News & Events

Announcements, updates, posts, invitations, and stories linked to the daily aspects of MEDEX Northwest, its five campuses, its place in the UW Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine, and its leading role in the field of PA education.

Remembering Ruth Ballweg, MPH, PA-C Emeritus (1944-2022)
November 22, 2022

MEDEX Northwest is remembering our colleague and former longtime leader of the MEDEX program, Ruth Ballweg, MPA, PA-C Emeritus, who passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2022. We are comforted to hear from Ruth’s family that “her last hours were painless and peaceful, managed by a brilliant team of hospice [...]

Donning the White Coat
September 22, 2022

During the second week of September 2022, MEDEX faculty, staff and students observed Transition Week across all its five campuses. A central component of this process is the White Coat Ceremony: a gathering of students, faculty and often family members, at which students are ritualistically presented with their signature white [...]

The MEDEX Northwest 2022 Graduation Season
September 14, 2022

August marks graduation season at MEDEX Northwest. This year’s gatherings were the first to be held in-person since 2019, bringing an added flavor of relief as students, faculty and families came together in common spaces to honor and celebrate the graduates. We also added a fifth ceremony to our usual [...]

The Return of the MEDEX Alumni Reception and Awards Ceremony
May 6, 2022

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 [...]

2022 MEDEX Northwest Student Scholarship Recipients
April 8, 2022

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 MEDEX Student Scholarships. There are eight scholarship categories, each named after an individual of particular importance to the MEDEX Northwest PA program. Decisions are based primarily on the evaluation by MEDEX leadership of short essays submitted by the students with [...]

My Favorite Things
February 16, 2022

We continue our recognition of 2022 Black History Month with “My Favorite Things,” a collection of lists gathered from participating MEDEX Northwest faculty, staff and students of favorite actors, movies, foods, music, television, books and actors rooted in the Black/African Diaspora experience. FOODS: I am Eritrean, so by default one [...]

MEDEX Northwest’s Terry Scott Appears on “The PA Path Podcast”
September 1, 2021

MEDEX Northwest’s Program Director and Section Head Terry Scott, MPA, PA-C, DFAAPA appeared as a guest on a recent edition of The PA Path Podcast, a podcast out of the Keck School of Medicine of USC that explores all things PA. “Terry and I discuss our passion for diversity, equity, [...]

Summer Success for MEDEX Seattle Students
September 1, 2021

As the faculty, staff, and students of MEDEX Northwest prepare to head into Fall Quarter 2021 – which for some signals the full embrace of the intensive first year in the classroom, and for others a transition into a year of clinical rotations in hospitals, clinics and medical facilities across [...]

The 2021/2022 application cycle is now open!
May 1, 2021

The 2021/2022 application cycle is open from May 1, 2021 through October 1st, 2021, 11:59pm EST.  Visit Centralized Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA) to submit your application.  [...]

MEDEX Responds to COVID-19
April 20, 2020

The Coronavirus presents an unusual challenge with a lot of extra stress that all of us are experiencing in one way or another. This is surely true at MEDEX Northwest, especially when there are so many things that are beyond the program’s control. We are responsible for the education of [...]