Lynne Chafetz

Lynne Chafetz, senior vice president and general counsel at Virginia Mason Medical Center, has received the 2019 Weinberg Award from the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers (AIAMC).

The award is presented to individuals who best exemplify AIAMC founder Dr. Ethel Weinberg’s energy and commitment to academic medicine. Award recipients demonstrate excellence in academic medicine leadership, locally and nationally, and in advocacy for independent teaching hospitals, such as Virginia Mason, by articulating their unique roles and contributions.

Virginia Mason is the Puget Sound region’s oldest independent academic medical center, offering physician residents and fellows Graduate Medical Education training in nine programs, including Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Anesthesiology and Diagnostic Radiology.