University of Washington Medical Center is a leading academic medical center that provides highly specialized medical care in areas such as cardiology, high-risk pregnancy and neonatal intensive care, oncology, orthopaedics and organ transplantation. Patients travel from across Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho for our specialized services.
U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 America’s Best Hospitals ranked UW Medical Center No. 12 in the nation and has named the hospital among the country’s best since the rankings began in 1993. The medical center also was named the nation’s first Magnet Hospital for excellence in nursing care by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, which has continued to honor UWMC with this award every four years since 1994.
UW Medical Center partners with the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children’s through the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance to provide the most advanced cancer diagnosis and treatment available.
UW Medical Center’s areas of specialization include:
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