University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)

200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2582
(in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh)

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is one of the leading academic medical institutions in the nation whose reach extends across 29 Pennsylvania counties to nations in Europe and the Middle East. UPMC is the region’s largest health care provider and employer with a network of 20 hospitals and hundreds of other health care sites, and a payroll that includes some 48,000 physicians, nurses, administrators, researchers and other staff.
UPMC has built a comprehensive, integrated health care system around a tradition of innovation, research, top specialists and internationally recognized centers in transplantation, cancer, neurosurgery, psychiatry, rehabilitation, geriatrics, women’s health and other specialties.

UPMC is the home of the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute named in honor of Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD, the modern-day father of organ transplantation whose groundbreaking work in Pittsburgh lead UPMC to become one of the leading transplant centers in the world. The UPMC Cancer Centers and the internationally recognized research of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Hillman Cancer Center, provides patients with state-of-the-art diagnosis, treatment, prevention and care. UPMC Sports Medicine offers patients the same advance treatment it provides the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins and the University of Pittsburgh’s NCAA Division I sports teams. Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, the region’s only pediatric hospital, is consistently ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

Overseas operations include a partnership with the Region of Sicily, Italy, that established ISMETT, a specialty transplant hospital in Palermo. Other UPMC partnerships have created a network of advanced cancer treatment centers in Ireland and improved emergency medical care and services in the nation of Qatar. And recent agreements have resulted in UPMC becoming one of the largest operators of private hospitals in Ireland.

UPMC also manages its own health insurance plan that offers a range of commercial, Medicare and Medicaid products and is considered a pioneer in the management of chronic diseases such as congestive heart failure, asthma and diabetes.

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West Penn Allegheny Health System

4800 Friendship Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224

West Penn Allegheny Health System is among Pennsylvania’s leading health care providers and one of the region’s largest employers with 13,000 physicians, nurses and other staff. The health system’s two tertiary and four community hospitals admit more than 80,000 patients each year and its emergency rooms log more than 173,000 visits.

The health system’s hospitals – Allegheny General Hospital and The Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh, Alle-Kiski Medical Center in Natrona Heights, Canonsburg General Hospital, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital-Forbes Regional Campus in Monroeville and AGH-Suburban Campus in Bellevue – are among the most familiar names in health care in the region. These hospitals offer a comprehensive range of medical and surgical services and are recognized for their excellence in a range of specialties.

Allegheny General Hospital, in particular, has earned a reputation for excellence in the treatment of heart disease. The Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular Institute at Allegheny General Hospital has combined research, education and innovative clinical practice to advance the care of heart patients. The institute includes The Women’s Heart Center, a comprehensive outpatient program of preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular services for women. The Western Pennsylvania Hospital Burn Center is one of the leading burn centers in the nation with more than decades of experience in providing innovative burn care and conducting research to advance such areas as wound care and the psychological implications of burn injuries.

Other centers include The Western Pennsylvania Cancer Institute that provides advanced diagnostic and cancer treatment services; Allegheny General Comprehensive Stroke Center, whose in-hospital stroke care has been acclaimed by the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association; and The Institute for Computer-Assisted Surgery at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital that develops and uses advance computer-assisted surgical tools to improve patient outcomes.

West Penn Allegheny Health System is also involved in training the doctors of tomorrow. Allegheny General Hospital is the clinical campus for the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia and The Western Pennsylvania Hospital serves as the clinical campus for Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia.

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