Select Medical, UPMC to open inpatient rehabilitation hospital

Select Medical and UPMC announced plans to open Helen M. Simpson Rehabilitation Hospital – West Shore in 2Q25. A satellite of its namesake, the acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital will serve the needs of the growing Central Pennsylvania West Shore region. The 20-bed hospital-in-a-hospital will feature a state-of-the-art therapy gym and advanced rehabilitation technologies to treat patients recovering from stroke, spinal cord and brain injury, amputation, neurological disorders and orthopaedic conditions. The rehabilitation hospital will be housed in the newly renovated fifth floor of UPMC West Shore on UPMC’s growing West Shore campus located just off I-81 and the Carlisle Pike on Technology Parkway in Mechanicsburg. UPMC West Shore is a five-story, 166-bed acute care hospital with all private rooms that provides nationally accredited comprehensive cancer care, premier orthopaedic and spine care, the region’s leading thoracic and surgical care, and a complement of multi-specialty outpatient services.