<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I missed Emerisle's question about celiac savvy MDs in Seattle. His one respondant is correct. NDs (naturopathic physicians) are generally more well versed in the issues of celiac disease than conventional MDs. My husband & I see Katie Data ND in Fife, WA. She's great. I used to see Dr. Patrick Donovan ND in Seattle. He's very good, but his bedside manner could use some refinement. Almost any ND in western Washington would be very helpful as most were trained at Bastyre University, a celaic savvy medical school in Seattle. But, for MDs in western Washington, I'm most familiar with Thomas Dorman MD, in Federal Way. He is very, VERY knowledgeable in celiac disease. I went to work for him after he helped me so much with chronic health problems I'd been suffering for years. He really knows his onions when it comes to celiac disease & all sorts of other chronic illnesses. He's a holistic MD, who specializes in nutritional medicine & helping the chronically ill who've dropped out of conventional medicine for lack of results. In our area Dr. Dorman is one of those doctors of last resort. His treatments get results when no one else's can. What's funny about my relationship with Dr. Dorman, is that while I worked for him some years ago, he had a more limited understanding of celiac disease. He & I had a small conflict when it came to celiac disease. I believed it was more prevalent & important than he acknowledged. He often couseled me to back off the gluten issue, because he didn't want to turn into a "gluten ghuru" like Dr. Mercola. Before I left his employ, I introduced him to Dr. Fine in Dallas, TX. After getting acquainted with Dr. Fine's tests, Dr. Dorman began ordering all his chronically ill patients to get tested for celiac disease. After pursueing this course for several years, he found that 80% of his chronically ill patients came up positive for gluten sensitivity w/ malabsorption (Dr. Fine's equivalent diagnostic term for celiac disease). And every single one of these patients who went GF, experienced significant improvements in their health. He's now a big proponent of the GF diet for almost every chronically ill person. He told me earlier this year that before seeing so many of his patients improve through the GF diet, he didn't know how "huge" celiac disease really is. Then he offered me my old job back! HA! Talk about validation! (Dr. Dorman is nearing retirement, so if anyone wants to see him, I'd advise haste. Last I heard, he is training a young MD to take over his practice.) Valerie, RN in Tacoma * Send administrative questions to mailto:[log in to unmask] * Archives are at: Http://Listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?LIST=CELIAC