2026 Joyce Wipf Rising Star Awards
Congratulations to the 2026 recipients of the Joyce Wipf Rising Star Awards: Drs. John Geyer, assistant professor, and Duncan Reid, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine).
John Geyer, MD
Dr. John Geyer received his medical degree and completed his internship and residency at the University of Washington. He was outpatient chief resident at the Seattle VA. At the VA nationally, he is co-medical director of the VA Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes (ECHO) Emerging Issues in Health Care, and director of the Primary Care Innovations Lab. At VA Puget Sound, he is medical director for Primary Care Telemedicine. He has received the Veterans Integrated Service Network Clinical Team HRO Hero Award and is a two-time finalist for the David M. Worthen Innovator Award for Excellence in Health Professions Education.
Duncan Reid, MD
Dr. Duncan Reid received his medical degree from Yale University and completed his internship and residency at the University of Washington. He cares for patients at the Harborview International Medicine Clinic and is medical director of the EthnoMed program and Interpreter Services Department at Harborview. He is part of the School of Medicine College Faculty, Cedar River Collage. He is a finalist for the Department of Medicine Beeson Teaching Award and the UW Excellence in Global Engagement Award.
The Rising Star Awards were established in recognition of Dr. Joyce Wipf's legacy as a clinician educator scholar with trail-blazing innovations in medical education and training programs.
As a changemaker, she led the creation of resident as teacher curricula, studies of burnout in medical residents, and interprofessional learning established in the VA Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education.
Dr. Wipf has made an indelible impact on trainees and faculty, both in clinic and on wards with a culture of simultaneous teaching and learning, patient care excellence, kindness and supportive mentorship.