Our integrated health system has nearly 1,500 hospital beds including Bailey-Boushay House, the first skilled-nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the United States designed specifically to meet the needs of people with HIV/AIDS; Benaroya Research Institute, internationally recognized for autoimmune disease research; and Virginia Mason Institute, a teaching organization which coaches health care professionals and others around the world in the Virginia Mason Production System, an innovative lean management method for improving quality and safety. We pride ourselves in creating a collegial and enjoyable work environment that includes bi-monthly journal club, neuro-radiology conference, neurovascular conference, neuro-oncology tumor board, and research with affiliation with the Benaroya Research Institute.