University of Washington Medical Center
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 598-3300
Doctors Affiliated with this Treatment Facility
The University of Washington Medical Center's Cancer Care Center in Seattle is part of system that also includes Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics, and UW Physicians.
UWMC is also part of the Seattle Children's University Medical Group and Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA). This includes the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center; this is the only federally designated comprehensive cancer center in the Pacific Northwest.
UWMC is among the premier medical schools in the U.S., and has been awarded nearly $580 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants since 2007. Among the staff, there are eighteen Howard Hughes Medicine Institute Investigators, over sixty who are members of the Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Science. Five are Nobel Prize winners. According to U.S. News & World Report, UWMC ranks number 11 among U.S. health care facilities.
The staff members at the UWMC Cancer Care Center and SCCA treat virtually ever known type of cancer, including mesothelioma (a type of asbestos cancer), and have access to the most cutting-edge treatments.
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University of Washington Medical Center
UWMC Cancer Care Center
http://www.uwmedicine.org
