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 F. 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

David Acosta, M.D., associate dean for multicultural affairs

Mary Lenora "Nora" Disis, M.D., associate dean for translational science

A. Peter Eveland, Ed.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)

Robert Furilla, Ph.D., interim, University of Alaska

Matthew McEchron, Ph.D., University of Wyoming

Ken Roberts, Ph.D., Washington State University-Spokane

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

J. Richard Hillman, M.D., Ph.D., Wyoming

John F. McCarthy, M.D., Eastern and Central Washington

Thomas S. Nighswander, M.D., Alaska 


Senior Advisers

Harry Kimball, Ph.D., senior adviser to the dean

Carol MacLaren, Ph.D., senior adviser to the dean


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 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

Tom Montine, M.D., Ph.D., Alvord professor and interim 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

Debra Schwinn, M.D.. professor and chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Bruder Stapleton, M.D.. Ford/Morgan chair and associate dean/chief academic officer (CHRMC), Department of Pediatrics

Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, M.D., professor and acting chair, Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics

Russell Van Gelder, M.D., Ph.D.. professor and Boyd K. Bucey Memorial chair, Department of Ophthalmology

Richard Veith, M.D., 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