UPMC Altoona

Between 1993 and 1995, it constructed a major expansion with the addition of a 7-story outpatient center and a 5-story parking garage, also by Hayes Large Architects, with Robert E. Wedge, AIA, as Principle in Charge.Mercy was formally opened on July 14, 1910, with nine beds, 15 physicians and 6 nurses in what was originally the 1866 home of Thomas McCaulley which was located on the corner of Eighth Avenue and Twenty-sixth Street of Altoona.[8] In 1935, while facing financial difficulties and at the request of the hospital's board of directors, Mercy came to be managed by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth of Pittsburgh.[10] Altoona Regional is simultaneously exploring affiliation with 45-bed Nason Hospital in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania in order to form a single, county-wide health system.[15] Medical services offered by UPMC Altoona include:[16] Behavioral Health Black Lung Program Birth & Growth (Maternity) Breast Health Cancer Care Cardiac Care Center for Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery Emergency Medicine HealthForce (Occupational Medicine) Imaging Services Institute for Sleep Medicine Neurosurgery Orthopedics Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Primary Care Walk-in Primary Stroke Center Surgical Services Telemedicine Trauma Service Wound Care and Ostomy Program The UPMC Altoona Hospital campus also contains the Glover Memorial Library, which is available to provide health-related information to patients and the community.
Logo of Altoona Regional Health System prior to the takeover by UPMC
UPMC Altoona campus in 2014
University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterAltoona, PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaCoordinatesCare systemNon-profit hospitalEmergency departmentLevel III traumaHelipadsHelipadAltoonaPennsylvania Railroadlevel II trauma centerBlair CountyPennsylvania Rail Roadrepair shopsnursing schooldispensaryintensive-care unitSisters of the Holy Family of NazarethPittsburghSaint Francis CollegeSisters of Bon SecoursRoaring Spring, PennsylvaniaSTAT MedevacMcCusker, J. J.American Antiquarian SocietyUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)UPMC ShadysideUPMC PresbyterianUPMC Heart and Transplant HospitalChildren's HospitalMagee Women's HospitalSt. MargaretHarrisburgSomersetWashingtonWestern MarylandWilliamsportAut EvenKildareISMETTUPMC Sports Performance ComplexUPMC Hillman Cancer CenterUPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient CenterUPMC Polyclinic Medical BuildingUPMC BraddockForbes TowerUPMC Shadyside School of NursingCenter for Emergency Medicine of Western PennsylvaniaPittsburgh Life Sciences GreenhouseMr. YukU.S. Steel Tower (corporate headquarters)University of PittsburghDental MedicineHealth and Rehabilitation SciencesMedicineNursingPharmacyPublic HealthUPMC Cooper FieldhouseUPMC Events CenterUPMC ParkCity of AltoonaHorseshoe CurveLakemont ParkLeap-The-DipsMishler TheatreLogan Valley MallPenn Alto BuildingRailroaders Memorial MuseumAllegheny Portage RailroadAltoona Transportation CenterAltoona–Blair County AirportAMTRANCathedral of the Blessed SacramentRoman Catholic DiocesePenn State AltoonaBishop Guilfoyle High SchoolAltoona Area School DistrictAltoona Area High SchoolAltoona WorksBoyer CandiesSheetzAltoona CurvePeoples Natural Gas FieldAltoona MirrorWPSU-TVCreatePBS KidsWJAC-TVCharge!WWCP-TVWTAJ-TVMysteryWATM-TVWKBS-TVBounceScrippsW207CNW241CQW245CZW249DDW253CJW264BZW273BEW274BEW294AEWDBF-FMWHUN-FMWJSM-FMWNG589WRKY-FMtrauma centersList of hospitals in PennsylvaniaPenn State Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterPenn State Children's HospitalGeisinger Medical CenterLehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar CrestAllegheny General HospitalConemaugh Memorial Medical CenterEinstein Healthcare NetworkJefferson Einstein HospitalGuthrie Robert Packer HospitalLancaster General HospitalPenn Presbyterian Medical CenterTower Health - Reading HospitalSt. Luke’s University Health Network-BethlehemTemple HealthTemple University HospitalThomas Jefferson University HospitalUPMC MercyWellSpan York HospitalChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaSt. Christopher's Hospital for ChildrenUPMC Children's Hospital of PittsburghCrozer-Chester Medical CenterJefferson Abington HospitalJefferson Torresdale HospitalLankenau Medical CenterPenn Highlands DuBoisPaoli HospitalPenn State Holy SpiritSt. Luke’s University Health Network-Anderson CampusSt. Mary Medical CenterUPMC HamotUPMC WilliamsportConemaugh Miners Medical CenterGuthrie Troy Community HospitalSt. Luke’s University Health Network-Lehighton CampusSt. Luke’s University Health Network-Miners CampusSt. Luke’s University Health Network-Monroe CampusSt. Luke’s University Health Network-Upper Bucks CampusWayne Memorial Hospital