The University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) is a large

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in the

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United States, located in

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and affiliated with the

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. According to ''U.S. News & World Report''s 2022 Best Graduate School rankings, University of Washington School of Medicine ranked #1 in the nation for primary care education, and #7 for research. UWSOM is the first public medical school in the states of

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, and

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. 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

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, the

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, or the

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, respectively. In addition, sixty students in each class are based at

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. Preference is given to residents of the WWAMI states.

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 *

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— 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,

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and

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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 & World Report''. 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

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in 2009. Only

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was awarded more federal funding. In May 2013, it was announced that UW Medicine and

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were coming together in a "strategic affiliation." The

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criticized the merger as PeaceHealth is "directed by the Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives" and UW Medicine is taxpayer-funded.

Notable alumni

* Benjamin Danielson * Diana L. Farmer, Pearl Stamps Stewart Professor of Surgery and chair of the Department of Surgery at the

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and surgeon-in-chief of UC Davis Children's Hospital

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Washington Medicine, University of

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UW Medicine

History

Notable alumni

See also

References

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