Media Style Guide
UW Medicine is a Seattle-based family of organizations (some public, some private nonprofit) operated or managed as part of a University of Washington integrated academic health system. The integrated parts include Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center (Montlake and Northwest campuses), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, University of Washington School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.
How to identify us
University of Washington School of Medicine
is OK for all clinical/research/teaching faculty
Incorrect ways to identify us
• University of Washington Medicine
• UW Medical Center
• UW Medical
• UW
How to identify our faculty members and staff
Examples:
• Dr. Helen Chu, a UW Medicine infectious diseases specialist
• Dr. Lara Oyetunji, an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine
• Dr. Douglas Diekema, UW Medicine / Seattle Children’s Hospital
• Dr. Susan Wong, a nephrologist with UW Medicine and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System
How to refer to our hospitals and clinics
Harborview Medical Center
University of Washington Medical Center – Montlake
University of Washington Medical Center – Northwest
UW Medicine Eastside Specialty Center
UW Medicine Primary Care clinics
Fact book
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