University of Washington 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, Seattle, Washington|University District]] of [[Seattle]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], USA. It is one of the [[teaching hospital]]s 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. Many UWMC programs score extremely high in specialty rankings, including: [[primary care]] (1); [[rehabilitation medicine]] (3); [[otolaryngology]] (13); [[endocrinology]] (16); [[orthopedics]] (15); [[internal medicine]] (6); [[pediatrics]] (8); [[rural medicine]] (1); [[geriatrics]] (13); [[oncology]] (6); [[gastroenterology]] (30); [[pulmonology]] (14); [[nephrology]] (16); [[neurology]]/[[neurosurgery]] (30); [[rheumatology]] (20); [[gynecology]] (9); [[urology]] (24). 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]], [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] ==External links== *[http://uwmedicine.washington.edu/Patient-Care/Locations/uwmc/Pages/default.aspx University of Washington Medical Center] {{University of Washington}} {{coord missing|Washington}}