Maine Medical Center

Our Mission Since its founding, Maine Medical Center has been dedicated to a three-fold mission. Maine Medical Center is dedicated to maintaining and improving the health of the communities it serves by: Caring for our community Educating tomorrow's caregivers Researching new ways to provide care We proudly carry our unique responsibility as Maine's leader in patient care, education and research. We are dedicated to the traditions and ideals of not-for-profit healthcare. Our care is available to all who seek it.  

Maine Medical Center is a complete health care resource for the people of Greater Portland, the state of Maine, and northern New England. Incorporated in 1864, MMC is the state’s largest medical center, licensed for 637 beds and employing more than 6,000 people. MMC’s unique role as both a community hospital and a referral center requires an unparalleled depth and breadth of services, including the state’s only allopathic medical school through a partnership with Tufts University School of Medicine and a world-class biomedical research center, the Maine Medical Center Research Institute. As a nonprofit institution, Maine Medical Center provides nearly 23 percent of all the charity care delivered in Maine. Our care model includes the state’s largest multispecialty medical group, Maine Medical Partners, employing more than 175 physicians. Maine Medical Partners provides a wide range of primary, specialty, and subspecialty care delivered through a network of more than 30 locations throughout greater Portland

Due to an increase in Covid-19 cases, we are temporarily suspending onboarding of new adult volunteers, please check back here regularly for when we are able to onboard new volunteers.