The UW Medical Center Heart Institute is a highly subspecialized cardiovascular care center with a number of multidisciplinary programs not available anywhere else in the Pacific Northwest region, including its adult congenital heart program in partnership with Seattle Children’s Hospital. The academic faculty help lead new frontiers in medical management and innovation via over 18 clinical trials, more than $14 million of research funding and 394 peer reviewed articles in 2022. In 2022, the UWMC Heart Institute completed over 70 transplants and was the only center in the region to obtain the mitral valve repair reference center award from the American Heart Associaton for superior clinical outcomes.
