Profiles

Rod Oskouian, MD

Dr. Oskouian is a neurosurgeon who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of complex spinal disorders. As a key member of the Spine Center at SNI, his clinical practice will include the Swedish/Cherry Hill campus in Seattle and various locations in Eastside King County. Oskouian received his medical degree from the University of California, Los …

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Howard Luks, MD

Dr. Luks is a Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon and an Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at New York Medical College, as well as the Chief of Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy at University Orthopedics, PC and Westchester Medical Center, where he is entrusted with the training of the next generation of Orthopedic Surgeons. Dr. Luks is also one of …

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Brandon Savage, MD

Brandon Savage is the Chief Medical Officer for GE Healthcare IT, a $1.4 billion segment of GE.  GE Healthcare IT is a global leader in delivering information technology solutions that support high-quality and cost-effective care through business, clinical and imaging applications covering settings from the physician office to the integrated delivery network. As CMO, Brandon is …

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Thuc Huynh, MD

Dr. Thuc Huynh is a family medicine resident, chief of her residency, and serial entrepreneur.  Dr.Huynh has always been the “go-to” person in the hospital whenever someone has a question about the latest technology in smartphones, apps, or laptops.  Curbside technology consult is a common moniker used for her.  As new residents and medical students come …

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Gregory Foltz, MD

Dr. Foltz is the director of the Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment at the Swedish Neuroscience Institute. Before coming to Swedish, Dr. Foltz was an assistant professor in the departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. He brings a strong research focus to the Seattle Neuroscience Institute at …

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Emma Patterson, MD

Dr. Emma Patterson developed a passion for bariatric surgery during her fellowship in advanced laparoscopic surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.  She has more than 10 years experience and performed over 2,000 bariatric surgeries. Dr. Patterson was the first surgeon in the Northwest to specialize in laparoscopic bariatric surgery. She was also …

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Bennie Chiles III, MD

Bennie W. Chiles III, M.D., F.A.C.S. is a board-certified neurosurgeon in Hartsdale, NY, at Westchester Spine and Brain Surgery, PLLC, a multi-hospital private neurosurgical practice which he founded in 2005. The practice provides state-of-the-art surgical evaluation and treatment for a wide variety of conditions related to the spine and brain, with emphasis on surgical spine …

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Arlen Fleisher, MD, FACS

Over the past several years, physicians have increasingly cross-trained in new specialties in order to expand their professional opportunities. One of the more interesting transitions of this sort involves cardiovascular surgeons who have migrated into vascular work. Dr. Arlen G. Fleisher, MD, FACS is the President and Medical Director of the Premier Vein Centers located in Hartsdale, NY and Goshen, NY and …

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Arlen Fleisher, MD, FACS (2 of 2)

In a preview post we shared some biographical information on Dr. Arlen Fleisher and the first portion of our interview. Today we follow up with some additional questions for Dr. Fleisher and information he provided about pllebology and vein-related procedures. Q. Describe a typical day in the clinic versus your previous role as a surgeon. A. The main difference …

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Jason Hwang, MD

I recently sat down to learn more about Dr. Jason Hwang and the Innosight Institute based in Mountain View, CA. Innosight Institute is a non-profit social innovation think tank with focuses on Education and Healthcare. Dr. Hwang leads the organization’s healthcare practice. Together with Professor Clayton M. Christensen of Harvard Business School and the late Jerome H. Grossman of Harvard Kennedy School of Government, he is …

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