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January 2026 – UW Medical Center Committee Meeting #2

Voting Members: Regents Rhoads (Chair), Schumacher, Stiffarm; Kathleen Selleck, Tom Turnure

Non-Voting Members: Brad Simmons, Jita Buño, Santiago Neme, Laura Quinnan, Kellie Garth Green, Christin Gordanier, Melissa Ho’olulu, Ali Iqbal

Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026, at noon

Location: https://www.youtube.com/live/p1JGCkrTnT0 and 138 Gerberding Hall. Committee members and staff will attend the meeting remotely.

Agenda

  • To view an item, please click on the item number.

Approval of Minutes of the Committee Meeting on January 6, 2026

Approval of Minutes of the Special Committee Meeting on January 8, 2026

Announcements (Information)

  • Presentation: Brad Simmons, President, UW Medicine Hospitals & Clinics, and Vice President for Medical Affairs; Jita Buño, CEO, UWMC

Patient Story (Information)

  • Presentation: Christin Gordanier, Chief Nursing Officer, UWMC-Northwest

Finance Key Performance Indicators (Information) (Item No. M-1)

  • Presentation: Ali Iqbal, Senior Director of Finance, UWMC

Executive Session (Information) (Item No. M-2*)

  • To review the report or the activities of a quality improvement committee established under RCW 4.24.250, 43.70.510, or 70.41.200, per RCW 70.41.205.

Approve UWMC Quality and Safety Plan (Action) (Item No. M-3*)

  • Presentation: Melissa Ho’olulu, Assistant Administrator for Quality and Safety

Approve Provider Credentials (Action) (Item No. M-4)

  • Presentation: Santiago Neme, MD, Chief Medical Officer, UWMC

Other Business

* Coordinated quality improvement/risk management/peer review information is confidential under RCW 70.41.200/4.24.250/43.70.510.

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