Western Association of Physicians

The Western Association of Physicians (WAP) is a regional health association of academic physician-scientists. Over the years the society has grown to a membership of several hundred, including many distinguished academicians from diverse areas of medicine.[1]

History

It was founded in 1955 by Robert Williams, the Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington, and other eminent physicians with the aim of establishing a western society analogous to the Association of American Physicians. Along with Williams, the founders of the WAP were Maxwell Wintrobe, Theodore Althausen, Joseph Ross, Clement Finch, David A. Rytand, John Lawrence, and Gordon Meiklejohn.[2][3]

Officers
  • President: Wes Van Voorhis, Division Head, Allergy & ID, Department of Medicine, Univ of WA
  • President-Elect: Joshua Goldhaber, Cedars Sinai Heart Institute
  • Secretary-Treasurer: Mary Malloy, UCSF
  • Councilor: E. Dale Able, Univ. of Utah
  • Councilor: Gregory Brent, Endocrinology and Diabetes Division, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
  • Councilor: Ravi Durvasula, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine
  • Councilor: Jeffrey Glenn, Stanford School of Medicine Digestive Disease Center
  • Ex Officio: David Gilbert, Providence Medical Center, Portland
  • Past-President: Carlin Long, Denver Health Medical Center

Annual meeting

The Western Association of Physicians meets annually in Carmel, California, to discuss and present research and other educational programs. Through 2016, the event was called the Western Regional Meeting; starting in 2017, it became the Western Medical Research Conference (WMRC),[4] in partnership with other regional medical societies.[5][6] The conference is held in late January.[7][8]

References
  1. "A Brief History of the Western Association of Physicians". Western Association of Physicians. 2012.
  2. "Western Association of Physicians". depts.washington.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  3. "Western Association of Physicians". depts.washington.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  4. 2017 WESTERN MEDICAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE (WMRC) (formerly Western Regional Meeting) PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE (PDF), University of Washington, 2017
  5. "Western Medical Research Conference". American Federation for Medical Research. 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020. Partner Societies: California Thoracic Society, Western Association of Physicians, Western Society for Pediatric Research, Western Student Medical Research Forum and Residents Forum
  6. "2023 Conference Information". WSMRF. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  7. "Western Regional Meeting". Western Association of Physicians. 2012.
  8. "Journal of Investigative Medicine". SAGE Publications Inc. 2022-09-10. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
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