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For immediate release February 7, 2008

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Local Physician receives Subspeciality Certificate in Sports Medicine

Kenneth M. Oates, M.D. has successfully completed the examination for the Subspecialty Certificate in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. This is the first time that the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons has awarded the Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Subspecialty Certificate.

Dr. Oates is Fellowship trained in Sports Medicine and Knee and Shoulder Reconstruction, and has been Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery since 1999.

Dr. Oates practices at Northwest Orthopaedic Surgeons, P.S. with offices in Mount Vernon and Anacortes.

Northwest Orthopaedic Surgeons are Deborah M. Benz, M.D.; Robert G. Billow, D.O.; Kaärsten R. Lang, M.D.; Patrick M. Lyons, M.D.; Timothy E. Messmer, D.P.M.; Stephen J. Miller, D.P.M.; Kenneth M. Oates, M.D.; Stacia A. Smith, M.D. They offer a wide variety of services, including arthritis treatment, sports medicine, joint replacement, fracture and trauma treatment, surgery of the hands, shoulders, hips, knees, foot and ankle, treatments for back and neck pain, and pain management.