News & Events

August 2007

UW Hospital receives Healthgrades 2008 Cardiac Surgery Specialty Excellence Award, placing us in the "top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide for cardiac surgery."

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April 2007

University Health System Consortium Clinical Outcomes Report: Product Line Mortality

• listed #1 nationwide in terms of mortality observed/expected in Heart Transplant or Implant of Heart Assist System
• listed #2 nationwide in terms of mortality observed/expected in Cardiothoracic Surgery

January 2006

Heart and Lung Transplant Program Celebrates 1,000th Transplant Milestone

December 2005

We were honored recently to be named one of the nation's 100 top cardiovascular hospitals by Solucient, which provides performance-improving tools and information to health care organizations.

Spring / Summer 2004

UW Medical Students to Learn Fate at Annual “Match Day” Event

Fall / Winter 2003-2004

November 16, 2003

Patients' cells used for new heart valves

November 3, 2003

Christmas in October? Milestone Lung Transplant Patient Celebrates Two Holidays at Once.

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