We are delighted to share that the KCMS Delegate Council has completed a wide assortment of resolutions this year. They have been submitted to WSMA in time for their Annual Meeting in September. We encourage you to read the resolutions by clicking HERE. 

King County Medical Society, through its Delegate Council, pursues legislative efforts with the help of our dedicated lobbyist. The goal of the Council is to ensure that the unique voices of King County physicians are heard by elected officials.

As the largest voting bloc in the WSMA House of Delegates, the KCMS delegates have a powerful voice in setting legislative priorities and policies affecting organized medicine across Washington state and beyond.

For more information please contact cmanzano@kcmsociety.org

Dr. Quinn is a forensic pathologist based in Tacoma. She currently works as a Medical Examiner for the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office in Vancouver, WA. In addition, Dr. Quinn supports several counties in the greater Puget Sound region via pathology and consulting services.

"Our understanding of race has advanced considerably in the past two decades. The clinical tools we use daily should reflect these new insights to remain scientifically rigorous. Equally important is the project of making medicine a more antiracist field. This involves revisiting how clinicians conceptualize race to begin with. One step in this process is reconsidering race correction in order to ensure that our clinical practices do not perpetuate the very inequities we aim to repair. recent NEJM article describes a similar problem with race-based risk adjustments as lacking precision and potentially worsening inequity."  READ MORE BY CLICKING BELOW

Dr. Gideon A. Weed, better known as Giddy Weed, was an early pioneer for health justice in the western United States, a two-time mayor of Seattle, and served as the first president of the King County Medical Society 

During a time of expansion and war, Dr. Gideon Weed and his wife, Dr. Ada M. Weed, traveled west to spread their passion for improving public welfare. Dr. Ada Weed was the first female physician in the state of Oregon.

Opening several private practices, and later merging with a hospital in Washington State, Dr's Weed began paving a road for systemized medicine. Their motivation to continue improving the lives of their local communities eventually lead to Gideon working with colleagues to form the King County Medical Society in 1888 before Washington was even recognized as a state. Dr.'s Weed were both concerned by the amount of false advertising regarding medical products and care. Ada was particularly interested in children's, women's, and public health initiatives.

 Dr. Gideon Weed and Dr. Ada M. Weed left a progressive legacy that continues to inspire the actions and contributions of the King County Medical Society we know today. Click the button below to learn more about Dr.'s Gideon and Ada Weed.