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The Montlake Bridge is closed for five weekends throughout the fall. Please plan extra travel time. Learn more.

 

Bronchoscopy Suite at UW Medical Center - Montlake

Make an Appointment

206.598.3068

Clinic Hours

Monday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
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Surgery Pavilion, 1959 NE Pacific St., 3rd Floor, Room SP-31, Seattle, WA 98195
206.598.4906 fax
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If at any point your symptoms worsen or you feel like you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or proceed to the nearest emergency room.

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Getting here while the Montlake Bridge is closed

The bridge is closed for five weekends throughout the fall. There are several ways to travel to UW Medical Center – Montlake campus while the bridge is closed. Take the light rail, use public transit, or drive and take one of the University District exits from I-5.

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Services available at this location include:

  • Biopsy (fine needle aspiration)
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage
  • Endobronchial biopsy
  • Endobronchial ultrasound
  • Flexible bronchoscopy
  • Foreign body removal
  • Small bore (pigtail) tube thoracostomy
  • Thoracentesis
  • Transbronchial biopsy

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Minimally invasive lung evaluations 

The Bronchoscopy Suite at UW Medical Center - Montlake provides minimally invasive procedures to evaluate problems with the lungs, lung lining (pleural spaces) and lymph nodes within the chest.

Bronchoscopy is performed by pulmonologists and uses a thin, flexible, lighted camera to look directly into the airway while topical and intravenous sedation is provided for patient comfort. The procedure is often combined with fluid sampling or biopsy in order to diagnose infection, cancer, inflammatory conditions or other types of lung disease. In addition to bronchoscopy, other procedures performed in the suite include thoracentesis, in which fluid from the lung’s lining can be removed to diagnose similar conditions or relieve breathing difficulty.

Other providers in the bronchoscopy suite include nurses, respiratory therapists and medical assistants. Procedures are often coordinated with other appointments—including clinic visits and CT scans—with bronchoscopists working closely with other pulmonologists, radiologists and pathologists to manage a variety of conditions.

 

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Kevin Patel M.D.

Accepting new and returning patients

Medical Specialties

Lung cancer | Pulmonary and respiratory disease care | Telehealth services

Appointments

206.598.3068

UW Medical Center is at 1959 N.E. Pacific St., Seattle, WA 98195. See map.

From Interstate 5 Northbound:
 

Use NE 45th Street Exit

  • Take Exit 169 toward NE 45th St.
  • Merge onto 7th Ave. NE
  • Turn right onto NE 45th St.
  • Turn right onto 15th Ave. NE
  • Turn left onto NE Pacific St.
  • UWMC Triangle Parking Garage:
    • Just before the hospital's main entrance, turn left onto Pacific Place.
    • Make a quick right into the Triangle Parking Garage, connected to the medical center via a pedestrian tunnel.
  • UWMC Surgery Pavilion Garage:
    • Just past the hospital's main entrance, turn right at the stoplight and follow signs for the garage.

From Interstate 5 Southbound:

Use NE 45th Street Exit

  • Take Exit 169 toward NE 45th St.
  • Keep left at the fork, follow signs for NE 45th St/Univ of Wash
  • Merge onto 5th Ave. NE
  • Turn left onto NE 45th St.
  • Turn right onto 15th Ave. NE
  • Turn left onto NE Pacific St.
  • UWMC Triangle Parking Garage:
    • Just before the hospital's main entrance, turn left onto Pacific Place.
    • Make a quick right into the Triangle Parking Garage, connected to the medical center via a pedestrian tunnel.
  • UWMC Surgery Pavilion Garage:
    • Just past the hospital's main entrance, turn right at the stoplight and follow signs for the garage.

From the State Route 520 Westbound:

  • Do NOT exit at Montlake Boulevard due to Montlake bridge closure
  • Continue on 520W to Interstate 5 North
  • Take Exit 169 toward NE 45th St.
  • Merge onto 7th Ave. NE
  • Turn right onto NE 45th St.
  • Turn right onto 15th Ave. NE
  • Turn left onto NE Pacific St.
  • UWMC Triangle Parking Garage:
    • Just before the hospital''s main entrance, turn left onto Pacific Place.
    • Make a quick right into the Triangle Parking Garage, connected to the medical center via a pedestrian tunnel.
  • UWMC Surgery Pavilion Garage:
    • Just past the hospital's main entrance, turn right at the stoplight and follow signs for the garage.

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.
 

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.

 

Patient/Visitor Parking Rates

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.