Richard Gower, M.D.
President of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) at the ACAAI Annual Meeting in Seattle on Nov. 11, 2008.

Dr. Gower is clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle, and a private practitioner at Marycliff Allergy Specialists in Spokane, Washington.

He served as ACAAI president-elect, 2007-08, vice president, 2006-2007, and treasurer of both the ACAAI and its Foundation, 2003-2006. He is serving his third term on the Board of Regents, formerly as Speaker of the House of Delegates, 1997-99, and Regent, 1999-2002. Dr. Gower chairs the Executive Committee, chairs the Public Education, Awareness and Allergist Advocacy Campaign, and is vice chair of the International Committee. He serves on the Investment Oversight Committee, the Immunotherapy & Diagnostics Committee, the Finance Committee, the Nominating Committee, the Publications Committee and the Annual Program Committee. He is former chair of the Finance Committee, the Annual Program Committee, the Acorn Committee, the Communications Council, Professional Allergy/Immunology Education Committee, the Managed Care Committee and the Public Relations Network. He was selected as the honorary speaker for the 2006 Bela Schick Lecture.

Dr. Gower served on the Board of Directors of the Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 2002-06. He is a past president of several organizations including the Intermountain West Allergy Association, 2000-01; Western Society of Allergy and Immunology, 1997-98; Inland Empire Allergy Society, 1993-99; and Washington State Society of Internal Medicine, 1986-87. He was chairman of the Health Systems Reform Committee of the American Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM), 1993-95.

Dr. Gower received his medical degree from the University of Colorado. He completed his residency at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, and his fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. He is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. He is a fellow of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, and the American College of Physicians.

Marycliff Staff Members

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• Traci Vonasek, BA - Business Manager/Research Director
• Mary Brenner, Billing Specialist/Research Coordinator
• Karen Swanson, CMA
• Andi Morford, LPN
• Trish Fleshman, LPN