Message from the Chair - University of Washington

1 View this email in your browserPatient Care | MSE | Residency | Network | Research | Sports Med | MEDEX | Palliative Care April, 2017 Got News?E-mail submit your news! Advancement"Stu's Sunrise" art tributeThe Farber Endowed Professorshipis fully funded and a committee hasbeen charged to review applicationsfor a faculty appointment!Support Family Medicine DFM in the NewsMatthew Thompson s Lecture atUniversity of Zimbabwe Featuredin Local NewsThe Supporting Life study haswrapped up data collection!UW joins elite effort for bettercancer tests in primary careUWFM graduates and #WWAMI residents participate in studentexchange with Malawi College ofMedicineWatch @uwchws Deputy DirectorSue Skillman discuss #healthcaretransition to #ValueBasedPaymentThe RTT Program (#WWAMIIRHRC partner program) comes to aconclusion Message from the ChairSpring has arrived with blossoms cheering the sunshinethat graced the Seattle area last weekend.

2 There is much toperuse in our Quarterly Departmental Newsletter. I shareyour pride in acknowledging the work of faculty, staff andlearners as we celebrate again the top ranking in the USNews and World Report for primary care, family medicineand rural medicine. Hooray and congratulations to all!March was exciting for another reason, Match Day!Congratulations to our Residency Program faculty, staffand residents for a very successful recruitment are an organization s most valuable resource and thus by my estimation, thisDepartment is wealthy. Please read about the life and work of MEDEX founder A. Smith to be further inspired to live fearlessly. Then, know that we havepeople striving to change the world and recognized in our Award & Recognitionsection.

3 We are excited to welcome two important new resources for the DFM. MinaMarcher joined us in February as our new Human Resources Manager and AmonJohnson joined us earlier this month as our DFM Manager of Databases and Research Section is impacting the world from Dr. Thompson s work in Malawi andZimbabwe to more local news from our work in rural health to the annual WPRN meeting. Finally, our Medical Student Section took great pride in having the highestpercentage of students match in family medicine in the history of our medical work Dr. Keen and colleagues!Paul A. James MDProfessor and ChairDepartment of Family MedicineDepartment HighlightsUW Medicine s primary care, family and ruralmedicine programs lead nation again!

4 For the 23rd time in the past 24 years, the Universityof Washington ranked as the No. 1 primary caremedical education program in the country, accordingto News & World Report s 2018 Best GraduateSchool rankings released Tuesday. Read more father of the PA profession & UWMEDEX NW program, Dr. Richard A. Smith passed Hails & FarewellsSamantha Crowe, Manager of theSports Medicine Section, left thedepartment in March to take aposition with King Thomas, DFM HRManager, retired at the end ofMarch after over 20 years with theUniversity and over 15 years withDFM. Cathy hopes to retire inMissouri in order to be closer Marcher, DFM HR Managerreplacing Cathy Thomas, joinedDFM in February, coming to usfrom the Department of Johnson, DFM Manager ofDatabases and Web Services, joinedthe department on April Chiodo joined theResearch Section in March as aFiscal Specialist 1.

5 Andreapreviously worked as a ProgramCoordinator in UW Oncology. On the CalendarSports Medicine Grand Rounds4th Wednesday each monthHusky Football Team Room, HecEdmundson Pavillion7:15 - 8:45 Medicine Grand RoundsFirst Wednesday of each month12:00 - 1:00 Classroom331 NE Thornton Place, Seattle,98125 Publications &PresentationsView a listing of our mostrecent publications &presentations here MEDEX NW program, Dr. Richard A. Smith passedaway on March 10, 2017 Global health leader and widely recognized founderof the physician assistant (PA) profession, RichardA. Smith, , , died March 10, at his homein Honolulu, Hawaii. He was 84. Dr. Smith wasrecently honored by President Barack Obama for hismany contributions in the areas of PA education,racial desegregation and global health.

6 Dr. Smith hasdevoted his lifetime to the cause of improvingaccess to basic healthcare in urban, rural andunderserved communities across the United Statesand around the world. Read the full story to our new R1 Interns for 2017-2018!Awards & RecognitionLynn Oliver elected AOA Honor Medical SocietyfacultyAlpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, aprofessional medical organization, recognizes andadvocates for excellence in scholarship and the highestideals in the profession of medicine. Congratulations on this great honor!Read more about the Alpha Omega Alpha society here. Steven Meltzer winner of MEDEX NW Pioneer Awardfor 2017 From 2005 to 2016 Steven Meltzer, PA served as full-time lecturer to the MEDEX Northwest Spokane andYakima sites.

7 Steven Meltzer, PA is recipient of the2017 MEDEX Pioneer Award. Read the full story here. ITHS Community Engagement staff team nominatedfor a UW Distinguished staff awardThe ITHS Community Engagement team, includingGina Keppel, Laurie Hassell and Brenda Mollis, werenominated for a UW Distinguished Staff Award. TheDistinguished Staff Award highlights University ofWashington staff members who display a commitmentto the UW and a passion for their work that never award represents our University s highest honor byrecognizing those who create a world of good throughtheir hard work, dedication and selfless spirit. Readmore here. Lu Marchand, MD was presented with 2017 AmericanAcademy of Hospice and Palliative MedicineHumanities Award in Phoenix, AZLucille Marchand, MD BSN FAAHPM has workedover 25 years integrating the humanities in all aspectsof education to colleagues, nurses, nurse practitioners,medical student, physician assistant students, and thepublic.

8 She is widely published and has organized theHealing Space venue at the 2005 and 2006 AnnualAssembly. Read more here. Dr. Eric Larson, Director of WWAMI RHRC,Awarded Mary Selecky Friends of Rural HealthAwardThis award seeks nominees who have made a special effort to cause and effect change inrural health policy, legislation, etc. to specifically benefit rural health outcomes. Dr. Larsonreceived this award at the NW Rural Health Conference. Palliative Care team member Tracy Ng receivesGolden Eddy Award for Outstanding Patient andFamily EducatorsGrace Parker, Chief Nursing Officer, and Cindy Sayre,Associate Administrator, presented awards to the 15individuals and nine teams who are this year srecipients including Tracy Ng and Beth Chance fortheir work on the ICU Children s Coloring UpdatesWWAMI NETWORKWWAMI Rural Training Track MeetingOn February 27 the Family Medicine Residency Network held the 2nd annual WWAMIR ural Training Track meeting during the Northwest Rural Health Conference in Seattle.

9 Twenty-one residency program directors, faculty and staff attended from current anddeveloping WWAMI rural training tracks and programs. The meeting focused on thecollaboration between rural sites, communication with core programs and and Scholarly Activities GroupA group of about 15 faculty leads in research and scholarly activity from residencyprograms around the University of Washington Family Medicine Residency Network meton March 1 before the start of the annual WPRN meeting. The group had a livelydiscussion about challenges and successes of involving residents in research and scholarlyprojects and developed an initial list of best practices, ideas, and resources for programsworking to increase participation in research and scholarly activities throughout theWWAMI region.

10 Continued engagement of this group is planned with a listserve, resource-sharing, and occasional and Gold Foundation DeWitt C. Baldwin,Jr. Award RecipientsCongratulations to Montana Family Medicine forreceiving the 2017 ACGME and Gold FoundationDeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr. Award. Roxanne Fahrenwald,MD and John Felton, MPH, MBA were presented withthe award at the ACGME conference in March. Theaward recognizes institutions with accreditedresidency/fellowship programs that are exemplary infostering a respectful, supportive environment formedical education and the delivery of patient care,which leads to the personal and professionaldevelopment of learners .Congratulations to Valley Family Medicine and Alaska Family Medicine!