About St. Clair

It all started with a need. A need for South Hills’ residents to have their own quality and compassionate health care. A need for emergency health care close to home.

The opening of a new hospital was a long and sometimes arduous one for St. Clair Hospital’s founding fathers. Dr. Arthur S. Haines, a dedicated physician, watched as the South Hills population started to grow dramatically during the Great Depression and throughout World War II.

The people living in the South Hills, however, had to travel across rivers and through tunnels to receive their medical care – a journey that was often life-threatening during an emergency.

In 1944, as the war was coming to an end, the need for emergency and general medical care close to home became even more pressing as returning soldiers moved into the South Hills’ communities and started families.

Dr. Haines started holding community meetings to increase interest in building a hospital in the South Hills. But with no funding or property, the idea of building a new hospital was just a field of dreams. That challenge hardly fazed the men and women dedicated to this cause and for 10 years they tirelessly worked to raise funds and find property for the new facility.

“Together we can do it” became their rallying cry.

And together they did do it. The Silhol family donated land on the corner of Bower Hill Road and Wren Drive for the hospital building. Community members worked with area businesses for corporate and employee donations, the newly-formed St. Clair Hospital Auxiliary sponsored card parties in private homes, and even children became involved by selling bouquets of flowers door-to-door.

Over the last 60 years, the Hospital has grown in ways that the founders never anticipated.

Now an award-winning, state-of-the-art health care facility, St. Clair Hospital continues to focus on the needs of the community and patients, and that is what drives the Board of Directors, physicians, employees and volunteers to provide exceptional performance and quality care.

St. Clair at a Glance

St. Clair Hospital is a highly honored, independent, 329 bed acute-care medical center that provides advanced, high quality health care to the residents of southwestern Pennsylvania. A member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, St. Clair has 600 physicians and 2,500 employees. St. Clair Hospital is the largest employer in Pittsburgh’s South Hills.

Providing virtually every health care service that residents may need throughout their lives, the Hospital is focused on continuously enhancing its services and technologies to ensure that the community’s health needs are met.

The Hospital offers a comprehensive array of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services, including advanced cardiovascular services; specialized care for women and children; oncology services; orthopedics; emergency care; urgent care; and psychiatry and mental health services.