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University of Washington Medical Center

University of Washington
Geography
Location	1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA, USA
Organisation
Hospital type	Teaching[1]
Affiliated university	University of Washington
Services
Beds	450[1]
History
Founded	May 4, 1959[1]
Links
Website	home page
Lists
Other links	Harborview Medical Center

The University of Washington Medical Center is a nationally renowned hospital located along the Montlake Cut and Portage Bay in the University District of Seattle, Washington, USA. It is one of the teaching hospitals affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine. UW Medical Center has 450 beds.

The 2007 issue of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" ranks the UWMC 11th out of 5,462 hospitals nationwide.^[2] Many UWMC programs score extremely high in specialty rankings, including: rehabilitation medicine (3); otolaryngology (13); endocrinology (16); orthopedics (15); geriatrics (13); oncology (6); gastroenterology (30); pulmonology (14); nephrology (16); neurology/neurosurgery (30); rheumatology (20); gynecology (9); urology (24) and internal medicine.^[3]

The University of Washington Medical Center opened on May 5, 1959. It grew out of the medical school that the university opened on October 2, 1946. It is home to the world's first pain center and was the location of the world's first long-term kidney dialysis, developed by UW professor Belding H. Scribner, M.D.

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External links

• University of Washington Medical Center