About HESP

The Hospital Engineers of Southwestern Pennsylvania Organization

The Hospital Engineers of Southwestern Pennsylvania, otherwise known as HESP, is a professional association comprised of hospital Engineers and Biomedical services professionals in the Pittsburgh area. When we began in 1954, our association membership consisted of a small group of hospital engineering professionals from local Pittsburgh hospitals. Since then, we have expanded our association to include professionals from Nursing home facilities, and most recently, Universities in Southwestern PA.

We are the local chapter of the national organization, The American Society for Healthcare Engineering and are affiliated with the National Association of Power Engineers (N.A.P.E.) in Pittsburgh. Hospital Engineers of SW PA, itself, boasts a membership of over 300; regular Members are in the field of Hospital Engineering or Biomedical services. We also offer an Associate Membership program. Associate members are typically Company representatives that provide quality materials or services to the Health Care Industry. Students focusing their studies on biomedical services and hodpital engineering are also encouraged to join and participate in our organization.

Hospital Engineers of SW PA's primary goal and mission is to educate our members through certification programs, seminars and networking. We also participate in special charity programs and hold several social events throughout the year. We meet the first Tuesday of the schedule month (for 2009--March, June, September and December) at the American Serbian Club (unless otherwise announced) in the South Side of Pittsburgh...please join us!