University of Washington School of Medicine

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School of Medicine
TypePublic
Established1946 (1946)[1]
DeanPaul G. Ramsey[2]
Academic staff
1,800
Students957
Location
Seattle
,
Washington
,
U.S.

47°38′56″N 122°18′25″W / 47.649°N 122.307°W / 47.649; -122.307Coordinates: 47°38′56″N 122°18′25″W / 47.649°N 122.307°W / 47.649; -122.307
CampusUrban
Websiteuwmedicine.washington.edu

The University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) is a large public medical school in the northwest United States, located in Seattle and affiliated with the University of 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.

UWSOM 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.[3] In addition, sixty first-year students and forty second-year students from Washington are based at Gonzaga University in Spokane.[4] Preference is given to residents of the WWAMI states.

UW Medicine[]

UW Medicine includes the UWSOM, as well as a number of clinical facilities owned and operated by the UW, including the following:

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

History[]

The school was founded in 1946 as the 76th medical school in the country and is a leader in primary care, family medicine, biomedical research, experimental therapy, clinical treatments, and academic medicine.[citation needed] In 2014, the UW School of Medicine was ranked #10 in research and #1 in primary care and in rural medicine by U.S. News and World Report.[5][6][7] The UW School of Medicine also ranks as one of the top medical schools in receipt of federal researching funding, having been awarded $712.3 million in grants by the National Institutes of Health in 2009. Only Harvard Medical School was awarded more federal funding.[8]

In May 2013, it was announced that UW Medicine and PeaceHealth were coming together in a "strategic affiliation." The American Civil Liberties Union criticized the merger as PeaceHealth is "directed by the Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives" and UW Medicine is taxpayer-funded.[9]

Notable alumni[]

See also[]

References[]

  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. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  2. ^ "Paul G. Ramsey". University of Washington School of Medicine. Archived from the original on December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  3. ^ "WWAMI". UW Medicine. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  4. ^ "About WWAMI - Gonzaga University". www.gonzaga.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  5. ^ "Best Medical Schools: Primary Care". US News and World Report. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Best Medical Schools: Research". US News and World Report. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Rural Medicine". US News and World Report. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  8. ^ "About UW Medicine | UW Medicine, Seattle". University of Washington. Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
  9. ^ Ostrom, Carol M. (May 20, 2013). "UW Medicine, Catholic health system to have 'strategic affiliation'". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

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