Program Overview: Training Sites

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is the leading health care system in western Pennsylvania and is the clinical hub of one of the nation's most renowned academic medical programs. Together with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC hospitals train more than 1,300 residents and fellows each year in 82 specialty areas. Please click on facts and figures for more general information about the UPMC Health System.

Hospitals

UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Montefiore Hospitals

• Two major hospitals located next to each other
• Together comprise 625 medical/surgical and 150 ICU beds in a complex connected by an indoor pedestrian bridge
• More than 32,000 inpatient admissions annually
• Housestaff spend the majority of their rotations here in the MICU, CCU, cardiac pavilion, emergency room, subspecialty consults, continuity clinics, general medicine floors, and other sites
• Features the world-renowned Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
• Designated a Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center

Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS)

• 108 medical/surgical beds
• Only a 5- to 10-minute walk from UPMC Presbyterian and Montefiore Hospitals
• A large referral center for VA facilities throughout the region
• Approximately 25% of rotations are here in the VA ICU/CCU, Emergent Care Center (ECC), continuity clinics, general medicine floors, and other sites
• Downloadable videos of Medical Grand Rounds each week from UPMC Presbyterian and Montefiore Hospitals

UPMC Shadyside Hospital

• 485 medical/surgical beds, just a 10-minute drive from UPMC Presbyterian and Montefiore Hospitals

• University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and the adjacent Hillman Cancer Center, which feature nationally recognized, cutting-edge cancer treatment and research
• Training site for UPCI hematology/oncology wards

Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

• Recognized as a National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
• Houses faculty who are affiliated with UPMC's Divisions of Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology, and Oncology and who specialize in gender-specific care
• More than 8,000 births per year, accounting for 45% of the births in Allegheny County
• Regional referral center for high-risk maternal care
• Largest neonatal ICU in Pennsylvania, treating more than 1,000 seriously or critically ill newborns annually
• Site of elective experiences in the Women's Health Track

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Part of the UPMC Health System

• Rated the ninth best pediatric hospital in the country by Child Magazine, 2005
• More than 400,000 visits to Children's Hospital and its many neighborhood locations each year
• Ranked seventh in NIH funding in 2005