Everett Anesthesiologist Bridget Bush, MD, Inaugurated as 2025-2026 WSMA President
In addition to debating and voting on policy for the WSMA, the 2025 Annual Meeting of the WSMA House of Delegates saw the inauguration of a new president and the election of new WSMA officers and board members.
Everett anesthesiologist Bridget Bush, MD, FASA, was inaugurated as WSMA president for 2025-2026 in a traditional passing-of-the-gavel ceremony on Saturday afternoon, followed by a reception in celebration.
After graduating in 2006 from Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, Dr. Bush served out a military commitment as part of a scholarship from the Health Professions Scholarship Program. Her tour of duty included time in the United States Navy as a flight surgeon, with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq as the sole medical provider for her squadron. In 2014, she completed a residency in anesthesiology at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. After residency, Dr. Bush served as a practicing anesthesiologist at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett and at Island Health in Anacortes before transitioning in 2022 to Optum Care Washington, formerly The Everett Clinic, her current employer. In case you missed it, the WSMA featured a personal profile of Dr. Bush in our September/October issue of WSMA Reports.
On Sunday morning of the Annual Meeting, Dr. Bush addressed the House for her inaugural address where she described regaining her purpose one tree at a time, saying “yes,” and building community. Read an edited transcription or watch the video of Dr. Bush’s speech.
The following physicians were also elected as officers at the meeting: Matt Hollon, MD, MPH, MACP, Spokane internist, president-elect; Bindu Nayak, MD, Wenatchee endocrinologist, vice president; and, John Scott, MD, Seattle infectious disease physician, secretary-treasurer. The fifth officer of WSMA’s executive committee is Past President John Bramhall, MD, PhD, Seattle anesthesiologist, who will serve as committee chair.
In addition to several WSMA members who were reelected to the board of trustees, newly elected to the board for two-year terms were Hans Cassignol, MD, MMM, Tacoma OB-GYN; Herbie Duber, MD, MPH, Seattle emergency medicine physician; Stephanie Fosback, MD, Pullman internist; Rebecca Kulgren, MD, Seattle OB-GYN; Keren Rosenblum, MD, Vancouver OB-GYN; Sheree Sharpe, MD, Tacoma family physician; and Kristen Wyrick, MD, Marysville family physician. Kat Jong, MD, Friday Harbor psychiatrist; Brett Collins, MD, Seattle internist; and Evan Thomas, medical student at Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, were elected to serve as young physician, resident, and student trustees respectively, each for a one-year term.
Visit the WSMA website for a full roster of 2025-2026 WSMA board of trustees members.