Our Team

​The Graduate Medicine Education Office is led by Dr. Byron Joyner, Vice Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official; Dr. Jennifer Best, Associate Dean, Education and Accreditation; and Cindy Hamra, Associate Dean, Operations and Administration.

The GME Office is divided into four functional units:

  • Education and Accreditation
  • Quality and Patient Safety
  • Operations and Administration
  • Finance

GME Leadership

Dr. Byron Joyner

Byron Joyner, MD, MPA

Vice Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Designated Institutional Official

Phone: 206.616.7656
Email: bjoyner@uw.edu
Assistant: Tammy Ramirez

Jennifer Best, MD

Associate Dean, Education and Accreditation

  • Program Oversight and Educational Quality Improvement
  • Learning Environment Improvement and Innovation
  • Educational Programming for Residents, Fellows, and Faculty
  • GME Community Engagement Initiatives

Phone: 206.616.5210
Email: jabest@uw.edu
Assistant: Jenn Johal

Cindy Hamra, JD, MA

Associate Dean, Administration and Finance

  • RFPU-NW Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
  • Resident and Fellow Remediation and Performance Management
  • GME Position Allocations (FTE)
  • “Other” / unclear who to ask

Phone: 206.685.5647
Email: hamrac@uw.edu
Assistant: Amanda Easton

Accreditation and Education

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Hadar Duman, MHI

Director of Accreditation

  • ACGME Institutional and Program Requirements
  • Annual Program Evaluations
  • Site Visits
  • Special Reviews
  • New Rotation Sites Request and Affiliation Agreements

Phone: 206.616.2961
Email: hadars@uw.edu

Olivia Frederiksen

Accreditation Manager

  • Accreditation Compliance & Data Management
  • Program Director Appointments
  • Workplace Safety
  • New Rotation Sites Request and Affiliation Agreements

Phone: 206.685.0252
Email: ofred@uw.edu

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Chris Gibson, MPH

Affiliations and Agreements Specialist

  • Program Letters of Agreement
  • Rotation Requests
  • ADS Site List Management

Phone: 206.616.1503
Email: csgibson@uw.edu

Jenn Johal, MA

Education Programs & Learning Environment Specialist

  • Executive Administrator to Dr. Best
  • Event Programming & Planning (EDGE, Faculty Development, Resident & Fellow events)
  • Education and Accreditation Project Management

Phone: 206.616.8286
Email: jenjohal@uw.edu

Angelique Cole

Compliance and Accreditation Specialist

  • ACGME Accreditation & Compliance
  • Data Collection and Analysis
  • Special Projects & Stakeholder Engagement

Email: acole01@uw.edu 

Operations

Karyn Crow

Float Administrator

  • Float Administrator Support for Programs
  • Program Administrator Advisory Council (PAAC)
  • Special Projects

Phone: 206.685.2324
Email: karynec@uw.edu

Amanda Easton

Amanda Easton

Program Manager

  • Ops/Admin team program and project management
  • Event Management
  • Executive Administrator to Cindy Hamra
  • Special Projects

Phone: 206.616.1504
Email: amande@uw.edu

Hayley Fisher

Hayley Fisher

Director, Housestaff Affairs

  • RFPU-NW Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
  • Resident and Fellow Leaves
  • Resident and Fellow Onboarding and Orientation

Phone: 206.616.8608
Email: hfisher1@uw.edu

Angela James

Angela James

Housestaff Affairs Specialist

  • Graduation Certificates
  • Outside Work Requests and Volunteer Activities
  • Visiting Residents

Phone: 206.543.3065
Email: ang226@uw.edu

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Bre Leatherman, MBA, PHR

HR Manager

  • Leaves of Absence
  • Disability Accommodations
  • CBA Compliance

Phone: 206.543.2109
Email: smitbre@uw.edu

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Shinetra Pryor

Appointment Manager

  • Credentialing, ACGME and non-ACGME Trainees
  • Housestaff Appointment Processes
  • MedHub, Appointments and Terminations

Phone: 206.221.1452
Email: snpryor@uw.edu

Gabrielle Pett

Gabrielle Pett, MHA

Senior Director, Business Affairs

  • Non-ACGME Accredited Programs
  • Visas (J-1, H-1B) and ECFMG TPL
  • NRMP and ERAS Institutional Administrator

Phone: 206.543.0069
Email: nathangl@uw.edu

Tammy Ramirez

Tammy Ramirez

Executive Assistant to Byron Joyner MD, MPA

  • GME Office Manager

Phone: 206.543.6232
Email: tkh971@uw.edu

   

Residency Management and Administration

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Allison Shults

RMS and Information Systems Manager

  • MedHub Helpdesk Support
  • MedHub Training and Orientation
  • MedHub Data Archiving and Maintenance
  • Institutional MedHub Reporting

Phone: 206.543.1079
Email: ashults@uw.edu

Resident and Fellow Wellness Service

Dipti Chrastka

Dipti Chrastka, LMFT

Director, GME Wellness Service

  • Wellness Program Oversight, development and Wellness initiatives
  • Counseling support:  Individuals, Couples, Groups
  • Community Building Events + Wellness Corner newsletter
  • Based at HMC

Phone: 206.744.0655
Email: diptic@uw.edu

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Howard Schafer, LMFT

Mental Health Counselor

  • Counseling – Individuals, Couples, Groups
  • Community Building Events
  • Wellness Corner Newsletter

Email: hischa5@uw.edu

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Amy Wheat, LMHC

Mental Health Counselor

  • Counseling – Individuals, Couples, Groups
  • Community Building Events
  • Wellness Corner Newsletter

Email: amywheat@uw.edu

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Maureen Horgan, LICSW

Mental Health Counselor

  • Counseling – Individuals, Couples, Groups
  • Community Building Events
  • Wellness Corner Newsletter

Email: mhorgan@uw.edu

Learning Gateway

Jon Anscher

Director of eLearning

  • eLearning Project Intake
  • eLearning Development Oversight
  • Resident eLearning Program Management
  • Learning Gateway Budget Management

Phone: 206.616.0184
Email: janscher@uw.edu

Amy Law

Instructional Designer

  • eLearning Design and Development
  • eLearning Project Management

Phone: 206.685.5226
Email: amylaw@uw.edu

Caleb Pong

LMS Senior Analyst

  • Learning Management System (LMS) Administration
  • LMS Registrations
  • LMS Reporting

Phone: 206.543.2119
Email: pongkai@uw.edu

Joe Wilson

Lead eLearning User Experience Designer

  • User Experience Design and Graphic Design
  • eLearning Development
  • Learning Gateway Website Development, Testing and Maintenance

Phone: 206.905.4523
Email: joewilso@uw.edu

Ingrid Cuthbert, BSc, MPhil, AA

eLearning Experience Developer

  • eLearning Development
  • Visual Design
  • Learning Gateway Website Development

Phone: 206.543.2115
Email: ingridkc@uw.edu

Juliet Meggs

Juliet Meggs, PhD

Instructional Designer

  • eLearning Design
  • eLearning Project Management

Email: meggsje@uw.edu

Ivy Gibson

eLearning Experience Developer

  • eLearning Development
  • Visual Design

Email: ivygib@uw.edu

GME Finance

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Bethany Griffitts, MPAcc

Fiscal Specialist

  • Billing and Invoicing
  • Scheduling Policy
  • Reconciliation

Phone: 206.221.3312
Email: betgriff@uw.edu

Audrey Lee

Fiscal Specialist

  • Budgets Expense/Revenue Coordination
  • Financial Records Reconciliation
  • Single Source Agreements Tracking

Phone: 206.616.9251
Email: minhl@uw.edu

Branden Phanmaha, MBA

Finance Manager

  • Process Improvement for Billing and Accounts Receivable
  • Single Source Reconciliation
  • Special Projects

Phone: 206.616.0904
Email: phanmaha@uw.edu

Quality and Patient Safety

Karen Segerson, MD

Director, GME Quality and Safety

  • Quality Improvement
  • Patient Safety
  • Care Transitions

Email: kseger@uw.edu

Chenwei Wu, MD

GME Director, Housestaff Quality and Safety Committee (HQSC)

  • Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Curriculum Development
  • Facilitation of Quality Initiatives
  • Development of Best Practices

Email: chenwei.wu2@va.gov

GME Office

Phone: 206.543.6806
Email: uwgme@uw.edu
Address:
850 Republican Street
Box 358047
Seattle, WA 98109

Contact Us

GME Office

Phone: 206.543.6806
Email: uwgme@uw.edu
Address:
850 Republican Street
Box 358047
Seattle, WA 98109