A PA Pioneer’s Notes

From 2005 to 2016 Steven Meltzer, PA served as full-time lecturer to the MEDEX Northwest [...]

PA Leadership

As the physician assistant profession marks its 50th birthday, opportunities have arisen for PAs to [...]

Richard A. Smith, MD, MPH:1932 – 2017

Long recognized as a founding father of the PA profession, Dr. Richard A. Smith achieved [...]

UW MEDEX Founder Dr. Richard A. Smith Honored by President Obama

On January 1st, 2017, President Barack Obama honored Richard A. Smith, MD, a founding father [...]

MEDEX Classnotes Winter 2017

We love hearing from our MEDEX Alumni, affirming the good they are doing out in [...]

Approaching Homelessness With Passion

Homelessness is a pernicious problem in Seattle, exacerbated by an absence of affordable housing. The [...]

MEDEX And The PANCE Exam: Seeing Results

In six years, MEDEX saw its students’ first-time pass rate for the national licensure exam [...]

MEDEX Spokane Site Moves to Gonzaga with UW Medicine

After twenty years in Spokane, the MEDEX Spokane site has relocated to Gonzaga University as [...]

Influential PA Kaye Kvam Remembered

Over a career span of 36 years, Kaye Kvam occupied multiple roles as a physician [...]

New MEDEX Graduates Celebrate End of Studies

Each year MEDEX Northwest educates over 100 physician assistants across four sites, and 2016 added [...]