Healthcare Realty Trust 10-Q 2008 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
Certification Pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as Adopted Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David R. Emery, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and I, Scott W. Holmes, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) Information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: August 4, 2008

/s/David R. Emery  

David R. Emery 

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer 

/s/Scott W. Holmes  

Scott W. Holmes 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer