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Founded in 1885 on Pittsburgh's historic North Side, Allegheny General Hospital ( AGH ) has earned an international reputation for excellence and innovation in the care of patients, medical education and research. Serving Pittsburgh and the surrounding five-state area, the 661-bed academic medical center offers a wide array of medical and surgical services.Allegheny General has been recognized as one of the country's 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Healthcare. The hospital also received the Consumer Choice Award for Western Pennsylvania from the National Research Corporation. In addition, Solucient Inc., one of the healthcare industry's leading quality research organizations, recognizes Allegheny General as a Top 100 hospital in the country for both orthopaedic surgery and the treatment of stroke.Allegheny General was the first hospital in the region to receive designation as a Level I Shock Trauma Center, which is the highest designation available, and its LifeFlight aeromedical service was the first to fly in the northeastern United States.As one of the largest tertiary facilities in the region, Allegheny General offers the most advanced care available in a variety of specialty areas, including allergy/immunology, anesthesiology/pain medicine, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, colorectal surgery, critical care medicine, dental medicine, diagnostic and interventional radiology, emergency medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, infectious disease, internal medicine, maternal and fetal medicine, minimally invasive surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, nutrition, oncology, ophthalmology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, pathology and laboratory medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, plastic and reconstructive surgery, pulmonary medicine, radiation oncology, reproductive medicine and infertility, rheumatology, transplant surgery, urogynecology, and vascular surgery.The hospital has a number of other nationally recognized, disease-specific comprehensive centers, including those for cranial nerve disorders, diabetes, digestive health, epilepsy, genetic disease, hearing and balance disorders, lung and thoracic disease, minimally invasive surgery, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular diseases, neuro-oncology, orthopaedic surgery, skull base and endoscopic neurosurgery, spasticity and movement disorders, spinal disorders, vascular diseases and wound care.Allegheny General's highly regarded sports medicine program serves as the official medical provider for the Pittsburgh Pirates professional baseball club. The hospital also supports and directs numerous scholastic sports medicine programs.AGH's Cancer Center is one of the nation's most advanced facilities, offering patients access to state-of-the-art programs for the complete spectrum of malignant disease, including centers for blood-borne, brain, breast, colon and rectal, esophageal, gynecologic, head and neck, liver, lung, pancreatic and prostate cancers.Allegheny General is the gateway to some of the most prominent research into breast and colorectal cancer treatment and prevention through studies conducted by the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project. This cancer research initiative, supported by the National Cancer Institute, is based on the Allegheny General campus and coordinates the efforts of more than 6, 000 medical professionals in the study of breast and bowel cancer. Doctors in Pittsburgh, PA
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