F. Ames Smith Jr. MD
Dr. Smith earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1984. He received his surgical training at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston which he completed in 1990. He joined a busy general surgery group in Austin Texas and practiced general surgery there from 1990 to 2012, with a sub-specialty in breast surgery from 2008 on. He was recruited to Seattle in 2012 as Director of Breast Surgery for the Polyclinic and led that department through 2022. While there, he established and led the Polyclinic Hereditary Cancer Risk Clinic. The purpose of this clinic was to identify and manage men and women with high risk for various types of cancer on the basis of genetic predisposition. He received further intensive genetics education and certification through the City of Hope in 2019, and is part of the Clinical Cancer Genomics Community of Practice. He and his wife, Dr. Charlotte H. Smith (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) moved to Northern Idaho in 2022, and he established Physician Specialists Northwest soon after that.
1 Cor 15:57 “but thanks be to God who gives us the victory”
Recognition:
Dr. F. Ames Smith Jr. is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and an active member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons. He specializes in the surgical management of benign and malignant diseases of the breast. His scope of surgical practice includes: excisional breast biopsy, lumpectomy, sentinel lymph node biopsy, axillary lymph node dissection, nipple sparing mastectomy (as well as other types of mastectomy). He has a special interest in management of hereditary (genetic) predisposition to cancer.
He has received 4.9 to 5-star ratings from Vitals, US News and World Report, and Healthgrades..
Testimonies can be found at:
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Seattle Met Magazine “Top Doctor”: 2019, 2020, 2021
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Seattle Magazine “Top Doctor” 2015-2022
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Texas Monthly “Super Doctor” 2004-2011
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Distinguished Surgeon Nominee (AORN 2008)
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Alpha Omega Alpha 1987
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Director, Hereditary Cancer Risk Clinic 2012-2022
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Director, Breast Surgery, Polyclinic 2012-2022
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President, Surgical Associates of Austin 2002-2012
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Moderator, Polyclinic tumor board 2012-2018
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Chairman, Department of Surgery, St. David’s Medical Center 2007-2009
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Cancer Liaison Physician, Commission on Cancer 1999-2002
Certifications:
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American Board of Surgery Certified 2023