Bonnie Ramsey

Bonnie W. Ramsey is an American pediatric pulmonologist and researcher. She is a professor emerita of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine and has held the Bonnie W. Ramsey, M.D. Endowed Chair in Cystic Fibrosis. She served as director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Research at Seattle Children’s Research Institute from 2007 to 2021. Her research has focused on developing new therapies for cystic fibrosis, including clinical trials supporting the first CFTR modulator therapy, ivacaftor (Kalydeco).

Education Ramsey received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1972 and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1976. She completed pediatric residency training at Boston Children’s Hospital and training at Seattle Children’s Hospital. In 2005, the Bonnie W. Ramsey, M.D. Professorship in Cystic Fibrosis was upgraded to an endowed chair, with Ramsey named as its first holder.

Ramsey was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2015.

In 2018, she was a recipient of the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize.

In 2025, Ramsey received the John Howland Award from the American Pediatric Society.