Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Clinic at UWMC

Patient Care

About this Clinic

The Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Clinic at UWMC offers a wide variety of diagnostic, treatment and follow up care for patients with vascular problems. Our physicians and staff perform up-to-date medical, surgical and minimally-invasive alternatives (angioplasty stents, endovascular grafts) to treat various vascular disorders.

Conditions Treated

Aneurysmal disease (thoracic and abdominal aorta, peripheral vessels)
Peripheral arterial disease, such as claudication, rest pain, ulcers, gangrene)
Carotid artery disease
Chronic venous disease, including varicose veins, venous ulcers, pelvic congestion syndrome, venous malformations, upper extremity effort thrombosis
Dialysis access, including fistula and grafts
Renal and mesenteric vascular disease

Forms to Bring

New Patient Health History Form
Medication History -- (Spanish version also available)
Insurance card or current medical coupon. You may not be seen without proper authorization from your primary care physician where needed or a current medical coupon when required.
Relevant medical records with you or ask your referring physician to mail or fax them to us.
Address: UWMC Surgical Specialties Center, Box 356165 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle WA 98195.
FAX (206) 598-6705.

Visit Plan

Plan to arrive at the UWMC Surgical Specialties Center about 20 minutes before your first appointment to complete registration and check-in.
Some of our patients have complex problems causing us to run behind schedule. Please allow two hours for your clinic visit.
The UWMC Surgical Specialties Center has a teaching mission in addition to patient care. You may be seen by a medical student and/or resident as well as the attending physician.

Billing Information

Patients who receive outpatient services at the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) receive two bills:
- One bill from the physician or other provider (for the costs of his or her professional services).
- One bill from the hospital (for costs, i.e. building, equipment, supplies, staff time).
Each of these bills may incur a co-payment or co-insurance responsibility for the patient.
The exact dollar amount of the co-insurance or co-payment that will be required to pay to the hospital and the physician will depend upon the actual services provided to you during your first visit and the coverage provided by your insurance.
Fees for not-medically necessary and/ or cosmetic services remain the individual patient’s responsibility and will be collected at the time services are rendered.

To make an appointment, please call 206.598.4477 Monday through Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm.

For information about facility fees and hospital-billing, please visit our facility fee FAQs.

Care Providers

Alexander Whitehill Clowes

Dr. Clowes is a board-certified surgeon specializing in peripheral vascular conditions. He is a UW professor of surgery and holds an endowed ...
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Mark H. Meissner

Dr. Meissner is a UW professor of surgery specializing in vascular surgery, with particular clinical and research interests in deep venous ...
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Matthew P Sweet

Dr. Matthew Sweet is an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at UW. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of ...
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Sarah D. Whitehead

Sarah Whitehead is a nurse practitioner who works with both surgical and nonsurgical vascular patients at the University of Washington Medical ...
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Contact Information and Hours


General Contact (Phone):	206.598.4477
General Contact (Fax):	206.598.6705
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 Box 356165 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 206.598.9436.

Health-care professionals making a referral should fax a UW Medicine referral request (PDF) to 206.598.2532.

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