About Us

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As the faculty responsible for primary and hospital care in the Dept. of Medicine, we are justifiably proud that the University of Washington has been one of the nation’s top two medical schools for primary care medicine for three decades and the #1 hospital in WA State for 10 years.

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Overview

We provide medical care to outpatients and hospitalized patients in a wide variety of settings including three academic medical centers, Pioneer Square, several University of Washington Physicians neighborhood clinics, even in patients’ homes and homeless shelters.

In addition to being outstanding clinicians, our faculty provides an impressive amount of clinical teaching to medical students and residents and for which they regularly receive numerous prestigious awards.

Faculty in the division have also achieved national prominence for research on a wide variety of important clinical problems such as heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, respiratory disease, cancer, diabetes, and many others.

Division organization

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Contact Us

Division of General Internal Medicine
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Ave
Campus Box 359780
Seattle WA, 98104

Phone: (206) 744-3391
Fax: (206) 744-8674

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Recent awards

June 6, 2025
Paul Sutton receives Fellowship Teaching Award
He was selected as the 2024-2025 recipipent of the Clincial Informatics Fellowship Teaching Award.
May 27, 2025
2025 Healthcare Research All-Stars
Physicians named to the All-Star lists are recognized for their exceptional quality and quantity of published research. To qualify, they must rank in the top 5% for cutting-edge healthcare publications.
May 19, 2025
Anders Chen receives Health Policy Advocacy Award
Chen is the 2025 recipient of the David R. Calkins Award in Health Policy Advocacy from the Society of General Internal Medicine.