Brian E. Louie, MD
Seattle, WA 98104
Swedish Thoracic Surgery - First Hill
1101 Madison Street, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98104
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About Brian E. Louie
Dr. Louie most recently received the 2023 Thoracic Surgery Top Doc designation and has received the Seattle Top Doc award for multiple consecutive years. Philosophy of care: Dr. Louie’s practice involves all aspects of general thoracic surgery including the lung, esophagus, stomach and mediastinum. He has particular interests in minimally invasive surgery that involves the use of laparoscopy, robotics and endoscopy for both cancer and non-cancerous diseases. He believes that care is about helping patients and their families understand their illness and guiding them in selecting treatment that is appropriate and individualized for the patient at his or her stage of life.
McMaster University
Thoracic Surgery
University of Alberta
General Surgery
University of Toronto
Fellowship
University of Southern California
Esophageal and Gastric Surgery
- American Board of Surgery, Surgery
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Surgery, General
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Surgery, Thoracic
- Click here for a full list of Dr. Louie's publications. A subset of his citations is summarized below.
- Impact of Prior Interventions on outcomes during per oral endoscopic myotomy.
- Comparison of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery and Robotic Approaches for Clinical Stage I and Stage II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Using The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database
- Short-term outcomes using magnetic sphincter augmentation versus Nissen fundoplication for medically resistant gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- Early experience with robotic lung resection results in similar operative outcomes and morbidity when compared with matched video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery cases
- Partial Thymectomy Results In Similar Outcomes To Total Thymectomy In Masaoka-Koga Stages I And II Thymoma. Submitted to Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. (2016)
7315 212th Street Southwest, Suite 205
Edmonds, WA 98026
Swedish
Swedish Cherry Hill
Swedish First Hill
When not caring for patients, Dr. Louie enjoys spending time with his wife and two children. He also enjoys cooking, travelling, and playing and coaching ice hockey.
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The visit was very helpful. Even though I had a long wait because the doctor was running late, the quality of attention he gave to my concern more than made up for the inconvenience.
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Love Dr.Louie. He always listens and answers my questions.
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Very good
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Every thing was very good.
Providence Patient
Dr Louie and his staff are wonderful. They listen, care and offer solutions. I had a complicated case and Dr Louie knew just what to do to help me.
Providence Patient
I'm a wheelchair user and I appreciated how ALL staff members were attentive to my needs and even thought ahead to hold doors for me and re-arrange room layouts so I could enter/exit rooms in the easiest way possible.Dr. Louie is incredibly knowledgeable and is wonderful at explaining to his patient what the options are, the pros/cons of each choice and the reason behind his recommendations. When we got in our car , my husband said "Wow, I can't believe he took out the poster paper and drew a picture for us of what is happening in your stomach. I finally understand!"
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