Overview
Kevin Kennedy is an Otolaryngologist in Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Kennedy is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Mastoiditis, Swallowing Difficulty, Painful Swallowing, and Meniere Disease. Dr. Kennedy is currently accepting new patients.
Insurance
Accepted insurance can change. Please verify directly with the provider.
Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
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- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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Accepted plan types not found. Please verify directly with the provider.
- OTHER MANAGED MEDICAID
- OTHER MEDICAID
- STATE MEDICAID
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- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
1818 S Union Avenue, # 2c, Tacoma, WA 98405
The Association Of University Physicians
Jay Rubinstein is a Pediatric Otolaryngologist and an Otolaryngologist in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Rubinstein is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Meniere Disease, Vertigo, Hearing Loss, and Acoustic Neuroma. Dr. Rubinstein is currently accepting new patients.
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seth Schwartz, MD, is a board-certified otolaryngologist/neurotologist who provides cares for a wide-range of ear problems ranging from hearing loss and chronic ear disease to skull-base tumors. He specializes in cochlear implants, acoustic neuroma, hearing reconstructive surgery, chronic ear disease, and other medical and surgical management of ear problems.Dr. Schwartz enjoys helping people to communicate better through hearing restoration surgery and cochlear implants, which is a large part of what he does as the head of the cochlear implant program at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. He finds it hugely rewarding to be able to play a part in enhancing the quality of patients' lives through this transformative surgery.When not busy practicing medicine, Dr. Schwartz enjoys skiing, biking and spending time in the outdoors. Dr. Schwartz is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Acoustic Neuroma, Infant Hearing Loss, Schwannoma, Myringotomy, and Adenoidectomy.
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 Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Cholesteatoma, Acoustic Neuroma, Schwannoma, and Infant Hearing Loss.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- MastoiditisDr. Kennedy isDistinguished. Learn about Mastoiditis.
- Advanced
- Meniere DiseaseDr. Kennedy isAdvanced. Learn about Meniere Disease.
- Painful SwallowingDr. Kennedy isAdvanced. Learn about Painful Swallowing.
- Swallowing DifficultyDr. Kennedy isAdvanced. Learn about Swallowing Difficulty.
- Experienced
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional VertigoDr. Kennedy isExperienced. Learn about Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.
- CholesteatomaDr. Kennedy isExperienced. Learn about Cholesteatoma.
- Chronic CoughDr. Kennedy isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Cough.
- Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP)
- EmpyemaDr. Kennedy isExperienced. Learn about Empyema.
- Familial DeafnessDr. Kennedy isExperienced. Learn about Familial Deafness.

