Dr. Dellit provides leadership for more than 35,000 employees at UW Medicine, the University of Washington’s health system, which includes two medical centers, a network of primary care clinics, a physician practice group, an air medical transport service and the UW School of Medicine, with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center serving as its cancer program. He oversees the academic health system, the medical school and the university’s medical centers, clinics and affiliated programs, along with development of academic programs in medical education, research and training. Dr. Dellit also leads UW Medicine’s role as Washington state’s public hospital system and safety net, supporting clinical and teaching programs across the five-state region of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. In fiscal year 2025, UW Medicine provided more than $500 million in uncompensated care. He has guided the health system through the Covid-19 pandemic and current financial, operational and federal policy challenges while working with university leaders on a “One School, One System, One University” plan to secure long-term financial stability, including a redesign of medical school operations across 31 departments. The UW School of Medicine completed its first strategic plan in 2025, establishing priorities for the next decade, and UW Medicine has added resources for employee wellbeing, including a chief wellbeing officer role and philanthropic funding for wellbeing grants. UW School of Medicine faculty include 29 National Academy of Medicine members, 33 National Academy of Science members and 12 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators.
