David Spach receives Clinical Educator Award

Dr. David Spach, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is the 2022 recipient of the Clinical Educator Award from the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA).

The Clinical Educator Award recognizes HIVMA members who have demonstrated significant achievement in the area of HIV clinical care and provider education.

Significant achievement will be based on overall achievement and refer to contributions to the acquisition and dissemination of information on HIV disease that transcend a single institution.

Dr. Spach is a clinician-teacher based at Harborview Medical Center. His primary clinical focus is in the area of general infectious disease and HIV care. He is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases.

Dr. Spach is the Principal Investigator/Clinical Director for the Mountain West AIDS Education and Training Center (MWAETC) and Editor-in-Chief/author for four federally-funded educational websites.

He has published in numerous medical resources, including The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, The Annals of Internal Medicine, Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Up-to-Date, and Harrison’s Textbook of Medicine. 

Dr. Spach received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and his M.D. from Duke University. He did his internship, residency, chief residency, and infectious diseases fellowship training at the University of Washington. Dr. Spach has been a faculty member at the University of Washington since 1992. He has received multiple teaching honors, including the 2010 Ryan White National AIDS Education and Training Center Award, the University of Washington Department of Medicine Paul Beeson teaching award, the Marvin Turck Outstanding Teaching Award, and the University of Washington Outstanding Faculty CME Award.