Chair, Department of Medicine University of Washington, School of Medicine | Seattle, Washington We are pleased to announce the appointment of Tisha Wang, MD as the next Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington, effective on June 1, 2026. Dr. Wang joins the University of Washington from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), where she is currently professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and senior executive clinical vice chair in the Department of Medicine. She has held numerous leadership positions at UCLA, including medical director of the Liver Transplant ICU and co-director of the COVID Disaster and Pandemic Response Team. As clinical chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, and vice chair of inpatient services for the UCLA Department of Medicine, she has extensive experience overseeing both inpatient and outpatient operations within UCLA Health.Dr. Wang is an internationally recognized expert in PAP and has served as principal investigator on numerous NIH- and industry-funded clinical and translational trials. In addition, she has held leadership roles as vice president and clinical director of the PAP Foundation, the leading patient advocacy organization for this condition.Dr. Wang received her medical degree in 2002 with highest honors from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and completed her residency and pulmonary/critical care medicine fellowship at UCLA.Read the full press release announcing Dr. Wang’s appointment here.Ariannah Mirick led this search with Nicholas Strand and Maddie Ruth.
