On the heels of news that Washington has moved up to the 10th healthiest state in the nation, according to the United Health Foundation, 91±¬ÁÏ physicians and researchers are also making their mark on some top health-related lists for 2008.
Several 91±¬ÁÏ physicians were recently recognized in Women’s Health in a feature on the nation’s best medical doctors for women. Daniel Berg, Dermatology, and Irl B. Hirsch, Medicine, made the list as well as David Eschenbach and Barbara Goff, Obstetrics/Gynecology; Carol Teitz, Orthopaedics; and Peter Roy-Byrne, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences.
In addition, 91±¬ÁÏ professor Adam Drewnowski, Epidemiology and Medicine, and director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition, is on Fitness magazine’s Fit 50: The best breakthroughs in food. Drewnowski is singled out by the magazine for his work on creating a ranking system for foods based on nutrients and calories. “At a time when the obesity rate is sky-high, we need people like Adam Drewnowski,” Fitness writers say.
Earlier this year, Harborview Medical Center received the 2007 Foster G. McGaw Prize, which honors a health-care organization that provides innovative programs that significantly improve the health and well being of the community. The prize and related $100,000 award is one of the most esteemed honors in health care and is sponsored by the American Hospital Association, Baxter International Foundation and Cardinal Health Foundation.
91±¬ÁÏ Medical Center also received high honors this year, and was ranked 10th in U.S. News & World Report’s 2008 publication of America’s Best Hospitals. The medical center moved up from its 2007 ranking of 11th best hospital in the country. 91±¬ÁÏMC has been rated among the top U.S. hospitals since U.S. News began rankings in 1990. Some services that fall under this ranking are based at both 91±¬ÁÏMC and Harborview Medical Center.