Cancer Center/Radiation Oncology Services at UWMC

About this Clinic

The Cancer Center/Radiation Oncology Services at UWMC provides comprehensive radiation treatment, evaluation, consultation and follow-up for patients with a wide range of cancers and non-malignant conditions. UW Medicine is a partner in the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA), along with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children's. SCCA is a world-class treatment center that provides advanced therapies and clinical studies to patients with cancers and other blood disorders.

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Radiation Therapy
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

Services
  • Radiation on-treatment management
  • Oncology pain management
  • Wound care

Radiation Procedures
  • Pediatric radiation with or without anesthesia
  • Total body irradiation (TBI) - pre-transplant conditioning
  • Total skin irradiation (TSI)
  • Intra-operative radiation therapy

Radiation Therapy Modalities
  • CT simulation and complex treatment planning
  • Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
  • Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
  • Standard external beam radiotherapy with photons and electrons
  • Fast neutron beam radiotherapy
  • Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT)
  • Low dose rate brachytherapy (LDR), prostate seed implants

Types of Cancer Treated
  • Breast cancer
  • Head and neck cancers
  • Salivary gland tumors
  • Gynecological malignancies
  • Lung cancer
  • Lymphomas
  • Sarcomas
  • Skin cancers
  • Pancreatic cancers
  • Gastrointestinal malignancies
  • Melanoma
  • Merkle cell carcinoma
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Renal cell carcinoma
  • Prostate cancer
  • Genitourinary malignancies
  • Metastatic diseases, all sites
  • Occasional non-malignant diagnosis, such as multiple sclerosis, keloids, heterotopic ossification
  • Brain tumors
Treatment services are scheduled 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Urgent/emergency treatments are available until midnight every day. Total body irradiation/emergency treatments are available on weekends and holidays, as needed. Patients actively receiving radiation treatments may have their parking fully validated in the clinic.

Care Providers

Ralph Philip Ermoian
Ralph Philip Ermoian


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Li-Ming Christine Fang
Li-Ming Christine Fang


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Dermot Richard Fitzgibbon
Dermot Richard Fitzgibbon

Dr. Fitzgibbon is a UW professor of anesthesiology and pain medicine. His interests include perioperative pain management, cancer pain management and ...
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Barbara Reid Fristoe
Barbara Reid Fristoe


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Gabrielle Martina Kane
Gabrielle Martina Kane

In 2010, she was appointed Medical Director and Service Chief of the University of Washington Medical Center Radiation Oncology Program, and is a ...
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Kathleen Ann Kelly
Kathleen Ann Kelly


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Edward Kim
Edward Kim

Dr. Edward Kim is an assistant professor at the UW School of Medicine. He graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio ...
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Janice Nam Kim
Janice Nam Kim

Dr. Kim is an assistant professor of radiation oncology at the UW, specializing in treatment for breast cancer. She completed a residency in ...
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Wui-Jin Koh
Wui-Jin Koh

Dr. Koh is a radiation oncologist specializing in treatment of gynecologic cancers, sarcomasĀ and colorectal cancer. He is also an affiliate physician ...
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George E Laramore
George E Laramore

Dr. Laramore is a radiation oncologist specializing in the treatment of head and neck cancer and salivary gland tumors. He joined the UW faculty in ...
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Sarah Ann Layman
Sarah Ann Layman

I believe it is important to ensure the patient understands his disease and treatment options, so I strive to make things as understandable as ...
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Jay Justin Liao
Jay Justin Liao

Dr. Liao treats patients with head and neck cancers, salivary gland cancers, genitourinary cancers, and skin cancers. He is an active member of the ...
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Upendra Parvathaneni
Upendra Parvathaneni

Dr. Parvathaneni is a radiation oncologist specializing in head and neck cancer treatment. He joined the UW faculty in August 2006 and is Australian ...
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Shilpen Ajit Patel
Shilpen Ajit Patel

Dr. Patel is a radiation oncologist specializing in the treatment of thoracic cancer, including lung, thymic and tracheal tumors and tumors of the ...
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Jason K. Rockhill
Jason K. Rockhill

Dr. Rockhill is a UW associate professor of radiation oncology at UW Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, ...
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Kenneth J Russell
Kenneth J Russell

Dr. Russell is a professor of radiation oncology at the UW and specializes in treatment for bladder cancer, prostate cancer and lymphomas. He is ...
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Contact Information and Hours

General Contact (Phone):206.598.4100
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
NN 106
Box 356043
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 206.598.4100 or 206.598.1976.

Health-care professionals who wish to refer a patient should fax a UW Medicine referral request to 206.598.4172.


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

Brain Tumor Breast Cancer Cancer DUP: Pancreatic Cancer Ear, Nose, Throat Cancers External beam radiation therapy Fast Neutron Beam Therapy Gamma Knife gastrointestinal malignancy Genitourinary malignancy Gynecologic tumors Image Guided Radiotherapy Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) Low dose rate brachytherapy Lung Cancer Lymphomas Melanoma Merkel cell carcinoma Metastatic Cancer Metastatic Diseases Metastatic Tumors multiple myeloma prostate cancer Renal cell carcinoma Salivary Gland Tumors Sarcomas Skin cancer Stereotactic Radiation Treatment Total Body Irradiation (TBI)

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