Impact Stories

Two recent legacy gifts, totaling $8.5 million, to MD scholarships open pathways for more students.

Pioneering KING5 anchor Jean Enersen received the 2025 Brotman Award for her leadership in supporting medical students.

Why Andrew Trister, MD, PhD, Res. ‘14, is driven to bridge the gap between technology and medicine.

How donor-supported research at UW Medicine is changing lives for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

Harborview Medical Center offers the best medical care for our region — and beyond.

It takes a multidisciplinary team to find the right treatment for epilepsy — which is why Kathleen Simpson turned to UW Medicine’s Regional Epilepsy Center at Harborview.

The generosity of donors like Heather and Warren McNeel has helped UW Medicine’s NICU improve the odds for their tiniest patients.

Life-threatening strokes can happen without warning. UW Medicine’s Neurosciences Institute at Harborview Medical Center is ready 24/7 to respond.

Jordan Baxter shares how scholarships are helping her improve access to medical care in her rural Montana community.

My community supported my dream of becoming a doctor. Now, donor-supported scholarships are helping train me to care for my hometown.

Thanks to the generosity of scholarship donors and his family’s support, Ian Engerbretson is on his way to becoming a rural physician in Idaho.

Through a donor-supported education program, UW Medicine trainees learn how integrating flight safety protocols could help enhance patient care.