UPMC Children's Hospital To Get New Heart Institute

PITTSBURGH, PA — UPMC plans to build a new $62 million heart institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. The three-story, 50,000 square-foot building should open by 2026.

The health care conglomerate says the institute will elevate pediatric cardiology care and technology for patients and their families. The institute will provide state-of-the-art clinical space with cardiac catheterization labs, an interoperative MRI, inpatient and outpatient procedural and diagnostic and consultation spaces, plus waiting and reception rooms.

“With this new facility, we will further advance our specialty care for our patients and families who travel here from near and far and who trust us to care for their children,” Leslie Davis, UPMC president and CEO, said in a statement. “This means more opportunities to improve and save more children’s lives as a top destination for pediatric cardiology.”

“We know there is a huge need for our resources and expertise,” said Dr. Victor Morell, M.D., chair of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and co-director of the Heart and Vascular Institute at UPMC.

“Families increasingly seek us out to heal their kids with complex heart conditions. Just in the last year, we have performed over 600 heart surgeries and the need keeps growing.”

UPMC Children’s is a leader in cardiology and heart surgery, ranking in the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report.