1456
Dan J. Dionne
Providence Internal Medicine
820 S. McClellan St., Ste. 200
(509) 747-1144
John F. Floyd
Providence Internal Medicine
910 W. Fifth Ave., Ste. 701
(509) 624-0111
Michael C. Kerkering
Spokane Internal Medicine
1215 N. McDonald Rd., Ste. 101
(509) 924-1950
Kirk L. Rowbotham
Providence Internal Medicine
820 S. McClellan St., Ste. 200
(509) 747-1144
Brian J. Seppi
Physician’s Clinic of Spokane
820 S. McClellan St., Ste. 500
(509) 353-3950
Internal Medicine/
Hospital Medicine
Peter Weitzman
Providence Holy Family Hospital
Division of Hospital Medicine
5633 N. Lidgerwood St.
(509) 252-6336
Medical Oncology
and Hematology
Janet Chestnut
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1000
Mei Dong
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1000
Robert H. Gersh
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1000
Srivalli Gopaluni
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1000
Hakan Kaya
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1000
Danko Martincic
CancerCare Northwest
1204 N. Vercler Rd.
(509) 228-1200
Joni C. Nichols
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1000
Ndegwa M. Njugna
CancerCare Northwest
1204 N. Vercler Rd.
(509) 228-1200
Peter J. Schlegel
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1000
Mark E. Sienko
CancerCare Northwest
605 E. Holland Ave., Ste. 100
509-228-1400
Saritha C. Thumma
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1000
Nephrology
Richard W. Carson
Rockwood Clinic
Kidney and Hypertension Center
400 E. Fifth Ave.
(509) 838-2531
John Louis Musa
Rockwood Clinic
Kidney and Hypertension Center
605 E. Holland Ave., Ste. 201
(509) 755-5477
Katherine Tuttle
Providence Kidney Care Spokane
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 7060
(509) 340-0930
Neurological Surgery
Jonathan D. Carlson
Inland Neurosurgery and
Spine Associates
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 200
(509) 624-9112
David P. Gruber
Inland Neurosurgery and Spine Associates
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 200
(509) 624-9112
Benjamin C. Ling
Inland Neurosurgery and Spine Associates
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 200
(509) 624-9112
Dean Martz
Inland Neurosurgery and Spine Associates
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 200
(509) 624-9112
Neurology
Marie Atkinson
Providence Epilepsy Center
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 318C
(509) 474-6650
Scott Carlson
Rockwood Clinic
Neurology Center
910 W. Fifth Ave., Ste. 1000
(509) 342-3200
Madeleine C. Geraghty
Deaconess Hospital
Department of Neurology
800 W. Fifth Ave.
(509) 458-5800
Timothy Powell
Providence Epilepsy Center
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 318C
(509) 474-6650
Nuclear Medicine
Bryan E. Fuhs
Providence Spokane Cardiology
Providence Sacred Heart Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 450
(509) 455-8820
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Steve Brisbois
Providence Center of Gynecology, Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery
101 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 1300
(509) 474-7370
Elizabeth A. Grosen
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1000
Brenda S. Houmard
SRM Spokane
15920 E. Indiana Ave., Ste. 200
(206) 301-5660
Floyd McCaffree
ObGyn Associates of Spokane
601 W. Fifth Ave., Ste. 301
(509) 455-8866
Susannah M. Mourton
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1000
Linda M. Partoll
Northwest Obstetrics and Gynecology
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 6020
(509) 455-5050
Mark Schemmel
Spokane Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sacred Heart Doctors Building, Suite 6060
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 6060
(509) 838-4211
Ophthalmology
Nicholas T. Ranson
Spokane Eye Clinic
427 S. Bernard St.
(509) 456-0107
Orthopaedic Surgery
Mike H. Kody
Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists
601 W. Fifth Ave., Ste. 400
(509) 344-2663
Timothy Patrick Lovell
Providence Orthopaedics
820 S. McClellan St., Ste. 300
(509) 838-7100
Arnold Gustaf Peterson
Providence Orthopaedics
820 S. McClellan St., Ste. 300
(509) 838-7100
Antoine Tohmeh
Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists
212 E. Central Ave., Ste. 140
(509) 465-1300
Otolaryngology
Jeff D. Bunn
Columbia Surgical Specialists
Spokane Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic
217 W. Cataldo Ave.
(509) 624-2326
Neil A. Giddings
Columbia Surgical Specialists
Spokane Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic
217 W. Cataldo Ave.
(509) 624-2326
Brian D. Mitchell
Columbia Surgical Specialists
Spokane Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic
217 W. Cataldo Ave.
(509) 624-2326
Michael J. Olds
Columbia Surgical Specialists
Spokane Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic
217 W. Cataldo Ave.
(509) 624-2326
Pathology
Steve Dixon
59 E. Queen Ave., Ste. 102
(509) 489-9782
Mancong Zhang
Incyte Diagnostics
13103 E. Mansfield Ave.
(509) 892-2700
Pediatric Allergy
and Immunology
Kerry Drain
Spokane Allergy and Asthma Clinic
508 W. Sixth Ave., Ste. 700
(509) 747-1624
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Neil K. Worrall
Northwest Heart & Lung Surgical Associates
122 W. 7th Ave., Ste. 110
(509) 456-0262
Pediatric Cardiology
C. Chris Anderson
Providence Center for Congenital Heart Disease
101 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 4300
(509) 747-6707
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Judy L. Felgenhauer
Providence Sacred Heart
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Clinic
101 W. Eighth Ave.
(509) 474-2777
Pediatric Neurological Surgery
David P. Gruber
Inland Neurosurgery and Spine Associates
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 200
(509) 624-9112
Benjamin C. Ling
Inland Neurosurgery and Spine Associates
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 200
(509) 624-9112
Pediatric Specialist/
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Deanna Armstong
Frontier Behavioral Health
107 S. Division St.
(509) 838-4651
Pediatrics/General
Robert Maixner
Providence Pediatric Associates
1919 S. Grand Blvd.
(509) 747-3081
David G. Morgan
Sacred Heart Doctors Building, Ste. 7035
105 W. Eighth Ave.
(509) 838-1188
Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation
Gregory T. Carter
St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute
711 S. Cowley St.
(509) 473-6910
Vivian M. Moise
St. Luke’s Physiatry Practice
715 S. Cowley St., Ste. 224
(509) 473-6706
Karen Stanek
Northwest Medical Rehabilitation
1315 N. Division St., #A
(509) 624-0908
Plastic Surgery
Alfonso Oliva
Plastic Surgery Northwest
530 S. Cowley St.
(509) 838-1010
Psychiatry
Tad Patterson
Spokane Teaching Health Center
Providence Psychiatry Residency
101 W. Eighth Ave.
(509) 626-9900
Randall S. Riggs
InKARE
611 E. Second Ave., Ste. B
(509) 534-5000
Pulmonary Medicine
Samuel Joseph
Providence Sacred Heart
Mechanical Heart Program
101 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 120
(509) 474-2041
Radiation Oncology
Jason A. Call
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1000
Robert Fairbanks
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1000
J. Lance Griffith
CancerCare Northwest
700 W. Ironwood Dr., Ste. 130
(208) 754-3100
Susan M. Laing
CancerCare Northwest
5633 N. Lidgerwood St.
(509) 228-1000
Wayne Lamoreaux
CancerCare Northwest
5633 N. Lidgerwood St.
(509) 228-1000
Christopher M. Lee
CancerCare Northwest
1204 N. Vercler Rd.
(509) 228-1000
Aaron E. Wagner
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1000
Radiology
Jayson S. Brower
Inland Imaging
525 S. Cowley St.
(509) 455-4455
William David Keyes
Inland Imaging
525 S. Cowley St.
(509) 455-4455
Rod Raabe
Inland Imaging
525 S. Cowley St.
(509) 455-4455
Rheumatology
Jeffrey B. Butler
Arthritis Northwest
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 6080
(509) 838-6500
Gary L. Craig
Arthritis Northwest
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 6080
(509) 838-6500
Howard M. Kenney
Arthritis Northwest
105 W. Eighth Ave., Ste. 6080
(509) 838-6500
Surgery
Carol Guthrie
Spokane Breast Center
217 W. Cataldo Ave.
(509) 455-9550
Surgical Oncology
Ryan Holbrook
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1541
Maryam Parviz
CancerCare Northwest
601 S. Sherman St.
(509) 228-1541
Thoracic Surgery
William S. Coleman
Northwest Heart and Lung Surgical Associates
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 110
(509) 456-0262
Steven J. Nisco
Northwest Heart and Lung Surgical Associates
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 110
(509) 456-0262
Branden R. Reynolds
Northwest Heart and Lung Surgical Associates
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 110
(509) 456-0262
Leland G. Siwek
Northwest Heart and Lung Surgical Associates
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 110
(509) 456-0262
Neil Kevin Worrall
Northwest Heart and Lung Surgical Associates
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 110
(509) 456-0262
Urology
Thomas Fairchild
Spokane Urology
820 S. McClellan St., Ste. 118
(509) 747-3147
David Mikkelsen
Spokane Urology
820 S. McClellan St., Ste. 118
(509) 747-3147
Vascular Surgery
Stephen P. Murray
Providence Vascular Institute
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 420
(509) 626-9440
Mandya Vishwanath
Northwest Heart and Lung Surgical Associates
122 W. Seventh Ave., Ste. 110
(509) 456-0262
Methodology and Disclaimer
“Gallup has audited and certified Best Doctors, Inc.’s database of physicians, and its companion The Best Doctors in America List, as using the highest industry standards survey methodology and processes. These lists are excerpted from The Best Doctors in America 2016-2017 database, which includes more than 40,000 U.S. doctors in more than 40 medical specialties and 400 subspecialties. The Best Doctors in America database is compiled and maintained by Best Doctors, Inc. For more information, visit bestdoctors.com or contact Best Doctors by telephone at (800) 675-1199 or by e-mail at [email protected] Please note that lists of doctors are not available on the Best Doctors Web site.”
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Best Doctors’ team of researchers conducts a biennial poll using the methodology that mimics the informal peer-to-peer process doctors themselves use to identify the right specialists for their patients. Using a polling method and balloting software, that Gallup has audited and certified, they gather the insight and experience of tens of thousands of leading specialists all over the country, while confirming their credentials and specific areas of expertise.
The result is the Best Doctors in America List, which includes the nation’s most respected specialists and outstanding primary care physicians in the nation. These are the doctors that other doctors recognize as the best in their fields. They cannot pay a fee and are not paid to be listed and cannot nominate or vote for themselves. It is a list which is truly unbiased and respected by the medical profession and patients alike as the source of top quality medical information.”
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