Albany Medical Center

Northeastern New York's Only Academic Medical Center
Albany Medical Center is the centerpiece of medicine, research and medical education in our region and one of the area's largest private employers.

It incorporates the 766-bed Albany Medical Center Hospital, which offers the widest range of medical and surgical services in the region, and Albany Medical College, which trains the next generation of doctors, scientists and other healthcare professionals, and which also includes a biomedical research enterprise and the region’s largest physicians practice with 500 doctors. Albany Med works with dozens of community partners to improve the region’s health and quality of life.

Albany Med is affiliated with Columbia Memorial Health, Saratoga Hospital and Glens Falls Hospital to provide the largest locally governed health system in the region. Combined, these four hospitals offer 1,520 beds, more than 800 physicians and 125 outpatient locations throughout the Capital Region. (Learn more).

Albany Med is like no other health care provider in our region, providing our community with the highest level of patient care across disciplines, while receiving regional, national and international recognition for high standards in patient care, education and biomedical research.



Our Mission

We are committed to improving health by attaining the highest standard of quality in care delivery, education, and research initiatives.

Our Vision

To best serve the needs of our communities, the Albany Med Health System will deliver its Mission by means of a structure that will be, and remain, autonomous and self-governing.

Our Values

Excellence and continuous improvement
Integrity in every decision we make
Compassion and respect for the dignity of every person
A diverse, equitable, inclusive and welcoming System
Collaboration throughout our System
Responsiveness to the people of our communities
Fiscal accountability

Our Purpose

Health care of the highest quality in a cost-effective, readily available and equitable manner;
Education in the health sciences, allowing the region to have assured access to trained health professionals to deliver such care; and
Biomedical and clinical research in order to contribute to the body of medical knowledge thus creating new ideas, procedures and drugs that advance the quality of such care.