Having opened its doors in 1996, MD2 Seattle is our original concierge medical practice. The office is located in the Swedish First Hill Medical Center Tower in downtown Seattle.
The practice is run by two of the most respected concierge medical physicians in the Pacific Northwest, Dr. Diana Perkinson and Dr. Derel Finch. They are recognized for their uncompromising commitment to personalized care - a standard after which all other MD2 offices are modeled. Both physicians are affiliated with Swedish Medical Center and the University of Washington Hospital and have long-standing ties with the Seattle medical community.
Dr. Diana Perkinson
Dr. Diana Perkinson is renowned for her compassionate and extraordinary personalized patient care, and for her acumen in nephrology (kidney) and organ transplant. Widely recognized by her peers as a superlative physician, Dr. Perkinson is truly the “doctor’s doctor,” having cared for many colleagues and their families.
Prior to MD2, Dr. Perkinson had a large primary care practice in Seattle. She has served as the Medical Director in Transplantation at Swedish Hospital for over a decade, and also serves on the clinical faculty at the University of Washington. Dr. Perkinson has been honored multiple times by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine and Seattle Magazine as a Top Doctor in Nephrology and Primary Care.
Dr. Perkinson is boarded in internal medicine and nephrology. She graduated medical school magna cum laude from the University of Alabama, where she was also awarded membership in the distinguished Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. She completed both her residency and nephrology fellowship at the University of Washington. Additionally, Dr. Perkinson was a Major in the United States Air Force from 1984 - 1987, where she was Director of the Dialysis Unit at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Derel Finch
Dr. Derel Finch is best known for his kindness, warmth, and clinical leadership. His appreciation for relationship-based care runs deep and guides his medical philosophy. It is this rare combination of heart and mind for which peers and patients have long celebrated him.
Dr. Finch received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at San Diego. He then earned his medical degree with Honors from the University of Washington School of Medicine, where he was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society in his junior year - a rare distinction. His residency in Internal Medicine was completed at Duke University Medical Center, after which he returned to the University of Washington for his Pulmonology and Critical Care fellowship.
For the first decade of his career, Dr. Finch was in private practice as a pulmonologist, where he routinely received awards as one of Seattle’s top doctors. For the past 15 years, he has been a practicing Intensivist covering medical, surgical, neurologic, cardiac, and tele-ICU units. A connecting thread through his career is that he has repeatedly been sought out to collaborate with peers on the most complex cases, earning him a reputation as a widely trusted and respected expert in the medical community.
In addition to his clinical experience, Dr. Finch has served in significant leadership roles. He led the Critical Care Department at Swedish as the Executive Medical Director, then assumed the role of Chief Medical Officer for the Swedish Cherry Hill Campus, where he focused on quality and patient safety.
Outside of health care, he has devoted himself to non-profit community work and currently serves as the Vice Chair on the Board of Directors for Childhaven. When not at work, Dr. Finch spends time with his wife and three children and enjoys hiking, kitesurfing, bouldering, and Kung Fu.