2026-2027 MEDEX Application Cycle Is Now Open
Applications will be accepted May 1 - October 1, 2026 for June 2027 matriculation.
Prospective applicants should review the updated admissions criteria on the Applicants page before applying.
Alumni
Over its 50+ years of PA education, MEDEX Northwest has graduated over 2,800 students, mission-driven health professionals all who have spread themselves out across the region, the country, and the world to make everyday differences in the communities they serve. Retired or still active, new to the profession or old hands, their stories are as rich and varied as the lives of the patients they have touched. Read past Alumni Newsletters here.
The Return of the MEDEX Alumni Reception and Awards Ceremony
The MEDEX Alumni Reception and Awards Ceremony returned to the scene on Saturday April 23, 2022, after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions. The 2022 edition was held in conjunction with the Washington Academy of Physician Assistants (WAPA) 33rd Annual Spring Conference at the Seattle Airport Marriott Hotel. The [...]
Patricia Modlin-Rogers: Forging a Path for Women
As was the case with the two classes that came before them, all of the students of MEDEX Seattle Class 3 (1971) brought military training and experience with them into the classroom. But Patricia Modlin-Rogers brought all that and something more: she was a woman. MEDEX records show that Ms. [...]
MEDEX Remembers PA Mark Patterson
We remember Mark Alan Patterson (September 11, 1941-October 9, 2021), MEDEX Seattle Class 1 alumnus, pioneering PA, and longtime friend of the MEDEX family.
“Every Day Is a Surprise!” MEDEX Graduate Marks 50th Anniversary of Working in Primary Care
They say it takes a village, but it surely helps when that village includes providers like Sue Terran, a PA, nurse and MEDEX graduate (Seattle Class 27), who is celebrating fifty years of bringing primary care to thousands of families in rural Oregon.
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