Patients reach milestones and find answers at UW Neighborhood Clinics.
A positive pregnancy test after months – or years – of trying to start a family. Routine vaccinations that mark the stages in a child’s life. Regular check-ups to ensure continued good health.
It’s the place where a patient with back pain finds an empathetic provider, a prescription for temporary relief and a referral to a physical therapist.
Our patients come to our clinics for wellness and preventive care, for help in coping with life’s stages from birth to puberty to menopause. And when patients need specialty care, their primary care providers know just where to send them within UW Medicine for the most advanced health care available.
Over the years, patients and providers become partners in health, traveling together on the road to recovery, wellness and better health. UW Neighborhood Clinics is the place to start – and the place to return.
Recent Patient Stories
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Karen McArthur
Face down on a platform several feet off the ground, Karen McArthur soldiered through a stereotactic biopsy of her left breast in June 2009. As Seattle Cancer Care Alliance specialists measured, scanned and extracted tissue samples, McArthur lay still. She let down an emotional wall and confronted her mortality.
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Coleen Solbakken
Coleen Solbakken chose the Shoreline Clinic when she and her husband lived in nearby Edmonds. Today, home is Roslyn, a hamlet in central Washington. Driving 190 miles round-trip for primary care is a no brainer for Solbakken, who makes glass art and is a volunteer firefighter.
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Laura Gilbreath
Laura Gilbreath, a ballet dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet, relies on the UW physicians and staff at the Belltown Clinic to help monitor her nutrition and keep an eye on potential problems for dancers.
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