With 24,000 inpatient admissions, 23,000 surgeries, and more than 56,000 emergency department visits each year, Allegheny General Hospital is the highest volume hospital in the Allegheny Health Network. In addition to its status as one of Pennsylvania’s top transplant centers, the 552-bed quaternary care and educational hospital has been recognized by Healthgrades as one of the nation’s top hospitals for cardiac surgery, cardiac care and coronary intervention in 2024. In the past decade, the hospital acquired a new orthopedic center, cardiovascular intensive care unit, cardiac MRI center, hybrid operating rooms and surgical robots, and began construction on a new neuroscience tower in 2023. The hospital seeks to extend its history of clinical excellence and innovation, announcing in 2024 that it plans to construct a new cardiovascular tower and emergency department, among other upgrades, in the next 10 years.
