Department of Pediatrics

In the News

2023 US News and World Report ranks UW School of Medicine

US News and World Report ranks UW School of Medicine:

#1 in Primary Care
#9 in Research
#1 in Family Medicine
#6 in Pediatric Programs

UW Medical Center ranked Best Hospital in Washington state and Seattle Children's Hospital nationally ranked in 10 Children's Specialties.

Pediatric "Living Donor Liver Transplant" Program Highest Volume in US

A cooperative initiative between the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital finds success in liver transplants from living adults to children in need. In fact, the program has the highest volume of such transplants in the U.S. this year.

Pediatric Genetic Sequencing Aims to Expedite Unexplained Conditions

Genomic advances are helping solve undiagnosed genetic disorders in children—and UW Pediatrics is making it even faster. Learn how UW Pediatrics researcher and assistant professor, Dr. Danny Miller, is using whole-genome sequencing technology to expedite clinical decisions and treatments, and enlighten parents about their child’s genetic conditions. Thanks to an award from the National Institutes of Health, Miller aims to accelerate child genome sequencing to only three hours.