Cardiology Division Patient Care Services Advanced Heart Failure/Transplantation

Advanced Heart Failure/Transplantation

(206) 221-4507 or (206) 221-4552
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
University of Washington Medical Center
Located on the 3rd floor in the Regional Heart Center

Referring Patients

Patients may be referred electively by contacting Deci Taylor, patient care coordinator, at (206) 598-0190, or on an emergency basis by paging the transplant attending on call through UWMC paging at (206) 598-6190.

Five full-time, transplant-trained cardiologists, Drs. Daniel Fishbein, Director, Wayne Levy, Kevin O'Brien, April Stempien-Otero and Carol Buchter, as well as Elina Minami (part-time) support UWMC's advanced heart failure/cardiac transplant inpatient and outpatient services. More than 200 people have had heart transplants at UWMC; 20 to 25 transplants are performed here each year.

New mechanical devices, including the HeartMate and Abiomed ventricular assist devices, are available as bridges to transplantation.