UW Medicine
Part of the University of Washington, UW Medicine works to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty medical care to people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.
UW Medicine owns or operates Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics, and UW Physicians, and shares in the governance of Children’s University Medical Group and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. A leader in medical education and biomedical research, the UW School of Medicine (UWSOM) has been ranked as the top medical school for eleven consecutive years in training primary-care physicians, has top-ranked academic programs in family medicine and rural health, and ranks first among public medical schools and second among all medical schools in federal research funding.
A major component of the UWSOM is the WWAMI program (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho), a nationally recognized regional medical education program that is a model of community-based training of medical students and residents and of interstate collaboration in medical education.
UW Medicine is also nationally recognized for patient care. The UW Medical Center ranks 9th among America’s best hospitals in U.S. News & World Report’s honor roll, is a Magnet Hospital for nursing, and is renowned for its programs in solid organ transplantation, cancer treatment, heart care, high-risk pregnancy and neonatal intensive care, rehabilitation, and specialized orthopaedic surgery. Harborview Medical Center has the only Level I adult and pediatric trauma center in the state, serves as disaster control center for King County, and is the area’s designated White House receiving hospital.
For more information , please visit: http://www.washington.edu/ or http://www.uwmedicine.org/.