Richard A. Kozarek, MD, Gastroenterology

Phone: (206) 223-2319

VM Department

Digestive Disease Institute

Specialties

Gastroenterology, Cancer, Esophageal Diseases, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Pancreatic & Biliary Tract Disease

Clinic, Maps and Directions

Virginia Mason Seattle Main Clinic

Medical Education

University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, 1973

Residency

Internal Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, 1976

Internship

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1974

Fellowships

Gastroenterology, Phoenix Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Arizona, Phoenix and Tucson, 1978

Board Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1977; Subspecialty Certification in Gastroenterology, 1979

Professional Activities and Awards

Clinical Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine
Executive Committee, World Gastroenterology Organization
ASGE Rudolf V. Schindler Award, 2005

Special Interest(s)

Therapeutic endoscopy, inflammatory bowel disease, research on gastrointestinal disorders and endoscopic technology

Joined VM

1983

On Patients

"Most illness can be adequately diagnosed, but not all illness is curable. My job as a physician is to diagnose the cause of patient signs and symptoms and cure with behavior modification, medication or the least invasive form of surgery. Or, if a cure is not possible, I try to improve the patients symptoms to the best of my ability."

On Virginia Mason

"Virginia Mason is the best in the West."