At Harborview Medical Center, we are guided by our commitment to our mission and our desire to serve the community.
We are proud to have been honored recently with the following awards and accolades.
Foster McGaw Prize
This prize is one of the most esteemed honors in health care and is sponsored by the American Hospital Association, The Baxter International Foundation and Cardinal Health Foundation.
The annual prize is presented to a health-care organization that provides innovative programs that significantly improve the health and well being of the community. Read more >
UW School of Nursing
Cindy Hecker, chief nursing officer and senior associate administrator for patient care operations at Harborview, has been awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from the UW School of Nursing.
Hecker was recognized for enhancing patient care through the establishment of an after-hours clinic at Harborview for nonemergency care and for increasing the efficiency of the hospital’s pharmacy operations.
Seattle Business Magazine
Dr. Michael Copass, UW professor of neurology, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Seattle Business (formerly Washington CEO) during the magazine’s first annual recognition event for state Leaders in Health Care.
Copass was honored for his contributions to the field of emergency medicine, including the creation of a world-class trauma center at Harborview and his leadership roles with Medic One and Airlift Northwest.
Seattle Business Magazine
Harborview Medical Center was the unanimous choice of the judging panel for Outstanding Community Outreach. This award recognizes not only Harborview's role as the region’s safety-net hospital, but also its programs for serving community needs beyond the walls of the hospital.
Those programs include health care for the homeless, housing and employment services for the mentally ill and Community House Calls for bilingual outreach.
Seattle Business Magazine
Dr. David Flum, UW professor of surgery, received the award for Outstanding Health Care Professional from Seattle Business Magazine. As director of the UW Surgical Outcomes Research Center, Flum is a leader in the effort to use outcomes data to improve surgical care.
He also serves as medical director for the Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program (SCOAP), a statewide initiative to implement a standardized surgical checklist at every hospital in Washington.
American Thoracic Society
Dr. Leonard Hudson, UW professor of medicine and former head of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Harborview, is the recipient of the 2009 Edward Livingston Trudeau Medal from the American Thoracic Society and American Lung Association.
This award is given in recognition of lifelong major contributions to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of lung disease through leadership in research, education or clinical care.