Byron D. Joyner

Byron D. Joyner, MD, MPA is passionate about developing new ways to improve doctors and doctoring, and has been recognized internationally for his innovative contributions to medical education, professionalism and ethics. He currently serves as professor and vice dean at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and as an on-staff pediatric urologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Prior to joining Seattle Children’s in 2001, Dr. Joyner served in the U.S. Army as chief of pediatric urology at Madigan Army Medical Center for four years. Following a research fellowship at the Boston Children’s Hospital in 1995, he trained for an additional two years in pediatric and reconstructive urology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. In 2009 he received a Masters in Public Administration, an experience that helped shape his principles of executive leadership in medical education.

Dr. Joyner’s fresh approach to teaching residents about interpersonal and communication skills earned him the University of Washington Julian S. Ansell Teaching Award in 2005. In addition to publishing more than 70 scientific articles over the course of his career, he has penned some of the seminal works for urology in the field of graduate medical education. Dr. Joyner also participated and assisted in the publication of the 2011 Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Atlanta Conference “Ensuring an Effective Physician Workforce for the United States.”