Uw Medical Center
Uw Medical Center
Uw Medical Center
University of Washington Medical Center is one of the nation's leading academic medical centers, which provides highly specialized medical care in areas such as cardiology, highrisk pregnancy and neonatal intensive care, oncology, orthopaedics and organ transplantation. Patients travel from across Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho for these specialized services. UW Medical Center signU.S. News & World Reports 2009 Americas Best Hospitals ranked UW Medical Center twelfth in the nation and has named the hospital among the countrys best since the rankings began in 1993. The medical center also was named the nations 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 is part of the UW Medicine health-care system, which also includes Harborview Medical Center, the UW School of Medicine, UW Neighborhood Clinics and Airlift Northwest, a specialized emergency transport program. UW Medical Center partners with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Childrens through the Seattle Cancer UWMC Report to the CommunityCare Alliance to provide the most advanced cancer diagnosis and treatment available. UW Medical Center is located along the Montlake Cut on the south end of the main University of Washington campus and is easily accessible by car and public transit from Interstate 5 and State Road 520. Refer to the UW Medical Center maps and directions.