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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><a name="_Hlk182811423"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">DOM Week

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January 3, 2025</span></b></a></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182811423"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182811423"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">News, information,

 and events of interest from the </span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182811423"></span></span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/1TemKEY"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182811423"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Department

 of Medicine </span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182811423"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182811423"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182811423"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">(If you have items

 for DOM week, please email </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182811423"></span></span></span><a href="mailto:amyf@uw.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182811423"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">amyf@uw.edu</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182811423"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182811423"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">More 2024 highlights</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Medicine faculty were included in six of the ten most-viewed

 UW Medicine Newsroom stories in 2024: <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/two-harborview-patients-test-positive-for-candida-auris-"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Two

 Harborview patients test positive for <i>Candida auris</i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">

</span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(Eric

 Chow)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/psilocybin-therapy-helps-clinicians-process-covid-despair"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Psilocybin

 therapy helps clinicians process COVID despair </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(Anthony

 Back)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/emergency-medicine-legend-dr-michael-copass-passes-away"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Emergency

 medicine legend Dr. Michael Copass passes away </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/blog/nonalcoholic-fatty-liver-disease-resmetirom"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">New

 drug offers hope to patients with severe liver disease </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(Rotonya

 Carr)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/study-finds-immune-imprinting-response-to-covid"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Study

 finds immune imprinting response to COVID </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(Helen

 Chu)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/nearly-all-syphilis-strains-in-us-resistant-to-azithromycin"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Nearly

 all syphilis strains in U.S. resistant to azithromycin</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">

 (Tara Reid, Chase Cannon, Olusegun Soge, Matthew Golden, Lorenzo Giacani)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li></ol>

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 are posted to our </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3ZQVdoG"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">news

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 a colleague</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">

 for the Barbara Jung Gender Equity Champion Awards, recognizing and celebrating individuals who are advancing women/gender minorities in medicine through mentorship, leadership, advocacy, teaching and/or research.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Jan. 10, 2025</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span><a href="https://medicine.uw.edu/diversity/gender-equity/awards"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">our

website<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Richard M. Tucker WWAMI Excellence in Teaching Awards</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="99" height="96" style="width:1.0312in;height:1.0in" src="cid:image004.png@01DB5DF6.5C01A030" align="left" hspace="12" alt="image004.png" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_9"><![endif]><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Since

 1998, the Department of Medicine has selected physicians to receive the WWAMI Excellence in Teaching Award, from nominations submitted by students, residents and faculty in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. In 2009 the award was renamed to honor

 the late Dr. Richard Tucker, who was the Wenatchee site coordinator and served as an infectious disease specialist and director for quality and education at the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The department is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the Richard M.

 Tucker WWAMI Excellence in Teaching Awards, recognizing true enthusiasm and dedication in providing outstanding teaching and service to medical students.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">2024 recipients:

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Juli Anne Ackerman (Wyoming)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Michael Caldwell (Montana)<br>

Nate Cook (Montana)</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Matthew Strohmeyer (Alaska)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In memoriam: James Kirkpatrick<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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James Kirkpatrick, professor (Cardiology) passed away unexpectedly on Jan 1. He was 54.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 ethics, his academic interests involved ethical issues particularly in patients with cardiac assist devices, the uses of echocardiography in the developing world, and the education and practice of cardiac palliative care.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">He served as section chief of cardiac imaging and director of the echocardiography

 laboratory at the UW Medical Center. Under his leadership, the Echo lab has become one of the largest programs in the region, performing over 12,000 studies per year.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">A prolific and well-funded investigator with over 200 publications, he was

 a nationally and internationally recognized expert in diagnostic echocardiography (particularly heart failure and mechanical assist devices), the use of echocardiography in developing world nations, and cardiac palliative care, with an emphasis on patients

 with heart failure and cardiac devices. He was serving as the chair of the American Society of Echocardiography Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 service will be forthcoming. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Kelley Branch</b>, professor (Cardiology) has been selected as the Vice Chair and future Chair of the

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College of Cardiology Rick Nishimura, MD, MACC and Patrick T. O’Gara, MD, MACC Emerging Faculty Leadership Academy<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.

 The Academy provides experiential learning of educational and presentation skills for selected early career faculty educators to support their candidacy for future ACC educational and leadership opportunities.

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 to <b>Courtney Ibabao</b>, the 2024 recipient of the Violet Zuvela Primary Care IM Scholarship award. The Violet Zuvela Primary Care IM Scholarship award was created in 2017 by the generosity of the late Violet Zuvela, who was a patient of Dr. Douglas Paauw,

 former director of Medicine Student Programs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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 meaningful tribute to Violet, while at the same time, provides a scholarship in the amount of $1500 for students with a career interest in primary care internal medicine whose work exemplifies the value of patient-centered care.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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<b>James Floyd</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine), is MPI of a $3 million R01 awarded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute entitled “Proteomic profiling to identify mechanisms of susceptibility and resilience to cardiac dysfunction in Black

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