Washington Physicians Health Program

WPHP is a non-profit organization, founded by the Washington State Medical Association (WSMA) in 1986, to reach out to troubled colleagues. WPHP helps identify, refer for evaluation or treatment, monitor the recovery, and endorse the safety of healthcare practitioners who have a condition, mental or physical, which could affect their ability to practice with reasonable skill and safety. Examples of these conditions are substance abuse or dependence, depressive disorder, bipolar mood disorder, cognitive disorders, personality disorders, and physical disorders such as multiple sclerosis and chronic pain. It is a physician-directed program with a highly competent, experienced, and dedicated staff.

WPHP is a confidential resource, to the maximum extent provided by law, for any physician, dentist, veterinarian, podiatrist, or physician assistant and their spouses, domestic partners, families, employers, and colleagues who have concerns that a practitioner might be at risk for potential impairment. WPHP is dedicated to helping practitioners heal and, in so doing, to protect those practitioners' patients from potential injury.