Erlanger is a non-profit, academic teaching center affiliated with the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. 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, all with a Level III neonatal intensive care unit operating from T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital. With a history that dates back more than a century, Erlanger is recognized as one of the nation's finest public hospitals and a leader in healthcare.

Each year, more than a quarter of a million people are treated by the team of healthcare professionals who are part of Erlanger.