
Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics
For Patients and Families: Contact Information
Any patient or family member who would like to request or schedule a palliative care consultation should contact the appropriate service at the numbers listed below.
Inpatient Consultations
- UPMC Presbyterian or UPMC Montefiore Hospital—Call 412-647-7243, pager 8511, for palliative care inpatient consults.
- Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC—Call 412-647-7243, pager 8510, for palliative care inpatient consults.
- UPMC Shadyside Hospital—Call 412-647-7243, pager 8513 for palliative care inpatient consults.
- UPMC Mercy Hospital – Call 412-949-5467 for palliative care consults.
Outpatient Consultations
- Patients with heart disease, lung disease, or both—Call 412-647-6000 to be seen in the Advanced Heart Failure Center.
- Patients with pulmonary lung disease—Call 412-648-6161 to be seen in the Comprehensive Lung Center.
- Patients with cancer—Call 412-692-4724 to schedule an appointment at the Supportive and Palliative Care Clinic at Hillman Cancer Center.
- Patients with breast cancer being treated at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC—Call 412-641-4530 to schedule an appointment at the Supportive and Palliative Care Clinic in the Women’s Cancer Center.
- Patients with gynecological cancer being treated at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC—Call 412-641-5411 to schedule an appointment at the Supportive and Palliative Care Clinic in the Division of Gynecological Oncology.
Additional Community Resources
- Family Hospice and Palliative Care—Call 412-572-8800 or click on www.familyhospice.com.
- Healthcare at Home Hospice—Call 1-800-381-8080 or click on https://www.ahn.org/services/healthcare-at-home.html.
- Vitas Innovative Hospice Care—Call 1-844-688-6592 or click on http://www.vitas.com.
Contact Us

Division of General Internal Medicine Academic Offices
UPMC Montefiore Hospital
Suite W933
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-692-4821
Patient/clinical inquires
412-692-4888
Administrative office
412-692-4889