Clinical Facilities
The University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Children's Hospital campuses are about 1.5 miles apart and served by busses with King County Metro Transit. UW Medicine hospitals and programs rank highly in U.S. News & World Report's annual "Best Hospitals" issue. Since 2012, UW Medical Center’s patient care has been ranked No. 1 in the state and in the Seattle metro area. In the last few years, the total number of families seen in all the Clinic Genetics programs has exceeded 4,000 with a diversity of diagnoses that spans the full spectrum of genetic conditions.
Didactics
Trainees are required to participate in Journal Club, Clinical Case Conference, and the Medical Genetics Seminar Series; as well as develop clinical research and basic research projects.
Research
All residents are required to perform substantial research leading to presentations at regional or national conferences, and to publication in peer-reviewed journals. The majority of our faculty are engaged in active funded research.
Research mentors are active in all the specialties of medical genetics and additional mentors are found in Departments throughout the School of Medicine to include Genome Sciences, Medicine, Pediatrics, Pathology, Biomedical History and Ethics, and Laboratory Medicine, in addition to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Children's Research Institute, and the Puget Sound VA Hospital.