The Visitor Center provides a home-away-from-home for patients receiving care at the Allegheny Center for Lung and Thoracic Disease, and their families.

Allegheny General Hospital is a 829-bed academic health center serving Pittsburgh and the surrounding five-state area. Offering a wide array of medical and surgical services, the hospital is recognized for its expertise in cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, diagnostic radiology, gastroenterology, nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry, pulmonary medicine and transplant surgery.  Allegheny General also is designated as a Regional Resource (Level I) Shock Trauma Center with additional qualifications in pediatric trauma. Allegheny Neuropsychiatric Institute, a program of and located at the hospital, offers comprehensive care to those with a central nervous system disorder and a resulting behavioral disorder. Allegheny General is Clinical Affiliate Hospital of Drexel University College of Medicine, medical students receive clinical training at the hospital. Scientists at Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, a component of Allegheny General, conduct studies in 14 major disciplines and clinical research in several subspecialties. Located in the North Side section of Pittsburgh, a member of the West Penn Allegheny Health System, Allegheny General Hospital admits nearly 32,000 patients and logs about 56,000 emergency visits and 28,000 surgical procedures each year. Approximately 1,250 physicians and 4,600 employees share the hospital's commitment to excellence in patient care, medical education and research.

Allegheny complies with applicable local, state and federal laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI and Title VII, The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, The Americans with Disabilities Act, Title I and Title III, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, October 27, 1955, Public Law 744 as amended and/or further adopted, to the end that no person shall, on the grounds of race, sex, age, color, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion, creed, or familial status, be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of or otherwise be subjected to discrimination in the provision of any care of service.