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The Western Pennsylvania Hospital

4800 Friendship Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA  15224

412-578-5000

 

 
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital is the first and only hospital in Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania to achieve Magnet™ recognition status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).  Magnet designation is a worldwide recognition for excellence in nursing.  To learn more...  

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Our History

Since its founding in 1848 as Pittsburgh's first charted public hospital, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital has earned an international reputation for excellence and innovation in the care of patients, medical education and research. Today, this academic medical center has two hospital campuses that serve Pittsburgh and the surrounding five-state area:  The Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh and The Western Pennsylvania Hospital - Forbes Regional Campus in Monroeville.

 

Our Recognitions


West Penn Hospital and its patient care programs annually receive numerous prestigious awards for excellence.  Recent examples include the following recognitions:

  • Magnet Recognition Status – In 2006, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital became the first and only hospital in Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania to achieve Magnet Recognition™ status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the largest and most prominent nursing credentialing organization in the United States.   Only about 4% of hospitals in the nation have achieved Magnet designation, which recognizes excellence in nursing services.

 

  •  West Penn Hospital has been recognized by Cigna Healthcare as a CIGNA Certified Hospital for Bariatric Surgery.
  • Burn Center – The West Penn Burn Center was the first and is the only burn program in the region to receive verification honors by the American Burn Association and the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons (fourth verification received 2006)
  •   Heart and Vascular Care – named among 100 Top Hospitals® for cardiovascular care by Thomson Healthcare

 

  •    January 25, 2008

    West Penn Hospital has been designated as Premium® Cardiac Specialty Centers by UnitedHealth, one of the nation’s largest insurance providers.

 

  •   West Penn Hospital’s cardiovascular services were recognized among “America’s best Hospitals” by U.S. News and World Report.

 

  •   West Penn Hospital’s non-invasive Vascular Laboratory was the first in Pittsburgh and one of the first 10 in the country to receive accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission on Vascular Lab Accreditation
  • Home Health Agency – 2007 HomeCare Elite™ recognition of West Penn’s Home Health Agency as among the Top 25% in the nation for Quality of Care, Quality Improvement, and Financial Performance
  • Cancer Care - West Penn Hospital is the first and only center in western Pennsylvania named a Center of Excellence by the Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation.
  •     West Penn Hospital was the first major teaching hospital in Pennsylvania to be named by Solucient Institute as among the country’s “100 Top Hospitals” for overall organizational performance for three consecutive years.
  • Patient Safety Program – annual awards for reduction in hospital acquired infection and other improvements


Building upon its more than 150-year history as a regional and national leader in health care, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital is proud of its achievements and is committed to continuing to provide the highest quality of health care and service for people throughout
the region.

 

Our Clinical Services

As one of the largest tertiary facilities in the region, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital offers acute care for all medical-surgical conditions and advanced comprehensive care in a wide range of specialty areas, including the following:

West Penn Hospital's obstetrics program is one of the busiest in the region and its neonatal intensive care unit is one of the region's largest referral resources for sick newborns.  West Penn Hospital also is home to the patient offices for the Jones Institute at West Penn Allegheny Health System, an affiliate of the renowned Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine of the Eastern Virginia Medical School.

The Western Pennsylvania Cancer Institute provides the most advanced diagnostic and treatment services for all types of cancer, including lung, esophageal, breast, gynecologic, prostate, colorectal and blood-borne cancers. The Cancer Institute has earned national recognition for its bone marrow transplant program, one of the largest in Pennsylvania. The Institute also boasts leading-edge radiation oncology services and was the second cancer center in the world to offer Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. Patients have access to the latest treatment protocols through the Cancer Institute's participation in national research groups such as the Cancer and Leukemia Group B, American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, and Radiation Therapy Oncology Group.

 

Our Professional Education Programs

Part of West Penn Allegheny Health System, West Penn Hospital is a leader in the education of healthcare professionals.

Students of Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM) have the options of rotating or of studying for their entire third and fourth years at the TUSM Clinical Campus at West Penn.


The Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing offers a 22-month program for the diploma in nursing and a concurrent program for eligible students to receive the associate of science in allied health degree from Clarion University of Pennsylvania.


The Hospital also sponsors a School of Respiratory Care in conjunction with Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a School of Radiologic Technology with the New Kensington campus of Penn State University.

 

Our Mission

The mission of The Western Pennsylvania Hospital is to provide selected clinical and health related services to meet the general health needs of the residents of metropolitan Pittsburgh and certain of the specialized health needs of the residents of the tri-state area. To enhance its ability to provide these services, the Hospital is committed to operating a variety of educational programs for physicians, nurses, and other allied health professionals and promotes basic and clinical research.

In fulfilling its mission, the Hospital adheres to the following principles:

  1. The patient is the focus of all of the Hospital's activities.
  2. Services are provided to all individuals who present themselves for medically necessary care, regardless of race, religion, national origin, or ability to pay.
  3. Quality is the foremost priority in the provision of services.
  4. The services provided are responsive to individual and community needs.
  5. As a not-for-profit institution, the Hospital exercises all reasonable measures to maximize the return on the assets entrusted to it by the community.
  6. Fostering mutually beneficial relationships with members of the medical community is a goal of ongoing operations and of efforts to develop new programs.
  7. Facilitating Hospital employees' professional and personal fulfillment is the highest human resource priority.
  8. All patient care, education, and research activities are based on established scientific precepts.
  9. The Hospital has an obligation to support the development of public policy related to healthcare.

Administrative and Medical Staff Leadership

Administrative Leadership

President and Chief Executive Officer
Dawn M. Gideon

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Sherry Zisk

Vice President and Chief Quality Officer
Marian Block, MD

Vice President
Barry A. Deems

Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Rose Gaglia, RN

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Augustine Lopez

Vice President, Operations and Medical Services
Robin Zernich

Assistant Vice President, Operations and Strategic Development
Christy Wenger

President, West Penn Hospital Foundation
B.J. Leber

Director, Communications and Marketing
Nancy W. Grover

Director, Human Resources
Tanya Ulrich

Medical Staff Leadership

Officers

President
Alan Lantzy, MD

President-Elect
LaDonna Fuge, MD

Immediate Past President
Mark Rubino, MD

Secretary/Treasurer
David Logan, MD

Clinical Department Chairs

Anesthesiology
Christopher Troianos, MD

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
George Magovern, Jr., MD

Emergency Medicine
Thomas P. Campbell, MD

Family Medicine
Lee Kim Erikson, MD, Interim

Medicine
Elliot Goldberg, MD, Interim

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Eileen Segreti, MD, Interim

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Jan Silverman, MD

Pediatrics
Alan Lantzy, MD

Psychiatry

John Delaney, MD

Radiology
Paul M. Kiproff, MD, Interim

Surgery
Daniel Gagné, MD, Interim