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Speaking of Heroes...

Born in 1920 in Arkansas, she moved to Seattle in 1963 and worked as a licensed beautician. A mother of four, she supported her family by working at the Central Area Motivation Program. She was a staunch supporter and advocate for pediatric health care services in the Central Area. While campaigning for children’s services, educating parents about the health care needs of their children, she was battling leukemia. She died in 1969, but the clinic she so tirelessly worked to erect, was built in 1970 and named after her.
Who was Odessa Brown?

She worked hard to establish 29 hospitals, schools, orphanages, senior homes, and shelters for the mentally ill. She developed schools for Native Americans. Despite all obstacles, she established Seattle’s first hospital in 1877. The hospital was relied on by charity cases and paying patients alike. She died of cancer in 1922. Today, a clinic at Swedish Hospital is named after her.
Who was Mother Joseph, SP of Vancouver?

She was the first African American pediatrician in Washington State and served as the first Medical Director of Odessa Brown Clinic in Seattle. She received her Masters in Public Health in 1975 from the University of Washington. A water-play area in Edwin T. Pratt Park is named after her, as well as a 1,953 acre park in the Yesler area. She was the mainstay of health care for children in the Central Area of Seattle until her death in 1984.
Who was Blanche Sells Lavizzo, MD, MPH?

She was born and raised in Seattle. Her mother was a pediatrician and well-known advocate of children’s health; her father was a surgeon. She earned her medical degree at Harvard. She is the former deputy administrator of the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and professor of medicine and health care systems at the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute on Aging. As the president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, she is now a national leader in transforming America’s health system.
Who is Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA?

She held the position of Regional Health Administrator for Region X of the U.S. Public Health Service, and as such, was the representative of the Assistant Secretary of Health and the Surgeon General in the four-state region. Initially, she was invited to become a member of the Group Health Cooperative Foundation Board. She was elected to the Board of Trustees of Group Health Cooperative in 1987 and served until 1996, including four terms as board chair.
Who is Dorothy H. Mann, PhD?

He moved to Seattle from Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Washington, where he played on the football team. While attending the UW Law School, he earned money driving an ice wagon and was a member of the Teamsters union. He entered politics, supported keeping the U.S. Public Health Hospital in Seattle and was the most influential U.S. Senator in state history. The National Institutes for Health and the UW have named clinical centers named after him. He was a sponsor on the bill that established the National Cancer Institute.
Who was Warren G. Magnuson?

Nancy L. Fisher, MD has been with the Health Care Authority since 2003. Her background includes running a solo practice as a clinical geneticist, and an attending physician appointment at Harborview Medical Center’s Pediatrics Clinic. Dr. Fisher received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and her Registered Nurse degree from Wayne State University. She then went on to get her Doctor of Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, and her Masters of Public Health and Certificate in Ethics from the University of Washington.

Maxine Hayes, MD, MPH, State Health Officer for the Washington State Department of Health, advises the Governor and the Department of Health Secretary on issues ranging from emergency response to outbreaks (such as pandemic flu) to preventing childhood illness. A clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and a MCH faculty member of the School of Public Health, Maxine is also the recipient of many awards and honors for her work in maternal and child health, including the American Medical Association’s 2002 Dr. Nathan Davis Award and the 2003 Heroes in Health Care Lifetime Achievement Award through the Washington Health Foundation.

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