Faculty News

Admissions is now accepting applications for new members to the Committee on Admissions for the Seattle cohort. This is an opportunity to interview prospective medical school applicants and help shape the future of medicine. There is a time commitment, but members regard participation on this committee as a rewarding and enjoyable experience. Learn more here. Our committee does holistic review and 3-person virtual panel interviews. Executive...

The Idaho County Free Press, based in Grangeville, Idaho, recently shared a wonderful article about what it's like to be in medical school - in the snow. In the paper's photo, medical students including Luke Tesnohlidek, kneeling at left, apply learned skills to wrap a simulated patient suffering from hypothermia. The scenario of this drill at Cottonwood Butte Ski Area involved a horrible snowmobile accident,...

Admissions is now accepting applications for new members to the Committee on Admissions for the Seattle cohort. This is an opportunity to interview prospective medical school applicants and help shape the future of medicine. There is a time commitment, but members regard participation on this committee as a rewarding and enjoyable experience. Learn more here. Our Committee does holistic review and 3-person virtual panel interviews. Executive...

Here is where we list the names of UWSOM faculty who have received awards. The listing comes from our bimonthly Faculty Newsletter. If you know of someone who should be acknowledged, please let us know at uwsomcom@uw.edu. (More names may be added through the week of March 27. Thank you for your patience with our beta news site) Honored for Humanitarianism: Gerry Groggel, M.D., is the recipient...

One of our WWAMI faculty members hopes to give medical students nationwide a new way to study. Tyler Bland, Ph.D., is turning all of medicine into a playable and animated adventure game that he calls Medimon (short for Medical Monsters). Medimon enters a field of aids that help students learn the complexities of anatomy, biology, and everything else to do with medicine. You may be...

Spokane Foundations would like to introduce two Block Faculty, Kelvin Hsu, M.D., left, and Matt Ray, M.D., right.  Both physicians have extensive experience in education. Dr. Hsu is a nephrologist at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Dr. Ray is a nephrologist with MultiCare Rockwood Clinics. Meet Kelvin Hsu: I am originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I graduated with a medical degree from University of Western Ontario...

Admissions is now accepting applications for new members to the Committee on Admissions for the Seattle cohort. This is an opportunity to interview prospective medical school applicants and help shape the future of medicine. Our committee does holistic review and three-person virtual panel interviews. Executive committee members - experienced committee members - screen, lead the panel interviews, and meet to make final decisions. New members...

The following is a statement from Heather McPhillips, M.D., M.P.H., associate dean for Curriculum: I am pleased to announce that Sarah Galinato Gerrish, M.D., has accepted the position as Director for Curriculum Equity. She will start in this position on May 1, 2023.  Dr. Gerrish is a full-spectrum family physician whose passion lies in health care justice through community engagement and empowerment through identity equity...

Wyoming MS3 Taylor Kennedy briefly took the helm of the Wyoming Senate last week, above, but as you might expect, the legislature convened under its customary circumstances. Lawmakers applauded the visitors and selected Rob Monger, M.D. assistant clinical dean, Wyoming WWAMI, as official "Doc of the Day."  You can watch the brief ceremony during the Legislature's online record, available on YouTube here. Below, the group includes...

At its January meeting, the ACGME gave Initial Accreditation to a new Internal Medicine residency program based in the Department of Medicine. This is the very first accredited rural residency training program in Internal Medicine in the country. Known as the University of Washington-Alaska Internal Medicine Rural Residency Program (UW AK IM RRP), the program’s mission is to provide an intensive Alaska-based, rural primary care-focused training experience in internal medicine. The...