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ABOUT ROBERT SAUNDERS, M.D.

Dr. Saunders is a native of Seattle. He graduated from the University of Washington and received his medical degree from George Washington University in Washington, DC. He completed an internal medicine internship and residency at DC General Hospital and the Boston Veterans Administration Hospital. From 1973 to 1985, he was Chief of Intensive Care and Coronary Care at the VA Hospital in Washington, DC. He joined the Northwest Hospital medical staff in 1985.

Since returning to Seattle he has been continuously on the Medical Staff at Northwest Hospital, practicing primary care with the Sand Point Internists. For eight years he also served as Medical Staff Division Chief of Medicine at Northwest Hospital. While practicing medicine his greatest joy comes from the long term relationships with his patients and their families.

Dr. Saunders and his wife Donna Marie are the proud parents of five children and grandparents of six. They live in the north end of Seattle and enjoy their family centered lives. When not practicing medicine, he can occasionally be found nurturing his nearly lifelong passion for golf.