Allegheny General Hospital

Overview

Welcome to Allegheny General Hospital, part of the West Penn Allegheny Health System.

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 829-bed academic health center offers a wide array of medical and surgical services.

Over the past eight years, 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, orthopaedic surgery, digestive diseases, neurology, neurosurgery, hormonal disorders, urology, rheumatology and geriatric medicine. The hospital has also 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.