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The Western Pennsylvania Hospital
4800 Friendship Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
412.578.5000
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The Western Pennsylvania Hospital
A Chronology of Firsts
1848 - First public hospital chartered in Pittsburgh
1862 - First to build a hospital for the insane in the area
1863 - First in the area to serve as a veterans hospital
1883 - First in the area to sponsor a medical college
1886 - First area hospital to install a telephone switchboard
1937 - First hospital to develop and use time-lapse photography for research purposes
1959 - First hospital in Pittsburgh to open an intensive care unit
1967 - First in the area to perform a bone marrow transplant
1969 - First non-university hospital in Western Pennsylvania to be accredited in
continuing medical education by the American Medical Association
1970 - First area hospital to establish medical care on an outpatient basis through the
Mellon Pavilion Ambulatory Care Facility
1971 - First hospital in Pittsburgh to build a heliport
1980 - First hospital to operate a state-licensed daycare center
1982 - First hospital to operate a state-licensed kindergarten
1982 - First teen and young adult Spina Bifida Clinic in Pennsylvania
1985 - First hospital in the area to open a center dedicated exclusively to breast diagnostic imaging
1995 - First hospital in Pittsburgh totally dedicated to patient-focused care
1997 - First Burn Center in the region to receive verification honors from the American College of
Surgeons and American Burn Association
2006 - First hospital in Pittsburgh and the region to achieve Magnet Recognition® from the
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for excellence in nursing services.
2012 - First hospital in Pittsburgh and the region to earn Magnet redesignation...Sept. 14.
