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UW Medical Center celebrates 50 years of compassion and discovery in 2009. Learn about UWMC’s rich past and promising future.

Neonatal Intensive Care
With the region’s first Level IIIB neonatal intensive care unit, UW Medical Center has cared for the region’s smallest, most fragile babies since the 1960s and set the standard of care for babies across the nation.

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Awards

U.S. News & World Report's 2008 America's Best Hospitals ranked UW Medical Center No. 10 in the nation and has named the hospital among the country’s best since the rankings began in 1993.

UW Medical Center was named the nation’s first Magnet Hospital for excellence in nursing care by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, which has continued to honor UWMC every four years since 1994.

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Maps, Directions and Parking

UWMC is located on the south end of the University of Washington campus, close to state road 520 and Interstate 5, and easily accessible by car or public transit.

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Patient Stories

Jim Rockstad

Following a car crash, Jim Rockstad lost so much range of motion in his right arm that he could barely swing a racquet. At age 62, he had shoulder surgery at UW Medical Center. He was back on the court in no time.
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David Watkins, heart transplant patient

While waiting for a heart transplant, David Watkins’ medical condition was so tenuous that the staff jokingly called him “Mr. Nine Lives.” Every time Watkins seemed on the brink of death, he came back.
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