{"id":161614,"date":"2026-04-09T17:40:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/161614\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:40:33","slug":"upmc-childrens-opens-new-rehabilitation-therapy-center-in-erie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/161614\/","title":{"rendered":"UPMC Children&#8217;s opens new rehabilitation therapy center in Erie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 9, 2026, 11:00 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">UPMC Children&#8217;s Hospital of Pittsburgh is expanding its reach into Erie by opening an outpatient therapy center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Pittsburgh-based hospital is opening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chp.edu\/our-services\/physical-therapy\/locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">UPMC Children&#8217;s Rehabilitation Therapies<\/a> in Erie, 3580 Peach St. Starting April 13, the center will provide children with physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Children have unique needs and treating a child is different than treating an adult,&#8221; said Diane Hupp, Children&#8217;s Hospital of Pittsburgh president. &#8220;As pediatric providers and therapists, we take a lot of pride in how we treat our patients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Children&#8217;s Hospital currently provides therapy and rehabilitation services at several Pittsburgh-area locations but, until now, the closest ones to Erie were in New Castle and Wexford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The therapy center is the latest in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chp.edu\/campaigns\/erie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">series of new clinics and offices<\/a> Children&#8217;s Hospital has opened in Erie since 2014. They include:<\/p>\n<p>UPMC Children&#8217;s Pediatric Orthopaedics in Erie, 300 State St. Opened in March.UPMC Children&#8217;s Specialty Care Center \u2014 Erie, 3580 Peach St. Opened in May 2025.UPMC Children&#8217;s pediatric inpatient unit at UPMC Hamot, 118 E. Second St. Opened in 2023.UPMC Children&#8217;s Specialty Care Center \u2014 Erie, 118 E. Second St. Opened in 2015.UPMC Children&#8217;s Express Care \u2014 Erie, 3330 Peach St. Opened in 2014.<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:379px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89519735007-p-3-childrens-040826.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The new UPMC Children's Rehabilitation Therapies in Erie clinic will open April 13. It is located at 3580 Peach St., across the hallway from the UPMC Children's Specialty Care Center.\"\/>UPMC Children&#8217;s therapy clinic next to specialty care center<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The new pediatric therapy office is located next to one of the Children&#8217;s Specialty Care Centers, which Hupp said makes it convenient for families to access multiple medical services in one visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Our goal is to have more of Children&#8217;s services available in Erie, so families don&#8217;t have to make as many trips down to Pittsburgh for their child&#8217;s care,&#8221; Hupp said.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:386px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89519737007-p-1-childrens-040826.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UPMC Children's Rehabilitation Therapies in Erie, 3580 Peach St., will include individual examination rooms and main therapy gym when it opens April 13.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Erie center will provide evaluation and treatment for developmental delays, injuries, neurological conditions and other medical diagnoses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Contact David Bruce at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dbruce@timesnews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">dbruce@timesnews.com<\/a>\u00a0or by calling 814-870-1736.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 9, 2026, 11:00 a.m. ET UPMC Children&#8217;s Hospital of Pittsburgh is expanding its reach into Erie by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[596,136,138,137,539,1138,1139,1143,1147,651,952,19067,19119,2514,72878,5388,535],"class_list":{"0":"post-161614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-accessmetered","9":"tag-erie","10":"tag-erie-headlines","11":"tag-erie-news","12":"tag-pa","13":"tag-sstsnewshealthcare","14":"tag-sstsnhealthcare","15":"tag-tagerie","16":"tag-taghospitals-treatment-centers","17":"tag-taglocal-news","18":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","19":"tag-tagpediatrics","20":"tag-tagphysical-therapy","21":"tag-tagpittsburgh","22":"tag-tagspeech-therapy","23":"tag-tagupmc-hamot","24":"tag-typestory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}