Alvord Brain Tumor Center at UW Medical Center - Montlake

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206.598.2282

Clinic Hours

Monday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Alvord Brain Tumor Center at UWMC
Main Hospital, 1959 NE Pacific St., 7th Floor, Seattle, WA 98195
206.598.5125 fax
Overview
Care Providers
Directions

If at any point your symptoms worsen or you feel like you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or proceed to the nearest emergency room.

Services available at this location include:

  • Brain tumors
  • Cancer care
  • Neuro-oncology (brain cancer)
  • Neurosurgery
  • Spine tumors

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Comprehensive, compassionate care for brain tumor patients

Patients come to the Alvord Brain Tumor Center from across the country for expert and holistic care that includes a precise diagnosis, a personalized care plan and a team of experts who guide them each step of the way, from consultation to treatment and follow-up.

Your care team includes UW Medicine neurooncologists, neurosurgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, neuropathologists, magnate-certified oncology nurses, and cancer specialists who work together to treat all brain and spinal cord cancers, including meningiomas, gliomas, vestibular schwannomas, central nervous system lymphomas, ependymomas, recurrent brain tumors and metastatic cancers.

We offer access to leading-edge techniques, technologies and treatments such as Gamma Knife, proton and photon radiation therapies, chemotherapies (oral and infused), immunotherapies and Optune.

A staff social worker will support you and answer any questions you and your loved ones may have throughout the course of your care. You may also be eligible for clinical research trials that are available through the UW Medical Center and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.

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Driving Directions

Note: Please plan extra travel time for building construction and road closures.

Learn more about the building construction.

UW Medical Center is at 1959 N.E. Pacific St., Seattle, WA 98195. See map.

From Interstate 5:  

  • Take Exit No. 168B (Bellevue /Kirkland) onto State Route 520. 
  • Take the first exit off SR 520 to Montlake Boulevard. 
  • Turn left onto Montlake Boulevard and continue north across the Montlake Bridge.
  • At the traffic light ahead, two lanes will turn left onto N.E. Pacific Street. You'll want to be in the right of those two left-turn lanes.
  • From N.E. Pacific Street, turn right at the second "Patient Parking" directional sign onto N.E. Pacific Place, then immediately turn right into the Triangle Parking Garage, connected to the medical center via a pedestrian tunnel.
  • OR you can access the Surgery Pavilion Garage by turning left at stop sign just past the Emergency Department entrance.

From the East via State Route 520 Westbound:

  • Exit at Montlake Boulevard and continue north across the Montlake Bridge.
  • At the traffic light ahead, two lanes will turn left onto N.E. Pacific Street. You'll want to be in the right of those two left-turn lanes.
  • From N.E. Pacific Street, turn right at the second "Patient Parking" directional sign onto N.E. Pacific Place, then immediately turn right into the Triangle Parking Garage, connected to the medical center via a pedestrian tunnel.
  • OR you can access the Surgery Pavilion Garage by turning left at stop sign just past the Emergency Department entrance.

Public Transit

Note: Please plan extra travel time for building construction and road closures.

Learn more about the building construction.

UW Medical Center – Montlake is served by many King County Metro Transit bus lines. Use Metro's Trip Planner to learn which buses can get you to the medical center.

Shuttle Services
The Health Sciences Express free shuttle service assists faculty, staff, patients, families and caregivers in traveling between UW Medical Center, UWMC-Roosevelt clinics and Harborview Medical Center. See the shuttle's schedule.
 
A separate, free shuttle service similarly transports faculty, staff, patients, and caregivers between UW Medical Center - Montlake and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center - South Lake Union. See the shuttle's schedule.

Parking Directions

Triangle Garage

The Triangle Garage is located underground, across N.E. Pacific Street from UW Medical Center – Montlake. Enter from N.E. Pacific Place, one block west of Montlake Boulevard. A pedestrian tunnel leads from the garage to the third (main) floor of UW Medical Center – Montlake.

ADA parking is available on both floors of the garage.  Valet parking is available on the upper level from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Regular parking fees apply.

Triangle Garage parking staff work from 6:00 am to 1:00 am Monday through Friday, and from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday.

Pay as you leave. Garage parking is free on Sundays, and after hours parking is available. The garage has a vehicle height restriction of 6-feet, 8 inches. Reach the Triangle Garage at 206.598.3460. 

Surgery Pavilion Garage

The Surgery Pavilion Garage is primarily for Emergency Department patients, surgery patients and their visitors. Access the lot from N.E. Pacific Street and turn left at the stop sign after passing the UW Medical Center Emergency Department entrance.

ADA parking is located on all three parking levels, although Level P1 has limited availability for oversized vehicles. The maximum vehicle height is 9-feet-6-inches on Level P1 and 6-feet-7-inches on Levels P2 and P3. For vehicles over 9 feet 6 inches tall, please park on the S1 level of the South Campus Garage located directly behind UWMC – Montlake, off of Columbia Road.

Surgery Pavilion Garage parking staff work from 6:00 am to 1:00 am Monday through Friday. Pay the attendant as you leave.  After-hours parking is available.  Hours are subject to UW’s special events calendar and schedule. Reach the garage at 206.598.0892.

Patient/Visitor Parking Rates

UW Medical Center parking lots are available to patients and visitors. Discount coupons, available at clinics and nurses’ stations, enable parking at these rates:

  • 0–30 minutes: Free
  • 31–60 minutes: $5
  • 1–1.5 hours: $7.5
  • Over 1.5 hours: $10
  • Daily maximum with a UWMC - Montlake patient discount coupon: $10
  • Daily maximum without patient discount coupon: $20.25

Walking Directions

Note: Please plan extra travel time for building construction and road closures.

Learn more about the building construction.

UW Medical Center – Montlake's main entrance and its parking facilities enable easy access for all visitors. Disability parking is available at the Triangle and Surgery Pavilion garages, and valet service is available at the front entrance of the medical center.

We provide adaptive equipment for patients who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, or who have speech impairments. TTYs (regular print, large print visual display, Braille), amplified headsets, flashing light and vibrating phone alert signalers, and TV decoders are available. Patients can request disability accommodations by calling 206.598.6970 (voice). Washington Relay Service, at 800.833.6388, provides TTY text service to the medical center.