MaineHealth Maine Medical Center is a multi-campus medical center with 929 licensed beds, and employs about 9,000 care team members. The medical center is accredited by the Joint Commission, and its Portland location has received Magnet recognition for nursing excellence four consecutive times. The Portland campus provides tertiary-level care and is verified as a level 1 trauma center, while the Biddeford and Sanford locations operate as community hospitals offering inpatient-based services. As part of MaineHealth, a nonprofit integrated health system, Maine Medical Center offers patients access to a network of specialists, pediatric care, behavioral health services, diagnostic services, home health, hospice and senior care. The medical center is also an academic medical center, training residents, fellows, medical students, nursing students and surgical technicians, and has continuously evolved to meet community needs since admitting its first patients in 1874. In U.S. News & World Report‘s 2026-2027 “Best Hospitals” rankings, Maine Medical Center’s Portland campus was ranked the No. 1 hospital in Maine and No. 1 in the Portland area.
