We are pleased to announce that Dr. Geetanjali Chander took the reins as our new head of the Division of General Internal Medicine, effective May 1, 2022.

Associate Professor Emeritus Christopher L. Bryson, MD, MS, a beloved member of the Division of General Internal Medicine, died on March 12, 2022. Chris completed medical school and residency at the University of Texas Southwestern and in 2000, came to the University of Washington to complete a fellowship in Health Services Research. He then joined the faculty as an Acting Instructor based at the Puget Sound VA where he was highly respected as an outstanding attending on both the inpatient service and in the primary care clinic.

In recent months, several of our faculty have been expert guests on radio shows and podcasts.

In recent months, our GIM faculty have been recognized by multiple organizations for their individual excellence in teaching, leadership, and patient care.

Most recently in November, Professor Joseph Merrill was one of seventeen faculty named an Outstanding Research Mentor by the UW School of Medicine Scholarship Committee. Nominations come from students throughout the WWAMI region.

October saw the Washington Chapter of the American College of Physicians holding its annual meeting. During the conference, Associate Professor Molly Blackley Jackson received the Clinician-...