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Allegheny Health Network Director of Sports Performance to Serve as Strength and Conditioning Coach for Team Nicaragua in World Baseball Classic
Allegheny Health Network’s Director of Sports Performance, Frank Velasquez Jr., ATC, CSCS, has been selected the strength and conditioning coach for Team Nicaragua in the World Baseball Classic. Velasquez will oversee the strength training, conditioning, and overall wellness program for the team. Velasquez is a certified athletic trainer and certified strength and conditioning specialist who worked in professional baseball for…
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Allegheny Health Network Earns Prestigious Three-Star Rating for Lung Cancer Resection Surgery from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Allegheny Health Network (AHN)’s Allegheny General (AGH) and Forbes hospitals have earned distinguished three-star ratings from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) General Thoracic Surgery Database (GTSD) for their lung cancer resection surgery program. The award is a top honor in the field of lung cancer surgery, making AHN Forbes and AGH the highest-ranked programs in Pennsylvania, and placing AHN…
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Allegheny Health Network launches new High-Risk Pancreas Clinic to detect early cancer
Allegheny Health Network’s Cancer Institute has created a new multidisciplinary clinic for patients who may have an increased risk for pancreatic cancer. The High-Risk Pancreas Clinic is now accepting patients who have an increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer over the course of their lifetimes. Patients are categorized as “high-risk” if they have a family history of pancreatic cancer, known…
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Highmark Health, Allegheny Health Network Unveil North Fayette Health + Wellness Pavilion
Representatives of Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network (AHN) today joined community leaders for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting to celebrate the launch of AHN’s North Fayette Health + Wellness Pavilion – a state-of-the-art facility offering an array of primary and specialty outpatient services anchored by the network’s Center for Reproductive Medicine. The new $70 million, 68,000-square-foot AHN facility, located at 200 Quinn Drive…
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Allegheny Health Network Women’s Behavioral Health Unveils New Therapy and Childcare Spaces for Pittsburgh’s First Maternal-Infant Health Program
Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Women’s Behavioral Health (WBH) program today unveiled a new therapy space in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood, designed for integrated perinatal and infant mental health treatment. The coordinated model, based on emerging science in the behavioral health field, is meant to improve maternal mental health outcomes as well as the parent-infant relationship. “We often see health care systems…
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AHN Launches 2023 Series of Free Monthly Cancer Screenings
Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Cancer Institute has launched its second year of monthly cancer screenings, free and open to the public, at locations throughout western Pennsylvania. Registration is now open for the first screening, at Allegheny Valley Hospital, 1301 Carlisle St., Natrona Heights PA 15065, on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Registration opens on Jan. 4, 2023, and closes on Jan. 20, and may be…
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AHN Neurologists Explore Innovative Treatment for Migraine Headaches
Neurologists at Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Headache Center are among the first in the region to begin offering patients who suffer from migraines access to an innovative new therapy called remote electrical neuromodulation (REN) to better manage their headaches without medications. Developed by Theranica, a prescribed digital therapeutics company specializing in advanced neuromodulation devices for migraine and other painful conditions,…
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AHN hospitals receive 2023 Women’s Choice Awards
Six Allegheny Health Network (AHN) hospitals have been recognized with 2023 Women’s Choice Awards™. Those AHN hospitals recognized for their quality of care in various areas of performance and patient experience are: AHN Allegheny General – Patient Safety, Breast Center, Mammography, Cancer Care, Outpatient Experience AHN Jefferson Hospital – Patient Safety, Mammography, Outpatient Experience, Women’s Services AHN Forbes – Mammography, Outpatient Experience, Heart Care…
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Allegheny General Hospital Opens Second Hybrid Operating Room, Providing Surgeons Real-Time Diagnostic Imaging During Complex Cardiovascular Procedures
Allegheny General Hospital (AGH), the flagship academic medical center of Allegheny Health Network (AHN), announced today the official opening of its second hybrid operating room (OR) – a state-of-the-art suite utilized for complex cardiac and endovascular procedures. This announcement marks a significant milestone for the hospital and AHN’s award-winning Cardiovascular Institute as it will allow cardiac and vascular surgeons to…
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AGH, Forbes, Grove City, Saint Vincent and West Penn Hospitals Lauded by Leapfrog Group for Care Excellence
Five Allegheny Health Network (AHN) hospitals have earned the highest possible safety rating of “A” grades in The Leapfrog Group’s fall 2022 survey, a national report that recognizes hospitals for the quality and safety of the care they provide to patients. The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization committed to improving health care quality and safety for patients and…
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