CEO @seattlechildren and Professor @UWMedicine, formerly @UCSDHealth and @StanfordChild views=mine, RT≠endorsement

Seattle, WA
Joined October 2013
Humbled to join the National Academy of Medicine. Election to NAM is one of the highest honors in our field, and I’m grateful for the many colleagues and mentors who made it possible. Many thanks to @mandl and @peteratmsr for the nomination - excited to advance care together!
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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 Did you know that healthcare is now the top employer in 38 of 50 states, including Washington? This wasn't true just 35 years ago, and implications for both healthcare and the economy are significant.
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Access to an LLM isn’t a medical degree. But I don’t think we totally understand yet just how informed patients are going to be. And no one knows better when something is wrong. This is a huge cultural shift well underway.
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Meet David, the first-ever @UW_Football Husky Hero. He first ran the field at 11 years old while in treatment in 2023. Now 14, David is 21 months off therapy. Three years after his first visit, on the eve of our Big Ten matchup against Iowa, David came home to a brand-new team in a whole new chapter of his life.
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I will be there with Bob Barker, please join us! 🎮 🐶
🎮✨ IT’S GAME ON — NOT GAME OVER! ✨🎮 Level up for a cause at the 9th Annual Seattle Extra Life “Game On” event! For the first time since 2019, we're back in person at Seattle Children's Hospital. 🗓 Saturday, Oct. 10 ⏰ 12 to 4 p.m. 📍 Seattle Children's, 4800 Sand Point Way NE Attendees under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 👉 Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/…
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After years of prompting AI chatbots, the AI agents are now prompting us… science.org/content/article/…
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I am pleased to welcome Carla Costa Perales, Donna Smith, MD, MBA, and Peter Lee, PhD, as new trustees on the Seattle Children’s board and look forward to working alongside them as we continue our plans to increase access, improve outcomes and advance breakthrough research for the kids and families counting on us. The Seattle Children's Healthcare System board of trustees provides oversight and guidance based on their collective industry expertise, community insights and perspectives. Our board members are key partners in helping us deliver on our mission to provide hope, care and cures.
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Having just completed his second month of chemotherapy, 11-year-old Juan meets every day with the grit and grace that make him a Husky Hero in every sense of the word. Juan usually undergoes treatment from his home in Monroe, Washington, with trips to Seattle for care at @seattlechildren as he fights high-risk ALL leukemia. This time, he made the trip just to keep up with his Dawgs. Juan spent time at Husky Stadium surrounded by friends and family repping his custom design for Project Superstar, the community fundraiser supporting Seattle Children’s through Race Porter’s Heart on My Sleeve (HOMS). Juan and his crew even got a game of soccer going with the same Dawgs who will face Minnesota tomorrow in their first Big Ten game of the season. Husky Hero Juan will be watching from their corner when they do. We hope he knows they’ll always be in his corner, too. Keep shining, Juan. We’re so proud you’re one of us. 🐾
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What is important is not so much how long you live as whether you live a meaningful life. This doesn’t mean accumulating money and fame, but being of service to your fellow human beings. It means helping others if you can, but even if you can’t do that, at least not harming them.
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GO Karts aren’t just for kids 🎮😊 We visited @seattlechildren’s Alyssa Burnett Adult Life Center for the first time and got a closer look at how gaming and adaptive tech fit into classes and recreation there. Read the full story 👉 gof.gg/4hhXRhf
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Is it over for human doctors? No. Airliners can largely take off, fly, and land themselves. We still put two pilots up front, for judgment, edge cases, and trust. Same in the exam room. My take on Washington's AI-in-medicine bet, on @NewsNation with @jessecordweber
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Three of my favorite thinkers (and most lucid communicators) on healthcare and AI chat about many of the key issues: @peteratmsr, @CALonghurst, and @chrissyfarr. Worth a listen. youtu.be/FhaXcq1jV-w?si=TqdB…
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For the third year in a row, Seattle Children’s has been named one of the top 10 Best Children’s Hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Thank you to our workforce, patients and families who make our mission of Hope. Care. Cure. possible. Learn more: bit.ly/4xnYD0C
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