{"id":16,"date":"2020-12-02T21:04:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T21:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:13:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:13:49","slug":"home-sample","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Sample"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width\"  id=\"row-1443319749\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1868812529\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"slider-wrapper relative\" id=\"slider-500323970\" >\n    <div class=\"slider slider-nav-circle slider-nav-large slider-nav-light slider-style-normal\"\n        data-flickity-options='{\n            \"cellAlign\": \"center\",\n            \"imagesLoaded\": true,\n            \"lazyLoad\": 1,\n            \"freeScroll\": false,\n            \"wrapAround\": true,\n            \"autoPlay\": 6000,\n            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href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/category\/medex-stories\/\">Features<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-16808\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-16808\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/category\/didactic-experience\/\">Didactic Experience<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-16805\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-16805\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/category\/clinical-experience\/\">Clinical Experience<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-16807\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-16807\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/category\/veterans\/\">Veterans<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-16829\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-16829\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/category\/alumni\/\">Alumni<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-16809\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-16809\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/category\/medex-historical\/\">Historical<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/aside><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-equal\"  id=\"row-1053333580\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-571721718\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner dark\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-4011670212\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>Multiply My Hands: The Life of Dr. Richard Smith<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"fancy-underline\">A MEDEX Magazine Series<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4011670212 {\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-4011670212 > * {\n  color: 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href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/2026\/03\/09\/chapter-eight-the-birth-of-medex-northwest-part-two\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"Chapter Eight: The Birth of MEDEX Northwest, Part Two\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Class-1-w-Dr-Smith-300x251.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Class-1-w-Dr-Smith-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Class-1-w-Dr-Smith-1024x857.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Class-1-w-Dr-Smith-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Class-1-w-Dr-Smith-1536x1286.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Class-1-w-Dr-Smith-2048x1715.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center is-large\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-larger \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/2026\/03\/09\/chapter-eight-the-birth-of-medex-northwest-part-two\/\" class=\"plain\">Chapter Eight: The Birth of MEDEX Northwest, Part Two<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSeattle\u00a01969.\u00a0Seated with the newly formed MEDEX Northwest team under the insistent fluorescent lights of a small conference room, Richard Smith stared at the stack of applications on the table before him. Eighty men had responded to their outreach efforts at military installations across the country. Eighty veterans looking to translate their battlefield medical skills into civilian careers.\u00a0So many lives, he thought, so many stories.\u00a0How do we choose?\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/2026\/03\/09\/chapter-eight-the-birth-of-medex-northwest-part-two\/\" class=\"button  is-outline is-small mb-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead the latest chapter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/2025\/06\/26\/series-introduction\/\" class=\"button secondary is-large lowercase\" >\n\t\t<span>Missed the previous chapters? Start here<\/span>\n\t<i class=\"icon-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-194455832 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 40px 0px 0px 0px;\n  margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<p><!--END--><\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-649424465\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-649424465 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n  \n    <div class=\"row large-columns-3 medium-columns-1 small-columns-1\" >\n  <div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:45%;\">\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:57%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/2026\/09\/04\/pi-alpha-inductees-2026\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"Pi Alpha Inductees &#8211; 2026\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/Pi-Alpha-banner-2026-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/Pi-Alpha-banner-2026-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/Pi-Alpha-banner-2026-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/Pi-Alpha-banner-2026-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/Pi-Alpha-banner-2026-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/Pi-Alpha-banner-2026-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cat-label  is-xxsmall op-7 uppercase\">\n\t\t\t\t\tNews &amp; Events \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/2026\/09\/04\/pi-alpha-inductees-2026\/\" class=\"plain\">Pi Alpha Inductees &#8211; 2026<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta is-small op-8\">September 4, 2026<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:45%;\">\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:57%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/2026\/03\/18\/the-impact-of-mike-carter-pa-c\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"Alumni Spotlight: The Impact of Mike Carter, PA-C\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Mike-larches-and-lake-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Mike-larches-and-lake-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Mike-larches-and-lake-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Mike-larches-and-lake-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Mike-larches-and-lake-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Mike-larches-and-lake-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cat-label  is-xxsmall op-7 uppercase\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAlumni Features \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/2026\/03\/18\/the-impact-of-mike-carter-pa-c\/\" class=\"plain\">Alumni Spotlight: The Impact of Mike Carter, PA-C<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta is-small op-8\">March 18, 2026<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFor our inaugural entry of the Alumni Spotlight series, Tacoma faculty member and MEDEX Alumni lead Jannelle Fukuji sat down with Mike Carter, PA-C, of MEDEX Tacoma Class 1, whose career reflects the full scope of the PA profession across clinical practice, leadership, education, and mentorship.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:45%;\">\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:57%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/2026\/01\/27\/good-things-can-happen-an-interview-with-lois-thetford-pa-c-upon-her-retirement\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"Good Things Happen: An Interview with Lois Thetford, PA-C Upon Her Retirement\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-27-at-2.39.02-PM-300x168.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-27-at-2.39.02-PM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-27-at-2.39.02-PM-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-27-at-2.39.02-PM-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-27-at-2.39.02-PM-1536x861.png 1536w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-27-at-2.39.02-PM-2048x1148.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cat-label  is-xxsmall op-7 uppercase\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAlumni Features \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/2026\/01\/27\/good-things-can-happen-an-interview-with-lois-thetford-pa-c-upon-her-retirement\/\" class=\"plain\">Good Things Happen: An Interview with Lois Thetford, PA-C Upon Her 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