The Western Association of Physicians (WAP) is a regional
health association of academic physician-scientists. Over the years the society has grown to a membership of several hundred, including many distinguished academicians from diverse areas of medicine.
History
It was founded in 1955 by Robert Williams, the Chair of the Department of Medicine at the
University of Washington
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, and other eminent physicians with the aim of establishing a western society analogous to the
Association of American Physicians. Along with Williams, the founders of the WAP were Maxwell Wintrobe, Theodore Althausen, Joseph Ross, Clement Finch,
David A. Rytand
David Abramson Rytand (November 4, 1909–November 23, 1991) was an American physician from California. He spent sixty-five years at Stanford University, first as a student and then as a faculty member. He was the chair of the department of m ...
, John Lawrence, and Gordon Meiklejohn. The organization's bylaws were approved in 1969.
Annual meeting
The Western Association of Physicians meets annually in
Carmel
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, California, to discuss and present research and other educational programs. Through 2016, the event was called the Western Regional Meeting; starting in 2017, it became the Western Medical Research Conference (WMRC), in partnership with other regional medical societies. The conference is held in late January.
References
External links
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Organizations established in 1955
Medical associations based in the United States
Medical and health organizations based in Washington (state)
1955 establishments in Washington (state)
Health industry trade groups based in the United States