Providers
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Peter B. Schock M.D.
Peter Schock was born and raised in Yakima, Washington, the eldest of four boys. He received his undergraduate degree from Washington State University, and then earned his M.D. at the University of Washington School of Medicine. His residency was in Family Practice at The Doctors Hospital in Seattle. After residency graduation in 1977, he opened the doors of Bellevue Family Medicine with a fellow residency graduate, Dr. Stephen Dault. As senior partner at BFMA he is the only remaining of the original four physicians who started the clinic. He has practiced the full range of family practice for 30 years, 20 years doing obstetrics. His practice now emphasizes office surgery, geriatrics, complicated patient care, and the research and application of information technology to family practice. His family remains the center of his life. He and his wife, Paulene, have three children together, and Dr. Schock has two older daughters as well. He stays in shape by playing racquetball and working out, water skiing, and snow boarding. He also enjoys travel and mission work in third world countries
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Amy S. Numrych, M.D.
Dr. Numrych was born in Ohio and spent her early childhood on a small farm in Connecticut. At age 13 she moved with her family to Illinois, where she attended the small liberal arts college Aurora University for her Bachelor Degree, and later attended the University of Illinois College of Medicine. After completing her residency in Family Medicine at the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois, she moved permanently to the Pacific Northwest and has been with Bellevue Family Medicine since 1994. Dr. Numrych enjoys the challenges of Family Medicine and the broad spectrum of issues it presents. She enjoys the opportunity that Family Medicine has provided her to get to know patients over long periods of time, often from birth. She feels that her primary role as a physician is to be an educator - empowering her patients to make imformed decisions about their health. Outside of the office, Dr. Numrych’s interests include homemaking, gardening, pottery and needework. Hiking, skiing, and biking, traveling and wine collectionare also interests she shares with her husband. The center of their lives is their son, as parenting has been her greatest joy and challenge lately, and she feels that it has enhanced her empathy in her role as a family physician. |
Constance J. Brumm M.D.
Dr. Brumm is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology at the College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio. She attended the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia for two years, and then returned to Ohio to do research in dairy science for two years. She transferred to the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo where there was a strong department of family medicine, and received her medical degree from MCOT (now the University of Toledo). From 1979 to 1982 she trained at the Family Practice Residency of Akron City Hospital in Akron, Ohio and became board certified in family medicine. In January, 1983, she moved across the country to Moscow, Idaho and joined a private family practice. During that time she also worked part-time at the Student Health Center at WSU in Pullman. She moved her private practice to Pullman, in 1988, and continued to practice there until 1992. At that time her family moved to the “wet side” of the mountains, and she practice for 3 years at the Providence clinic in Factoria (now Swedish). She has been practicing at Bellevue Family Medicine since January, 1996. She has always had a strong interest in women’s health care issues, and has been delivering babies and caring for children throughout her career. She particularly enjoys the variety of family practice, seeing patients of all ages and with all kinds of different problems. It allows her to see each patient as a total person instead of a particular problem or disease. Spare time is spent at various sporting events, at the theater, or singing with the Seattle Women’s Chorus. She is a founding member of the Seattle Women’s Chorus, a sister chorus of the Seattle Men’s Chorus, and has several performances each year. |
Tyler Free, A.R.N.P., M.S.N.
Tyler Free was born and raised in Seattle. As an undergraduate, he attended Colorado College and juggled the demands of a liberal arts education while playing four years of varsity soccer. At Colorado College he met his wife, Kasey. After college, he moved back to Seattle and received his masters in nursing from Seattle University. He became an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in 2005 and has since been working at Bellevue Family Medicine offering both acute and chronic care for his patients. As a graduate from Seattle University, Tyler learned the art of caring for the patient in a holistic manner and enjoys empowering patients with the knowledge they need to keep themselves healthy. As a family practice Nurse Practitioner, his mission is health education and disease prevention. Tyler still plays soccer several nights a week, and he and his wife enjoy traveling to new and exotic places. Tyler has a passion for all Seattle sports, but it is the Mariners that truly makes his heart race. They just welcomed a new baby boy to their family in August and they couldn’t be happier! |
Rebecca McKanna, A.R.N.P., M.S.N. |
Rebecca McKanna was born and raised in Seattle. After completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Washington in 1996, she worked in the neurology department at Children’s Hospital in Seattle.
Rebecca moved to Boston in 2001 to start her graduate studies and worked as an RN at Massachusetts General Hospital. She received her master’s degree in nursing at Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions and became an advanced registered family nurse practitioner in 2004. Following the completion of the program at MGH, Rebecca worked as an ARNP for Family Doctors in Swampscott, Massachusetts for five years.
After the birth of her first son, Rebecca and her husband made the decision to move back to the Seattle area to be closer to family. Rebecca has been with Bellevue Family Medicine since 2009, and she truly enjoys the opportunity to help such a wide variety of patients. Rebecca has a particular interest in pediatric and adolescent health, as well as women’s healthcare issues. Rebecca believes it is important to educate patients and stresses the value of preventative medicine.
Rebecca enjoys running and being outside, and has completed both marathons and triathlons. In addition to spending quality time with her husband and two young children, she loves to cook, garden, and read a good book.