The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) honored Dr. Eugene Washington with the David E. Rogers Award for his outstanding contributions to academic medicine at an awards presentation on Sunday, Nov. 9, during Learn Serve Lead 2014: The AAMC Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Since 1979, Washington, dean of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has coupled his passion for a better health and health care future with his exceptional talents in clinical investigation, public policy, and leadership to improve the lives of millions of Americans, particularly the medically underserved. A quintessential public servant, he has worked to improve the nation’s health by holding posts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two academic health centers, and multiple professional and government boards and committees.