| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1946[1] |
| Dean | Paul G. Ramsey[2] |
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 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | uwmedicine |
The University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) is a public medical school in the northwest United States, located in Seattle and affiliated with the University of Washington.
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, the 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]
UW Medicine
UW Medicine includes the UWSOM, 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
- Valley Medical Center — Renton
- UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics — nine primary care facilities
- UW School of Medicine
- UW Physicians — a physician practice
- Airlift Northwest — a medical transport system for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho
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. 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]
See also
- List of medical schools in the United States
- WWAMI Regional Medical Education Program
- Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Paul G. Ramsey". University of Washington School of Medicine. Archived from the original on December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ "WWAMI". UW Medicine. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- ^ "About WWAMI - Gonzaga University". www.gonzaga.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
- ^ "Best Medical Schools: Primary Care". US News and World Report. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Best Medical Schools: Research". US News and World Report. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Rural Medicine". US News and World Report. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "About UW Medicine | UW Medicine, Seattle". University of Washington. Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
- ^ Ostrom, Carol M. (May 20, 2013). "UW Medicine, Catholic health system to have 'strategic affiliation'". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 26 April 2014.