November 4, 2022 – United Soccer League Championship (USL) – Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC News Release
CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – Representatives of Allegheny Health Network (AHN), Highmark Health and Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC joined community leaders and elected officials today in Coraopolis to officially unveil the new AHN Montour Health + Sports Medicine Center. One of the largest sports complexes of its kind in the U.S., the 78-acre development includes multiple indoor and outdoor athletic fields conjoined with a 20,000-square-foot medical facility that will serve as a premier destination for sports performance training and medical care.
Located at 2419 State Ave., the new facility is expected to open to patients on Monday, Nov. 7.
Developed in collaboration with the Hounds, the AHN Montour Health + Sports Medicine Center currently features three turfed, FIFA regulation-sized soccer and multi-purpose fields, including one full-size indoor field for year-round use. Seven additional outdoor fields are under construction with completion expected in 2023. The new campus will be utilized as a practice site for th Riverhounds and home base for the Riverhounds Development Academy, which annually trains more than 5,000 athletes ranging from 4-18 years old.
Leading clinicians from the AHN Orthopaedic Institute will provide onsite orthopaedics and sports medicine services to patients and athletes of all ages at the Montour site, including physical/occupational therapy, sports performance training, a physician-led concussion diagnosis and management program, and more.
Patients will also have access at the sprawling campus to AHN primary care, pediatric care, laboratory services and diagnostic imaging, including X-ray and MRI.
“As part of AHN’s commitment to improving the health and wellness of patients across Western Pennsylvania, we are so pleased to bring this incredible new resource to the community, and country, in partnership with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds,” said Patrick DeMeo, MD, chair, AHN Orthopaedic Institute. “Our exceptional team of caregivers looks forward to meeting the needs of patients and athletes at every level from this outstanding facility for decades to come.”
From the AHN Orthopaedic Institute, the facility will be staffed by sports medicine primary care physician Ravi Ved, DO, as well as adult reconstruction surgeons Alan Slipak, MD, and Jeffrey Sewecke, DO; sports medicine surgeons Sam Akhavan, MD, DJ Phillips, MD, and Aaron Burgess, MD; foot and…