05/24/2017
When West Seattle resident Joel Eggert, 46, died last December in a motorcycle accident, his decision to be an organ donor became a life-saving gift.
Months later, Jennie Lawrence of Anchorage,...
06/16/2017
In recent years, the price of insulin has soared, making that therapy unaffordable for many patients with type 2 diabetes.
In a commentary published this month in the journal JAMA, UW Medicine...
06/19/2017
For once, she said, her dad didn’t have to check on her during the night.
Peyton Miller was reflecting on the biggest change posed by the new insulin pump that she’s worn for a month.
“He used to...
On her lunch break, Katharine Barrett sought an island of tranquility away from the bustle of Harborview Medical Center’s Pathology Department. A short walk and four flights of stairs later, she...
Saloni Parikh combines a passion for public health with talent for computer programming. As an undergraduate in the interdisciplinary honors program, she's already making an impact. For a global...
In Uganda, when a woman feels a lump in her breast, she often feels resigned to getting breast cancer and dying.
Dr. Julie Gralow is a breast cancer specialist and a UW professor of medicine,...
In July, UW graduate Jillian Pintye accepted a prestigious Young Investigator Award at the 20th International AIDS Conference. Pintye, who studied epidemiology and global health in the School of...
For Andrew Taylor, a molecular biologist and Seattle resident, attending last week’s community conversation about a trauma study to be held at Harborview Medical Center stemmed from an experience in...
Paul Hayes, RN, has been named executive director of Harborview Medical Center, effective Nov. 18.
Hayes has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare, including the past 15 as executive vice...
[Editor's note: Guy Maddison and his family have relocated and he no longer works at Harborview Medical Center.]
In blue scrubs, Guy Maddison cradles a cup of cafeteria-grade coffee and offers a warm...