Pitt County Memorial Hospital - PCMH is a regional facility that serves as an acute care referral center for a 29-county region as well as a community hospital for citizens of Pitt and Greene Counties. The hospital is licensed for 745 beds and is staffed by more than 400 physicians. PCMH is the teaching hospital for the ECU School of Medicine and serves as a regional training site for many other health professionals. It is eastern North Carolina's only Level I Trauma Center and provides a comprehensive array of healthcare services ranging from wellness and prevention to acute care, rehabilitation and home health.
The East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine has earned a national reputation for excellence in the training of generalist physicians. The school offers residencies in nine medical specialties and operates numerous clinics and other services both in Greenville and throughout the region. The medical school has been a pioneer in the field of telemedicine, a technology that allows it to share the expertise of medical school staff with communities in more rural areas.
