Genetic Medicine Clinic at UWMC

About this Clinic

The Genetic Medicine Clinic at UWMC offers a full range of evaluation, diagnosis, assessment, genetic testing and interpretation, counseling and management. The clinic also provides referrals to appropriate resources for individuals with genetic disorders in their families or with disorders thought to have a genetic component.

In addition to general assessment, the medical genetics clinic team members have expertise in:
  • Genetic counseling and testing
  • Familial cancer counseling, testing and risk assessment, including breast, ovarian, colon, gastric, melanoma, pancreatic, prostate, kidney, sarcoma, thyroid, kidney, pheochromocytoma, von Hippel Lindau syndrome, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Cowden syndrome, Birt-Hogg-Dubé, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP/attenuated FAP), MYH (MAP) polyposis Lynch (HNPCC) syndrome, hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome, hereditary paraganglioma syndromes and CDH1/e-cadherin
  • Neurogenetics, including the Huntington disease center of excellence; CADASIL, familial Alzheimer disease; Charcot-Marie-Tooth/hereditary motor sensory neuropathy; hereditary ataxia; movement disorders; and muscular dystrophies
  • Inherited connective tissue disorders, including Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, familial aneurysms and osteogenesis imperfecta
  • Pediatric neurogenetics
  • Genetic evaluation premature-ovarian failure
  • Genetic evaluation of male infertility
  • Genetic evaluation of female infertility
  • Turner syndrome
  • Inherited skin disorders, including ichthyosis, incontinentia pigmenti, neurofibromatosis, tuberous sclerosis and epidermolysis bullosa
  • Cardiogenetics, including Long QT and other cardiac rhythm disturbances, and familial cardiomyopathy
  • General genetics (primarily adults)
  • Pre-pregnancy genetic counseling and testing
  • Autism genetics

Care Providers

Thomas D Bird
Thomas D Bird


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Wylie Gilman Burke
Wylie Gilman Burke

"I believe in a partnership between patient and physician, both working together to improve the patient's health and quality of life."
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Peter H Byers
Peter H Byers


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Ian A Glass
Ian A Glass


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Fuki Marie Hisama
Fuki Marie Hisama

Dr. Hisama joined the University of Washington in 2009 as the medical director of the Genetic Medicine Clinic. She is a UW associate professor in the ...
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Marshall Scott Horwitz
Marshall Scott Horwitz


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Gail P Jarvik
Gail P Jarvik

Dr. Jarvik leads the University of Washington's Division of Medical Genetics and the Northwest Institute of Genetic Medicine, which focuses on the ...
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Suman Jayadev
Suman Jayadev


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Wendy Herlihy Raskind
Wendy Herlihy Raskind


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Virginia P Sybert
Virginia P Sybert


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Contact Information and Hours

General Contact (Phone):206.598.4030
General Contact (Fax):206.598.3269
Hours:Monday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Address:University of Washington Medical Center
Center for Human Development and Disability, 8SE
1959 N.E. Pacific St.
Seattle, WA 98195
Parking Information:Patients and visitors may park at either the Triangle Garage or the Surgery Pavilion Garage. There is also Valet Parking.  Directions and fees for both locations are outlined below.

Triangle Garage

The Triangle Garage is underground, across N.E. Pacific Street from UW Medical Center. Enter from N.E. Pacific Place, one-half block west of Montlake Boulevard. A pedestrian tunnel leads from the garage to the third (main) floor of the medical center.

The garage has 500 parking stalls; 67 are labeled for disability parking and nine are wheelchair-accessible. Parking staff work from 6 a.m. to midnight Monday through Friday, and from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Pay as you leave. Garage parking is free on Sundays, and after-hours parking is available. The garage has a height restriction of 6-feet-8. Reach the Triangle Garage at 206.598.3460.

Surgery Pavilion Garage

The Surgery Pavilion Garage is primarily for surgery patients and their visitors. Access the lot from N.E. Pacific Street, and turn left at the stop sign after passing the Emergency Department entrance.

Disability parking is located on all three parking levels, although Level P1 has limited availability for oversized vehicles. Maximum vehicle height is 9-feet-6-inches on Level P1 and 6-feet-7-inches on Levels P2 and P3.

Garage hours are 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and closed on weekends. Pay the attendant as you leave. Hours are subject to UW’s special events calendar and schedule. After-hours parking is not available in the Surgery Pavilion Garage. Reach the garage at 206.598.0892.

Valet Parking

Valet service is available for medical center patients and visitors. The valet staff are in front of the medical center by the main entrance. Valet parking service has the same fees as garage parking. Patients with disability or mobility parking needs may use the valet service. Reach the valet service at 206.598.0177.

Patient/Visitor Parking Rates (Garage or Valet)

UW Medical Center parking lots are available to patients and their visitors. Discount coupons, available at clinics and nurses’ stations, enable parking at these rates:

0-30 minutes: Free
31-60 minutes: $3
1-2 hours: $6
2-3 hours: $9
More than three hours/in-out access/lost ticket: $10 daily maximum

Rates are subject to change annually in July.

 
Bus Directions:

UW Medical Center, at 1959 N.E. Pacific St., is served by many bus lines of King County Metro Transit. Use Metro's Trip Planner to learn which buses can get you to the medical center.

 
Shuttle Services
The Health Sciences Express free shuttle service assists faculty, staff, patients, families and caregivers in traveling between UW Medical Center, UWMC-Roosevelt clinics and Harborview Medical Center. See the shuttle's schedule.
 
A separate, free shuttle service similarly transports faculty, staff, patients, families and caregivers between UW Medical Center and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and Seattle Children’s. See the shuttle's schedule.
 
Accessibility Information:

UW Medical Center's main entrance and its parking facilities enable easy access for all visitors. Disability parking is available in at the Triangle and Surgery Pavilion garages, and valet service is available at the front entrance of the medical center.

 
We provide adaptive equipment for patients who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, or who have speech impairments. TTYs (regular print, large print visual display, Braille), amplified headsets, flashing light and vibrating phone alert signalers, and TV decoders are available. Patients can request disability accommodations by calling 206.598.6970 (voice). Washington Relay Service, at 800.833.6388, provides TTY text service to the medical center.

Driving Directions

The medical center is at 1959 N.E. Pacific St. See map.

 
From Interstate 5: 
  • Take Exit No. 168B (Bellevue /Kirkland) onto State Route 520. 
  • Take the first exit off SR 520 to Montlake Boulevard. 
  • Turn left onto Montlake Boulevard and continue north across the Montlake Bridge. 
  • At the traffic light ahead, two lanes will turn left onto N.E. Pacific Street. You'll want to be in the right of those two left-turn lanes. 
  • From N.E. Pacific Street, turn right at the second "Patient Parking" directional sign onto N.E. Pacific Place, then immediately turn right into the Triangle Parking Garage, connected to the medical center via a pedestrian tunnel. 
  • OR you can access the Surgery Pavilion Garage by turning left at stop sign just past the Emergency Department entrance.

 
From the East via State Route 520 Westbound: 
  • Exit at Montlake Boulevard and continue north across the Montlake Bridge.
  • At the traffic light ahead, two lanes will turn left onto N.E. Pacific Street. You'll want to be in the right of those two left-turn lanes. 
  • From N.E. Pacific Street, turn right at the second "Patient Parking" directional sign onto N.E. Pacific Place, then immediately turn right into the Triangle Parking Garage, connected to the medical center via a pedestrian tunnel.
  • OR you can access the Surgery Pavilion Garage by turning left at stop sign just past the Emergency Department entrance.

Referral Instructions

Questions regarding referrals, managed care and insurance coverage may be directed to 206.598.4030.
  
Health-care professionals making a referral should fax a UW Medicine referral request (PDF) to 206.598.3269.


To refer a patient, use the UW Medicine referral form.

Alzheimer's disease, familiar Aneurysms, familial Arrhythmia, familial ARVD syndrome Ashkenazi Jewish screening panel (pre-pregnancy) Ataxia, hereditary Autism spectrum disorders Birt-Hogg-Dube Brugada syndrome CADASIL Cancer, familial Cardiomyopathy, hereditary Carrier testing Charcot-Marie-Tooth Congenital pigmentary anomalies Consanguinity Cowden syndrome Dementia dementia, familial Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Epidermolysis bullosa Familial adeomatous polyposis/FAP, attenuated FAP Familial Paraganglioma Frontotemporal dementia Gastric Cancer Gastric cancer, hereditary diffuse Genetic counseling Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer Huntington's disease Ichthyosis Incontinentia pigmenti Infertility, male and female (genetic evaluation) Leukodystrophy Li-Fraumeni syndrome Loeys-Dietz syndrome Long QT syndrome Lynch syndrome/HNPCC Marfan syndrome MELAS MERRF Mitochondrial disorders Movement disorders, familial Muscular dystrophies MYH polyposis Myotonic dystrophy Neurofibromatosis Neuropathy, familial Osteogenesis imperfecta Peutz-Jeghers syndrome Polyposis, familial Tuberous sclerosis complex Turner syndrome Von Hippel Lindau syndrome

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