University of Washington School of Medicine Administration


Paul G. Ramsey, M.D.
, chief executive officer, UW Medicine, executive vice president for medical affairs and dean of the school of medicine, University of Washington

Vice Deans

  • Suzanne M. Allen, M.D., M.P.H., vice dean for regional affairs
  • Ellen M. Cosgrove,M.D., vice dean for academic affairs
  • Lawrence R. Robinson, M.D., vice dean for clinical affairs and graduate medical education
  • John T. Slattery, Ph.D., vice dean for research and graduate education

Associate Deans

  • Mary Lenora "Nora" Disis, M.D., associate dean for translational science
  • Anne Eacker, M.D., associate dean for student affairs
  • Erika Goldstein, M.D., M.P.H., associate dean for the colleges
  • Mark S. Green, J.D., associate dean for business
  • Mary Fran Joseph, M.B.A., associate dean for administration and finance
  • Byron Joyner, M.D., associate dean for graduate medical education
  • Michael Ryan, M.D., associate dean for curriculum
  • Carol Teitz, M.D., associate dean for admissions

Associate Deans (Seattle clinical training sites)

  • William Campbell, M.D., associate dean and chief of staff, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
  • David Fisher, M.D., associate dean and medical director and senior vice president, Seattle Children’s
  • J. Richard Goss, M.D., associate dean and medical director, Harborview Medical Center
  • Thomas Staiger, M.D., associate dean and medical director, UW Medical Center
  • Bruder Stapleton, M.D., associate dean and chief administrative officer, Seattle Children's

Assistant Deans (based in Seattle)

  • James B. Hendricks, Ph.D., assistant dean for research, Seattle Children's
  • Sheila A. Lukehart, Ph.D., assistant dean for research and graduate education, Harborview Medical Center
  • Amity Neumeister, M.B.A., assistant dean for graduate medical education
  • Christina M. Surawicz, M.D., assistant dean for faculty development

Assistant Deans at Regional Sites (first-year regional campuses)

  • Matthew McEchron, Ph.D., University of Wyoming
  • Ken Roberts, Ph.D., Washington State University-Spokane 
  • Jane Shelby, Ph.D., University of Alaska
  • Martin Teintze, Ph.D., Montana State University
  • Andrew L. Turner, M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Idaho/Washington State University

Assistant Deans at Regional Sites (clinical programs)

  • Mary Barinaga, M.D., Idaho
  • Jay S. Erickson, M.D., Montana
  • Deborah J. Harper, M.D., Eastern and Central Washington
  • Lawrence E. Kirven, M.D., Wyoming
  • John F. McCarthy, M.D., Eastern and Central Washington
  • Thomas S. Nighswander, M.D., Alaska 
  • Yong "Ki" Shin, Western Washington

Senior Advisers

  • Harry Kimball, Ph.D., senior adviser to the dean
  • Carol MacLaren, Ph.D., senior adviser to the dean

Chief Diversity Officer

  • David Acosta, M.D.

Department Chairs

  • Norman Beauchamp, M.D., professor and chair, Department of Radiology
  • William Bremner, M.D., Ph.D., professor and Robert G. Petersdorf chair, Department of Medicine
  • Wylie Burke, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of Bioethics and Humanities
  • William Catterall, Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of Pharmacology
  • James Champoux, Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of Microbiology
  • Jens Chapman, M.D., professor and Hansjöerg Wyss chair, Department of Orthopaedics
  • John Clark, Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of Biological Structure
  • Trisha N. Davis, Ph.D., professor and acting chair, Department of Biochemistry
  • Richard Ellenbogen, M.D., professor and Theodore S. Roberts chair, Department of Neurological Surgery
  • David Eschenbach, M.D., professor and chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Peter Esselman, M.D., professor and chair, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • James Fine, M.D., professor and chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine
  • Stanley Froehner, Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
  • Neal Futran, M.D., DMD, Allison T. Wanamaker professor and chair, Department of Otolaryngology-HNS
  • Joan Goverman, Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of Immunology
  • King Holmes, M.D., Ph.D., professor and William H. Foege chair, Department of Global Health
  • George Laramore, M.D., Ph.D., Peter Wootton professor and chair, Department of Radiation Oncology
  • Denny Liggitt, D.V.M., Ph.D., professor and chair, Department of Comparative Medicine
  • G. Burkhard Mackensen, M.D., acting chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
  • Tom Montine, M.D., Ph.D., Alvord professor and chair, Department of Pathology
  • Thomas Norris, M.D., professor and chair, Department of Family Medicine
  • Carlos Pellegrini, M.D., professor and Henry H. Harkins chair, Department of Surgery
  • Bruce Ransom, M.D., Ph.D., professor and Warren and Jermaine Magnuson chair, Department of Neurology  
  • Bruder Stapleton, M.D.. Ford/Morgan chair and associate dean/chief academic officer (SCH), Department of Pediatrics
  • Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, M.D., professor and chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education
  • Russell Van Gelder, M.D., Ph.D.. professor and Boyd K. Bucey Memorial chair, Department of Ophthalmology
  • Richard Veith, M.D., Bernice E. Tutt professor and chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Robert Waterston, M.D., Ph.D., professor and William H. Gates chair, Department of Genome Sciences
  • Hunter Wessells, M.D., professor and Wilma Wise Nelson, Ole A. Nelson, and Mabel Wise Nelson, chair, Department of Urology
  • Paul Yager, Ph.D., Robert F. Rushmer professor and chair, Department of Bioengineering