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Byron Joyner, MD, MPA
Cindy Hamra, JD, MA
Jennifer Best, MD
Huskies do BIG things together on Husky Giving Day! This year we ask that you consider supporting the GME Vision Fund which promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion programs for physicians in training.
We know that patients have better outcomes when they are cared for by physicians with shared lived experience. Our commitment to UW Medicine’s mission of improving the health of the public means training the excellent physicians who will care for our patients. In doing so, we need to recognize the diversity that exists across our patient population and recruit and retain residents and fellows who have diverse social and experiential backgrounds.
The Vision Fund was created with a grant from Dr. Byron Joyner (Vice Dean of Graduate Medical Education) who was motivated by the need to increase the diversity of our residents and fellows and interest in improving the lives patients who have historically had worse healthcare outcomes. The fund received a $10,000 personal donation from Drs. Paul and Bonnie Ramsey, which was matched by a $10,000 grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, where Dr. Paul Ramsey is a Trustee Emeritus. We ask that you follow in the spirit of these leaders and help us to continue to grow this vision by contributing to this endowed fund in Graduate Medical Education.
The Vision Fund advances GME’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs and related efforts in this area. The fund is designed to also directly support residents, fellows and faculty who are committed to diversity-related work in our communities, whose record of research, teaching, service, and outreach reflects a commitment to health equity and healthcare disparities, and/or who participate in the UW Network of Underrepresented Residents and Fellows initiatives.
Join us in supporting the Vision Fund to accelerate first-rate graduate medical education and better patient care.
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Byron Joyner, MD, MPA
Vice Dean for GME and DIOCindy Hamra, JD, MA
Associate Dean, Operations and AdministrationJennifer Best, MD
Associate Dean, Accreditation and Education