Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD, FACS, FRCSI (Hon.)​

Chief Medical Officer, UW Medicine and

Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Washington 

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As Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pellegrini oversees the clinical operations at UW Medicine including its integration with education and research and provides executive leadership to the process of care transformation. A graduate from the University of Rosario Medical School in Argentina he completed surgical training at the University of Chicago and was appointed to the faculty of the University of California San Francisco where he practiced GI surgery and became full Professor. In 1993 he became Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Washington and in 2015 he became the first Chief Medical officer at UW Medicine. Dr. Pellegrini is a current member of the Board at The Joint Commission and Past President of the American College of Surgeons and the American Surgical Association. His bibliography lists more than 400 articles, chapters, editorials, and books in various aspects of surgery, education professionalism and leadership.