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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 (WPIC)

• Part of UPMC’s major academic hospital UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, WPIC 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 Dublin and Waterford, Ireland; future sites in Cyprus and 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 1,500 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 Cardiovascular Institute — an international leader in cardiovascular medicine with 15 locations and more than 80 physicians and scientists
• UPMC Center for Sports Medicine — provides medical care for the six-time Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers and 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 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, Lung, and Esophageal Surgery Institute — leading developers of the latest diagnostic, surgical and medical techniques for minimally invasive surgery
• UPMC Institute for Rehabilitation and Research — the largest rehabilitation provider in western Pennsylvania with expertise in brain, spine and stroke
• 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
• Lupus Center of Excellence — the only center in the country that is a “one-stop-shop” for lupus patients
• McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine — a pioneer in tissue engineering, stem cell research, and medical devices development
• Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education and Research — one of the most advanced simulation centers in the country for medical professionals