Founded in as the Homeopathic Medical and Surgical Hospital and Dispensary, it changed its name to that of the neighborhood of Shadyside on May 12, 1938. Shadyside agreed to be bought by UPMC on June 5, 1996.
In 1866, Herman H. Hofmann, Marcellin Coté, and John C. Burgher, started to gather donations to open a hospital specializing in homeopathic medicine in Pittsburgh.[4] UPMC Shadyside was founded in 1866 with the name "Homeopathic Medical and Surgical Hospital and Dispensary" in the downtown area Pittsburgh.[5]
A scan of an illustration depicting the second Homeopathic Hospital at 146 Second Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh near Smithfield Street.
Years later, in 1884 they moved to a new building also in the downtown neighborhood. In 1896, the hospital pioneered the first x-ray in western Pennsylvania.[6]
Due to lack of space a new location for the hospital was inquired upon. In 1906 Alexander Peacock, a member of the Board, donated $25,000 toward the purchase of land at the current site in Pittsburgh's Shadyside development. Construction for the new hospital began in 1907, completed in January 1910, and opened its doors to patients on March 1, 1910, on a site in front of its current location.[4]
In 1938, its name was changed to Shadyside Hospital to reflect its location in the Shadyside neighborhood. Many of the present buildings of UPMC Shadyside were constructed in 1972.[4] During the 1960s, UPMC Shadyside Hospital became known for their cardiology department.[7]
In 1997 Shadyside Hospital became part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) network when they merged with Presbyterian Hospital.[8]
In 2020 the hospital was recognized by Human Rights Campaign Foundation as a "Top Performer" in their forward thinking LGBTQ policies and initiatives.[9][10]
Signage outside of UPMC Shadyside
The hospital (ranked together with UPMC Presbyterian) ranked nationally in 11 adult specialties and as #2 in Pennsylvania (after Penn Presbyterian) on the 2020-21 U.S. News & World Report: Best Hospitals rankings.[11]
2020-21 U.S. News & World Report Rankings for UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside[12][13]
The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh is the flagship facility for the clinical services and research activities. The $130 million, 350,000-square-foot, 5-story facility, designed by Pittsburgh architectural firm IKM, opened in 2002 in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh. It is located directly across Centre Avenue from, and connected via a pedestrian bridge to, UPMC Shadyside hospital where cancer surgery and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) are conducted.[15][16] The Hillman Cancer Center building houses both a research pavilion and a clinical pavilion connected by a three-story atrium.
