Stories, news and events for the MEDEX Community

Stories, news and events
for the MEDEX Community

Multiply My Hands: The Life of Dr. Richard Smith

A MEDEX Magazine Series

Chapter One: From Humble Beginnings

The autumn wind rattled the windows of the small house in Norwalk, Connecticut, carrying with it the pungent smell of coal smoke from neighboring chimneys. It was October 13th, 1932. Inside, a single lamp cast weak light against the gathering dusk. In that dimly lit room, made sparse by the times, the newborn Richard Alfred Smith drew his first breath.

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News & Events

MEDEX Northwest Admissions and Student Services Team Recipients of 2025 UW Award of Excellence

The MEDEX Northwest Admissions and Student Services Team will receive a Distinguished Staff Award at the 2025 UW Distinguished Staff Awards of Excellence ceremony to be held in Meany Hall at 3:30 p.m. on June 12 on the UW Seattle campus.

News & Events Veterans

Kelly Willett – Veterans Caucus Scholar

MEDEX is pleased to announce that during the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) annual conference on Monday, May 19th, Kelly Willett of Anchorage Class 16 was awarded the 2025 Veterans Caucus Society of Air Force Physician Assistants Scholarship during the Veterans Caucus AAPA Memorial Ceremony.

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Replenishing and Rebuilding at the 2025 MEDEX Northwest Retreat

Colleagues new and old from across the three-state and five-campus spread that is MEDEX—Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Anchorage and Kona—gathered on the UW Seattle campus (March 24-28, 2025) to catch up, unplug and get down to the business of building MEDEX 2.0.