UW Medical Center – Montlake

Contact Information

206.598.3300

Hours

Always Open

This location is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

UW Medical Center
Main Hospital, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, WA 98195
Overview
Directions

If at any point your symptoms worsen or you feel like you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or proceed to the nearest emergency room.

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Services available at this location include:

  • Cancer care
  • Diagnostic imaging
  • Hepatology (liver)
  • Hospital medicine
  • Mental health care
  • Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) level IV
  • Neonatal-perinatal medicine
  • Nephrology (kidney)
  • Obstetrics
  • Organ transplantation
  • Otolaryngology [ENT] - head and neck surgery
  • Physical medicine and rehabilitation

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CAREERS AT MONTLAKE

Start your career journey at one of the world's foremost academic health centers, delivering exceptional, multidisciplinary care ranging from first of their kind life-saving surgical procedures to routine adult, maternal, and newborn medicine.  

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At UW Medical Center - Montlake, specialty and whole-person care is fueled by education and discovery.

Every day, more than 5,500 dedicated and compassionate UW Medical Center - Montlake team members bring passion and commitment to the care of our patients and their families.

UW Medical Center - Montlake is one of the world's foremost academic health centers, delivering exceptional, multidisciplinary care to a vast array of patients who come to us from across the globe.

From first of their kind, life-saving surgical procedures to routine adult, maternal and newborn medicine, we're training the next generation of medical professionals. By using the latest advances in medical technology and patient- and family-centered care, we're building a better future for our community.

At UW Medical Center - Montlake, our care is powered by research and informed by education.

Driving Directions

Note: Please plan extra travel time for building construction and road closures.

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UW Medical Center is at 1959 N.E. Pacific St., Seattle, WA 98195. See map.

From Interstate 5:  

  • Take Exit No. 168B (Bellevue /Kirkland) onto State Route 520. 
  • Take the first exit off SR 520 to Montlake Boulevard. 
  • Turn left onto Montlake Boulevard and continue north across the Montlake Bridge.
  • At the traffic light ahead, two lanes will turn left onto N.E. Pacific Street. You'll want to be in the right of those two left-turn lanes.
  • From N.E. Pacific Street, turn right at the second "Patient Parking" directional sign onto N.E. Pacific Place, then immediately turn right into the Triangle Parking Garage, connected to the medical center via a pedestrian tunnel.
  • OR you can access the Surgery Pavilion Garage by turning left at stop sign just past the Emergency Department entrance.

From the East via State Route 520 Westbound:

  • Exit at Montlake Boulevard and continue north across the Montlake Bridge.
  • At the traffic light ahead, two lanes will turn left onto N.E. Pacific Street. You'll want to be in the right of those two left-turn lanes.
  • From N.E. Pacific Street, turn right at the second "Patient Parking" directional sign onto N.E. Pacific Place, then immediately turn right into the Triangle Parking Garage, connected to the medical center via a pedestrian tunnel.
  • OR you can access the Surgery Pavilion Garage by turning left at stop sign just past the Emergency Department entrance.

Public Transit

Note: Please plan extra travel time for building construction and road closures.

Learn more about the building construction.

UW Medical Center – Montlake is served by many King County Metro Transit bus lines. Use Metro's Trip Planner to learn which buses can get you to the medical center.

    Shuttle Services
    The Health Sciences Express free shuttle service assists faculty, staff, patients, families and caregivers in traveling between UW Medical Center, UWMC-Roosevelt clinics and Harborview Medical Center. See the shuttle's schedule.
     
    A separate, free shuttle service similarly transports faculty, staff, patients, and caregivers between UW Medical Center - Montlake and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center - South Lake Union. See the shuttle's schedule.

    Parking Directions

    Triangle Garage

    The Triangle Garage is located underground, across N.E. Pacific Street from UW Medical Center – Montlake. Enter from N.E. Pacific Place, one block west of Montlake Boulevard. A pedestrian tunnel leads from the garage to the third (main) floor of UWMC – Montlake.

    The garage has 475 parking stalls. Parking staff work from 6:00 am to 1:00 am Monday through Friday, and from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday. Valet parking is available on the upper level of the garage from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Regular parking fees apply.

    Pay as you leave. Garage parking is free on Sundays, and after hours parking is available. The garage has a vehicle height restriction of 6-feet, 8 inches. Reach the Triangle Garage at 206.598.3460.

    Surgery Pavilion Garage

    The Surgery Pavilion Garage is primarily for surgery patients and their visitors. Access the lot from N.E. Pacific Street, and turn left at the stop sign after passing the UW Medical Center Emergency Department entrance.

    Disability parking is located on all three parking levels, although Level P1 has limited availability for oversized vehicles. Maximum vehicle height is 9-feet-6-inches on Level P1 and 6-feet-7-inches on Levels P2 and P3.

    Garage hours are 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and closed on weekends. Pay the attendant as you leave. Hours are subject to UW’s special events calendar and schedule. After-hours parking is not available in the Surgery Pavilion Garage. Reach the garage at 206.598.0892.

    Patient/Visitor Parking Rates

    UW Medical Center parking lots are available to patients and visitors. Discount coupons, available at clinics and nurses’ stations, enable parking at these rates:

    • 0–30 minutes: Free
    • 31–60 minutes: $4
    • 1–1.5 hours: $6
    • 1.5–2 hours: $8
    • Over 2 hours: $10
    • Daily maximum with a UWMC - Montlake patient discount coupon: $10
    • Daily maximum without patient discount coupon: $18

    Rates are subject to change annually in July.

    Walking Directions

    Note: Please plan extra travel time for building construction and road closures.

    Learn more about the building construction.

    UW Medical Center – Montlake's main entrance and its parking facilities enable easy access for all visitors. Disability parking is available in at the Triangle and Surgery Pavilion garages, and valet service is available at the front entrance of the medical center.

    We provide adaptive equipment for patients who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, or who have speech impairments. TTYs (regular print, large print visual display, Braille), amplified headsets, flashing light and vibrating phone alert signalers, and TV decoders are available. Patients can request disability accommodations by calling 206.598.6970 (voice). Washington Relay Service, at 800.833.6388, provides TTY text service to the medical center.

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