Dr. Dellit provides leadership for more than 30,000 employees in support of UW Medicine’s mission to improve the health of the public through education, patient care and research. In 2020, when the first U.S. cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the Seattle area, he led UW Medicine’s response to the pandemic. His priorities include addressing the toll of the pandemic on the workforce through programs that support resilience and wellbeing, promoting DEI across UW Medicine, and addressing health inequities through outreach to vulnerable communities. UW Medicine includes two academic medical centers, a community hospital, a network of primary care clinics, a physician practice group of over 2,700 members, an air medical transport service, the University of Washington School of Medicine, a clinically integrated cancer program with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and other affiliations. Dr. Dellit is also the Paul G. Ramsey Endowed Dean of the School of Medicine for the University of Washington.
