Spokane Internal Medicine Physician Inaugurated as 2026-2027 WSMA President
Spokane internal medicine physician Matt Hollon, MD, MPH, MACP, was inaugurated as president of the Washington State Medical Association at its annual House of Delegates meeting on Saturday, Sept. 26, at The Historic Davenport in Spokane. The WSMA represents more than 14,000 physicians, resident physicians, physician assistants, and medical students throughout Washington state.
Dr. Hollon earned his medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine and completed his residency, a general internal medicine fellowship, and a master’s degree in public health at the University of Washington. He has practiced primary care internal medicine for more than 30 years and for the last 20 years in Spokane.
He is the program director of a new internal medicine residency program in Spokane for MultiCare Health System, where he also sees patients. The program will welcome its first class of residents in June 2027. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Hollon serves as a clinical professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine and at Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.
Dr. Hollon is a past president (2015) of the Spokane County Medical Society and past governor (2019-2022) of the Washington Chapter of the American College of Physicians. ACP named him a Master of the College and he currently serves on its Board of Regents. He has served on the WSMA board of trustees since 2015 and on the executive committee since 2023. Dr. Hollon was instrumental in proposing and launching the WSMA Medical Student and Resident Advocacy Program, which enrolled 70 students and residents in its first year in 2025. The program was recognized by the American Association of Medical Society Executives with a 2026 Profiles of Excellence Award in the advocacy category.
He has earned multiple awards for teaching and service, including the Richard M. Tucker Excellence in Teaching Award from the UWSOM in 2011 and 2015; the Advocacy and Community Service Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine, Northwest Region in 2021; the CREATE Award for Climate Change Advocacy from Gonzaga University Environmental Organization; and both the Exemplary Leadership Award in 2021 and the Laureate Award in 2022 from the Washington Chapter of ACP.
The following physicians were also elected as officers at the WSMA Annual Meeting: Bindu Nayak, MD, Wenatchee endocrinologist, president-elect; John Scott, MD, Seattle infectious disease physician, vice president; and Colin Fields, MD, Seattle family medicine physician, secretary-treasurer. The fifth officer of WSMA’s executive committee is Immediate Past President Bridget Bush, MD, FASA, Everett anesthesiologist, who will serve as committee chair.
In addition to several WSMA members who were reelected to the board of trustees, newly elected trustees were John Howington, MD, Silverdale surgeon; Tanya Keeble, MD, Spokane psychiatrist; Dave Cundiff, MD, Ilwaco addiction medicine physician; and Garrett Jeffery, DO, Bellingham family physician. José Flores-Rodarte, MD, SeaTac family physician, will serve as chair of the WSMA Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee. Peter Barkett, MD, Silverdale internal medicine physician, and Tony Quang, MD, JD, Seattle radiation oncologist, were elected to an AMA alternate delegate positions, and Blake Kruger, MD, Silverdale family physician, Gabriella Girolami, MD, Seattle resident physician, and Madelyn Hartrim-Lowe, a Spokane medical student, were elected to serve as young physician, resident, and student trustees, respectively, each for a one-year term.
A full roster of WSMA board of trustees is available on the WSMA website.
Download a high-resolution portrait of WSMA President Matt Hollon, MD, MPH, MACP.
Download high-resolution photos from the inaugural celebration. Photos courtesy of Lisa Venticinque Photography. Please credit if using.
WSMA Immediate Past President Bridget Bush, MD, and 2026-2027 WSMA President Matt Hollon, MD
2026-2027 WSMA President Matt Hollon, MD, at inauguration celebration
Watch or download WSMA President Matt Hollon’s 2026 inaugural address, “Hope, Trust, and the Future of Medicine”: Watch the video or download the podcast (also available on Spotify and Apple).
Contact: Graham Short, WSMA Director of Communications, 206.956.3633, gfs@wsma.org
* * *
About the Washington State Medical Association
The Washington State Medical Association represents more than 14,000 physicians, resident physicians, physician assistants, and medical students across all specialties and practice types in Washington state. The WSMA has advocated on behalf of the house of medicine for more than 137 years. Our vision is to make Washington state the best place to practice medicine and receive care.