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Curriculum

Title	Name	Email
Associate Dean for Curriculum	Heather McPhillips, MD, MPH	hmcphil@uw.edu
Foundation Dean, Seattle, WA	Gerald Tolbert, MD	gtolbert@uw.edu
Foundation Dean, Spokane, WA	Janelle Clauser, MD	jclauser@uw.edu
Foundation Dean, Wyoming	John Willford, PhD	willford@uwyo.edu
Foundation Dean, Alaska	Kathy Young, MD	kathyc8@uw.edu
Foundation Dean, Montana	Martin Teintze, PhD	mteintze@montana.edu
Foundation Dean, Idaho	Jeff Seegmiller, EdD	jeffreys@uidaho.edu
Associate Director, Alaska	Megan Ritter, MD	maritter2@alaska.edu
Assistant Director, Wyoming	John Willford, PhD	Willford@uwyo.edu
Associate Program Director, Montana	Mike Spinelli, MD	mspin@uw.edu
Director of Curriculum	Kellie Engle	kaengle@uw.edu
Director, Program Development & Ops Foundation, Spokane, WA	Carol Weigand	carolw7@uw.edu
Associate Director of Curriculum, Idaho	TBD
Assistant Dean for Basic Science	Edith Wang, PhD	ehwang@uw.edu

Title	Name	Email
FCM Programs Ops Specialist, Spokane, WA	Catherine Kashork, MHA	ckashork@uw.edu
Assistant to the Dean, Spokane, WA	Emily Drake	edrake2@uw.edu
Director Program Operations and Development, Spokane, WA	Teresa Borrenpohl	borrtere@uw.edu
Program Coordinator, Spokane, WA	Deborah Greene	dg46@uw.edu
FCM Program Coordinator, Spokane, WA	Jaqueline Sauer	sauer@uw.edu
Programs Ops Specialist, Spokane, WA	Sean Collins, MPA	seancoll@uw.edu
Assistant Director, Curriculum, Seattle, WA	Julien Goulet, MSW	jg224@uw.edu
Block Administrator, Seattle, WA	Meredith Pothoven	mgpotho@uw.edu
Block Administrator, Seattle, WA	Laura Gumz	leg45@uw.edu
Block Administrator, Seattle, WA	Drue Johnson	druejohn@uw.edu
Education Specialist, Seattle, WA	Meaghan O'Gilvie	meagho@uw.edu
Themes & Integration Specialist, Seattle, WA	Christine Ibrahim, MAEd	cairizk@uw.edu
Curriculum Specialist, Seattle WA	Desiree Jones	dmd7@uw.edu
Curriculum Program Coordinator, Seattle, WA	Amy Nair	amynair@uw.edu
WWAMI Program & Business Services Manager, Wyoming	Natalia Tugwell-Brown	ntugwell@uwyo.edu
Office Associate, Wyoming	Courtney Garrison	cgarris5@uwyo.edu
Learning Specialist, Wyoming	April French	afrench1@uwyo.edu
Program Coordinator, Alaska	Nancy Hall	njhall@uaa.alaska.edu
HR Coordinator, Alaska	Carmen Mason	cfmason@alaska.edu
WWAMI Program Manager, Montana	Kayla Ouert	kayla.ouert@montana.edu
WWAMI Learning Specialist, Montana	Katie Daughenbaugh	kdaugh@uw.edu
Program Manager, Idaho	Marlane Martonick	marlanem@uidaho.edu
Program Specialist, Idaho	Whitney Vincent	wvincent@uidaho.edu
Administrative Coordinator, Idaho	Christine Depriest	cdepriest@uidaho.edu

Title	Name	Email
Block Directors	Brent Wisse, MD Max Kullberg, PhD	bewisse@uw.edu mpkullberg@alaska.edu
Block Administrators	Drue Johnson Meaghan O'Gilvie	somfmr@uw.edu
Alaska Site Lead	Max Kullberg, PhD Holly Martinson, PhD	mpkullberg@alaska.edu hamartinson@uaa.alaska.edu
Idaho Site Lead	Tyler Bland, PhD	tbland@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Lead	Martin Teintze, PhD	mteintze@montana.edu
Seattle Site Lead	Brent Wisse, MD Marshall Horwitz, MD, PhD Alex Merz, PhD	bewisse@uw.edu horwitz@uw.edu merza@uw.edu
Spokane Site Lead	Jake Deckert, PhD	deckert@gonzaga.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	Pam Langer, PhD	langer@uwyo.edu

Title	Name	Email
Block Directors	Kristen Hayward, MD, MS John Willford, PhD	kristen.hayward@seattlechildrens.org willford@uwyo.edu
Block Administrator	Laura Gumz	leg45@uw.edu
Alaska Site Lead	Cindy Knall, PhD	cmknall@alaska.edu
Idaho Site Lead	Scott Greishaber, PhD Bethaney Fehrenkamp, PhD	scottg@uidaho.edu bethaney@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Leads	Nicole Meissner, MD Seth Pincus, MD	nicolem@montana.edu seth.pincus@montana.edu
Seattle Site Leads	Kristen Hayward, MD, MS Jim Boonyaratanakornkit, MD, PhD	kristen.hayward@seattlechildrens.org kornkit@uw.edu
Spokane Site Leads	Dave Fregeau, MD Allan Scruggs, PhD	davef509@uw.edu scruggsa@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	John Willford, PhD	willford@uwyo.edu

Title	Name	Email
Block Directors	Nicholas Burwick, MD Natasha Hunter, MD Kate Weaver, MD	nburwick@uw.edu nhunter@uw.edu weaverkw@uw.edu
Block Administrator	Drue Johnson	somchb@uw.edu
Alaska Site Lead	Megan Ritter, MD Holly Martinson, PhD Tim Hinterberger, PhD	maritter2@alaska.edu hamartinson@alaska.edu tjhinterberger@alaska.edu
Idaho Site Lead	Tyler Bland, PhD George Hodges, MD	tbland@uidaho.edu ghodges@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Lead	Nicole Meissner, MD Kathy Jutila, MD	nicolem@Montana.edu charlotte.jutila2@montana.edu
Seattle Site Lead	Natasha Hunter, MD Nicholas Burwick, MD Kate Weaver, MD	nhunter@uw.edu nburwick@uw.edu weaverkw@uw.edu
Spokane Site Leads	Corliss Newman, MD Mike Stephens, MD	cornew@uw.edu mjs57@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	Emily Schmitt, PhD	eschmit4@uwyo.edu

Title	Name	Email
Block Directors	Brian Krabak, MD, MBA, FACSM	bkrabak@uw.edu
Block Administrator	Meredith Pothoven	mgpotho@uw.edu
Alaska Site Leads	Jean Snyder, MD Ken Thomas, MD	jmsnyder5@alaska.edu kcthomas4@alaska.edu
Idaho Site Leads	David Pfeiffer, PhD Belinda Sanchez, MD	dpfeiffer@uidaho.edu belindas@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Leads	Cassie Cusick, PhD Erik Adams, MD	ccusick@montana.edu erik.adams@montana.edu
Seattle Site Lead	Brian Krabak, MD, MBA, FACSM	bkrabak@uw.edu
Spokane Site Lead	Paula Silha, MD	silhap@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	Cameron Walker, PhD	cam.walker@uwyo.edu

Title	Name	Email
Course Directors	Steve Farris, MD Katie Raskob, MD	sdfarris@uw.edu kraskob@uw.edu
Course Administrator	Drue Johnson	somcvs@uw.edu
Alaska Site Lead	Carol Paredes, MD	vparedes@alaska.edu
Idaho Site Leads	David Pfeiffer, PhD Tyler Bland, PhD	dpfeiffer@uidaho.edu tbland@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Leads	Gerry Groggel, MD Kathy Jutila, MD	gcgroggel@gmail.com charlotte.jutila2@montana.edu
Seattle Site Lead	Steve Farris, MD Katie Raskob, MD	sdfarris@uw.edu kraskob@uw.edu
Spokane Site Lead	Charlie Charman, MD	ccharm@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	Danielle Bruns, PhD	dbruns1@uwyo.edu

Title	Name	Email
Block Director	Andy Luks, MD	aluks@uw.edu
Block Administrator	Meredith Pothoven	mgpotho@uw.edu
Alaska Site Leads	Carol Paredes, MD Peter Hulman, MD	vparedes@alaska.edu phulman@alaska.edu
Idaho Site Lead	David Pfeiffer, PhD	dpfeiffer@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Lead	Gerry Groggel, MD	gcgroggel@gmail.com
Seattle Site Leads	Andy Luks, MD Sarah Sanghavi, MD	aluks@uw.edu sanghavi@uw.edu
Spokane Site Leads	Joe Colorafi, MD	jcolor21@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	John Willford, PhD	willford@uwyo.edu

Title	Name	Email
Block Directors	Bruce Silverstein, MD, FACP, AGAF	brucesil@uw.edu
A&E Content Expert	Zach Gallaher, PhD	zgalla@uw.edu
Block Administrator	Laura Gumz	leg45@uw.edu
Alaska Site Lead	Carol Paredes, MD	vparedes@alaska.edu
Idaho Site Lead	Onesmo Balemba, MVM, PhD	obalemba@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Leads	Kathy Jutila, MD Cassie Cusick, PhD.	charlotte.jutila2@montana.edu ccusick@montana.edu
Seattle Site Lead	Bruce Silverstein, MD, FACP, AGAF	brucesil@uw.edu
Spokane Site Lead	Mike Stephens, MD	mjs57@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	Brenda Alexander, PhD	balex@uwyo.edu

Title	Name	Email
Block Directors	Leo Wang, MD, PhD Kurt Weaver, PhD	leowang@uw.edu weaverk@uw.edu
Block Administrator	Meredith Pothoven	mgpotho@uw.edu
Alaska Site Lead	Tim Hinterberger, PhD Jean Snyder, MD	tjhinterberger@alaska.edu jmsnyder5@alaska.edu
Idaho Site Lead	Derrick Phillips, PhD Thomas Farrer, PhD	dphillips@uidaho.edu tfarrer@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Lead	Cassie Cusick, PhD	ccusick@montana.edu
Seattle Site Lead	Leo Wang, MD, PhD Kurt Weaver, PhD	leowang@uw.edu weaverk@uw.edu
Spokane Site Lead	Kiran Gill, MD Kevin Measor, PhD Paula Silha, MD	gillk4@uw.edu measor@gonzaga.edu silhap@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	Cameron Walker, PhD	cam.walker@uwyo.edu

Title	Name	Email
Block Directors	Alyssa Stephenson-Famy, MD	alyssabs@uw.edu
Block Administrator	Desiree Jones	somlife@uw.edu
Alaska Site Lead	Sarah Murphy, MD	samurphy@alaska.edu
Idaho Site Lead	Jon Mallatt, PhD Angela Scharnhorst, MD	jmallatt@uidaho.edu ascharnh@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Lead	Laura Goodell, MD	lmgood@uw.edu
Seattle Site Lead	Alyssa Stephenson-Famy, MD	alyssabs@uw.edu
Spokane Site Lead	Molly Gilbert, MD Bill Sayres, MD	molly123@uw.edu sayrew@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	Amy Navratil, Ph.D.	anavrati@uwyo.edu

Title	Name	Email
Course Admin	Christine Ibrahim, MAEd	somintegrate@uw.edu
Alaska Contacts	Shannon Uffenbeck, PhD Kathy Young, MD	sruffenbeck@alaska.edu kecase2@alaska.edu
Idaho Contacts	Angela Scharnhorst, MD	ascharnh@uidaho.edu
Montana Contact	Laura Goodell, MD	lmgood@uw.edu
Seattle Contact	Karen McDonough, MD	kmcdonou@uw.edu
Spokane Contacts	Mike Stephens, MD Corliss Newman, MD	mjs57@uw.edu cornew@uw.edu
Wyoming Contacts	John Willford, PhD Dana Govaerts, MD	WILLFORD@uwyo.edu danag56@uw.edu

Title	Name	Email
Course Director	Meghan Kiefer, MD	meghanm@uw.edu
Course Administrator	TBD	somct@uw.edu

Title	Name	Email
Course Director	Bessie Young, MD, MPH Sarah Gerrish, MD	youngb@uw.edu sgalinat@uw.edu
Course Administrator	Christine Ibrahim, MAEd	somtheme@uw.edu
Alaska Site Lead	Sarah Murphy, MD Toni Biskup MD, MPH, FAAP, FACP	samurphy@alaska.edu mariebiskup@gmail.com
Idaho Site Lead	Belinda Sanchez, PhD Lynda Freeman, DHSc, MPH, MBA	belindas@uidaho.edu lmfreeman@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Lead	Mike Spinelli, MD, FACP Katie Lowe, MD	mspin@uw.edu lowek4@uw.edu
Seattle Site Leads	Gina Campelia, PhD HEC_C Karen Segerson, MD	gdcamp@uw.edu kseger@uw.edu
Spokane Site Lead	Julia Daher, MD Janelle Clauser, MD	jdaher@uw.edu jclauser@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Leads	John Willford, PhD Linsday Rettler, PhD	willford@uwyo.edu lrettler@uwyo.edu

Threads

Title	Name	Email
Anatomy & Embryology Directors	Cassie Cusick, PhD Catrin Pittack, PhD Kurt Weaver, PhD	ccusick@montana.edu catp@uw.edu weaverk@uw.edu
Alaska Site Lead	Peter Stordahl	plstordahl@alaska.edu
Idaho Site Lead	David Pfeiffer, PhD	dpfeiffer@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Lead	Cassie Cusick, PhD	ccusick@montana.edu
Seattle Site Lead	Catrin Pittack, PhD Kurt Weaver, PhD	catp@uw.edu weaverk@uw.edu
Spokane Site Lead	Zach Gallaher, PhD Eric Marr, PhD	zgalla@uw.edu marre@gonzaga.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	Cameron Walker, PhD	cam.walker@uwyo.edu
Thread Administrator	Desiree Jones	somanatomy@uw.edu

Title	Name	Email
Pathology-Histology Directors	Vera Paulson, MD PhD Shreeram Akilesh, MD PhD	vpauls@uw.edu shreeram@uw.edu
Alaska Site Leads	Megan Ritter, MD Tim Hinterberger, PhD	maritter2@alaska.edu tjhinterberger@alaska.edu
Idaho Site Leads	Onesmo Balemba, MVM, PhD George Hodges, MD Jon Mallatt, PhD	obalemba@uidaho.edu ghodges@uidaho.edu jmallatt@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Lead	Nicole Meissner, MD	nicolem@Montana.edu
Seattle Site Leads	Vera Paulson, MD PhD Shreeram Akilesh, MD PhD	vpauls@uw.edu shreeram@uw.edu
Spokane Site Leads	Janelle Clauser, MD Tom Bassler, MD	jclauser@uw.edu tbassler@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	Brian Menkhaus, MD	brianmenkhaus@sheridanhospital.org
Thread Administrator	Drue Johnson	sompathhist@uw.edu

Title	Name	Email
Pharmacology Directors	Edith Wang, PhD Mary Hebert, PharmD, FCCP	ehwang@uw.edu mhebert@uw.edu
Alaska Site Lead	Max Kullberg, PhD	mpkullberg@alaska.edu
Idaho Site Lead	Tyler Bland, PhD	tbland@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Lead	Martin Teintze, PhD Abigail Briscoe, PharmD,	mteintze@montana.edu abriscoe@bozemanhealth.org
Seattle Site Lead	Edith Wang, PhD	ehwang@uw.edu
Spokane Site Lead	Mike Stephens, MD	mjs57@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	Sree Nair, PhD	sreejay@uw.edu
Thread Administrator	Laura Gumz	leg45@uw.edu

Foundations of Clinical Medicine

Title	Name	Email
FCM Directors	Karen McDonough, MD	kmcdonou@uw.edu
Director of Operations	Julie Calcavecchia, MEd	jsmillan@uw.edu

Title	Name	Email
Immersion Directors	Karen McDonough, MD Kim O’Connor	kmcdonou@uw.edu koconnor@uw.edu
Alaska Site Lead	Kathy Young, MD	kecase2@alaska.edu
Idaho Site Lead	Dustin Worth, DO	dworth@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Lead	Colette Kirchhoff, MD	colettekirchhoff@yahoo.com
Seattle Site Lead	Karen McDonough, MD	kmcdonou@uw.edu
Spokane Site Leads	Matt Hollon, MD Dan Yang, MD	mfhollon@uw.edu rook@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	Dana Govaerts, MD	danag56@uw.edu
Immersion Administrator	Julie Calcavecchia, MEd	jsmillan@uw.edu

Title	Name	Email
Clinical Skills Directors	Karen McDonough, MD	kmcdonou@uw.edu
Alaska Site Leads	Kathy Young, MD Andrea Caballero, MD	kecase2@alaska.edu acaballe@uw.edu
Idaho Site Lead	Dustin Worth, DO	dworth@uidaho.edu
Montana Site Lead	Colette Kirchhoff, MD	colettekirchhoff@yahoo.com
Seattle Site Lead	Karen McDonough, MD	kmcdonou@uw.edu
Spokane Site Leads	Laura Spence, MD Leigh Bishop, MD	lspence@uw.edu lasoren@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	Daniel Radosevich, MD Dana Govaerts, MD	dgradose@uw.edu danag56@uw.edu
Clinical Skills Administrator	Julie Calcavecchia, MEd	jsmillan@uw.edu

Title	Name	Email
PCP Director	Jeanne Cawse-Lucas, MD	cawse@uw.edu
Alaska Site Lead	Kathy Young, MD	kecase2@alaska.edu
Idaho Site Lead	Rayme Geidl, MD	rgeidl@uw.edu
Montana Site Lead	Leslee Kane, MD	lkane@bozemanhealth.org
Seattle Site Lead	Gaetan Habekoss, MD	gaetan@uw.edu
Spokane Site Lead	Darin Eckert, MD	eckert94@uw.edu
Wyoming Site Lead	Daniel Radosevich, MD Dana Govaerts, MD	dgradose@uw.edu danag56@uw.edu
PCP Administrator	Amy Nair	pcprac@uw.edu

The College Program

Title	Name	Email
Assistant Dean for the Colleges	Molly B. Jackson, MD	blackley@uw.edu
Director of Operations	Julie Calcavecchia, MEd	jsmillan@uw.edu
Alaska College Head	Andrea Caballero, MD	acaballero@alaska.edu
Idaho College Head	Dustin Worth, MD	worthdk@uw.edu
Montana College Head	Zach Meyers, MD	ZMeyers2@uw.edu
Seattle College Heads	Cascade – Bre Taylor, MD Olympic – Tomoko Sairenji, MD	btaylor6@uw.edu sairenji@uw.edu
Spokane College Heads	Selkirk – Matt Hollon, MD Palouse – Daniel Yang, MD	mfhollon@uw.edu rook@uw.edu
Wyoming College Head	Dana Govaerts, MD	danag56@uw.edu

Student Affairs

Title	Name	Email
Associate Dean Student Affairs	Gabriel Sarah, MD	gesarah@uw.edu
Assistant Dean for Student Development	Maya Sardesai, MD, MEd	sardesai@uw.edu
Assistant Dean for Student Support Student Affairs	Gerald Tolbert, MD	gtolbert@uw.edu
Proactive Advisor	TBD
Director of the Learning Environment	Melinda Frank	mmfrank@uw.edu
Learning Environment Concern	LINK HERE	LINK HERE
Academic Support & Tutoring –> ALL SITES	SITE LINK HERE	SITE LINK HERE
Career Advising	Shared email	medadv@uw.edu

Curriculum

Curriculum Leadership

Regional Site Administration

Block 1: Fundamentals of Medical Science & Research

Block 2: Infections and Immunity

Block 3: Cancer, Hormones, & Blood

Block 4: Muscles, Joints, Bones, & Skin

Block 5: Cardiovascular System

Block 6: Respiration & Regulation

Block 7: Head, Neck, & Gut

Block 8: Mind, Brain, & Behavior

Block 9: Reproduction and Development

Integration Weeks

Foundations Consolidation and Transition to Clerkships

Medicine, Health, & Society / Themes in Medicine

Threads

Anatomy & Embryology / Human, Form, & Function

Pathology-Histology

Pharmacology

Foundations of Clinical Medicine

Foundations of Clinical Medicine

Immersion

Clinical Skills

Primary Care Practicum

The College Program

Faculty & Staff Contacts

Student Affairs

Faculty, Staff, & Website Contacts