4 Bastyr Center Doctors Voted Seattle Met Top Docs

Friday, August 1, 2014

Seattle Metropolitan magazine recently posed one simple, yet very important question to area medical professionals: To whom would you send a loved one for medical care? And the answers it received spoke volumes about the high quality of licensed clinicians from Bastyr Center for Natural Health.

The magazine recently asked more than 1,400 doctors, nurses and physicians assistants to vote for the top doctors in the Puget Sound region, and an impressive number of Bastyr University experts in the fields of acupuncture and naturopathic medicine made the prestigious list in the August 2014 edition.

Among the licensed clinicians at Bastyr Center for Natural Health who were recognized:

Mark Lamden, ND

Bastyr University Core Faculty, Naturopathic Medicine, Practitioner Care

Dr. Lamden’s clinical interests include primary care naturopathic medicine, physical medicine, sports medicine and treatment of allergy-related problems as well as problems related to environmental and toxic exposure.Read Dr. Lamden's full profile.

Chongyun Liu, MD (China), MS, LAc

Bastyr Center clinical supervisor, Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine

Dr. Liu’s clinical interests include acupuncture; the restoration and channeling of qi; and qigong and herbal treatment for pain, gynecological, pediatric and psychological disorders.Read Dr. Liu's full profile.

Steve Milkis, ND

Bastyr Center clinical supervisor, Naturopathic Medicine, Practitioner Care

Dr. Milkis' special interests include men’s health, gastroenterology, endocrinology, infectious disease (including HIV and hepatitis), immune system issues, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, allergies (food and environmental), chronic fatigue, chronic pain and musculoskeletal injuries.Read Dr. Milkis's full profile.

Leanna J. Standish, PhD, ND, LAc, FABNO

Bastyr Center clinical supervisor, Naturopathic Medicine, Practitioner Care

Dr. Standish's clinical interests include naturopathic oncology and neurology, chronic hepatitis C, as well as basic neuroscience research. Dr. Standish is also the medical director of the Bastyr Integrative Oncology Research Center (BIORC) and a clinical research professor at the Bastyr University Research Institute.Read Dr. Standish's full profile.

Additionally, several Bastyr University faculty, alumni and affiliates were mentioned, including: Candace Aasan, ND; Paul Anderson, ND; Amy Chen, LAc, OMD; Masahiro Takakura, ND, LAc, DC; Brian Perry, LAc, ND; Chad Aschtgen, ND, FABNO; Adrianne Cook, ND; Katherine Oldfield, ND; and Eileen Stretch, ND.

See the entire list of this year’s “Top Docs.”