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UW Medicine Town Hall

Dec. 15, 2023, Town Hall Recording

Missed Town Hall? Watch, listen, or read the most recent UW Medicine Town Hall with Tim Dellit, MD, CEO of UW Medicine. Dr. Dellit answers your questions and shares his vision for UW Medicine and what he views as the opportunities and challenges ahead.

Upcoming Town Hall

UW Medicine Town Hall will be held on a quarterly basis. Please continue to send us your questions.

Next UW Medicine Town Hall: To be determined.

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Town Hall Archive

2023

  • Dec. 15 recording, audio, transcript.
    • Topics: Tim Dellit, MD, CEO of UW Medicine, shares his vision for UW Medicine and what he views as the opportunities and challenges ahead
  • May 19 recording and audio.
    • Topics: end of the COVID-19 public health emergency and changes at the national, state and local levels; updates on Mission Forward

2022

  • Aug. 12 recording
    • Guest: Shireesha Dhanireddy
    • Topics: COVID-19 numbers, monkeypox, capacity management with the ongoing high censuses in our hospitals
  • June 24 recordingtranscript and audio.
    • Guest: Shaquita Bell
    • Topics: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation for COVID-19 vaccines in children under five years of age
  • May 27 recordingtranscript and audio.
    • Topics: recent number of COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 vaccine boosters for kids, monkeypox
  • Feb. 25 recordingtranscript and audio.
    • Topics: masks, boosters, staffing
  • Feb. 11 recording and transcript and audio.
    • Guest: Shireesha Dhanireddy
    • Topics: Vaccines and therapeutics for COVID-19, evolving policies, return of elective surgeries
  • Jan. 28 recordingaudio and transcript.
    • Topics: Impact of inpatient numbers starting to decline and case counts going down in King County, the omicron BA.2 subvariant
  • Jan. 21 recordingaudio and transcript.
    • Topics: Omicron
  • Jan. 14 recordingaudio and transcript.
    • Guest: Shaquita Bell
    • Topics: Impact of omicron on children, the current census and state of care across the system, new policies
    • Resources: Project N95 aims to help people find a credible source for buying N95 and KN95 masks
  • Jan. 7 recording and transcript.
    • Topics: Impact of omicron

2021

  • Nov. 19 recording and transcript.
    • Guest: Paula Houston
    • Topics: vaccines for kids, booster shots, new visitor policies and more.
  • Nov. 5 recording and transcript.
    • Guest: Shaquita Bell
    • Topics: Vaccines for kids ages 5-11
  • Oct. 22 recording and transcript.
    • Guests: Chloe Bryce-Cahn and Tim Dellit (host)
    • Topics: Boosters available for all three vaccines, new visitor policy at Harborview Medical Center
  • Oct. 15 recording and transcript.
    • Topics: Vaccine mandate, boosters, visitor policy
  • Oct. 1 recording and transcript.
    • Topics: Current surge, vaccine boosters, vaccine mandates, evolving policies
  • Sept. 17 recording and transcript.
    • Topics: Current surge numbers and the impact of neighboring states, vaccine mandate and exemptions, third doses, visitor policies
  • Sept. 10 recording and transcript.
    • Topics: current surge, third doses, vaccine exemptions
  • Sept. 3 recording and transcript.
    • Guest: Janet Englund
    • Topics: Return to school, vaccines for younger children
  • Aug. 20 recording and transcript.
    • Topics: Third doses of the COVID-19 vaccines, masking mandates, the impact of the delta variant
  • Aug. 13 recording and transcript.
    • Topics: Delta variant, the upcoming school year, vaccines
  • Aug. 4 Oncology Restructure Joint Town Hall recording.
    • Guests: Lisa Brandenburg, Nancy Davidson, Tom Lynch, Paul Ramsey, Jeff Sperring
    • Topics: Vision for the future, frequently asked questions
  • July 16 recording and transcript.
    • Topics: Delta variant, new masking guidelines, vaccines
  • July 14 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Town Hall recording.
    • Guests: Paul Ramsey, Lisa Brandenburg, Tim Dellit, Cindy Hecker
    • Topics: Answers to submitted questions
  • July 13 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Town Hall recording.
    • Guests: Paul Ramsey, Lisa Brandenburg, Tim Dellit, Cindy Hecker
    • Topics: Answers to submitted questions

2020