TACOMA, Wash. — Seattle Magazine has honored over 60 MultiCare physicians in its 25th annual “Top Doctors” issue. The list names the best physicians in the Puget Sound region.
Doctors on this list were nominated by their peers — licensed physicians in the region — along with the help of Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a health care research and information company that identifies the top doctors in America.
Below are the MultiCare physicians recognized this year by Seattle Magazine. View the full Top Doctors 2025 list.
MultiCare Medical Partners
- Zachary B. Adler, MD: orthopedic surgery
- Amir Ahmad Azari, MD, FACOG: obstetrics and gynecology
- Rebecca L. Benko, MD: family medicine
- Camela A. Billick, MD: family medicine
- Tamara T. Chao, MD: maternal-fetal medicine
- Benjamin Y. Chen, MD: orthopedic surgery
- Stephen A. Cobert, MD: otolaryngology
- Jos A. Cove, MD: orthopedic surgery
- Greg Davis, MD: otolaryngology
- Paul S. Degenfelder, MD: orthopedic surgery
- William S. Duke, MD, FACS: otolaryngology
- David Hou, MD: pain medicine
- John C. Hung, MD: orthopedic surgery
- Helen Kim, MD: family medicine
- Gregory R. Lamberton, MD: urology
- Kimberly A. Mebust, MD: sleep medicine
- Loren P. Molina, MD: maternal-fetal medicine
- Charles C. Nam, MD: internal medicine
- Patricia Papadopoulos, MD: rheumatology
- Niraj Patel, MD: ophthalmology
- Christine Puig, MD: otolaryngology
- Ryan U. Riel, MD: hand surgery
- Arun Sharma, MD: otolaryngology
- Steve C. Stringfellow, MD: internal medicine
- Robert M. Tamurian, MD: orthopedic surgery
- Long Tran, MD: surgery
MultiCare Cancer Institute
- Chan-Kyung J. Cho, MD: radiation oncology
- Laila Rashidi, MD, FACS, FASCRS: colon and rectal surgery
Pulse Heart Institute
- Prashant Atri, MD: interventional cardiology
- Ravi Hira, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI: interventional cardiology
- Tobias T. Lee, MD: cardiovascular disease
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital
- Stephanie Acierno, MD, MPH, FACS, FAAP: pediatric surgery
- Meade Barlow, MD, FACS, FAAP: pediatric surgery
- Elizabeth Berdan, MD, MS, FAAP, FAPSA: pediatric surgery
- Jason Cheung, MD: pediatric ophthalmology
- Sean Ciullo, MD: pediatric surgery
- Mary P. Fairchok, MD: pediatric infectious disease
- Gavin Falk, MD: pediatric surgery
- Britney G. Frazier, MD: pediatric endocrinology
- Joseph D. Gramling, MD: pediatric gastroenterology
- Rohit Gupta, MD, FAAP: pediatric gastroenterology
- Pin-Yi Ko, MD: pediatric neurology
- Randall M. Holland, MD, FACS: pediatric surgery
- Bradley Hood, MD: developmental behavioral pediatrics
- Mara Horwitz, MD: pediatric rheumatology
- Robert G. Irwin, MD: pediatric hematology-oncology
- Kimberly A. Johnson, MD: developmental behavioral pediatrics
- Allison Langs-Barlow, MD: pediatric infectious disease
- David B. Lashley, MD: pediatric urology
- Steven A. Phillips, MD: pediatric neurology
- Nicholas Rajacich, MD: orthopedic surgery
- Catherine Sampert, DO: pediatric gastroenterology
- Anisha Schwarz, MD: pediatric neurology
- Barbara Thompson, MD: pediatric endocrinology
- Raghu U. Varier, DO: pediatric gastroenterology
- Rebecca Whitesell, MD: orthopedic surgery
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s affiliated physicians
- Heather L. Cooper, MD: pediatrics; Woodcreek Pediatrics, Bonney Lake
- Jennie Hendrie, MD: pediatrics; Woodcreek Pediatrics, Bonney Lake
- Bradley Kirschner, MD: pediatrics; Pediatrics Northwest, Tacoma
- Denise Michaelsen, MD: pediatrics; Harbor Pediatrics, Gig Harbor
- Sharon Santos, MD: pediatrics; Woodcreek Pediatrics, Bonney Lake
- Brian Schoos, MD: pediatrics; Woodcreek Pediatrics, Bonney Lake
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