UPMC Passavant Pavilion Opens
With the addition of advanced specialty services and technology over the past several years, UPMC Passavant is hurdling well beyond its historical role as a traditional community hospital.
We’ve built a team of world-renowned physicians; we’ve invested in clinical innovation and research that will change the face of tomorrow's treatments; and we’ve transformed our campus by adding a new, seven-story pavilion that enhances our cardiac, spine, and cancer capabilities.
As a result, our patients can now find the strength of UPMC right here in the premier hospital north of Pittsburgh. To learn more about our new patient pavilion, take a virtual tour.
The New Patient Pavilion
The new pavilion provides increased capacity for the UPMC Cancer Center at UPMC Passavant, emergency department, and surgical services, as well as additional intensive care unit beds, progressive care unit beds, and medical-surgical unit beds. Additions to patient care floors will increase the hospital's inpatient bed capacity by 88 beds, bringing the total beds to 399.
As the first LEED-certified hospital addition in the North Hills, UPMC Passavant’s pavilion is leading the way in environmentally sound construction.
The new pavilion features:
- Natural lighting
- Non-toxic materials
- Water conservation methods, such as low-flush toilets
- Special lighting designed to reduce light pollution
UPMC Cancer Center at
UPMC Passavant
The pavilion adds 27,000 square feet to the Cancer Center, tripling the current size.
New features:
- New clinical space has been added for advanced tertiary services (breast, lung, esophageal, upper gastrointestinal, pancreas, colorectal, and liver)
- Addition of a new CT simulator
- Additional office space for medical oncology services
- A separate and dedicated outside elevator to the Cancer Center
- Windows in all chemoperrfusion rooms to allow improved access, visibility, and natural lighting
- Separate waiting areas for radiation and chemotherapy patients
- A cancer resource library
Special features:
High-end treatment modalities including:
- 4D respiratory-gated radiation therapy
- Intensity modulated radiation therapy
- On-board imaging to improve tumor targeting and treatment
Emergency Department
The expansion adds 21,000 square feet to the emergency department, increasing the hospital's capacity from 35,000 to 60,000 visits annually.
New features:
- Designed to trauma specifications
- “Fast Track” area (for more minor medical issues)
- Designated area for critical heart patients
- State-of-the-art critical care rooms
- Three new trauma rooms
- 26 acute treatment rooms
- 10 bed observation area
- Dedicated imaging services in fast-track area to keep patient flow and wait times to a minimum
Special features:
- Stroke Telemedicine Program – emergency room physicians at both UPMC Passavant campuses have immediate, 24-hour access to experts at the UPMC Stroke Institute in Oakland through state-of-the-art videoconferencing technology
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Surgical Services
New features:
- Six new state-of-the-art operating rooms for vascular, spinal, and oncology cases
- Two rooms dedicated to image-guided procedures
- Doubling of recovery room space
- Satellite pharmacy and pathology labs for improved efficiency
- Onsite blood bank
- Expanded family waiting area
Special features:
Capability for high-end cardiac surgical procedures, including mitral valve repairs, coronary artery revascularization, aortic valve replacement and left ventricular reconstruction
Main Entrance
The main entrance of the hospital has been redesigned to improve patient flow. The entrance, which wraps around the hospital's signature glass atrium, provides access to both sides of the central registration area. Separate arrival and departure areas help to improve traffic flow.
Third Floor
The third floor level adds 16 critical care beds for medical and surgical cardiac patients.
New features:
- Nurse and physician workstations will be located outside patient rooms
- Identical rooms - all 16 of the ICU rooms have the exact same layout; this will improve patient safety, noise reduction, and
family space.
- Staff lounges are located on the outside walls for infusion of natural light
- Private family rooms
- All rooms are Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant and will feature three zones that have been built to accommodate the individual needs of the clinician, patient, and family.
- Spacious and comfortable waiting areas offering wireless Internet access, blankets, pillows, and food and beverage carts
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Fourth Floor
24 progressive care beds will be added to bring the total number of PCU beds to 54.
New features:
- Same design and features as highlighted on the third floor
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Fifth and Sixth Floors
These two floors will be used for medical-surgical patients and will add 24 beds per floor.
New features:
- Same design and features as highlighted on the third floor
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