{"id":81125,"date":"2026-01-08T08:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81125\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T08:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:44:08","slug":"upmc-washington-expands-womens-services-with-upmc-magee-womens-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81125\/","title":{"rendered":"UPMC Washington expands women\u2019s services with UPMC Magee-Womens"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Annmarie Lyons, vice president of UPMC Magee-Womens Health Service LIne, speaks during the dedication of UPMC Magee-Womens in Washington on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n

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Jayna and Jacob Ronald, with their children, Roman and Margot, celebrate the dedication of UPMC Magee-Womens in Washington with Brook Ward, president of UPMC Washington and UPMC Greene, right. Jacob is a registered nurse at UPMC Washington, and Jayna serves as development coordinator for Washington Health System Foundation. Their children were born at UPMC Washington.\n<\/p>\n

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Parents Seth Dowling and Rhiannon Jackson hold their son, Elijah, at UPMC Magee-Womens in Washington on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n

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Elijah Dowling, the son of Rhiannon Jackson and Seth Dowling of Washington, was born at UPMC Magee-Womens in Washington on Monday.\n<\/p>\n

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Elijah Dowling sported a onesie bearing the sentiment \u201cNew Around Here\u201d while his mom, Rhiannon Jackson, held him Tuesday, one day after he was born at UPMC Magee-Womens in UPMC Washington.<\/p>\n

Elijah\u2019s birth wasn\u2019t the only event the hospital celebrated Tuesday afternoon. <\/p>\n

UPMC Washington held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark its latest expansion of services with UPMC. <\/p>\n

UPMC Magee-Womens in Washington is expanding the presence of UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital\u2019s women\u2019s health services, bringing nationally recognized care closer to home for families in Washington County and surrounding communities. <\/p>\n

UPMC Magee-Womens will offer specialized women\u2019s health-care services including enhanced pre- and post-natal care and gynecological oncology services.<\/p>\n

The goal is to keep women\u2019s health services close to home, support women and families, and make sure women don\u2019t have to travel to Pittsburgh or other areas to get the care they need. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we joined UPMC in June 2024, we made a promise to the community to bring UPMC signature services to Washington and Greene counties, and we\u2019re fulfilling that promise here today,\u201d said Brook Ward, president of UPMC Washington and UPMC Greene. \u201cUPMC is here to grow with Washington and continue to deliver world-class care closer to home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ward noted UPMC committed to investing $300 million over 10 years into UPMC Washington and UPMC Greene for facility upgrades and program enhancements following their merger in June 2024. <\/p>\n

The expansion of women\u2019s health services is part of UPMC\u2019s plan to make UPMC Washington a key regional hub, and the sixth hub of the UPMC system. Its footprint in Washington County also includes UPMC Children\u2019s, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. <\/p>\n

Dr. Mackenzy Radolec, a Peters Township High School graduate who specializes in gynecologic oncology \u2013 which focuses on diagnosing and treating cancers of the female reproductive system, including ovarian, cervical, uterine, vaginal and vulvar cancers \u2013 said, \u201cIt\u2019s really exciting for me because I can now bring the specialized care that I trained for back to the community I grew up in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe same care I provide for patients with gynecological cancers that we give in Oakland, they can now get that same treatment much closer to home in Washington, so we perform surgery here to manage gynecologic cancers and we work closely with UPMC Hillman Cancer Center to administer radiation and chemotherapy, which means that women in this area can have comprehensive cancer care without having to travel to Pittsburgh,\u201d said Radolec. \u201cNot having to travel for treatment makes a big difference for patients, and you couple it with the fact that you\u2019re getting treated by a health-care system that is nationally recognized and is known for gynecologic care, and that\u2019s great.\u201d <\/p>\n

More specialty services are planned for the future. <\/p>\n

Annmarie Lyons, vice president of UPMC Magee-Womens Health Service LIne, said UPMC Magee-Womens \u201cis a name synonymous with excellence in women\u2019s health, noting the hospital is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the United States for women\u2019s health and is home to one of the country\u2019s largest obstetrics programs, delivering about 10,000 babies a year in the Pittsburgh area. <\/p>\n

For Rhiannon Jackson, who delivered Elijah\u2019s big brother, Cole, 4, at the hospital, there was never any doubt about where she would go for maternity care. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor us to be able to drive down the street and have such a wonderful team, it means more than I can put into words,\u201d said Jackson. \u201cWhen you\u2019re here, there could be 20 women in this unit, but it feels like you\u2019re the only person they\u2019re focused on.\u201d<\/p>\n


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