September 13, 2021 – Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network (AHN) announced AHN Wexford Hospital – a state-of-the-art, all-private 160-bed hospital that will provide a full range of healthcare services.
The hospital is expected to open to patients in the coming weeks, pending licensing by the state.
The $313 million, 345,000-square-foot hospital is the single-largest new facility investment in AHN’s history, according to hospital officials.
AHN Wexford Hospital will include a 24-bed emergency department with specialized pediatric and behavioral health rooms, state-of-the-art operating rooms with minimally invasive robotic surgery capabilities, a cardiac catheterization lab and hybrid OR for advanced surgical procedures, a short-stay observation unit, an adult intensive care unit, advanced diagnostic imaging, and more.
AHN Wexford will also provide comprehensive women’s and infants’ care, including the only labor and delivery unit based in northern Allegheny County, as well as high-risk obstetrical services and a Level II neonatal intensive care unit.
AHN Wexford’s capabilities for women will include gynecological oncology, advanced breast care, urogynecology and minimally invasive techniques for women’s surgical procedures. The hospital will also offer specialty care in cancer, neurology, cardiology, radiology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, endocrinology and orthopaedics, among other disciplines.
AHN Wexford is connected to the AHN Wexford Health + Wellness Pavilion which offers a wide array of outpatient health services, including primary care and multiple medical and surgical specialties.