Brian Ross

Since 2003 Dr. Ross has held the rank of full professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. In 2005, was named by the dean of the University of Washington School of Medicine to serve as the first Executive Director of the Institute for Simulation and Interprofessional Simulation, now known as the WWAMI Institute for Simulation in Healthcare (WISH).

In 1975, he received his Ph.D. in physiology/pharmacology from the University of North Dakota and went on to complete postdoctoral research in the area of respiratory disease at the University of Washington. He received his M.D. in 1983 from the University of Washington School of Medicine, and in 1986, completed a fellowship in Obstetrical Anesthesia from the University of California at San Francisco, before returning to the University of Washington to complete a residency in anesthesiology. As a faculty member, over his career has served as the director of Regional Anesthesia, director of Obstetrical Anesthesia, and most notably served 16 years as the program director for the Department of Anesthesiology.