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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s (UPMC) Oakland Campus
hospitals consist of UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Montefiore, and UPMC
Shadyside hospitals, the Eye and Ear Institute, and Western
Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.
UPMC Presbyterian is the region’s largest adult medical and surgical
referral hospital, offering state-of-the-art medical/surgical care to
patients in the tri-state area as well as to patients who travel from
around the world. In conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine, UPMC Presbyterian is the site of numerous
top-notch graduate education programs and ongoing research in all
fields of medicine. UPMC Presbyterian also earned a position on the
U.S. News and World Report “Honor Roll” as one of the top hospitals in
the United States.
The hospital is a Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center, and is the
busiest in Pennsylvania according to the hospital. It is a renowned
center for organ transplantation, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery,
critical care medicine, trauma surgery, neurosurgery and specialized
orthopaedic surgery.
UPMC Montefiore, houses medical and surgical inpatient units and is
home to the Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute, general internal
medicine offices, the division of pulmonary, allergy and critical care
medicine, the Comprehensive Lung Center, the Benedum Geriatric Center
and the Facial Nerve Center.
UPMC Shadyside is a tertiary care hospital providing primary medical
care; physician and nursing education; and a broad range of
specialties that include cardiology, oncology, adult orthopaedic joint
reconstruction and musculoskeletal oncology, geriatrics, obstetrics
and gynecology, vascular medicine, endocrinology and more.
The Hillman Cancer Center, housed at UPMC Shadyside, is the flagship
treatment and research facility of the UPMC Cancer Centers network and
the internationally recognized research teams provide specialized
diagnosis, treatment, prevention and care for patients and their
families.
The ten-story Eye and Ear Institute houses the departments of
ophthalmology and otolaryngology of both the University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine and UPMC and is regularly ranked among the top 10
in the nation.
Clinical services include the UPMC Eye Center; UPMC Ear, Nose and
Throat Specialists; University of Pittsburgh Voice Center; UPMC
Allergy Center; UPMC Swallowing Center; UPMC Center for Audiology and
Hearing Aid Services; and UPMC Center for Balance Disorders.
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) houses the department
of psychiatry of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and
is the flagship of UPMC Behavioral Health, the psychiatric specialty
division of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Named one of the 10 best psychiatric hospitals in the country by U.S.
News and World Report, WPIC has more than 40 outpatient programs and
289 licensed inpatient beds, serving individuals across the lifespan,
from young children to aging adults.
WPIC currently houses six federally funded Centers for Excellence: the
Mental Health Intervention Center for Mood and Anxiety Disorders, the
Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders, the Advanced
Center for Intervention and Services Research for Late Life Mood
Disorders, the Pittsburgh Mind/Body Center, the Affect Regulation and
Adolescent Brain Center and the Advanced Center for Intervention and
Services Research for Early Onset Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Other
specialty areas include Alzheimer’s disease, sleep and sleep
disorders, schizophrenia, autism, suicide and eating disorders. For
more information regarding UPMC hospitals visit www.upmc.edu.
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