December 8, 1999
Dr. Peggy Schlesinger voted Volunteer Medical Faculty Member of the Year
Dr. Peggy Schlesinger, a Missoula, Mont., physician, has been voted Volunteer Faculty Member of the Year by the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Honor Society at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine.
She is coordinator of the WWAMI internal medicine clerkship for third-year medical students training in Missoula, Mont., and a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the UW School of Medicine. WWAMI is an acronym for the five states joined in a medical education partnership with the University of Washington –Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho
Schlesinger was lauded for her outstanding teaching skills and for serving as a role model for students. She also was recognized for taking a personal interest in the well-being of medical students.
Schlesinger, who is in private practice in adult and pediatric rheumatology, is an advocate for children with juvenile arthritis. She is also nationally active in improving hospice and palliative care and the treatment of persons with addictions. As the only specialist of her kind in Montana, she travels to other cities in the state to offer her services.
She has taught UW medical students in Missoula since 1992, and was chair of the Montana WWAMI Program admissions committee for several years.
A graduate of the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Schlesinger completed her residency in internal medicine at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, a fellowship in pediatric rheumatology at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle, and a research fellowship in rheumatology and immunology at the University of California at San Francisco.
