UPMC Heart and Transplant Hospital

UPMC Heart and Transplant Hospital at UPMC Presbyterian is a planned, 620-bed non-profit, specialty hospital located in Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1] The hospital is planned to be adjacent and attached to UPMC Presbyterian, and will be a member of the health network, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The hospital is designed to highlight the world-famous transplant program at UPMC, made famous by pioneer, Dr. Thomas Starzl.[2] UPMC Heart and Transplant Hospital will the region's largest hospital dedicated to one specialty.[3] As the hospital is slated to be a teaching hospital, it will be affiliated with University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

UPMC Heart and Transplant Hospital
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Geography
LocationDe Soto St, Oakland
Pittsburgh, PA
Coordinates40.442221°N 79.959157°W / 40.442221; -79.959157
Organisation
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeSpecialist
Affiliated universityUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Services
Beds620
SpecialityTransplants and Cardiology
History
OpenedPlanned 2025
Links
WebsiteWebsite

The addition will add 900,000 square feet to space on the UPMC Presbyterian campus, without adding any beds overall. Patient care units at Presbyterian will be converted to offices.[4]

About

Pittsburgh has a long history of organ transplantation, having one of the first programs of its kind in the country. The new specialty hospital hopes to focus on their long standing success. In 1981 pioneering surgeon and "Father of Transplantation," Dr. Thomas E. Starzl came to the hospital, on condition that he would be free of administrative tasks and able to focus on medicine.[5][6] In a matter of a few years he launched the country's first pediatric and adult liver transplant program.[7] On February 14, 1984, under the direction of Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, Drs. Byers W. Shaw Jr. and Henry T. Bahnson successfully completed the world's' first simultaneous heart and liver organ transplant on six-year-old Stormie Jones at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.[8] During his tenure, Starzl also pioneered the use of a new anti-rejection drug called tacrolimus.[9] Starzl was the head of transplantation at the hospital until 1991 when he stepped down from clinical and surgical duties and shifted all of his focus to research.[9]

The hospital is still scheduled to open in 2025 and plans for construction have not been impacted by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Plans

The project was announced by UPMC in September 2018 as part of a plan to build three new specialty hospitals in the Pittsburgh area. UPMC unveiled these plans to create the new 900,000 square-foot UPMC Heart and Transplant Hospital on the site of the former demolished Children's Hospital.[11][12] The new 18-story inpatient building is projected to open in 2023 and will include 620 private patient rooms.[13][14] The architect and designer for the project is Minnesota based firm, Hammel, Green and Abrahamson.[15] When the project was first announced in 2018 it was set that the hospital would open by 2023, however UPMC has extended the timeline by two years with the new estimated open being 2025.[16]

UPMC has also announced that they would be partnering with technology firm Microsoft to build the hospitals, integrating technology into the design to help reduce the friction between technology and healthcare workers.[17][18][19]

See also

References
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