Passavant Hospital Foundation's
Mission ~ Vision ~ History

Our Mission

Passavant Hospital Foundation supports UPMC Passavant in McCandless and Cranberry, advancing health and wellness through education, outreach, and grant making.

Our Vision

Passavant Hospital Foundation will be a visible extension of the Passavant legacy of caring, making the region a leader in healthcare awareness, accessibility, and quality.

Our History

Passavant Hospital Foundation was incorporated as a 501(c) 3 nonprofit foundation in 1981. Funds contributed by the community are used exclusively to develop new hospital services at UPMC Passavant in McCandless and Cranberry and to provide health, education, and outreach programming in the community.

Passavant’s rich history began when opening its doors in the hills of Pittsburgh in 1849. Relocating to the North Hills in 1964, Passavant fulfilled the community’s need for a local hospital and continues to provide quality health care. Passavant Hospital Foundation has served the hospital for over 40 years and continues to support UPMC Passavant’s excellence in health care and advance the health of all in our community through:

Funding direct support for our most vulnerable patients and those of limited financial means.
Providing facilities, technology, and equipment at our hospital to support excellence in patient care.
Sponsoring free workshops and seminars for all in the community, to promote personal well-being.
Offering support groups for families affected by a loved one’s addiction.
Forming community partnerships for greater impact on health concerns that affect us all.

Building off a rich history,

UPMC Passavant looks to a bright future.

UPMC Passavant is an advanced tertiary care center in the heart of northern Allegheny and southern Butler Counties, offering patients access to more than 400 board-certified physicians across 22 specialties. It is home to state-of-the-art surgical procedures and diagnostic testing with robotic capabilities. And it offers a phlethora of specialty services, such as UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, emergency care services and more — all with a patient-and-family-centered atmosphere that has become a hallmark of UPMC Passavant.

Rev. Dr. William A. Passavant, a Lutheran minister born in Zelienople, founded the hospital in 1849 to serve Mexican War soldiers. Known as the Pittsburgh Infirmary, it was the first Protestant hospital built in the United States and was located in what is now the Hill District of Pittsburgh. In the 1960s, North Hills community members banded together to relocate the hospital north of Pittsburgh because no hospital existed in the northern suburbs. They signed petitions and conducted door-to-door fundraising to make it possible and, in 1964, the hospital moved to its current location in McCandless Township. It was renamed North Hills Passavant Hospital and began serving as a full-service hospital for residents of northern Allegheny County.

Now under the helm of UPMC Passavant President Susan Hoolahan, MSN, RN,NEA-BC, the hospital continues to grow exponentially in both size and services. In recent years, a $36 million expansion project brought a retail pharmacy, a new UPMC Heart and Vascular patient care area, an expanded UPMC Magee-Women’s Specialty Services and breast imaging center, a pre- and post-surgical testing center, a strong affiliation with UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for emergency pediatric care, and more to the UPMC Passavant-McCandless campus. Another large expansion project is currently underway at the UPMC Passavant-Cranberry campus.

Passavant Hospital Foundation's Mission ~ Vision ~ History