Eliza L. Sutton, MD, Demonstrates Leadership and Expertise in Primary Care

    SEATTLE, WA, September 22, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- University of Washington Medical Center Physician Eliza L. Sutton, MD, has been recognized for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in medicine.

Dr. Sutton's specialty is general internal medicine with a focus on women's health. Board-certified in internal medicine, she currently serves as medical director of the University of Washington's Women's Health Care Center and holds several other administrative roles in the University of Washington Medical Center and the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is an associate professor of medicine at the university.

Dr. Sutton has 25 years of experience in practicing medicine. As a general internist, she examines the details as well as the "big picture" as she helps patients address their health issues. Dr. Sutton serves as a primary care physician for women in her outpatient practice and as an attending physician on the general medicine inpatient service at UWMC. She completed her internal medicine residency at the University of Washington, served as a chief resident in medicine at Providence Hospital in Seattle, and practiced in the community for 5 years before returning to the University of Washington as a faculty member.

In looking back, Dr. Sutton first became interested in medicine thanks to her love for science. She has always enjoyed helping people in whatever manner may be most useful and acceptable to them, which attracted her early on to primary care. The field of internal medicine piqued her interest because of its breadth. In addition to women's health and general internal medicine, Dr. Sutton also has a longstanding professional interest in the recognition and treatment of sleep disorders in primary care practice. She writes and teaches about all of these topics.

Dr. Sutton received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School, a master's degree in chemistry from Harvard University, and her undergraduate degree in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology. She was recently inducted into Worldwide Registry, is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and also maintains affiliations with the American Association for Physician Leadership and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

For more information about the University of Washington Medical Center, visit http://www.uwmedicine.org.

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