Company Profile
Erlanger
Company Overview
Erlanger is a nationally acclaimed health system anchored by a leading academic medical center. As such, we will deliver the highest quality to diverse populations, at the lowest cost, through personalized patient experiences across all patient access points. Through innovation and growth, we will sustain our success and spark economic development across the Chattanooga region.
Company History
For more than 120 years, Erlanger has been central to the lives of generations of Chattanooga families-where their children were born, where they found the latest treatments for injury and disease, and where the majority of the region's doctors and nurses were trained. Appreciative citizens named the hospital for the Baron's beautiful Southern wife, Baroness Marguerite Mathilde Slidell. The cornerstone for the Baroness Erlanger Hospital was laid in 1891. In 1899 the $50,000 hospital opened with 72 beds.