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Harborview Medical Center and the Department of Neurological Surgery

Harborview Medical Center is a 330-bed hospital located near downtown Seattle. One of two primary teaching hospitals of the University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview is a major referral center for neurological surgery, burns, orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation medicine. It is the only Level I adult and pediatric trauma center for Washington Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Founded in 1877, Harborview is owned by the residents of King County and managed by the University of Washington. Its mission is to provide exemplary patient care, teaching, research and community service.

More than 2,000 patients are cared for annually at Harborview for disorders of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves, including head and spinal cord injuries, stroke, brain tumors and disc disease of the spine. A multidisciplinary Movement Disorder Center was established to treat Parkinson's Disease with an active program in pallidotomy. The UW Stroke Prevention and Assessment Center at Harborview was created to offer comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and educational services designed to reduce the morbidity and mortality of stroke.