Interview with the legendary Dr. Hugh Foy

Dr. Hugh Foy was a Professor of Surgery in Trauma, Burn and Critical Care Surgery at Harborview Medical Center and was a central figure at Harborview for almost 40 years before he retired last September.  Dr. Foy was recognized as UW Teacher of the Year four times, earning the title of Teacher Superior in Perpetuity.    

We talk with Dr. Foy about his interesting path to medical school and his journey becoming a burn surgeon.  We also talked touched on some interesting Harborview history, his time as Program Director for the UW department of surgery,  becoming the head of UW Medicine's Wind River College, his infamous stinkflipper story and much much more!