Contact GME

Office of Graduate Medical Education
UW Medicine – South Lake Union
815 Mercer St., Bldg. C-4
Box 358047
Seattle, WA 98109-4325
Phone: 206.543.6806
Fax: 206.685.3314

Lawrence Robinson, MD
Vice Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Clinical Affairs
Designated Institutional Official
 
Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine
C-414 Health Sciences Center
Phone: 206.543.6232
Fax: 206.221.2404
lorenzo@uw.edu 

Byron Joyner, MD, MPA
Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education 
Professor, Urology
Phone: 206.543.6806
bjoyner@uw.edu

Amity Neumeister, MBA
Assistant Dean and Director
Phone: 206.685.6801
amity@uw.edu

 

Accreditation, Operations & Education


Gabrielle Pett
Assistant Director
Phone: 206.543.0069
nathangl@uw.edu
Susan Johnston, EdD
Director of Education
Phone: 206.685.0252
ssjohn2@uw.edu
 
Ken Forssen
GME Float Administrator
Phone: 206.685.4504
kforssen@uw.edu
Chris Poppe
Administrative Specialist
Phone: 206.616.1503
cpoppe@uw.edu
     
Domonique Calhoun
Administrative Coordinator       
Phone: 206.543.3065
dc24@uw.edu 
  Shawn Banta
Administrative Specialist
Phone: 206.616.8286
sbanta@uw.edu 
     
Kristen Empie
Program Coordinator
Phone: 206.616.1504
empiek@uw.edu
   

 

Residency Management System Administration


Alyson Reighley
Residency Management System Administrator
Phone: 206.221.4585
reighley@uw.edu

 

Ken Cartwright
Computer Services Consultant
Phone: 206.543.1079
kencart@uw.edu

 

Learning Gateway


Simona Lazar, MS
eLearning Project Manager
Phone: 206.543.2115
slazar@uw.edu

 

Brian Valentine
eLearning Developer
Phone: 206.318.1893
Bvalentine@uwmedres.washington.edu

   
Caleb Pong 
LMS Senior Analyst
Phone: 206.543.2119
pongkai@uw.edu
   

 

Resident and Fellow Wellness



Mindy Stern, MSW, LICSW
Director, Resident and Fellow Wellness
UWMC, AA -111E
Box 356340
Phone: 206.543.6408
mindywho@uw.edu

 

Kristina Schellie, MSW
Assistant Director, Resident and Fellow Wellness
UWMC, AA -111D
Box 356340
Phone: 206.543.3484
schellie@uw.edu

 

GME Finance


Mike Dorris
Director, Medical Affairs Financial Analysis
Phone: 206.616.6465
Fax: 206.616.7564
mdorris@uw.edu
  Maria Ponz
Finance Manager, GME Program & Financial Analysis
Phone: 206.616.6462
Fax: 206.543.0634
mkirk@uw.edu
     
Carolyn Adams
Fiscal Specialist
Phone: 206.616.9251
Fax: 206.543.0634
adamsca@uw.edu
  Mary Girgis
Fiscal Specialist
Phone: 206.221.3313
Fax: 206.543.0634
mgirgis@uw.edu

Who Does What?

View a searchable list of primary contacts for GME activities.

Verification of Post-Graduate Training

Verification of post-graduate training (including internships, residencies and fellowships) may be completed by the GME Office or by the residency or clinical fellowship training program. For questions regarding residency or clinical fellowship verifications, please contact Domonique Calhoun at 206.543.3065. To ensure accuracy of the verification, please provide the full name, social security number, training program and dates of training of the resident/fellow. Verifications for graduate fellowship and PhD programs cannot be verified by this office.

Suggestions, Complaints and Feedback

Have a complaint or suggestion about your residency or fellowship program? Need to voice a concern anonymously?  Please refer to the How to Report a Concern in a Confidential Manner diagram for reporting options. 

You may contact the GME Office using the Complaint/Suggestion Feedback Form or by calling our hotline at 206.543.2496.  You are welcome to leave your comments anonymously, but please be aware that the more information we have about the situation, the better able we will be to address your concerns.