News & Events

UPMC, which operates multiple hospitals and cancer centres in Ireland, today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously selected Leslie C. Davis to succeed Jeffrey A. Romoff as president and chief executive officer, effective Aug. 1, 2021.

The decision by UPMC to have a Global Technology Operations Centre located at Kilkenny’s MacDonagh Junction site is significant, not only for employment for the south-east region, but also for UPMC’s patients across Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan and China, who will benefit from UPMC’s innovative and integrated approach to the IT systems that support their care.

UPMC has joined with the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and Gaelic Players Association (GPA) to introduce a pilot programme on concussion baseline testing – with the goal of rapidly diagnosing and treating concussions in players. The initiative, which begins today and continues until the end of the 2022 championships, will cover football, hurling and camogie. Both men and women players will participate equally across all codes, including inter-county teams from across the country.

As they prepare to begin construction of a 250-bed hospital in Italy that embodies lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, UPMC and the Region of Sicily today announced that internationally renowned architect Renzo Piano and his team are designing the facility, to be located near Carini.

New technologies are changing the practice of medicine and surgery, posing new challenges to those involved in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. We

The HSE are currently experiencing a serious cybersecurity event which impacts the entire Irish health system. It is important for UPMC patients to note that our hospitals are operating just as normal and services will continue while this event is ongoing. Patient safety is our primary concern and UPMC, working closely with our HSE partners, will continue to monitor the situation throughout this period.

The HSE are currently experiencing a serious cybersecurity event which impacts the entire Irish health system. It is important for UPMC patients to note that our hospitals are operating just as normal and services will continue while this event is ongoing. Patient safety is our primary concern and UPMC, working closely with our HSE partners, will continue to monitor the situation throughout this period.