Features
Meet some of the people of MEDEX Northwest – students and faculty, founders and visionaries – who have helped to forge the forward path for PAs and affect change in world of progressive and responsible healthcare delivery.
Combating the Opioid Abuse Epidemic: MEDEX Northwest and MOUD Trainings
“When we’re actually prescribing treatments where people live, where they’re in their support group, it makes the difference between being able to complete treatment and live, or not complete treatment and die,” Tacoma City Councilmember Catherine Ushka said, looking out at the MEDEX Tacoma students in the midst of completing [...]
The Maui Fires: Portrait of a Community Response
Until news of the catastrophic wildfires raging in Maui on the evening of Tuesday, August 8 began to make its way across the state and nation, things at the MEDEX Kona campus were pretty much buzzing along as planned. Members of Kona Class 4 (KC4), the newest cohort of MEDEX [...]
Diversity, Community and the Newest MEDEX Northwest Cohort
It’s always good to welcome a new cohort of students to MEDEX Northwest, and the gathering at this year’s New Student Orientation Week was no exception. A total of 1,339 candidates submitted applications for acceptance to MEDEX in the 2022-2023 application cycle. Of these candidates, 300 were selected to interview [...]
I Want My Classroom To Have Everyone In It: A Conversation with Brendan Riordan, MS, PA-C
Brendan Riordan, MS, PA-C is an Assistant Teaching Professor on the faculty of MEDEX Spokane. He joined his MEDEX Spokane colleagues in January 2021 and he hasn’t looked back. A second-generation PA, Brendan’s path to teaching includes stops working in pre-hospital and transport medicine in New York City, graduating from [...]
Bring Your Whole Self In: An Interview with Amee Naidu, MMS, PA-C
It was tricky to find the time to sit down and chat with Amee Naidu, particularly given that she is a person who prefers to get up and go. She has been a faculty member at MEDEX Northwest’s Seattle campus since 2007. Building on her background in internal medicine, geriatrics, [...]
Remembering Ruth Ballweg, MPH, PA-C Emeritus (1944-2022)
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 [...]
A Life of Service
In recognition of Veterans Day, we reached out to our current military students to share stories of their journeys in the military, and from serving in the military to serving as PAs. These are the ones they shared.
Volunteerism at MEDEX Northwest
For a good number of MEDEX Northwest students, volunteerism proved to be the best way to acknowledge PA Week 2022 (October 6-12) and to celebrate the profession they are focused on joining. Here are some photos and reports on their efforts to make a difference in their communities.
Hispanic/Latinx Voices at MEDEX Northwest
In observation of 2022 National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month (September 15-October 15), we posted four first-person narratives on MEDEX Northwest Facebook. These posts were intended to highlight the voices and experiences among Hispanic, AfroLatino/a/x and Latin American students, faculty and staff at MEDEX Northwest. Now they strike us as worthy of [...]
The MEDEX Northwest 2022 Graduation Season
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 [...]