Allegheny Center for Digestive Health

AGH Department of Gastroenterology Recognized by U.S. News & World Report

In July 2011, U.S. News & World Report recognized three of our System's hospitals for excellence in gastroenterology: Allegheny General Hospital (AGH), Allegheny Valley Hospital (AVH) and Forbes Regional Hospital (FRH).

AGH's Department of Gastroenterology was ranked 43rd in the nation out of approximately 5,000 hospitals. AVH and FRC were named high performers in this field. These rankings are based on patient safety, procedure volume, death rates and data from physicians' ratings of the best hospitals in the United States.

Congratulations, Dr. Lebovitz!

Kudos to Paul Lebovitz, MD, Medical Director of the Allegheny Center for Digestive Health and Director of the West Penn Allegheny Department of Gastroenterology, for being recognized by Pittsburgh Magazine as one of the region's Top Doctors in gastroenterology!

Dr. Lebovitz was selected by an independent research firm that solicits nominations of highly regarded doctors from other practicing physicians from most all major cities in the United States. This firm asks physicians to name peers they would trust with the care of a loved one or family member needing specialty care. The nominated physician's educational and professional experience is also rigorously screened. Dr. Lebovitz was also named as one of the top physicians for digestive disease by Pittsburgh Magazine in 2010.

Dr. Lebovitz specializes in inflammatory bowel disease, functional bowel disease and celiac disease. He was named Physician of the Year in 2001 by the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America and was a Pittsburgh Times Health Care Hero in 2002.

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Are you interested in helping to meet the gluten free needs of the underserved, low income population in the Greater Pittsburgh area?

The Allegheny Center for Digestive Health hosted a conference in June to bring community leaders and residents of the Greater Pittsburgh area together to explore ways to bring gluten free food into our local food pantries. These efforts are continuing as we are:

• exploring local and national sources for gluten free food donations
• developing a program to educate and assist our local pantries as they begin to receive regular donations of gluten free food products.

Please consider joining us in this endeavor. For more information, please contact Kathy Sepesy at 412.359.8956 or ksepesy@wpahs.org.