Overview
Sung-won Kim is an Otolaryngologist in Olympia, Washington. Dr. Kim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bell's Palsy. His top areas of expertise are Sialadenitis, Otitis, Sinusitis, Laryngectomy, and Parathyroidectomy. Dr. Kim is currently accepting new patients.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
The Association Of University Physicians
Guanning Lu is a Plastic Surgeon and an Otolaryngologist in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Lu is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bell's Palsy. Her top areas of expertise are Facial Paralysis, Bell's Palsy, Recurrent Peripheral Facial Palsy, Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy, and Tissue Biopsy. Dr. Lu is currently accepting new patients.
Proliance Ear Nose Throat & Allergy Associates
Douglas Backous, MD, is a board-certified neurotologist specializing in treating conditions of the ear and skull base. For more than 22 years, Dr. Backous has provided leading edge treatments for patients with hearing loss, deafness, chronic ear infections, cholesteatoma acoustic neuromas and facial nerve disorders. His professional passion is ensuring access to care for patients who choose to hear with cochlear implants, brainstem implants, Baha and other hearing devices. He treats adults and children. His medical research interests focus on implantable hearing device program efficiency for improved patient access and program viability. Dr. Backous is a member of the Proliance Surgeons Board of Directors. He is also the program director for the Seattle Advanced Otology Fellowship at Puget Sound ENT. Both Doug (’84) and his wife, Julie (’86), are alumni of Seattle Pacific University, where he previously served as Board Chair. They have three adult children. Dr. Backous is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bell's Palsy. His top areas of expertise are Cholesteatoma, Acoustic Neuroma, Schwannoma, and Infant Hearing Loss.
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seth Schwartz is a Plastic Surgeon and an Otolaryngologist in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Schwartz is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bell's Palsy. His top areas of expertise are Acoustic Neuroma, Infant Hearing Loss, Schwannoma, Myringotomy, and Adenoidectomy. Dr. Schwartz is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Acinic Cell Carcinoma of Salivary Glands
- Allergic RhinitisDr. Kim isDistinguished. Learn about Allergic Rhinitis.
- EmpyemaDr. Kim isDistinguished. Learn about Empyema.
- OtitisDr. Kim isDistinguished. Learn about Otitis.
- Salivary Gland TumorsDr. Kim isDistinguished. Learn about Salivary Gland Tumors.
- SialadenitisDr. Kim isDistinguished. Learn about Sialadenitis.
- Advanced
- AnosmiaDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Anosmia.
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Burning Mouth SyndromeDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Burning Mouth Syndrome.
- CholesteatomaDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Cholesteatoma.
- Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP)
- DFNB1Dr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about DFNB1.
- Experienced
- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- Adenoid Cystic CarcinomaDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.
- Anaplastic Thyroid CancerDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
- Aseptic and Alopecic Nodules of Scalp (AANS)
- Autosomal Cleft PalateDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Autosomal Cleft Palate.
- Bell's PalsyDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Bell's Palsy.