History
UW was founded in 1861 as a land grant university
The UW School of Medicine, founded in 1946, partners with Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho as the WWAMI educational region.
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Lucien Morris, MD, Chief of the Division of Anesthesiology (within Department of Surgery) from 1954 – 1960
Dr. Morris introduced the Copper Kettle vaporizer, the first system to control the concentration of volatile anesthetics.
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John Bonica, MD, Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology established in 1960
Dr. Bonica developed the study of pain and pain management, and established our department as a leader in pain medicine.
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Thomas Hornbein, MD, Chair of the Department 1978 – 1994 and a prominent high altitude physiologist.
Dr. Hornbein was the part of the first expedition to successfully summit Mount Everest via the West Ridge in 1963.
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Frederick Cheney, MD, Chair of the Department until the early 2000s.
An intensivist and expert pulmonary physiologist, Dr. Cheney is a founding member of the ASA Closed Claims Project.
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Working to improve health for all
Our mission to improve the health of the public by educating and empowering the next generation of physicians and researchers.
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APM excels in patient care, education and research
Our department is renowned for expert clinical practice, inspired education and training programs, and innovative scientific research.
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