Erlanger hospital is a non-profit, academic teaching center affiliated with the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Based in Chattanooga, Erlanger is also a Level-One Trauma Center for adults and the only provider of tertiary care services for the citizens of an entire four-state region, encompassing southeast Tennessee, north Georgia, north Alabama and western North Carolina. Our status as an major teaching hospital means you benefit from: better outcomes delivered in an environment of excellence, by the top physicians in the region.