Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC as viewed from the Bloomfield Bridge
Location of Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh
Geography
Location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates	40°28′01″N 79°57′11″W / 40.4670°N 79.9531°W / 40.4670; -79.9531Coordinates: 40°28′01″N 79°57′11″W / 40.4670°N 79.9531°W / 40.4670; -79.9531
Organization
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
Services
Emergency department	Pediatric Level I
Beds	296
History
Founded	March 18, 1887
Links
Website	http://www.chp.edu
Lists	Hospitals in Pennsylvania

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, a hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is the only hospital in Southwestern Pennsylvania dedicated solely to the care of infants, children and young adults. Care is provided by more than 700 board-certified pediatricians and pediatric specialists. Children’s also provides primary care and specialty care at over 30 locations throughout the Pittsburgh region, as well as clinical specialty services throughout western Pennsylvania at regional health care facilities. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC was one of only eight pediatric hospitals in the United States to make U.S. News & World Report's 2010-11 Best Children's Hospitals Honor Roll and is ranked in all ten of the specialties evaluated by US News. Children's is also one of only eight children's hospitals in the United States to be named as a Leapfrog Top Hospital and was ranked sixth in the nation by Parents magazine.

The 1,500,000-square-foot (140,000 m²) hospital has 296 beds, with a 42 bed emergency department, a 36 bed pediatric intensive care unit, and a 12 bed cardiac intensive care unit. A ten-story research center is also on the campus, with seven out of the ten floors dedicated for pediatric medical research. The complex is environmentally friendly and "quiet". The Hospital also includes a Weight Management and Wellness Center to offer help to obese children. The Center assists children in the area with maintaining and achieving a healthy weight, while also treating weight related health issues.

The architect is Louis D. Astorino. The new hospital was named the 7th most beautiful hospital in the US by Soliant Health in 2010 and the 10th most beautiful hospital in the world by HealthExecNews in 2012.

Additionally,Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is connected to the Ronald McDonald House via a third floor walkway. Families are now just an elevator ride away from their children.

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh was founded by a charter on March 18, 1887 and the first patients were admitted on June 4, 1890. The original hospital was housed in a donated mansion refurbished for medical use. The facility was quickly outgrown and two additions were added within ten years. After a small fire at the mansion, fundraising began for a much larger facility which was begun in 1926 at the DeSoto Street location in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. The oldest of these Children's Hospital buildings, dating to the 1930s, included an eight story building, later called the DeSoto Wing, that included a cafe, gift shop and chapel. North and south additions to the original building were added in the 1950s followed by a ten story tower, later referred to as the Main Tower, in 1986. The Main Tower also had a rooftop heliport and was the location of the emergency department and included rare elevators made by the Haughton Elevator Company. The Main Tower also included a 2 story sub-terrain parking garage with depictions on its walls of colorful stick figure children holding hands. This tower was connected to the older buildings and also included a connection to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital that was accessed through the 2nd and 4th floor. The old Children's Hospital location was closed on May 2, 2009 when the hospital moved to the Lawrenceville location. On December 18, 2009, UPMC announced plans to demolish the Former Children's hospital, which includes the building which sits on the corner of Fifth Avenue and DeSoto Street. However the blue banded main tower which was constructed in 1986 will remain as part of UPMC Presbyterian. The demolition was taken in Jul 2010, and though it was scheduled to be finished October that year, the removal of asbestos and other factors delayed the progress until the demolition was complete in May, 2011. Later that month it is landscaped as park, although UPMC has plans to build a yet-to-be-determined structure on its footprint. In October 2009 the movie "The Next Three Days" had few scenes shot in the old campus and portrayed as "University Hospital" Recognizable shots include underground parking garage, main lobby/entrance and elevator banks.