Board of DirectorsBoard of Directors

The Washington Physicians Health Program was founded in 1986 by a group of concerned members of the Washington State Medical Association who represented the “Committee on Personal Problems of Physicians”. 

John Wynn, MD

Board Chair
Psychiatry and Organizational Consultation
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington School of Medicine
Medical Director for PsychoOncology, Swedish Cancer Institute
Swedish Medical Center

Eugene Tad Patterson, MD

Board Vice-Chair
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington School of Medicine
Consultation Psychiatry, Behavioral Medicine Services
Deaconess Medical Center, Spokane

Mary-Lou A. Misrahy, ARM

Board Secretary
President and Chief Executive Officer
Physicians Insurance, A Mutual Company

Brenda Suiter, MHA

Board Treasurer

Rolf Christensen, DDS, MHA
Affiliate Instructor, Department of Oral Medicine
University of Washington School of Dentistry

Stew Cogan, JD
Arbitrator & Mediator

Thomas J. Curry
Executive Director and CEO
Washington State Medical Association

Lon Hatfield, MD

Kip Kidwell, PA-C

Swedish Cardiac Surgery

Jack E. Neal, DDS, MS

Neal Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Tony Pedroza, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Family Medicine Residency Program Director
Valley Family Medicine Residency Program
UW Medicine/Valley Medical Center

Edward Walker, MD, MHA
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Cheryl M. Scott / Group Health Cooperative Professor of Health Administration
Director, UW Healthcare Leadership Development Alliance
University of Washington 

 

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