Advisors

Meet the people who provide expert guidance and strategic planning for the Center.

This is unpublished

Oversight Committee

Barbara Jung, MD

Chair, Center Oversight Committee
Chair, Department of Medicine
bhjung@uw.edu

Geoffrey Baird, MD

Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
gbaird@uw.edu

Shahina Banthanavasi, MD, MHA

Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer, Valley Medical Center
shahina_banthanavasi@valleymed.org

Howard Chansky, MD

Chair, Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
​​​​​​​chansky@uw.edu

Richard Ellenbogen, MD, FACS

Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery
rge@uw.edu

Janna Friedly, MD

Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
friedlyj@uw.edu

Neal Futran, MD, DMD

Chair, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
nfutran@uw.edu

Barbara Goff, MD

Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
bgoff@uw.edu

Richard Goss, MD, MPH

Medical Director, Harborview Medical Center
rgoss@uw.edu

Lisa Hammel, JD

Senior Director, Clinical Risk Management, UW Medicine
lisahamm@uw.edu

Paul James, MD

Chair, Department of Family Medicine
jamespa@uw.edu

Bay Leslie-Mazwi, MD

Chair, Department of Neurology
tml01@uw.edu

Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
gbmac@uw.edu

Keri Nasenbeny, MHA, BSN, RN

Chief Nursing Officer, Harborview Medical Center
kehle@uw.edu

Santiago Neme, MD, MPH

Medical Director, UWMC
sneme@uw.edu

Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD

Interim Chair, Department of Dermatology
pnghiem@uw.edu

Adam Parcher, PharmD, MHA

Chief Quality Officer, UW Medicine
alux@uw.edu

Tom Purcell, MD, MBA

Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
tpurcell@fredhutch.org

Ramesh Rengan, MD, PhD, FASTRO

Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology
rengan@uw.edu

Dushyant Sahani, MD

Chair, Department of Radiology
dsahani@uw.edu

Annelise Schleyer, MD, MHA

Interim Chief Medical Officer, UW Medicine 
schleyer@uw.edu

Paul Sharek, MD, MPH

Vice President, Chief Quality and Safety Officer, Seattle Children's Hospital
paul.sharek@seattlechildrens.org

Brad Simmons, MHA, FACHE

President, UW Medicine Hospitals and Clinics
brad12@uw.edu

Susan A. Stern, MD

Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
sstern@uw.edu

Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, MD

Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education
pth@uw.edu

Jurgen Unutzer, MD, MPH, MA

Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
unutzer@uw.edu

Russell Van Gelder, MD, PhD

Chair, Department of Opthalmology
russvg@gmail.com

Leslie R. Walker-Harding, MD, FAAP, FSAHM

Chair, Department of Pediatrics
lrwh@uw.edu

Hunter Wessells, MD

Chair, Department of Urology
wessells@uw.edu

Douglas Wood, MD

Chair, Department of Surgery
dew2@uw.edu