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Founded in 1885 on Pittsburgh’s historic North Side, Allegheny General Hospital has earned an international reputation for excellence and innovation in the care of patients, medical education and research. Serving Pittsburgh and the surrounding five-state area, the 724-bed academic medical center offers a wide array of medical and surgical services.

Allegheny General has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report magazine as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” for a number of clinical specialties, including cancer treatment, digestive diseases, geriatric medicine, hormonal disorders, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery, rheumatology and urology, The hospital has been lauded as one of America’s top 25 medical centers by the AARP’s Modern Maturity magazine, which also identified Allegheny General as the nation’s top hospital for the treatment of renal diseases and the second-leading center for the treatment of heart disease.

Solucient Inc., one of the health-care industry’s leading quality research organizations, recognizes Allegheny General as a Top 100 hospital in the country for both orthopaedic surgery and the treatment of stroke.

In addition, Allegheny General has been recognized as a recipient of the National Research Corporation’s (NRC) Consumer Choice Award for Western Pennsylvania for eight of the past 10 years.

Allegheny General was the first hospital in the region to receive designation as a Level I Shock Trauma Center, which is the highest designation available, and its LifeFlight aeromedical service was the first to fly in the northeastern United States.

HealthGrades- a leading independent health care ratings company-ranked AGH as the best hospital in Pittsburgh for stroke care and among the nation’s top 10 percent of hospitals for stroke care. The AGH Comprehensive Stroke Center provides both inpatient and consultative care for stroke patients throughout western Pennsylvania.

As one of the largest tertiary facilities in the region, Allegheny General – and its Suburban Campus in nearby Bellevue – offers the most advanced care available in a variety of specialty areas, including allergy/immunology, anesthesiology/pain medicine, bariatric/weight loss surgery, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, colorectal surgery, critical care medicine, dental medicine, diagnostic and interventional radiology, emergency medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, infectious disease, internal medicine, maternal and fetal medicine, minimally invasive surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, nutrition, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, ophthalmology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, pathology and laboratory medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, plastic and reconstructive surgery, psychiatry, pulmonary medicine, radiation oncology, reproductive medicine and infertility, rheumatology, transplant surgery, urogynecology, and vascular surgery.

The hospital has a number of other nationally recognized, disease-specific comprehensive centers, including those for child and adolescent psychiatry, cranial nerve disorders, diabetes, digestive health, epilepsy, genetic disease, hearing and balance disorders, lung and thoracic disease, minimally invasive surgery, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular diseases, neuro-oncology, orthopaedic surgery, skull base and endoscopic neurosurgery, spasticity and movement disorders, spinal disorders, vascular diseases and wound care.

Allegheny General’s highly regarded sports medicine program serves as the official medical provider for the Pittsburgh Pirates professional baseball club. The hospital also supports and directs numerous scholastic sports medicine programs.

AGH’s Cancer Center is one of the nation’s most advanced facilities, offering patients access to state-of-the-art programs for the complete spectrum of malignant disease, including centers for blood-borne, brain, breast, colon and rectal, esophageal, gynecologic, head and neck, liver, lung, pancreatic and prostate cancers.

Allegheny General is the gateway to some of the most prominent research into breast and colorectal cancer treatment and prevention through studies conducted by the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project. This cancer research initiative, supported by the National Cancer Institute, is based on the Allegheny General campus and coordinates the efforts of more than 6,000 medical professionals in the study of breast and bowel cancer.

Allegheny General Hospital - Suburban Campus offers a complete array of surgical, medical, rehabilitative and emergency care. The facility houses the Institute for Advanced Pain Medicine, the Sleep Disorders Center, and an inpatient pediatrics program. A bone densitometry unit offers preventative measures for those at risk of developing osteoporosis. Screening and diagnostic mammography is also available for the early detection of breast cancer. AGH - Suburban Campus’ Emergency Department maintains benchmark standards of efficiency and patient satisfaction, and strives to treat every patient within 30 minutes of arrival.

Allegheny General Hospital has a long-standing commitment to education and research. It is a western Pennsylvania campus of the Philadelphia-based Drexel University College of Medicine and maintains ongoing, innovative research studies in the neurosciences, medical oncology, human genetics, cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, orthopaedics and trauma.

A member of the West Penn Allegheny Health System, Allegheny General Hospital-and its Suburban Campus in nearby Bellevue-annually admits 31,500 patients and logs about 60,000 emergency visits and more than 26,000 surgical procedures. Nearly 1,000 physicians and approximately 4,500 employees share the hospital’s commitment to excellence in patient care, medical education and research.