Sound Family Medicine has been awarded the prestigious 2011 Angie’s List Super Service Award, an honor bestowed annually on approximately 5 percent of all the businesses rated on the nation’s leading provider of consumer reviews on local service companies.

We received this award in the category of primary care because we were able to achieve and maintain a Superior Service Rating throughout 2011, as determined by member-patients. 

Only a fraction of the businesses rated on Angie’s List can claim the sterling customer service record of being a Super Service Award winner because Angie’s List sets a high bar. Sound Family Medicine believes that winning the Super Service Award speaks volumes about our dedication to our patients. 

In order to win the Angie’s List Super Service Award, we had to meet strict eligibility requirements, including earning a minimum number of reports, an exemplary rating from our patients and abiding by Angie’s List operational guidelines. 

Certified Physician Assistant Grace Chao has joined Sound Family Medicine's Bonney Lake Clinic.

Chao says she chose to go into family medicine because it gives her the opportunity to build relationships with her patients.

"I am very knowledgeable and passionate about the benefits of exercise and a healthy diet," Chao says, adding, "I incorporate exercise and diet into a preventive care approach in order to help my patients achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle."

Chao is a graduate of Elon University in North Carolina, and completed the Physician Assistant Program at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Psychiatrist Colin Daniels MD has joined the staff of Sound Family Medicine at the Hartland clinic.

Dr Daniels is Sound Family Medicine's first behavioral health specialist, and he will be caring for the clinic's established patients.

"As a psychiatrist, I enjoy guiding people as they help themselves grow from adversity," Daniels says, adding, "I focus on providing my patients with the tools they can use to effectively manage their life stressors and accomplish their long-term goals."

Dr Kent Walker has joined the staff of Sound Family Medicine at the Bonney Lake Same-Day Clinic. Dr Walker earned a bachelor’s degree in Zoology and Mammalian Physiology from Iowa State University. He then went on to attend medical school at the University of Osteopathic Medical Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa, and completed his residency training at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in Fort Bliss, Texas. Dr Walker is board-certified and has completed a fellowship in obstetrics at the Darnell Army Community hospital in Fort Hood, Texas. During the early 1990’s, Walker was deployed to Operation Desert Storm as a Task Force Surgeon. 

Dr Walker’s primary areas of practice are family medicine, urgent care, sports medicine, occupational medicine, osteopathic manipulation and alternative medicine. 

“In order to heal properly, the body’s spiritual, mental and physical components must be in proper balance,” Walker says, adding, “My philosophy of care is to listen carefully to my patients; they will tell me what’s wrong with them and I’ll be better able to care for them.”

Certified Physician Assistant Christy Carmichael has joined Sound Family Medicine's Bonney Lake Same Day Clinic.

Carmichael is a graduate of Evergreen State College, and completed the MEDEX Physician Assistant Program at the University of Washington. She also completed residencies in the Skagit Valley Emergency Room's Indian Health Clinic, as well as Swedish Hospital's General Surgery Unit, and St. Joseph Hospital.

"I enjoy interacting with patients and find it very satisfying when I can help them to make positive lifestyle changes to help prevent a future health problem, instead of reacting to an existing problem," Carmichael notes.