Faculty

Our faculty are committed to providing high-quality patient care, medical education, and research.

Select a faculty member's name to browse their bio, education & training, research & clinical interests, and a list of recent publications if available.

Adeyinka Adedipe, MD, RDMS

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Section Head for Emergency Ultrasound
Director, Emergency Ultrasound

Arvin Akhavan, MD, MPA

Acting Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Assistant Medical Director of Operations & Patient Safety for the HMC ED

Ashley Amick, MD, MSCR

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Assistant Professor

General Internal Medicine

Brandon Backlund, MD, FACEP

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Director, Resident Education, Emergency Ultrasound
Associate Director, Emergency Ultrasound

Jenelle Badulak, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Niels Beck, MD, FACEP

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Associate Clerkship Director

Matt Beecroft, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Christopher Buresh, MD, MPH, DTM&H, FAAP, FACEP

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Andy Celestia, MD

Fellow

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

Betty Chen Valento, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Associate Director, Washington Poison Center

Nicole Chicoine Mooney, JD, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Anne Chipman, MD, MS

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Assistant Director of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) for the HMC ED

Will Cleek, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Catherine R. Counts, PhD, MHA

Acting Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Research and Quality Improvement Manager, Seattle Fire Medic One

Richard Cummins, MD, MPH, MSc

Professor Emeritus

Department of Emergency Medicine

Mitch Datlow, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

F. Alexander de la Fuente, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Jonathan DeWees, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Robert Doerning, MD, MBA, MS, FACEP

Acting Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Elizabeth Magassy Dorn, MD, DTM&H

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Herbie Duber, MD, MPH, FACEP

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Adjunct Associate Professor

Department of Global Health

Adjunct Associate Professor

Department of Health Metrics Sciences

Section Head for Population Health

Mickey Eisenberg, MD, MPH, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Department of Emergency Medicine

Associate Medical Director, QI, King County Emergency Medical Services Division

JP Faragher, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Laura Fife, MD, FACEP

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Benjamin Fitzgerald, MD

Fellow

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

Douglas Franzen, MD, MEd, FACEP

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Associate Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Fiona Gallahue, MD, FACEP

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Alexander Garrett, MD

Acting Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Fellow

Medical Education Research Fellowship

Medley Gatewood, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Director, Quality Improvement, University of Washington Medical Center Emergency Department

Eric S Golike, MD, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Max Griffith, MD

Acting Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Fellow

Medical Education Research Fellowship

M. Kennedy Hall, MD, MHS

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Director of Data Science and Informatics, Department of Emergency Medicine

Chris Hebert, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Jason Heiner, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH

Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Professor

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

Professor

Department of Global Health

Adjunct Professor

Department of Atmospheric Sciences

Director, Population Health Research Fellowship
Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE), UW School of Public Health

Jonathan Ilgen, MD, PhD

Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Adjunct Professor

Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education

Vice Chair of Faculty Development and Education
Director, Medical Education Research Fellowship

Joshua Jauregui, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Assistant Dean for Clinical Curriculum, UWSOM
Associate Director, Medical Education Research Fellowship

Kathleen Jobe, MD, FACEP

Associate Professor Emeritus

Department of Emergency Medicine

Nicholas Johnson, MD, FACEP, FCCM

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Associate Professor

Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine

Section Head for Critical Care
Associate Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Ross Kessler, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Program Director, Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship
Director of Student Programs and the Emergency Medicine Clerkship

Robert Klemisch, MD

Acting Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Assistant Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Heemun Kwok, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Andrew Latimer, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Associate Director, EMS Fellowship
Associate Medical Director, Airlift Northwest

Kathleen Li, MD, MS

Acting Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Dave Lu, MD, MSCI, MBE

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Director, Faculty Wellness and Professional Fulfillment, Associate Medical Director, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS), UW Medical Center – Northwest Emergency Department

John Lusk, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Jenyung Luu, MD

Clinical Instructor

Emergency Medicine

Martin Makela, MD, FAAEM, FACHE

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Immediate Past Medical Chief of Staff, UW Medical Center

Andrew McCoy, MD, MS, FAEMS

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Program Director, EMS Fellowship
Medical Director, American Medical Response
Medical Director, Shoreline Fire Department

James McCue, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Bryce Meeker, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Alexandra Miller, MD

Acting Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Fellow

Global Emergency Medicine and Rural Health Fellowship

Steve Mitchell, MD, FACEP

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Medical Director, Harborview Medical Center Emergency Department

Gabe Morales, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Stephen Morris, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Mary Myers, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Graham Nichol, MD, MPH, FRCP(C), FACP, FAHA

Professor

Department of Internal Medicine

Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Eric Nussbaum, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Kelli O'Laughlin, MD, MPH, FACEP

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Assistant Professor

Department of Global Health

President, Global Emergency Medicine Academy (GEMA) in the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

Stephen Ou, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Nelly Parisot, MD

Clinical Instructor

Sapna Pawa, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Elizabeth Rosenman, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Division of Healthcare Simulation Science, Department of Surgery

Director, Simulation

Shane Ruter, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Amber Sabbatini, MD, MPH, FACEP

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department of Health Systems and Population Health

Ilia Sahari, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Michael Sayre, MD

Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Section Head, Emergency Medical Services
Medical Director, Seattle Fire Department

Caitlin Schrepel, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Gregory Schroedl, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Interim Medical Director, UW Medical Center – Northwest Emergency Department

Scott Schwitz, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Sachita Shah, MD, DTM&H

Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Adjunct Associate Professor

Department of Global Health

Director, Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program
Director, Ultrasound Education for Partners In Health

Jamie Shandro, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Director, Student Development and Advising, Emergency Medicine Clerkship

Patrick Solari, MD, FACEP

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Clinical Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound Director

Charles Soliman, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Mastafa Springston, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Vasisht Srinivasan, MD

Acting Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Alexander St. John, MD, MS

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Susan Stern, MD

Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Benjamin Stoner-Duncan, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Jared Strote, MD, MS

Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Gerald Tolbert, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Emergency Medicine

Assistant Dean for Student Support, School of Medicine

Peter Toth, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Emergency Medicine

Jodie Totten, MD, MPH, DTM&H

Clinical Instructor

Assistant Director, Global Emergency Medicine and Rural Health Fellowship

David Townes, MD, MPH, DTM&H

Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Adjunct Professor

Department of Global Health

Associate Director, Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program

A. Raj Trivedi, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Associate Medical Director of QA/QI for the HMC ED

Java Tunson, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Richard B. Utarnachitt, MD, MS

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Medical Director, Airlift Northwest

Matthew Valento, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Associate Medical Director, Washington Poison Center
Site Director, Medical Toxicology, UW Department of Emergency Medicine

Theresa Van der Vlugt, MD, FACEP

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Marie Vrablik, MD, MCR

Assistant Professor

Emergency Medicine

Medical Director, UWMC Montlake Emergency Department

Michael Vrablik, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Director, Student Education, Emergency Ultrasound
Associate Program Director, Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship

Richard Waddell, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Jessica Wall, MD, MPH, MSCE, NRP, FACEP, FAAP

Clinical Assistant Professor

Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics

Assistant Medical Director of Pediatrics, Airlift Northwest

Bjorn Watsjold, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Assistant Director, Medical Education Research Fellowship

Zack Wettstein, MD

Acting Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Fellow

Population Health Research Fellowship

Stefan Wheat, MD

Acting Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Nathan White, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Adjunct Associate Professor

Department of Bioengineering

Adjunct Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine

Lauren Whiteside, MD, MS, FACEP

Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Shani Xaylavong, MD

Clinical Instructor

Department of Emergency Medicine

Scott E Young, DO

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine

People

Department of Emergency Medicine

Our faculty are committed to providing high-quality patient care, medical education, and research.