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.
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.
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 [...]
“That’s where I grew up and that’s where I see the need.” New Students, Diversity, and the MEDEX Mission
Following two years of online New Student Orientation sessions due to COVID-19 restrictions, MEDEX faculty and staff were happy to welcome in-person a new cohort of 159 students from across all five MEDEX campuses to the University of Washington’s Seattle campus on a recent summery day. Tove Blake, Director of [...]
All In This Together: A Faculty Profile of Dr. Amanda Kost, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest
Dr. Amanda Kost is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine (DFM) at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine, where she teaches, conducts medical education research, and cares for patients. In June 2021, Dr. Kost added to these and her many other professional demands the position of [...]
MEDEX, the Military and Becoming a PA
MEDEX Northwest and the United States Armed Forces are tied at the hip historically—all fourteen members of MEDEX’s inaugural class, Seattle Class 1 (1969), were former Vietnam-era medics or corpsmen in search of a way to put their hard-earned medical knowledge and experience to work in a civilian setting. And [...]
2021 MEDEX Northwest Student Scholarship Winners
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 MEDEX Student Scholarships. There are eight scholarship categories, each named after an individual of particular importance to the MEDEX Northwest PA program. Meet this impressive bunch of MEDEX students.
Driven By Inspiration
Since 2016, the Steven Turnipseed, PA-C Veterans Award has been given to MEDEX graduates in recognition of their service to country, class and community. Two of this year’s recipients, Robin Morris of Anchorage Class 10 and Coty Holm of Spokane Class 22, speak about what (and who) motivated them to [...]