We hope you had a wonderful evening at Chihuly Garden and Glass and learned how your giving is improving the health of the public.
Today and every day, your dedicated support powers UW Medicine’s latest breakthroughs to better health, giving patients hope and saving lives.
Thank you for being part of our generous community of support and for helping improve health for everyone, here in our region and around the world!
Each year, we honor supporters and volunteers who have made extraordinary contributions to advancing our mission of improving the health of the public. We are deeply grateful to the 2025 recipients, and we invite you to learn more about them below.
Learn more about the awards and read all about past recipients >>
Jean Enersen
Pioneering KING5 anchor Jean Enersen is receiving the 2025 Brotman Award for her leadership and generous support of medical students. The award honors those whose visionary philanthropic leadership makes a significant impact on UW Medicine’s ability to carry out its mission.
From anchor to advocate >>
Jon Fine
Jon Fine is being recognized for his work championing the UW Medicine Neurosciences Institute. Named for the late Brooks G. Ragen, the Ragen Award honors volunteers who have made outstanding contributions toward advancing the mission of UW Medicine.
How Jon Fine is powering neuroscience innovation >>
Learn more about the speakers at Spring Soiree 2025.
Timothy H. Dellit, MD
CEO, UW Medicine
Tim Dellit, MD, is CEO of UW Medicine, executive vice president for medical affairs and Paul G. Ramsey Endowed Dean of the UW School of Medicine. He previously served as chief medical officer for UW Medicine, executive vice dean for clinical affairs for the School of Medicine, vice president for medical affairs and president of UW Physicians (UWP), a faculty practice plan with more than 2,800 members.
Dr. Dellit earned his MD from Cornell University Medical College. He is board-certified in both infectious diseases and internal medicine. Dr. Dellit’s clinical and research interests include general infectious diseases, orthopedic trauma-related infections, prevention of healthcare-associated infections and appropriate use of antibiotics.
Andrea and Chris Gilbert
Grateful Patient and Son
Andrea is currently receiving lecanemab to treat her early-stage Alzheimer’s disease at the Memory and Brain Wellness Center. She says, “I think the future is looking like a lot more people are going to have Alzheimer’s, so the research going on at the UW is invaluable. I can’t say enough about how lucky and pleased I am to be in this program.”
Find out more about UW Medicine’s work in memory research, education and care.
Michael Rosenbloom, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, UW Medicine
Director of Clinical Trials, MBWC
Co-Investigator, Clinical Core, ADRC
Dr. Rosenbloom is a board-certified neurologist at the UW Medicine Memory and Brain Wellness Center where he directs the clinical trials running at the UW Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center in Seattle, WA.
He previously served for 13 years as director of the HealthPartners Center for Memory and Aging in St. Paul, MN, and chair of the Department of Neurology for eight years before joining UW Medicine in 2023.
He attended medical school at the Columbia University, completed his neurology training at the Mass General/Brigham and Women’s residency program before entering a behavioral neurology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco Memory and Aging Center.
Learn more about the UW Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
Jessica Young, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Principal Investigator, Young Lab
Faculty, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM)
Dr. Jessica Young is associate professor for the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and for the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine.
Jessica completed her PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology here at the University of Washington and returned to UW Medicine after her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Diego.
Jessica’s lab is doing groundbreaking work to determine the molecular and cellular mechanisms behind Alzheimer’s disease using living cells. Her work is fundamental to increasing our basic understanding of what goes wrong during Alzheimer’s and to developing and testing new therapies to prevent that from happening.
