Swedish brings on four new doctors
Swedish Medical Center has brought on four new physicians: a gynecologic oncologist, a thoracic surgeon; an interventional pulmonologist, and a breast disease surgeon.
Below are the profiles provided by Swedish:
Dr. Amy Bland, who has joined the women’s health-care practice of Pacific Gynecology Specialists, offers surgical and medical treatment of gynecologic cancers and complex gynecological disorders. Dr. Bland performs robotic and laparoscopic gynecologic surgical procedures using the Intuitive Surgical da Vinci robot for uterine, cervical and ovarian cancers as well as traditional laparotomies. She strives to provide compassionate, innovative, quality medicine to her patients.
Dr. Bland received her medical degree from Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Virginia Health System and a fellowship focused on gynecologic oncology at Duke University Medical Center. She is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and is a member of the Seattle Gynecology Society, a junior fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a candidate member of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists.
Dr. Alexander S. Farivar, who is with Swedish Cancer Institute’s Thoracic Surgery Clinic, received his medical degree from Boston University. He completed his cardiothoracic fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston. His health-care services encompass all areas of general thoracic surgery, including benign esophageal disease, esophageal cancer, achalasia, paraesophageal hernias and lung cancer, among others. He is the surgical director of pleural diseases (those that affect the body cavity surrounding the lungs such as Mesothelioma, lymphoma and empyema) at the Swedish Cancer Institute.
The Swedish Thoracic Surgery Clinic is using the da Vinci robotic-assisted surgical system to assist surgeons in minimally invasive procedures such as endoscopies, laparoscopies and video-assisted thoracic surgery. As a result, Swedish was the first medical center in the region to perform a robotic lobectomy (removal of a lung) and was the first in Seattle to perform robotic-assisted thoracic (chest) surgery.
Dr. Jed A. Gorden is a graduate of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and fellowship at the University of Washington and is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine. He completed additional subspecialty training in interventional pulmonology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Hospital Boston.
Dr. Gorden is also associated with the Swedish Cancer Institute’s Thoracic Surgery Clinic, where he provides a full spectrum of medical care to patients with a focused on advanced diagnostics including electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound as well as airway therapeutics and rigid bronchoscopy. The Swedish Thoracic Surgery Clinic provides a comprehensive array of services such as cancer screening, oncologic surgery, therapeutic airway management and pleural disease management, among others.
Dr. Shannon Tierney, who is with the Swedish Cancer Institute’s Breast Program, received her medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. She completed her residency at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, Va. and completed her fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Her practice focuses on the diagnosis and management of breast disease and she performs a wide array of breast surgeries. She is particularly interested in young and high-risk patients, male breast cancer, and the interplay of breast cancer with lactation and pregnancy. Dr. Tierney is a member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, the Association of Women Surgeons, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and the Society of Surgical Oncology.
