UPMC Shadyside

UPMC Shadyside
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
UPMC Shadyside seen in 2007.
Geography
Location	5230 Centre Avenue, Shadyside, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates	40°27′17″N 79°56′24″W / 40.454638°N 79.940056°W / 40.454638; -79.940056
Organization
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	520
Helipads
Helipad	FAA LID: PA16
Number Length Surface ft m H1 48 x 48 15 × 15 mats
History
Former name(s)	Shadyside Hospital Homeopathic Medical and Surgical Hospital and Dispensary
Opened	1866
Links
Website	www.upmc.com/locations/hospitals/shadyside
Lists	Hospitals in Pennsylvania

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]

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.