Through your generous support of MD scholarships, you can help us:
There is a physician shortage in many communities across the five-state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho).
And while there are many extraordinary young people who have the potential to become medical leaders in these communities, for many, medical school is financially out of reach.
When you choose to give to scholarships, you help students overcome the financial barriers that might otherwise prevent them from pursuing a medical degree. You also help ensure that once graduated, those who wish to can choose careers in family and primary care medicine and/or work in underserved communities across the WWAMI region.
By giving to scholarships, you are bringing students one step closer to becoming leaders dedicated to improving the health of our communities. Will you join us?
Yes! I want to prepare medical leaders to care for my community.
Give Today!Through your generous support of MD scholarships, you can help us:
Reduce barriers to medical school
For many students, medical school is out of reach without scholarship support. By giving to scholarships, you help outstanding students to pursue their dreams of becoming doctors.
Bolster our region’s physician workforce
Your support helps address physician shortages in rural and urban communities throughout our five-state WWAMI region since so many of our graduates return to their home states to practice medicine.
Free students to practice where they are most needed
Medical school loan debt can deter students from practicing in specialties or areas that pay less. By giving to scholarships, you help free students to choose careers that align with their personal values.
The UW School of Medicine is a one-of-a-kind, multi-state medical education program that serves the five-state WWAMI region. The School leads the nation for primary care education and family medicine training, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools. In fact, it has ranked No. 1 in primary care 27 times since 1995 and among the top two schools for family medicine training for 30 years.
Among the 279 School of Medicine graduates who sought residency in 2021, 132 (nearly 50%) matched into primary care specialties, with many matching in WWAMI states, amplifying the impact on the health of the region.
The School is committed to advancing diversity in the field and to helping address the health disparities within the WWAMI region and beyond, from Pathways Programs that train physicians to provide culturally humble care to increasing admissions for students from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine.
UW School of Medicine curriculum changes give students hands-on experience much earlier, working directly with patients.
Get to know Dr. Blair Washington, the new president of the UW School of Medicine alumni association, and her passion for increasing representation in medicine.
Read MoreAt the UW School of Medicine, future physicians learn how to provide culturally humble care for Latinx communities.
Read MoreFrom healing patients to publishing stories, Devin Gaskins dreams big. Here’s how scholarships are helping him succeed.
Read MoreHow scholarships and chosen family helped Athena Clemens journey from foster care to medical school.
Read MoreThe Indian Health Pathway at the UW School of Medicine trains physicians to provide culturally humble care for Indigenous people.
Read MoreCecelia Villa’s family taught her the importance of education — and giving back.
Read MoreScholarships help students like Christina Gibbs look forward to a future full of service.
Read MoreHow creating opportunities for underrepresented students like Sam Regalado helps build healthcare equity.
Read MoreA rural education program prepares Spencer Pecha to care for his Wyoming community.
Read MoreWhen the virus that causes COVID-19 sparked a global pandemic, My-Linh Nguyen’s life — and the lives of many medical students across the country — was thrown into uncharted territory.
Read MoreUW School of Medicine students Kiera Bulluck and William French are both from rural Montana, and this fact, perhaps more than anything else, has shaped them as people and as future doctors.
Read MoreUW Medicine medical student Fatima Ali and KING-5 news anchor Jean Enersen commit to equitable healthcare.
Read MoreFaculty members establish a visionary scholarship.
Read MoreFrom the circus to medical school, one student charts his own course.
Read MoreUW School of Medicine medical student Stephen Ellison is gives back to the people and communities who have shaped and supported him.
Read MoreAlumnus Carl Wigren pieces together lives — after death.
Read MoreThe UW Neighborhood Clinics’ medical director is paying it forward with a primary-care scholarship fund.
Read MoreJohn Nuhn, M.D., reflects on touring, medicine and art.
Read MoreThe UW School of Medicine’s WWAMI program is helping Justinn Lahaye support the rural communities she was raised in.
Read MoreThe Irene and Norman Erie, M.D., Endowed Scholarship Fund at the UW School of Medicine helps support UW medical students from Montana.
Read MoreNow a second-year medical student at the UW School of Medicine through the Alaska WWAMI program, Stephen Ellison, MD, grew up in Klawock and plans to return home to practice medicine when he finishes his training.
Read MoreGrowing up in Mt. Vernon, Wash., Raymond Aguilar saw firsthand the challenges that Spanish-speaking patients face. Now a resident in family medicine, he’s ready to help.
Read More“I imagine a world free from the threat of infectious diseases.” — Augustine Ajuogu, third-year medical student, UW School of Medicine “I want to live in a reality where we take vaccines for granted,” says Augustine Ajuogu.
Read MoreService is central to scholarship students at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and they show caring and compassion […]
Read MoreStephen Ellison’s ancestors have been part of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, for thousands of years. And Ellison, who left his hometown of Klawock to go to medical school, has no intention of breaking the chain.
Read MoreYour gift creates an enduring impact that will benefit UW School of Medicine students and the communities they will serve for generations to come. Will you help us improve health in communities throughout our region with a gift to MD scholarships?
Would you like to explore making an investment in MD scholarships? We’d love to connect. You can reach us at writemed@uw.edu or 206.543.5686.