About UPMC

UPMC Provider Services Division Fast Facts

UPMC has evolved over the last two decades into one of the nation’s leading integrated health enterprises advancing the quality and efficiency of health care. UPMC serves residents of western Pennsylvania as well as patients who travel from across the nation and around the world to receive many of UPMC’s highly specialized services.

Internationally Recognized Specialty Care

UPMC has developed regionally, nationally, and internationally renowned programs, earning its hospitals repeated recognition among “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report. Among UPMC’s internationally recognized specialty services are:

Transplantation: Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute

• Initiated a pathbreaking transplantation service in 1981.
• Pioneered antirejection medications and made once-experimental procedures,
  such as liver and bowel transplantation, a part of standard surgical practice.
• Performed more than 17,000 transplants, including liver, heart, kidney,
  multi-visceral and, recently, the nation’s first bilateral hand transplant.
  

Behavioral Health: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC

• Part of UPMC’s major academic hospital UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside,
  Western Psychiatric is a national leader in the diagnosis, management, and
  treatment of mental health and addictive disorders.
• Is one of the nation’s foremost psychiatric care facilities and ranks first in
  research funding from the National Institutes of Health, with six federally
  funded Centers of Excellence.

Cancer Care: UPMC Cancer Centers

• Is one of the largest integrated community networks of cancer care specialists
  in the country, providing the latest advances in cancer prevention, detection,
  diagnosis, and treatment.
• Employs a hub-and-spoke model, anchored by UPMC’s Hillman Cancer Center,
  that uses telemedicine and other consultative technologies to cover a geographic
  area of more than 200 miles.
• Extends cancer care expertise abroad, with centers in Dublin and Waterford,
  Ireland; future sites in the United Kingdom.

Children’s Health: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

• Is one of the nation’s leading pediatric facilities and the region’s only hospital
  dedicated to the care of children.
• Is nationally recognized for expertise in pediatric cardiology, cardiothoracic
  surgery, critical care, diabetes, hematology/oncology, neurosurgery, organ and
  tissue transplantation, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, and pediatric surgery.
• The new $622 million hospital and research facility is a paperless, environmentally
  sustainable, patient-friendly “hospital of the future” envisioned by many health
  care reformers, with the region’s only pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.

Women’s Health: Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

• Is ranked among the top hospitals in the nation for gynecological care and is a
  National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health — one of the first recognized
  by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the largest in Pennsylvania, treats more than
  1,600 seriously or critically ill babies each year.
• The Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences is among the
  nation’s top departments of its kind in funding from the National Institutes of Health.

Other specialty services available at UPMC include:

• UPMC Center for Skull Base Surgery — A world leader in life-saving minimally invasive brain and skull-base surgery.
• UPMC Center for Sports Medicine — Provides medical care for the six-time
  Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the three-time Stanley Cup
  Champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
• UPMC Comprehensive Lung Center — Special expertise in transplantation,
  asthma and allergy, emphysema, cystic fibrosis, and interstitial lung disease.
• UPMC Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery — Leading developers of the
  latest diagnostic, surgical, and medical techniques for minimally invasive surgery.
• UPMC Diabetes Centers — Comprehensive support of diabetes prevention,
  education, treatment, and research.
• UPMC Digestive Disorders Center — Expert treatment of inflammatory
  bowel disease, swallowing disorders, cancer, pancreatic and biliary diseases, and
  other disorders.
• UPMC Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists — Top-ranked in comprehensive
  otolaryngology services ranging from minimally invasive surgery to conservative
  treatments for swallowing, voice, and balance disorders.
• UPMC Eye Center — A recognized leader in advanced technology for the
  diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and disorders.
• UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute — An international leader in cardiovascular
  medicine with 12 hospital settings, 20 full-service locations, and more than 80
  physicians and scientists.
• UPMC Institute for Rehabilitation and Research — The largest rehabilitation
  provider in western Pennsylvania with expertise in brain, spine, and stroke.
• UPMC Lupus Center of Excellence — The only center in the country that is a
  “one-stop shop” for lupus patients.
• UPMC Stroke Institute — A leading provider of acute stroke management,
  including advanced telemedicine.
• UPMC Urological Services — From admission to discharge, providing a wide
  range of clinical services and innovative treatment strategies under one roof for
  both men and women, including those for prostate and urological cancers.
• UPMC Voice Center — Dedicated to the evaluation and care of voice disorders
  for both the general public and those who use their voices professionally.