UW Medicine-VMC’s Professional Satisfaction and Wellness Committee began in the Fall of 2016. Its focus is on professional fulfillment – happiness or meaningfulness, self-worth, self-efficacy and satisfaction at work.

Our Charter includes such goals as:

• Promote and sustain joy and meaning in work

• Acknowledge and recommend resource strategies to effectively address common themes and drivers of clinician burnout

• Ensure that clinicians are recognized and valued for the work they do

A list of our activities and accomplishments are listed here:

The Committee is comprised of Administrators, Network Physicians/ARPs and Hospitalists. Our current members include:

Jennifer Avila-Smith, DO
Ron Cohen, MD
Michele Despreaux, MD
Brandon Fainstad, MD
Laura Ganhs, PA-C
Anna Goebel, MD
Mike Hori, MD
Kevin Joseph, DO
Patricia Kyle
Sarah Maitre, MD
Shannon Markegard, DO
Laura Matheson
Bob Molina, MD
Scott Morris, MD
Matt Mulder, MD
Jamie Park, MD
Bill Park, MD
Kalen Privatsky
Julie Sherwood
Courtney Simcoe, PA-C
Meagan Sullivan-Pruyn, PA-C
Ray Wang, MD

At the beginning of our meetings we discuss topics of primary concern at that time. We then review activity updates within the three target domains of clinician wellness: Culture of Wellness, Efficiency of Practice, and Personal Resilience. We end our meetings discussing a written piece (article, book chapter) pertaining to clinician wellness.

We meet on the first Thursday of the month, at 8:45 AM in Conference Room B. You are welcome to join!

If interested please contact Ron Cohen, MD Medical Director for Clinician Wellness at ron_cohen@valleymed.org, 425.690.7613.

Provider Wellness Phone Number Resource List is Available Here