
Barbara Jung
@barbarahjung
Chair, University of Washington Department of Medicine.
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http://medicine.uw.edu 22-05-2015 23:12:04
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Congratulations to Dr. Başak Çoruh Başak Çoruh, the 2022 recipient of the Bruce C. Gilliland Excellence in Graduate Medical Education Teaching Award! The Gilliland Award recognizes educators who excel in teaching residents and fellows at University of Washington School of Medicine. UW PulmCritCareSleep

This new study led by UW Medicine faculty member Katherine Tuttle is a #MustRead regarding high incidences of #CKD marked by racial and ethnic disparities. Important work! Read NEJM: ms.spr.ly/6012dOsiO #MedTwitter #NephTwitter #kidney #research #diabetes #healthequity



I just love Matthew Judon not just for his sacks and his red sleeves but for standing up for women!

We are thrilled that ANIO has announced Nisha Bansal MD is the recipient of the 2022 award for academic excellence! So well deserved Dr. Bansal! 👏👏👏an-io.com/2022/10/14/ani… UW Medicine Kidney Research Institute Women In Nephrology #NephTwitter #WomenInMedicine #kidney


This month, our liver, kidney, pancreas & lung transplant services joined forces as the UW Medicine Transplant Institute. The program will enhance coordination efforts across our transplant programs and take our already outstanding services to a new level. huddle.uwmedicine.org/transplant-ins…

Registration is open! Join the UW CME course “Current Concepts in Medication Therapy” in December. Course faculty include Drs. Jennifer Azen, Lindsey Enoch, Srirama Josyula, Chris Knight, @leyde_sarah, & Nina Tan. Barrels of learning to be had! uw.cloud-cme.com/course/courseo…


Incoming AGA president Barbara Jung on why we need keep up the pressure to #StopUHCGiPriorAuth ow.ly/EuvA50OyjgV

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) president Barbara Jung highlights our concerns on UnitedHealthcare new ‘data gathering plan.’ Thank you Angus Rohan Chen for highlighting this! statnews.com/2023/06/02/uni… via STAT


Register now for our Updates in Hospital Medicine live webinar. uw.cloud-cme.com/MJ2407 We hope to see you this fall! UW Medicine General Internal Medicine at UW Medicine UW IM Chiefs HospitalMedicine UW Department of Medicine Nayan Arora,MD Anna L. Cogen MD, PhD ryanabemd


ILD Summit - Thanks to grant funds, LOW registration rates – register today! uw.cloud-cme.com/MJ2402 UW Medicine Sudhakar Pipavath Robert Ricciotti UW Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences UW Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology 🔬 UW PulmCritCareSleep General Internal Medicine at UW Medicine UW Family Medicine #InterstitialLungDisease #PulmonaryFibrosis #ILD Ganesh Raghu MD UW School of Medicine Faculty Affairs UW Department of Medicine



Congrats to Dr. Rachel Issaka. Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS has been selected on being named a PSBJ Health Care Hero! According to the journal, “the judges reviewed stacks of nominations but [her application] quickly rose to the top. Dr. Issaka will be honored at a special luncheon on July 13.

.UW Medicine launches a new center to study the #microbiome. Among the center’s overarching goals is exploring the science behind these dynamic communities of bacteria, fungi, and other microscopic lifeforms. newsroom.uw.edu/news/uw-medici…


I'm thrilled to welcome Dr. Sara Hurvitz to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and UW Department of Medicine. Sara is the right leader to bring together our hematology and oncology divisions, accelerate research and advance education with the goal of improving care for our patients. bit.ly/3Na2ut7

Congratulations, class of 2023 GI fellows! 🥳 We're celebrating with special messages from our #AGAGastroSquad. Hear from Rashmi Advani, MD, ABOM, Shazia Siddique MD MS, Rajeev Jain and Fola May, MD PhD as they congratulate the graduates. ❤️ or 🔁 this post to join the #AGAGraduationParty.

Congratulations to the inaugural recipients of our Staff Spotlight Awards! General Internal Medicine at UW Medicine, UWGASTRO, Shinetra Pryor


We’re on this! More than 50 American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) members getting ready to take to The Hill for #AGAadvocacy day - asking for legislation to protect GI patients and research funding
