Allegheny General Hospital Recognitions

You can feel confident receiving care at our nationally recognized medical center.

Our accomplishments include:

High-quality medical care

Top 25 adult transplant programs in the U.S.
Primary medical provider for orthopaedic and rehabilitation care for the Pittsburgh Pirates (Major League Baseball) and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds (professional soccer)
First LifeFlight aeromedical service in northeastern United States
Recipient of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Get With The Guidelines^®*Heart Failure Achievement Awards Gold Plus and the AHA Get With The Guidelines^® Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

Development of the first suture-less heart valve, an innovation that doubled patient survival in the U.S.

Named a Gold Seal of Approval for Comprehensive Cardiac Care Center by The Joint Commission — the only gold-certified hospital in Pennsylvania
First hospital in the region to be designated a Level 1 Trauma Center, the highest designation
Home to the country’s largest American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)/American College of Radiology (ACR)-accredited program, and the only one in Pittsburgh
American Heart Association® Certified Comprehensive Hypertension Center**: Certified hospitals must perform extensive exams, treatments, diagnostic evaluations, and interventions for complex or resistant-to-treatment hypertension.
Our 2024 Magnet® recognition for nursing excellence, from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, puts Allegheny General Hospital among the best of the best. We qualify for Magnet designation, because we deliver the best patient care and ongoing innovations in professional nursing practices. It is the highest recognition that a hospital nursing program can achieve.

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Allegheny General Hospital
320 East North Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
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Get With The Guidelines® is a registered trademark of the American Heart Association, Inc., and is used with permission.

For more information about the American Heart Association^®Certified Comprehensive Hypertension Center certification, visit www.heart.org/en/professional/quality-improvement/healthcare-certification.

©American Nurses Credentialing Center. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the American Nurses Credentialing Center. For more information about Magnet, visit www.nursingworld.org/organizational-programs/magnet/about-magnet.