For surgery, the experts are at Swedish.
The surgeons and surgical nursing teams at Swedish perform more than 32,000 procedures every year. This level of experience extends well beyond the operating room, to include nursing care, support services and other experts who will care for you till you’re back on your feet. Their experience and focus on surgical patients are your best assurances that your medical team is prepared to handle anything that comes up. In fact, it’s been proven time and again: the more procedures a hospital does, the better the outcome for the patient.
The experts at Swedish have the most experience at robotic surgery.
When the FDA first approved the daVinci Surgical System for robotic prostate-cancer surgery in 2005, Swedish made the investment to bring this technology to our patients. Now, 5,000 procedures later, Swedish has become the second largest robotic surgery program by volume in the nation. We also now perform robotic surgery for general surgical procedures as well as a wide variety of conditions, including gynecological cancers, colon cancer, lung cancer, urologic cancers and kidney procedures. You’ll find daVinci systems at four of our five hospital campuses, along with the expert surgeons who control these remarkably precise, minimally invasive tools.
An important historical fact: Swedish started as a surgical hospital.
When Dr. Nils Johanson came to Seattle in 1908, he quickly discovered there were no hospitals that lived up to his standards for cleanliness and quality of the nursing staff. And so he built one. In 1910, Swedish opened its doors and offered a new level of infection prevention to the people of Seattle. Now, more than 100 years later, the focus on innovation and quality in surgery is still the highest item on our agenda.
News
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January 22, 2013 Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Patient Featured in Fortune Magazine Article on Robotic-Assisted Surgery
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May 11, 2011 Swedish Robotic-Assisted Surgical Program Grows, Continues to Gain Momentum
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September 29, 2010 Swedish Adds Third da Vinci Si HD Robot and Now Has the Fastest Growing, Most Experienced Robotic-Assisted Surgical Program in the Pacific Northwest
Contact Patient Registration
Swedish/Ballard
206-781-6245
Swedish/Cherry Hill
206-215-2357
Swedish/Edmonds
425-640-4220
Swedish/First Hill
206-386-2997
Swedish/Issaquah
425-313-5330
