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Largest academic medical centers in the northeastern U.S.

In addition to providing inpatient care, academic medical centers (AMCs) educate healthcare providers through partnerships with either the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).

The Definitive Healthcare HospitalView product tracks more than 210 academic medical centers across the United States. This Healthcare Insight reviews the largest academic medical centers located in the northeastern region of the country based on the number of interns and residents associated with the academic medical institution. The number of interns and residents reflects the number of full-time equivalents in an approved medical program. The results in the following analysis are aggregated from the most recent 12-month interval tracked in our database.

How many AMCs are in the northeast?

The northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. In HospitalView, we track 70 AMCs in the region, which is about one-third of all U.S. AMCs.

Largest AMCs in the northeast by interns and residents

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Rank	Definitive ID	Hospital name	Location	Number of medical interns and residents	Explore dataset
1	541974	NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center	New York, NY	1,711	Explore
2	2843	Tisch Hospital	New York, NY	1,324	Explore
3	731	Yale New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	912	Explore
4	1914	The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore, MD	902	Explore
5	3571	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	800	Explore
6	3439	UPMC Presbyterian	Pittsburgh, PA	752	Explore
7	3572	Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	Philadelphia, PA	715	Explore
8	1973	Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston, MA	691	Explore
9	2818	Strong Memorial Hospital	Rochester, NY	690	Explore
10	1969	Brigham and Womens Hospital	Boston, MA	600	Explore
11	1970	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	595	Explore
12	2915	Stony Brook University Hospital	Stony Brook, NY	595	Explore
13	1920	University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore, MD	581	Explore
14	3577	Temple University Hospital	Philadelphia, PA	550	Explore
15	1976	Boston Medical Center	Boston, MA	538	Explore
16	1981	UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus	Worcester, MA	527	Explore
17	3603	Rhode Island Hospital	Providence, RI	489	Explore
18	2860	Upstate University Hospital (FKA Upstate University Hospital - Downtown Campus)	Syracuse, NY	481	Explore
19	2803	Maimonides Medical Center	Brooklyn, NY	425	Explore
20	2749	Albany Medical Center	Albany, NY	409	Explore

Fig. 1. Data is from the Definitive Healthcare HospitalView product and sourced from the Medicare Cost Report. Accessed October 2023.

What is the largest AMC in the northeastern U.S.?

New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City has the highest number of medical interns and residents across AMCs in the northeast. Tisch Hospital, also in New York City, has the second most, and each has more than 1,300 interns and residents. The top three hospitals on this list are also within the top five largest academic medical centers in the country.

The length of time this region has had hospitals and universities compared to the rest of the country, and that it is home to some large metropolitan areas, contribute to the number of large academic medical facilities. States in the northeastern U.S. have some of the highest counts of AMCs as well. On this list, New York is represented seven times, Massachusetts five times, and Pennsylvania four times.

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