Overview
Kevin Kennedy is an Otolaryngologist in Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Kennedy has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meniere Disease. His top areas of expertise are Mastoiditis, Painful Swallowing, Swallowing Difficulty, 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
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
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- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
- EPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
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- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
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- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
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- POS
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- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- OTHER MEDICARE
- POS
- PPO
Accepted plan types not found. Please verify directly with the provider.
- OTHER MANAGED MEDICAID
- OTHER MEDICAID
- STATE MEDICAID
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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- INSURANCE PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
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- MEDICARE DISCOUNT CARD
- MEDICARE PDP
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- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
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.
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.
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 Meniere Disease. 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
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.

