New Faculty Orientation

Department mission statement

Through excellence, innovation and collaboration, we will improve the health of all children and adolescents by educating the pediatric and physician leaders of the future, advancing research, advocating for children and providing the nation's best primary and specialty pediatric clinical care. In partnership with our health care and academic institutions, we will create a collegial environment where academic faculty can reach their personal and professional goals.

Department leadership

• Chair - F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
• Vice Chairs
  • Dr. Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH, is Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Chief of the Division of General Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, and Editor in Chief of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
  • Thomas Pendergrass, MD, MSPH is Vice Chair for Education, and Professor of Pediatrics
  • Bonnie Ramsey, MD is Vice Chair for Research and Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center
• Division Chiefs
  • Information on all divisions and their department heads are detailed in the following portion of the Department of Pediatrics website: http://www.washington.edu/medicine/pediatrics/specialties/
• Administration and Finance
  • Erin Allen, Director, 987-2006, eeallen@uw.edu
  • Diana Tiegs, Associate Director, Clinical Finance, 206-987-2619, diana.tiegs@seattlechildrens.org