James Porter, M.D.
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Jim Porter is the most experienced laparoscopic surgeon in the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Porter graduated from the Medical College of Ohio in 1990 and completed his residency in Urology at the University of Washington in 1996. He remained on the faculty at the U.W., where he achieved the rank of Associate Professor. He received his laparoscopic training in Heilbron, Germany, and returned to be the first surgeon in the Northwest to use the laparoscopic approach for radical and donor nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, and radical prostatectomy.
Before joining Swedish Urology Group, Dr. Porter served as Chief of Urology at Harborview Medical Center and subsequently as Head of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery in the Department of Urology at the University of Washington Medical Center. He has directed the Laparoscopic Fellowship in Urology there and has been active in teaching and promotion of laparoscopic minimally invasive surgical techniques to the regional and national urologic community. Dr. Porter also performs cutting-edge surgery using the da Vinci surgical system such as the da Vinci® prostatectomy. Swedish Urology Group is excited to announce the addition of Dr. Porter to our practice. |
James Kuan, M.D.
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Dr Kuan joins Swedish Urology Group from the University of Washington where he was on faculty and received fellowship training in Urologic Trauma and Reconstruction at Harborview Medical Center. He also has extensive training in endourolgic management of stone disease, and he has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and textbook chapters, on the topics of trauma, urethral reconstruction and erectile dysfunction.
He brings a unique set of clinical and surgical skills to our practice and the Pacific Northwest. He enjoys practicing general urology with special interests in reconstruction and stone disease. His reconstructive interests include complex urethral stricture disease (open urethroplasty), male sexual dysfunction, male incontinence, prosthetic surgery (inflatable penile implant and artificial urinary sphincter insertion), Peyronie's disease, adult hypospadias and genital skin disease including reconstruction using skin grafts. Dr Kuan was raised in Canada, is a medical graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, and completed his Urology training at the University of Western Ontario. He is American board certified and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. Now living in Seattle he divides his time between work and triathlon training, with plans to complete a full Ironman in 2008. |
Michi E. Nair, PA-C
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Michi is a certified Physician Assistant. She trained at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, where she gained experience in prostate cancer, pelvic floor dysfunction and incontinence, pediatric urology and bladder cancer. She is the newest member of Swedish Urology, and enjoys practicing general urology with special interests in female urology and prostate cancer. She was raised in North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She enjoys talking to her dogs and cheering for Tarheel basketball. |
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