Support Future Medical Leaders

How scholarships are helping Kathryne Mitchell, a former firefighter and paramedic, pursue her dream of becoming a doctor and giving back to her Alaska community.

Joan “Mutt” Dickson, MD ’97, invites you to join her in supporting scholarships for Montana medical students at the UW School of Medicine.

Sarah Busch, a medical student at the University of Washington School of Medicine, shares how scholarships are helping her become a doctor and fulfill her passion for public health.

How scholarships put Wyatt Bowles, a medical student at the University of Washington School of Medicine, on the path to becoming a small-town doctor for his hometown.

Dr. Rayburn Lewis is the 2023 recipient of UW Medicine’s Ragen Volunteer Service Award.

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.

From healing patients to publishing stories, Devin Gaskins dreams big. Here’s how scholarships are helping him succeed.

How scholarships and chosen family helped Athena Clemens journey from foster care to medical school.

The Indian Health Pathway at the UW School of Medicine trains physicians to provide culturally humble care for Indigenous people.

Cecelia Villa’s family taught her the importance of education — and giving back.

Scholarships help students like Christina Gibbs look forward to a future full of service.

How creating opportunities for underrepresented students like Sam Regalado helps build healthcare equity.

A rural education program prepares Spencer Pecha to care for his Wyoming community.

When 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.

UW 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.

UW Medicine medical student Fatima Ali and KING-5 news anchor Jean Enersen commit to equitable healthcare.

Faculty members establish a visionary scholarship.

From the circus to medical school, one student charts his own course.

UW School of Medicine medical student Stephen Ellison is gives back to the people and communities who have shaped and supported him.

Alumnus Carl Wigren pieces together lives — after death.

The UW Neighborhood Clinics’ medical director is paying it forward with a primary-care scholarship fund.

John Nuhn, M.D., reflects on touring, medicine and art.

The UW School of Medicine’s WWAMI program is helping Justinn Lahaye support the rural communities she was raised in.

The Irene and Norman Erie, M.D., Endowed Scholarship Fund at the UW School of Medicine helps support UW medical students from Montana.

Now 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.

Growing 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.

“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.

Service is central to scholarship students at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and they show caring and compassion […]

Stephen 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.