Paul G. Ramsey

Paul G. Ramsey is an American physician, medical educator, and academic administrator. He served as chief executive officer (CEO) of UW Medicine and as dean of the University of Washington School of Medicine from 1997 to 2022. Previously, he was chair of the University of Washington Department of Medicine from 1990 to 1997. Ramsey retired in July 2022.

Education and training Ramsey was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He became interested in medicine during high school after working a summer job assisting a pathologist.

He completed residency training in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Washington, serving as chief medical resident at UW Medical Center from 1980 to 1981. He first came to the University of Washington as a senior fellow in infectious diseases in 1978.

National roles and honors Ramsey’s research has focused on assessment of physicians’ clinical competence, including an early large-scale study begun in 1983 examining the relationship between American Board of Internal Medicine certification and clinical practice. In 2000, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine). Ramsey PG, Miller ED. “A single mission for academic medicine: improving health.” JAMA. 2009;301(14):1475–1476. “The JIM interview. Paul G. Ramsey, MD.” Journal of Investigative Medicine. 1998;46(5):192–196.