About UPMC Orthopaedic Care

UPMC Orthopaedic Care offers a wide range of specialty orthopaedic services and treatments using advanced surgical methods. Our orthopaedic surgeons and support staff guide patients through diagnosis, surgery, rehabilitation, and aftercare. This unified system allows our patients to receive complete care, from start to finish.

Nationally recognized as a leader in orthopaedic care, UPMC provides our orthopaedic surgeons with a vast network of resources such as:

• Advanced imaging and diagnostic technologies.
• Level I trauma centers.
• Inpatient orthopaedic rehab at the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute.
• Outpatient rehabilitation at the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute’s more than 60 outpatient locations.
• Sports-related injury services at UPMC Sports Medicine.
• Pediatric orthopaedic care at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
• Treatments for bone and soft tissue tumors at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.

An Unparalleled Research and Clinical Trial Program

Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the University of Pittsburgh Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is unmatched in the western Pennsylvania region for orthopaedic research and clinical trials.

Our team of researchers actively pursues breakthroughs in:

• The use of stem cells for growing new bone and cartilage.
• New and improved joint replacement techniques.

We’re also constantly conducting a whole host of clinical trial studies that are accessible to qualifying patients.