Following is the Cardiothoracic surgical team. They practice at all of the UW Medicine sites and affiliates including: University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC); Harborview Medical Center (HMC); The Veterans' Administration Puget Sound Healthcare System (VA); Seattle Children's Hospital (SCH); and Northwest Hospital (NWH).

Faculty

(Left to Right) 4th row: Aaron Cheng, David Rabkin & Lester Permut 3rd row: D. Michael McMullan, Donald Miller & Nahush Mokadam 2nd row: Karl Welke, Leah Backhus & Thomas Varghese 1st row: Douglas Wood, Michael Mulligan, Gordon Cohen, Gabriel Aldea & Edward Verrier

Gabriel S. Aldea, MD Professor, Section Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery (Cardiac – UW Medical Center)

Leah Backhus, MD, FACS Assistant Professor (Thoracic – VA Puget Sound)

Aaron Cheng, MD Assistant Professor (Thoracic and Critical Care – UW Medical Center)

Farhood Farjah, MD Assistant Professor (SORCE)

D. Michael McMullan, MD Associate Professor (Pediatric – Seattle Children's Hospital)

Heather Merry, MD Acting Instructor (Cardiac - UW Medical Center)

Donald W. Miller Jr., MD Professor (Cardiac – VA Puget Sound)

Nahush A. Mokadam, MD Associate Professor (Cardiac – UW Medical Center)

Michael S. Mulligan, MD Associate Professor (Thoracic – UW Medical Center)

Lester C. Permut, MD Associate Professor (Pediatric – Seattle Children's Hospital)

Jason W. Smith, MD Assistant Professor (Cardiac – UW Medical Center)

Jack C.J. Sun, MD Assistant Professor (Cardiac - UW Medical Center)

Thomas K. Varghese, MD, FACS Associate Professor (Thoracic – Harborview Medical Center and Northwest Hospital)

Edward D. Verrier, MD Professor (Cardiac – UW Medical Center)

Karl F. Welke, MD Acting Associate Professor (Pediatric - Seattle Children's Hospital)

Douglas E. Wood, MD Professor and Chief (Thoracic – UW Medical Center)

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Research Fellows

Patrick Phelan, MD

2012-13 Residents

Edo Bedzra, MD

Kathleen Berfield, MD

Jamil Borgi, MD

Chris Burke, MD

Josh Hermsen, MD

Michal Hubka, MD

Nathan Mollberg, MD

Teaching Associates

David Anderson, Perfusionist

Bradley Barrett, Physician Assistant

Trang Bodtke, Perfusionist

Sinclair Blake, Physician Assistant

Jean Blue, Nurse Practitioner

Carrie Boom, Nurse Practitioner

Amanda Browne, Nurse Practitioner

Kenneth Haverland, Physician Assistant

Rebecca Kallestad, Perfusionist

Nicola Kaye, Nurse Practitioner

Kathryn O'Keefe, Nurse Practitioner

John R. Palmer, Physician Assistant

Brian Perfette, Perfusionist

Elizabeth Perpetua, Nurse Practitioner

Deana M. Phinney, Physician Assistant

Ben Retlin, Perfusionist

Gina Rose, Perfusionist

Kim Schavey, Perfusionist

Benjamin Schultze, Nurse Practitioner

Adam Sheely, Nurse Practitioner

Jennifer Tobin, Physician Assistant

Tom Treacy, Physician Assistant

Craig Vocelka, Chief Perfusionist

Pam R. Williams, Perfusionist

Mechanical Assist Device Coordinators

Shauna Andrus, RN

Amy Ungerleider, RN

Janie Shively, RN

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Modified May 2013 - MDH