To commemorate Black History Month, the Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Black History Committee coordinated a series of events for patients and staff, including an art… Read more
February 2016
Renovated Presby CTICU Reopens to Patients
UPMC Presbyterian Hospital fully reopened its 20-bed cardiothoracic intensive care unit (CTICU) to patients today, nearly six months after it was closed in September for… Read more
Longtime UPMC McKeesport Physician Also Member of Famed Tuskegee Airmen
Before he was a doctor, Harry E. Lanauze, M.D., wanted to serve his country in the skies and prove that African-Americans could do anything. The… Read more
Zika, UPMC Shine Spotlight on Gap in Research with Pregnant Women
The recent outbreak of mosquito-borne Zika virus disease and its link to developmental issues in the infants of mothers infected with it highlights a gaping… Read more
How can you quickly recognize sepsis?
UPMC and Pitt Health Sciences doctors were instrumental to an international team writing a new definition for sepsis, the leading killer of hospitalized patients. But… Read more