- Accepting Children: No
- Accepting New Patients: Yes
- Accepting Medicare: Yes
- Accepting Medicaid/DSHS: Yes
Payment Methods Accepted:
Medicare, Medicaid/DSHS, VISA, Master Card, Cash, Check, American Express, Discover Card, Money Order
Insurance Accepted:
Contact this office for accepted insurance plans.
Additional Information:
Appointments
Clinical Program Leader, Thoracic Oncology - Swedish Medical Center
Co-Director, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Program - Swedish Medical Center
Fellowship Director, Advanced Minimally Invasive Thoracic/Foregut Surgery - Swedish Medical Center
Clinical Instructor, General Surgery Residency Program - Swedish Medical Center
Medical Editorial Board - NexCura
Videos
Lung Cancer Screening
Introduction to Esophageal Surgery Part 1
Introduction to Esophageal Surgery Part 2
Professional Highlights
KCPQ TV Airs Story on Lung Cancer Awareness Featuring Dr. Aye
"I think part of the problem is we usually associate it with smoking." Dr. Aye says. "And yet, more than half of lung cancer today is being discovered in non smokers or former smokers"
"If there are some early symptoms, if someone is a smoker, ask your physician for a chest x-ray. it's politically incorrect for me to say that because chest xrays for screening are not recommended, but I think it's up to the individual to be an advocate for themselves..." Read the transcript
News Release
Swedish Lung Cancer Screening
Dr. Aye was voted "Top Doctors" in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine (2009, 2010, 2012)
Nearly 4,500 physicians, nurses and physician assistants in King, Kitsap and Snohomish counties nominated colleagues they would choose to treat themselves and their loved ones.
News Release
Dr. Aye was voted "Top Doctors" in Seattle Magazine (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).
A survey was mailed to more than 18,000 physicians in King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties. The survey asked physicians to name the provider they would seek out or recommend to loved ones.
News Release
Philosophy of Care
I offer compassionate, effective and appropriate care. I cure when possible -- listen and comfort always.
Personal Interests
Family; music - voice and guitar, jazz, classical; the outdoors; sailing
Medical School
University of Pittsburgh, PA
Residency
New York University; Swedish Medical Center, WA
Fellowship(s)
Frenchay Hospital (Thoracic Surgery), United Kingdom; Howard S. Wright Fellow (Thoraco-Esophageal Surgery), Washington
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery - General Surgery (Re-certified in 1995 and 2005)
Additional Information:
Appointments
Clinical Program Leader, Thoracic Oncology - Swedish Medical Center
Co-Director, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Program - Swedish Medical Center
Fellowship Director, Advanced Minimally Invasive Thoracic/Foregut Surgery - Swedish Medical Center
Clinical Instructor, General Surgery Residency Program - Swedish Medical Center
Medical Editorial Board - NexCura
Videos
Lung Cancer Screening
Introduction to Esophageal Surgery Part 1
Introduction to Esophageal Surgery Part 2
Professional Highlights
KCPQ TV Airs Story on Lung Cancer Awareness Featuring Dr. Aye
"I think part of the problem is we usually associate it with smoking." Dr. Aye says. "And yet, more than half of lung cancer today is being discovered in non smokers or former smokers"
"If there are some early symptoms, if someone is a smoker, ask your physician for a chest x-ray. it's politically incorrect for me to say that because chest xrays for screening are not recommended, but I think it's up to the individual to be an advocate for themselves..." Read the transcript
News Release
Swedish Lung Cancer Screening
Dr. Aye was voted "Top Doctors" in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine (2009, 2010, 2012)
Nearly 4,500 physicians, nurses and physician assistants in King, Kitsap and Snohomish counties nominated colleagues they would choose to treat themselves and their loved ones.
News Release
Dr. Aye was voted "Top Doctors" in Seattle Magazine (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).
A survey was mailed to more than 18,000 physicians in King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties. The survey asked physicians to name the provider they would seek out or recommend to loved ones.
News Release
The Hill Antireflux Repair at 5 Institutions over 25 Years
Aye RW, Rehse D, Kraemer S, Hill L
"In 1181 patients undergoing open Hill repair with median follow up of 9.98 years: 93% of patients had good or excellent results ... Open Hill repair was successfully performed by surgeons not trained by Hill"
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Presented at the North Pacific Surgical Association, Seattle, WA November, 2008.
The Nissen-Hill Hybrid: Pilot Study of a New Anti-reflux Procedure
Buduhan G, Louie EB, Orlina J, Daniel S, Rees J, Valliéres E, Aye RW
"Laparoscopic Nissen-Hill Hybrid repair is safe and technically feasible. Preliminary results in complicated GERD: excellent control of acid reflux ... high patient satisfaction."
View selected presentation slides
The International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus, Budapest, Hungary, September, 2008
Preliminary Experience with Minimally Invasive Thymectomy
Youssef S, Blitz M, Vallières E, Aye RW, Louie BE
" Minimally Invasive Thymectomy has been successfully adopted at Swedish Medical Center; Compares favorably to traditional resection methods; Utility of neck incision in robotic thymectomy is being investigated; ..."
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Washington Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. Lake Chelan, WA. June 14, 2009
Principle Investigator, Lung Cancer Screening- I-ELCAP Investigators
Survival of Patients with Stage I Lung Cancer Detected on CT Screening
New England Journal of Medicine, 355:1763-71, 2006
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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Book Chapters:
Aye RW, Hill LD, Kraemer SJM. Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. Orringer, M, Heitmiller R (editors). The Hill Repair. 5th ed Volume I. W.B. Saunders Company, 2002
Aye RW. Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. The Hill Procedure for Gastroesophageal Reflux. 1st ed. Harcourt Health Sciences, 2001
Aye RW, Marcus DR, Hill LD. Laparoscopic Repair of Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux. Soderstrom R (editor). In Operative Laparoscopy,- The Masters' Techniques. 2nd ed. Lippincott-Raven Press: New York, 1998
Hill LD, Mazza DE, Aye RW. The Hill Repair. In operative Techniques in Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery. W.B. Saunders Company 2(1):16-36, 1997
Kraemer SJ, Aye RW, Hill LD. The Hill Repair: A definitive Antireflux Procedure. In Surgery of the Esophagus, Stomach, and Small Intestine. 5th ed. Wastell C, Nyhus L, Donahue P, (editors). Little, Brown, and Company:New York, 1995
Publications:
Buduhan G, Orlina J, Louie B, Vallieres E, Aye R. Endoscopic and manometric position-related characteristics of the normal gastroesophageal junction; Surg Endosc Online, Feb 2010
I-ELCAP Investigators. Survival of Patients with Stage I Lung Cancer Detected on CT Screening. New England Journal of Medicine. 355:1763-71, 2006
Tseng D, Rizvi AZ, Fennerty B, et. al. Forty-Eight-Hour pH Monitoring Increases Sensitivity in Detecting Abnormal Esophageal Acid Exposure. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 9(8): 1043-1058, 2005
Jobe BA, Kahrilas PJ, Vernon AH, Sandone C, Gopal DV, Swanstrom LL, Aye RW, Hill LD, Hunter JG. Endoscopic Appraisal of the Gastroesophageal Valve After Antireflux Surgery. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 99(2):233-43, Feb 2004
Jobe BA, Aye RW, Deveney CW et al. Laparoscopic Management of Giant Type III Hiatal Hernia and Short Esophagus: Objective Follow-up at Three Years. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 6:181-188, March 2002
Rehse DH, Aye RW, Florence MG. Respiratory Failure following Talc Pleurodesis. The American Journal of Surgery, 177:437-440, May 1999
Aye RW, Mazza DE, Hill LD. Laparoscopic Hill Repair in Patients with Abnormal Motility. The American Journal of Surgery, 173:379-382, May 1997
Hill LD, Kraemer, SJ, Aye RW, Mercer D, Low D, Pope CE. The Gastroesophageal Flap Valve: In Vitro and in Vivo Observations. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 44(5):541-47, 1996
Aye RW, Hill LD, Kraemer SJ, Snopkowski P. Early Results with the Laparoscopic Hill Repair. The American Journal of Surgery, 167:542-546, May 1994
Videos:
Aye RW. Mediastinal Node Dissection for N2 Positive Lung Cancer. Presented at the ACS Thoracic Film Session, October 14, 1999, San Francisco, CA. Accepted for inclusion in the ACS film Library
Aye RW, Hill LD, Larrain A, Kraemer SJ, Mazza DE. The Laparoscopic Hill Repair. Presented at the ACS General Surgery Motion Picture Session, October 8, 1996, San Francisco, CA. Accepted for inclusion in the ACS film Library
Hill LD, Kraemer SJ, Kozarek RA, Aye RW. The Laparoscopic Hill Repair: A Definitive Laparoscopic Antireflux Procedure. Video for the ASGE, San Francisco, CA. May 12-13, 1992
Hill LD, Kozarek R, Pope C, Mercer D, Thor K, Aye RW. The Gastroesophageal Valve - A New Look. September 1989. Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. October 1989
Presentations:
Youssef S, Blitz M, Valliéres E, Aye RW, Louie BE. "Preliminary experience with minimally invasive thymectomy." Washington Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.Lake Chelan, WA. June 14, 2009.
Louie BE, Dunst CM, Swanstrom L, Aye RW. "Manometric Features of the Laparoscopic Hill repair vs the Nissen Fundoplication for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)." Digestive Diseases Week.Chicago. Illinois, June 1, 2009.
Buduhan G, Menon S, Aye RW, Louie BE, Mehta V, Valliéres E. "Trimodality therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma." Society for Thoracic Surgery. San Francisco, California. January 27, 2009.
Aye RW, Rehse D, Kraemer S, Hill L. The Hill Antireflux Repair at 5 Institutions over 25 Years. The North Pacific Surgical Association, Seattle, WA. November 14, 2008
Buduhan G, Louie BE, Vallières E, Orlina J, Aye RW. "The Right Lateral Decubitus Position is Associated with a Weakened Lower Esophageal Sphincter - Position Related Physiology of the Normal Gastroesophageal Junction." International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus. Budapest. September 2008.
Gordon G, Louie BE, Orlina J, Daniel S, Vallières E, Rees J, Aye RW. "The Nissen-Hill 'hybrid' - Pilot study of a new antireflux repair." International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus. Budapest. September 2008.
