UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Hillman Cancer Center, home of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Centers
Map
Geography
Location5115 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh
Coordinates40°27′19″N 79°56′33″W / 40.4553°N 79.9424°W / 40.4553; -79.9424
Organisation
TypeCancer hospital
Links
Websitehillman.upmc.com

The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, previously the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center located in the Hillman Cancer Center in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, adjacent to UPMC Shadyside. The only NCI-designated cancer center in Western Pennsylvania, Hillman is composed of collaborative academic and research efforts between the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), and Carnegie Mellon University.[1] Hillman provides clinical cancer care to some 74,000 patients treated at its facilities at both the Hillman Cancer Center location in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh and at UPMC-affiliated sites throughout Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, and overseas locations. Founded in 1984, Hillman became the youngest cancer center in history to achieve NCI-designation.[2] As of 2007, Hillman had received nearly $200 million in funding from the National Cancer Institute, which ranks it as one of the top ten cancer research institutes.[1]

  1. ^ a b "University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute: About UPCI". University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Archived from the original on 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  2. ^ Levine, Arthur S. MD; Detre, Thomas P. MD; McDonald, Margaret C. PhD MFA; Roth, Loren H. MD MPH; Huber, George A. JD; Brignano, Mary Germann MA; Danoff, Sandra N. MSHS; Farner, David M.; Masnick, Jeffrey L. MBA MS; Romoff, Jeffrey A. MPhil (September 2008). "The Relationship Between the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center—A Profile in Synergy". Academic Medicine. 83 (9). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: 816–26. doi:10.1097/ACM.0b013e318181d1a8. ISSN 1040-2446. PMID 18728434.