About Overlake

We are delighted to offer a series of free community mental health classes, including Mental Health First Aid, QPR Suicide Prevention, and a Teen Support Group. These classes are designed to provide you with the necessary skills and knowledge to support your own or someone else's mental health.

For more than six decades, Overlake Medical Center & Clinics has offered a full range of advanced medical services to the Puget Sound's evolving and diverse community. The nonprofit healthcare system includes a 349-bed hospital and a growing network of primary, urgent and specialty care clinics.

Led by a volunteer board of trustees, Overlake employs more than 3,400 people and has over 1,300 affiliated providers on its medical staff, including more than 300 physicians and advanced-practice providers who are employed by the organization.

Overlake is recognized regionally and nationally for healthcare excellence. Our commitment to maintaining the highest standards in medical care is a major reason our patients and their families choose Overlake.

The vision for high-quality healthcare on the Eastside began in 1953 when community leaders and volunteers joined forces and set in motion a seven-year fundraising campaign. A dedicated group of women formed an auxiliary, led by Clyde Hill resident Lorraine Weltzien, and began raising money to bring the dream of the hospital to life. In addition, area businessmen and physicians purchased the property where the hospital now sits.

In the weeks leading up to the grand opening, community members and hospital supporters speculated who might be the first patient. The hospital was scheduled to open at 3 p.m. on Sunday, October 16, 1960, but when Rose Cziprian went into labor early that Sunday morning and worried she wouldn't make it across the bridge in time, the staff opened the doors five hours early just for her. A short time later, Dr. Stewart Hilscher delivered Rose's baby, Katherine "Kathy" Mary.

The day Kathy was born there were 56 beds in the hospital. In the years that followed, Overlake quickly grew to what it is today: a 349-bed medical center distinguished for its cardiac, surgical, cancer and women's services. The hospital treats more than 500,000 outpatients and 15,000 inpatients each year, while welcoming more than 3,500 babies into the world.