UPMC Shadyside
Hospital in Pennsylvania, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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UPMC Shadyside is a nationally ranked, 520-bed non-profit, tertiary, teaching hospital located in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. UPMC Shadyside is a part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), and grouped in with the flagship UPMC Presbyterian. The hospital is near UPMC's flagship campus which houses Presbyterian and Montefiore. As the hospital is a teaching hospital, it is affiliated with University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.[1] The hospital has an emergency room to handle emergencies, with a rooftop helipad to transport critical patients to and from the hospital.[2] UPMC Shadyside houses the flagship campus of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, a nationally ranked cancer hospital.[3]
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | |||||||||||
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UPMC Shadyside seen in 2007. | |||||||||||
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Location | 5230 Centre Avenue, Shadyside, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40.454638°N 79.940056°W / 40.454638; -79.940056 | ||||||||||
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Funding | Non-profit hospital | ||||||||||
Type | Teaching | ||||||||||
Affiliated university | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | ||||||||||
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Emergency department | Yes | ||||||||||
Beds | 520 | ||||||||||
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Helipad | FAA LID: PA16 | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1866 | ||||||||||
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Website | www | ||||||||||
Lists | Hospitals in Pennsylvania |
Founded in as the Homeopathic Medical and Surgical Hospital and Dispensary, it changed its name to that of the neighborhood of Shadyside on May 12, 1938. Shadyside agreed to be bought by UPMC on June 5, 1996.