NWIGM Events and Seminars
2012 Annual Retreat
The 4th Annual NWIGM Retreat will be held on Wednesday May 23rd 2012 at the Waterfront Activities Center at the University of Washington. To register, please click here. More information will be available shortly, please check back soon. In the meantime, please ensure you are on our mailing list by becoming a NWIGM member.
2011 Annual Retreat
The 3rd Annual NWIGM Retreat was held on Thursday, May 12, 2011 from 8am-2:30pm at the Waterfront Activities Center at the University of Washington.
Speakers at the 3rd Annual NWIGM Retreat included:
Dianna M. Milewicz, MD, PhD
President George H.W. Bush Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor and Director
Division of Medical Genetics
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Houston Health Science Center
"The Genetic Architecture of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections: Implications for Clinical Management and Other Vascular Diseases"
Michael Bamshad, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Genetic Medicine, Pediatrics
Siiri Bennett, MD
Senior Research Scientist, Biostatistics
Karen Cerosaletti, PhD
Research Assistant Member, Molecular Genetics and Translational Research Program, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason
David Hawkins, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medical Genetics and Genome Sciences
Fuki M. Hisama, MD
Associate Professor, Medical Genetics
Jerry H. Kim, MD
Acting Instructor/Senior Fellow, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Wendy Raskind, MD, PhD
Professor, Medical Genetics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Dmitry Shayakhmetov, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Medical Genetics
Akiko Shimamura, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Holly K. Tabor, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Bioethics
Mark M. Wurfel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
