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Practitioner Resources
Across specialties, UW Medicine experts are serving community practitioners like you in a variety of ways.
Practitioner Resources
Across specialties, UW Medicine experts are serving community practitioners like you in a variety of ways.
Our health system and partners
UW Medicine is an integrated clinical, research and learning health system. Every day, our physicians uphold our values of excellence, innovation and teamwork.
We are caring for patients at regional locations and at UW Medicine Primary Care Clinics, UW Medical Center – Montlake, Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center – Northwest, Valley Medical Center, Fred Hutchison Cancer Center and Airlift Northwest.
Ways we can help you support your patients
Access specialists and services at UW Medicine and find a list of frequently used phone numbers below, including the UW Medicine Practitioner Line (800.4UW.DOCS) for you to use to reach the on-call specialist in select services, contact the paging operator and transfer or refer your patient.
Connect with a specialist
Speak with the on-call specialist in participating services at 800.4UW.DOCS.
Transfer a patient
Call the Transfer Center at 877.520.7575 for urgent transfer requests.
Refer a patient
Call 206.520.7700 to refer your patient.
Find a specific clinic or practitioner
Frequently used numbers
- UW Medicine Practitioner Line: 800.4UW.DOCS
- Transfer Center: 877.520.7575
- Referral Line: 206.520.7700
- Medical Records and Images for UW Medical Center – Montlake, UW Medical Center – Northwest and Harborview Medical Center: 206.744.9000
- UW Medicine Operator: 206.520.3000
- Laboratory Medicine Consultation: 800.713.5198
- Radiology Consult: 206.598.0101
- Psychiatry Consultation Line: 877.927.7924
- Clinical Trials: Institute for Translational Health Sciences: 206.221.1234
- Valley Medical Center: 425.690.1000
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center general intake: 800.804.8824
Discover clinical trials for your patient
Explore current research studies for your patients. Both healthy volunteers and participants with specific health conditions are needed to help answer important questions.
Continued education and training
Find high-quality educational opportunities for practitioners, sponsored by the Office of Continuing Medical Education, and explore telehealth options and Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) programs.
Continuing education credits
Online consultation and training
Explore telehealth programs, including consultations that connect contracted providers with experts at UW Medicine, and practitioner education initiatives, including various ECHO programs.
Learning resources
Find specialized learning resources.
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