Meet Our Heart & Vascular Team
Skagit Valley Hospital is proud of our relationship with an outstanding team of cardiologists with varied specialties and expertise and who serve patients from across Skagit, north Snohomish and Whatcom counties. We've provided their medical backgrounds here so you can get to know them better before and throughout your heart care.
You can also meet our surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, oncologists and our radiologists at Skagit Radiology.
Oscar Briseno, Jr., MD, joined Skagit Regional Clinics - Cardiology in August 2009. Dr. Briseno received a medical degree from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara School of Medicine, completed the Fifth Pathway Program at New York Medical College School of Medicine, performed an internal medicine residency at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Center in Brooklyn-Queens and recently completed a cardiology fellowship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology. Dr. Briseno’s fellowship in Mississippi at the state’s only Level 1 trauma center gave him experience in working with the most severe cardiac cases and adult congenital heart disease, which helped him prepare for his new practice.
J. Stanley Crie, MD, FACC, graduated from the University at Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas in 1974. He completed internship and resid
ency in Internal Medicine at University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson in 1977. He did his cardiovascular training at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas and at the Cardiothoracic Institute, University of London. He then returned to Southwestern Medical School where he served on the faculty for two years. He was board certified in Internal Medicine in 1977 and Cardiovascular Diseases in 1981. After working in Kansas City for six years he has been in cardiology practice in St. Joseph, Missouri for 18 years doing a broad range of cardiology including interventional, noninvasive and consultative practice. He recently moved to Skagit Valley and joined Skagit Regional Clinics - Cardiology
Jeffrey Feld, MD, FACC is a 1971 graduate of the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y. and a 1975 graduate of the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine. He performed an Internal Medicine Internship and Residency at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. and a Fellowship in Cardiology at the University Of South Florida Department Of Cardiology in Tampa, Florida. He also holds a Master’s in Healthcare Administration from St. Michael’s College in Vermont. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. He worked with Pacific Northwest Cardiology from 1990 to 1995 and rejoined Skagit Regional Clinics - Cardiology in January 2005.
Theodore D. Hegg, MD, FACC is a graduate of Whitworth College in Spokane and the University of Washington School of Medicine. He performed an Internal Medicine Internship at the University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital in New York, received residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital and a Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Washington. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases. He moved to the area and joined Skagit Regional Clinics - Cardiology in 2000.
Duncan T. Landreth, MD, FACC is a 1978 graduate of the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center Medical School. He received residency training at the University of California, Davis Affiliated Program II, VA Medical Center. He received his cardiovascular disease specialty training at the University of California, Davis Affiliated Program II VA Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, 1981, Cardiovascular Diseases, 1983 and National Board of Echocardiography, 1998. He has worked with Skagit Regional Clinics - Cardiology since 1983.
Kamol Lohavanichbutr MD, FACC is a native of Thailand who attended medical school at Mahidol University, Ramathibodi Hospital in Bangkok. He performed his internal medicine internship and residency at Meridia Huron Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio; an additional internal medicine residency at Mt. Sinai Medical Center at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland; a cardiology fellowship at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and fellowships in echocardiography and interventional cardiology, both at St. Paul’s Hospital at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He joined Skagit Regional Clinics - Cardiology in May 2005 after four years as an interventional cardiologist at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, N.D. He is certified by the American Boards of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology.
Robert B. Stewart, MD, FACC is a 1988 graduate of the University of Washington School of Medicine and received residency training at Duke University Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, 1991 and Cardiovascular Diseases, 1996. He has worked with Skagit Regional Clinics - Cardiology since 1994.
Sanjeev Vaderah, MD, FRCPC joined Skagit Regional Clinics - Cardiology in February 2009, providing interventional cardiology services. He previously spent four years at Inland Cardiology Associates in Spokane and serving as an Interventional Cardiology Fellow at the University of British Columbia’s St. Paul’s Hospital. Dr. Vaderah has a Bachelor of Science in Zoology and Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Delhi, India. He served as a resident in medicine at Safdarjung Hospital in India, an internship in internal medicine at Long Island College Hospital in New York and a residency in internal medicine at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in New York. He served a Fellowship in Cardiology in New York and worked as an attending physician in medicine and cardiology at Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Nova Scotia. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and board certified in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. Dr. Vaderah is trained in performing peripheral interventions to help patients with peripheral vascular disease.
Sanjeev Wasson, MD joined Skagit Regional Clinics - Cardiology in July 2008. Dr. Wasson specializes in cardiac electrophysiology (EP), an interventional cardiac specialty focused on evaluating the heart’s electrical system, contrasting with structural heath issues, such as clogged coronary arteries or faulty valves. Dr. Wasson came to the Northwest after a two-year fellowship in clinical cardiac electrophysiology at Cleveland Clinic. He previously served a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases from 2003 to 2006 and a residency in internal medicine from 2000 to 2003, both at the University of Missouri Columbia School of medicine and Harry S. Truman memorial Veterans’ Hospital. He started his academic career at Maulana Azad Medical College at the University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. Dr. Wasson is board certified in internal medicine, nuclear cardiology, cardiovascular diseases, cardiac electrophysiology and echocardiography.
