Our Fall/ Winter Newsletter Is Here!

Allegheny Health Network (AHN) is on a mission to reinvent health — and our fall/winter Impact of Generosity newsletter is packed with powerful stories of lives changed by your support. Each story highlights how you’re helping us expand access to cutting-edge technology, improve lives and redefine health care across western Pennsylvania. 

From building a one-of-a-kind community hospital in Canonsburg to launching a unique exercise program for cancer patients, every innovation is made possible by your generosity. Now, we invite you to feel the gratitude of our patients and communities whose lives are better because of you.

AHN Chill Project Now Provides Mental Health Support for Nursing Students

Funded by AHN West Penn School of Nursing alumna and retired AHN West Penn nurse Mary Hartley ('66), this new initiative equips future nurses with essential mental health resources to manage stress and succeed in their education and future careers. Thank you for making impactful projects like these possible, supporting both current students and the next generation of caregivers.

Honoring Loved Ones with Life-Saving Mammograms 

The DeAngelo Williams Foundation covered the cost of 53 mammograms at AHN. This gift honors DeAngelo Williams' late mother and four aunts, who tragically all lost their lives to breast cancer by age 53. Recognizing the critical need for screenings, the AHN Women’s Institute and Dr. Ronald and Debra Cypher matched this donation, bringing the total to 159 free mammograms for the community. Generous support like this helps ensure that everyone has access to life-saving screenings and AHN can continue the fight against breast cancer.

AHN Wexford Hospital Unveils New, Beautiful Mosaic Installation

Crafted by local pediatric patients, children, families and residents and in partnership with Project S.N.A.P., the art installation now hangs in the pediatric care space within the hospital. The mural, themed “Caring for our Community,” comprises thousands of tiles with personal depictions of family, unity, health, hometown and more. The unveiling also marks the one-year anniversary of AHN Wexford launching its expanded pediatric inpatient capabilities.

A History of AHN Saint Vincent Hospital: 1890s

In 1897, Saint Vincent Hospital trustees announced a $30,000 building facing Sassafras. The new building called “Old Main” would accommodate 70 patients.

AHN Saint Vincent Hospital Opens Play Therapy Space For Children 

AHN Saint Vincent's new play therapy space at the Yorktown Center location provides a safe environment for kids to express their thoughts and feelings through play. With support from Ronald McDonald House Charities, Panera Bread and Shawn and Sharon Rooney, the behavioral health program was able to purchase equipment and resources including a dollhouse, toys, multicultural dolls and art supplies, sand tray supplies, puppets, role playing/dress-up costumes, storage materials, shelving, art and pediatric seating.

Akshay Khandelwal, MD, Named Gerald E. McGinnis Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine 

The appointment was made possible with a generous $2 million endowment from the family of Gerald “Jerry” E. McGinnis, the late bioengineer, founder of Pittsburgh-based Respironics and collaborator with the late AHN Allegheny General Hospital cardiovascular surgeon-pioneer, George Magovern, Sr., MD.

AHN Announces $2.5 Million Banman-Lupke Patrick J. DeMeo Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery

A new endowed chairmanship honoring long-time Orthopaedic Institute head, Patrick DeMeo, MD, was announced this month during a special ceremony at AHN Allegheny General Hospital. The endowment was funded by CTM Biomedical founders Bryan Banman and Nicole Lupke.