EXHIBIT 23

               Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K)
of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated of our report dated January 29, 2003,
included in the 2002 Annual Report to Shareholders of Healthcare Realty Trust
Incorporated.

Our audits also included the financial statement schedules of Healthcare Realty
Trust Incorporated listed in Item 15(a). These schedules are the responsibility
of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based
on our audits. In our opinion, the financial statement schedules referred to
above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a
whole, present fairly in all material respects the information set forth
therein.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8 No. 333-97233) pertaining to the Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
2003 Employees Restricted Stock Incentive Plan; in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8 No. 33-97240) pertaining to the Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
1993 Employees Stock Incentive Plan, 1995 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee
Directors, and 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan; in the Registration Statement
(Form S-3 No. 333-56608) pertaining to the registration of $500,000,000 of debt
securities, preferred stock, common stock warrants, and common stock; and in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 33-79452) pertaining to the Healthcare
Realty Trust Incorporated Dividend Reinvestment Plan of our report dated January
29, 2003 with respect to the consolidated financial statements incorporated
herein by reference, and our report included in the preceding paragraph with
respect to the financial statement schedules included in this Annual Report
(Form 10-K) of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated.



                                                    /s/ Ernst & Young LLP



Nashville, Tennessee
March 3, 2003