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Allegheny General Hospital

Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) has provided exceptional health care services to residents of Pittsburgh's North Side and surrounding communities since 1886.

320 East North Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

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Gold standard cardiac care.

AGH was the first hospital in Pennsylvania to earn gold certification.

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High-level emergency services

The AHN LifeFlight emergency medical helicopter was the first of its kind in the northeastern United States. We can reach millions of people within a 130-mile radius and quickly get you to an AHN hospital.

Care and services close to home

We can provide a broad spectrum of care and services, working as a team with doctors from across Allegheny Health Network (AHN).

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    Top-rated medical care


    AGH is the 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

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    Dedicated care team


    Our physicians are renowned in their fields. Together with nurses, technicians, clinicians, and support staff, our team delivers advanced care in nearly every medical and surgical specialty. 

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    Nationally acclaimed care


    Allegheny General Hospital has received Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Magnet highlights health care organizations that meet rigorous standards for nursing excellence and is the highest international honor for professional nursing practice.

Featured Services at Allegheny General Hospital

Part of the Allegheny Health Network (AHN), we’re a national leader in cancer, cardiovascular, neuroscience, transplant surgery, and orthopaedic care.

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    Cardiovascular


    With clinical trials and research studies, we drive cutting-edge care like the nation’s first suture-free heart valve, an innovation that doubled patient survival.

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    Cancer


    Leading-edge care with groundbreaking surgical procedures, radiation therapies, chemotherapy regiments, and advanced tumor imaging for early detection.

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    Neuroscience


    Care for all types of conditions affecting the brain, spine, and nervous system using the latest treatments such as minimally invasive endoscopic neurosurgery.

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Story time after brain surgery is #livingproof

K.D. had a craniotomy on Wednesday and was reading to her students the next morning thanks to an innovative tool and a highly skilled surgical team.

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Fast Facts about Allegheny General Hospital

As a member of the Allegheny Health Network (AHN), our care teams have a deep commitment to providing exceptional, personalized care.

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Nationally recognized care

Our surgeons designed the country’s first suture-free heart valve. This innovation doubled patient survival rate. Physicians throughout AGH participate in national clinical trials and research to advance disease diagnoses and treatments.

Are you a health care professional?

We offer care in every medical specialty, providing the finest treatments and technologies and continually researching new ways to prevent, detect and treat disease.

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


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