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

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