Thomas W. Pendergrass, MD, MPH

He is vice chair for education in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington. For Seattle Children’s, he serves as chair for the GME Council, is a member of the Medical Record/Medical Informatics Committee, member of the Hospital Steering Committee and member of the Children’s Protection Program Quality Advisory Committee. Pendergrass is also member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Committee on Development. His research interests center around general pediatric hematology and oncology, retinoblastoma, medical education and faculty development. He is interested in the epidemiology and treatment of pediatric thromboses, management of iron overload in chronically transfused patients and treatment of retinoblastoma. His educational focus includes the administration and improvement of residency and fellowship programs, moving curricula toward meeting competency criteria, evaluation processes and continuing medical education.