Saint Vincent Health Center is the Erie area's largest health care provider. More than 400 staff physicians offer a full range of health care services. In addition, the staff specializes in peripheral vascular and intra-abdominal laser surgery. Its maternity center delivers more than 2,000 babies each year.
Hamot Medical Center, with a staff of more than 200 physicians, is Erie's second largest hospital. It offers total patient care and specializes in trauma, cancer, and high-risk infant care. Hamot offers specialty services through the Cardiopulmonary Center, Sports Medicine Center, the Institute for Behavioral Health, the Endoscopy Center and others. It is ranked among the nations top cardiovascular hospitals.
Erie's Millcreek Community Hospital is 135-bed acute-care teaching facility; it also provides 24-hour emergency care, physical therapy, laboratory, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, and other services. The Shriners Hospital for Children is one of 22 in the United States that accepts and treats children with orthopedic problems, utilizing the latest treatments and technology.
Erie's nationally known Dr. Gertrude A. Barber Center has four facilities in Pennsylvania that provide education, research, and state-of-the-art services for individuals with disabilities and their families.