UPMC Shadyside

I’ve recently had a very good experience at the hospital for an endoscopy as well as a few follow up appointments with the gastroenterologist who did the procedure. Overall, I had a good experience at the hospital. For the procedure, unfortunately the procedure was about 2 hours late– for which I had to wait in a hospital stretcher for over two hours with an IV in my arm– however, everything else went smoothly and quickly. The doctor who completed the procedure, Lee Weinburg, was very nice and attentive with a good bedside manner. We had a good chat before and after the procedure. I would go to this hospital for future needs and be confident about the competency of the staff.

Although I am always skeptical of Hospital systems that try to monopolize a community (perhaps this comes from my years of living in Cleveland OH where the Cleveland Clinic Foundation had its hands in everything), I have to say the experience that we had at UPMC Shadyside was a great one.
My hubby had been feeling under the weather for a few days and after a visit to Med Express, things had not improved so we figured the ER was the safest bet to go. Our experience could not have been better. The wait was not long, they have free valet parking for the ER, and the docs and nurses were great and thorough. Rather than just say «ride the virus out», they took measures to make him feel more comfortable while it was being ridden out (which unfortunately Med Express did not have the means to do when we had went there). After some IV Fluids, some anti inflammatory and some pain medications (and blood work), he was soon on the mend and very happy with the choice we made to go there.
Nobody likes going to the ER, but I will say, if I had to go to one, knowing that this one was so good would make it much easier to go.

I spent over three months at Shadyside Hospital after a stem cell transplant. I received excellent care there! All the doctors, nurses and fellows were dedicated, kind and compassionate. My hospital room was spotless. I would recommend both Shadyside Hospital and Hillman Cancer to anyone who might need them. (Hopefully you never will.). The City of Pittsburgh and its surrounding area are deeply indebted to the Hillman family for providing the funding to build the Hillman Cancer Center facility and to UPMC for staffing the Center with the finest health care personnel, not to mention the state-​of-​the-​art equipment and technology to provide cutting-​edge care.