The University of Washington Medical Center is the region's largest primary care provider and tertiary care center for complex medical and surgical problems. Faculty members at this location specialize in organ transplantation, motility disorders, liver disorders, pancreatic disease, premalignant disease, cancers, and inflammatory bowel disease.
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Digestive Disease Center
The Digestive Disease Center at UWMC offers a full range of consultations and procedures for the care of digestive disorders, also known as gastroenterology, and problems of the gastrointestinal system. Many of these procedures involve using a tube to look into the gastrointestinal tract in order to diagnose, and in some cases, treat, problems of the digestive system. Endoscopy procedures are used, for example, to discover the reason for swallowing difficulties, heart burn, bleeding, chronic indigestion and abdominal or chest pain. This clinic, located in UWMC's Surgery Pavilion, is a regional resource in gastroenterology care, and treats patients from throughout the United States.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
The University of Washington IBD Center offers comprehensive state-of-the-art care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The IBD Center believes in a multi-disciplinary team approach to providing top-quality care for patients. Expert physicians, surgeons, nurses and other healthcare professionals work together as an integrated team with the goal of providing the best care possible to each individual patient.

Liver Tumor Clinic
The Liver Tumor Clinic at UWMC is a multidisciplinary clinic that offers one-stop consultation for patients with malignant primary or secondary tumors or benign liver tumors. Physicians include specialists in interventional radiology, diagnostics, surgical oncology, pathology, hepatology, transplant services and medical oncology.

Liver Care & Transplantation Services
Liver Care & Transplantation Services at UWMC, which includes three clinics, provides consultative services for the full spectrum of disease related to the liver.

Esophageal and Gastric Diseases Clinic
The Esophageal and Gastric Diseases Clinic at UWMC is a multidisciplinary clinic that provides a a variety of tests and surgical consultation to evaluate the function of the digestive tract with a focus on the esophagus and the stomach.