University of Washington School of Medicine

Public medical school in Seattle, Washington, US

University of Washington
School of Medicine

Type| Public
Established| 1946 (1946)[1]

Parent institution

| University of Washington
Accreditation| Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Dean| Tim Dellit

Academic staff

| 1,800
Students| 957
Location|

Seattle

Washington

U.S.

47°38′56″N 122°18′25″W﻿ / ﻿47.649°N 122.307°W﻿ / 47.649; -122.307
Campus| Urban
Website| uwmedicine.org/school-of-medicine

The University of Washington School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Washington, a public research university in Seattle, Washington. According to U.S. News & World Report's 2022 Best Graduate School rankings, University of Washington School of Medicine ranked #1 in the nation for primary care education, and #7 for research.

The University of Washington School of Medicine is the first public medical school in the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. The school maintains a network of teaching facilities in more than 100 towns and cities across the five-state region. As part of this "WWAMI" partnership, medical students from Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho spend their first year and a half at the University of Wyoming, the University of Alaska Anchorage, Montana State University, or the University of Idaho, respectively.[2] In addition, sixty students in each class are based at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.[3] Preference is given to residents of the WWAMI states.

## UW Medicine

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The University of Washington Medicine includes the University of Washington School of Medicine, as well as a number of clinical facilities owned and operated by the UW, including the following:

* Harborview Medical Center — Seattle
* University of Washington Medical Center — Seattle
* Northwest Hospital & Medical Center — Seattle
* University of Washington Medicine Neighborhood Clinics — nine primary care facilities
* University of Washington School of Medicine
* University of Washington Physicians — a physician practice
* Airlift Northwest — a medical transport system for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho

In addition, the University of Washington Medicine shares in the ownership and governance of Children’s University Medical Group and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, a partnership between the University of Washington Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Seattle Children's.

## History

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The school was founded in 1946 as the 76th medical school in the country and in the fall of 1947 admitted the first class with 50 medical students.[4] It is a leader in primary care, family medicine, biomedical research, experimental therapy, clinical treatments, and academic medicine.[citation needed]

In July 1999, a group of students and faculty from the school were involved in a bus-train collision on their way back from a study abroad program in Malawi.[5] There were multiple injuries and one fatality, Michele Tracy, a first-year medical student from Middleton.[6] UW Medicine created an award for community service in her honor.[7] They also maintain a student-run Michele Tracy Clinic, which offers free health services to underserved populations in the Madison area.[8]

In May 2013, it was announced that UW Medicine and PeaceHealth were coming together in a "strategic affiliation."[9]

In 2023, the University of Washington School of Medicine announced that it, along with other medical schools such as Harvard Medical School, the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford Medical School, would no longer contribute data to the U.S. News & World Report for medical school rankings.[10]

In November 2023, Tim Dellit was named CEO of UW Medicine.[11]

On May 9, 2025, the United States' Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced the termination of over $23.84 million in contracts between the U.S. federal government and the University of Washington School of Medicine, which were designed to fund research on the impacts of sexually transmitted infections. These contracts were terminated by an unknown employee of DOGE, who worked under the pseudonym "HHSAHAYNES".[12][13]

## WWAMI

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700km
435miles

List of WWAMI campuses

Seattle, WA

Spokane, WA

Moscow, ID

Bozeman, MT

Laramie, WY

Anchorage, AK

WWAMI is an acronym for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho. The WWAMI program is a collection of states and universities that have agreed to a collaboration of facilities, people, and funding to enhance the region's access to education.[14] The University of Washington WWAMI program is set in six cities across the five-state region; the institutional partners and class size of each campus is listed below. Each campus is supported both by the University of Washington and the partner institution. During the clinical phase of the curriculum, years three and four, clinical sites are found within all five WWAMI states and students from each campus have the opportunity to rotate throughout the region.

University of Washington WWAMI Sites  State  | Campus  | Partner Institution  | Class Size

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Washington  | Seattle | University of Washington | 100
Spokane | Gonzaga University | 60
Wyoming  | Laramie | University of Wyoming | 20
Alaska  | Anchorage | University of Alaska Anchorage | 30
Montana  | Bozeman | Montana State University | 30
Idaho  | Moscow | University of Idaho | 40

## Notable alumni

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* Benjamin Danielson[15]
* Maxine Dexter, U.S. Representative from Oregon
* Diana L. Farmer, Pearl Stamps Stewart Professor of Surgery and chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of California, Davis and surgeon-in-chief of UC Davis Children's Hospital[16]
* Brian S. Kim, Sol and Clara Kest Professor, Vice Chair of Research, and Site Chair of Mount Sinai West and Morningside in the Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

## See also

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* List of medical schools in the United States
* WWAMI Regional Medical Education Program

## References

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1. ^ Wills, Antoinette; Bolcer, John D. (August 4, 2014). University of Washington. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 7\. ISBN 978-1-467-13182-7. Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
2. ^ "WWAMI". UW Medicine. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
3. ^ "About WWAMI - Gonzaga University". www.gonzaga.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
4. ^ "University of Washington opens its medical school on October 2, 1946". www.historylink.org. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
5. ^ Nowlen, Chuck (1999-07-07). "2 med students leave hospital". The Capital Times. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-05-31 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Student's legacy will live on". The La Crosse Tribune. 2002-03-24. p. 21. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
7. ^ "Trip to Africa was best of times, worst of times". Wisconsin State Journal. 2002-03-24. pp. C1C2. Retrieved 2025-05-31 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Michele Tracy Eye and Ear MEDiC Clinic". Communication Sciences and Disorders. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
9. ^ Ostrom, Carol M. (May 20, 2013). "UW Medicine, Catholic health system to have 'strategic affiliation'". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
10. ^ "UW medical school to end participation in U.S. News rankings". UW Medicine | Newsroom. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
11. ^ "Tim Dellit is named CEO of UW Medicine". UW Medicine | Newsroom. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
12. ^ "Savings". Department of Government Efficiency. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
13. ^ Siken, Justin (13 May 2025). "List of All Contracts Terminated by DOGE". HigherGov. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
14. ^ Ramsey, Paul G.; Coombs, John B.; Hunt, D. Daniel; Marshall, Susan G.; Wenrich, Marjorie D. (August 2001). "From Concept to Culture: The WWAMI Program at the University of Washington School of Medicine". Academic Medicine. 76 (8): 765. ISSN 1040-2446.
15. ^ Mulugeta, Mikael (2023-09-30). "Dr. Ben Danielson, pillar of the Seattle medical community, is 2021 graduation speaker". School of Social Work. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
16. ^ "Dr. Diana L. Farmer, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S. for UC Davis Health". health.ucdavis.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2025-02-10.

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