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.