Harborview Medical Center

Featured Services

Harborview Medical Center is expanding its specialty services, including eye care and neurosciences, with the opening of the Ninth and Jefferson Building, across the street from the main hospital.

UW Medicine Eye Institute

From a simple eye exam to complex surgery, the UW Medicine Eye Institute provides comprehensive eye care through one of the largest multi-specialty ophthalmology groups in the region. 

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Awards

Harborview Medical Center has received numerous awards and accolades in recognition of delivering high quality health care to people from all walks of life. Among its many honors are the Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service and the Qualis Health and Washington State Hospital Association's recognition of excellence in hand hygiene and infection control. U.S. News & World Report has also given Harborview top national rankings in rehabilitation, neurology, neurosurgery and orthopaedics. 

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Maps, Directions and Parking

Overlooking Puget Sound, Harborview Medical Center is located close to Interstate 5 and easily accessible by car or public transit.

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Patient Stories

Naomi Ishisaka

Naomi Ishisaka’s talent for getting to the real story served her well in September 2009, when she found herself writing the first installments of Naomi’s Noggin: My Meningioma and its Demise, a blog she created after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.
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Kyle Daniels

Lily James fought courageously to survive after a boating misadventure on Lake Washington in July 2009. A gust of wind pulled the tube Lily was being pulled on from its cleat and into the air, yanking her overboard. Lily’s legs were crushed near the ankles and her right foot was nearly severed.
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