University of Washington Medical Center
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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.
The 2007 issue of U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" ranks the UWMC 11th out of 5,462 hospitals nationwide.[1] 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.[2]
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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- ^ America's Best Hospitals 2007. U.S.News & World Report (2007-07-15). Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
- ^ America's Best Hospitals 2007: University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle. U.S.News & World Report (2007-07-15). Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
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