For Puget Sound area residents who currently want, or will someday need, the highest quality care for their routine and complex conditions, UW Medicine provides an unmatched level of excellence. That’s because UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. From our family to yoursNearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work together at UW Medicine with a single mission: to improve the health of the public. Our faculty, staff, students, and trainees work together in a family of organizations that includes: