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January
- Friday, January 19, 1996Magee-Womens Hospital and UPCI Consolidate Breast Cancer ProgramsVictor Vogel, M.D., M.H.S., will lead a newly established joint breast cancer program of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and Magee-Womens Hospital.
February
- Wednesday, February 14, 1996UPMC Acquires the South Side HospitalGeorge H. Taber, chairman, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center System (UPMCS), and Honorable Robert J. Cindrich, chairman, The South Side Hospital (TSSH), today jointly announced the signing of an agreement for the acquisition of the assets of TSSH by
- Tuesday, February 27, 1996St. Margaret Memorial Hospital to Merge With the UPMC The boards of directors of St. Margaret Memorial Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center System (UPMCS) today announced their intention to merge the two organizations.
April
- Monday, April 15, 1996Horizon Affiliates with UPMCThe board of trustees of Horizon Hospital System at its meeting on Thursday, April 11, 1996 approved an affiliation agreementwith the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).
- Monday, April 15, 1996Mckeesport Hospital and UPMC Agree to AffiliationMcKeesport Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center System have agreed to an affiliation. An affiliation agreement has been unanimously approved by the boards of both UPMC and McKeesport Hospital.
May
- Sunday, May 19, 1996Family and Research Team Work Together To Find Gene for Hereditary PancreatitisA year following a family reunion that initiated an intensive study to identify the gene for hereditary pancreatitis, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) say they have narrowed their search to a small area on one chromosome
June
- Thursday, June 06, 1996Shadyside Hospital Selects UPMCThe boards of Shadyside Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) today announced their intention to enter into merger discussions.
- Tuesday, June 25, 1996Ellwood City Hospital Affiliates with the UPMCA formal affiliation agreement between Ellwood City Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center System (UPMCS) has been signed, it was announced today by Herbert S. Skuba, president and chief executive officer of Ellwood City Hospital. Under
July
- Friday, July 05, 1996UPMC's Transplant Institute Renamed in Honor of Dr. Thomas Starzl In recognition of his seminal contributions to the field of organ transplantation, the program that Thomas E. Starzl, M.D., Ph.D., established at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in 1981 now bears his name.
August
- Monday, August 26, 1996New Treatment Shrinks Tumors in Transplant Patients with Cancer, Reports UPMC Researchers
September
- Monday, September 23, 1996Braddock Medical Center to Join the UPMC SystemThe Braddock Medical Center will become a subsidiary of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) it was announcedtoday by the boards of directors of both organizations.
November
- Friday, November 01, 1996High Bone Mineral Density Can More Than Double the Risk of Breast Cancer Says University of Pittsburgh StudyLong-term exposure to estrogen, as measured by bone mineral density (BMD), can more than double the risk of breast cancer, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and reported in the Nov. 5 issue of The Journal of the Ameri
- Tuesday, November 26, 1996Braddock Medical Center Officially Becomes UPMC BraddockToday, the Braddock Medical Center officially has become a subsidiary of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), it was announced by Jeffrey Romoff, president of the UPMC, and Richard Benfer, president of the Braddock Medical Center. The facil

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