About
MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena is a 139-bed hospital serving patients throughout Northeast Michigan. Located on the shores of Lake Huron, the medical center provides comprehensive medical, surgical, emergency and specialty care close to home.
Patients have access to advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic, surgical and rehabilitation services, as well as a Level III Trauma Center. The medical center also offers advanced imaging, radiation therapy, robotic and minimally invasive treatment options, and private inpatient rooms.
If you are experiencing a life-threatening medical emergency, go to the nearest ER or call 911.
Health Care Close to Home
MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena provides a broad range of services for everyday health needs as well as specialized care for complex conditions. As the local health care resource, the medical center provides services and technology that might other wide require travel to a larger community.
Services
- Behavioral Health Services
- Cancer Care
- Diabetes Services
- Emergency Care, Level III Trauma Care
- Heart and Vascular Services
- Imaging Services
- Maternity Services
- Orthopedics
- Ophthalmology
- Pain Management
- Pulmonology
- Rehabilitation Services
- Sleep Disorders
- Surgical Services
- Urology
- Wound Treatment Center
Advanced Technology
MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena offers advanced technologies and treatment options across multiple specialties.
Advanced Imaging
- 1.5 Open Bore Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- 160-Slice Computed Tomography (CT)
- PET Scanning
- 3D mammography and 3D Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
- Fully automated digital X-ray
- Advanced laboratory technology
Cancer Care
- Breast Health Navigation
- TrueBeam® Radiotherapy System
- Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)
Heart and Vascular Care
- Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), including scheduled elective procedures
- STEMI Alert/Emergent PCI Program
Fast Facts
- Serving Northeast Michigan since 1940
- 139 reportable beds
- 1,200+ employees, volunteers, physicians and other personnel
- Affiliated with Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan
- Accredited by The Joint Commission
- Added third CT scanner in 2025
- New patient tower with all private patient rooms opened April 2022
- Full continuum of health care services normally found only in much larger communities
- Accredited cancer, surgical and trauma programs by the American College of Surgeons
- Level III Trauma Center
Awards & Recognition
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2025 | Blue Cross® Blue Shield® Blue Distinction Centers+ for Knee and Hip Replacement
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2025 | The Chartis Center for Rural Health 2025 Performance Leadership Award in Outcomes
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2025 | Professional Research Consultants, Inc. 5-Star Performer Awards
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2025 | Economic Alliance for Michigan Hospital Patient Safety Award for Improvement
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2025 | The Chartis Center for Rural Health Top 20 Rural & Community Hospital
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2025 | The Chartis Center for Rural Health Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital
- 2019 | Governor’s Awards of Excellence for outstanding achievement in Effective Reporting and Measurement: Outpatient Quality Reporting, Acute Care Hospitals and Hospital Value-based Purchasing, Acute Care Hospitals, Michigan’s Quality Improvement Organization (MPRO)
- 2017 | Top Rural Community Hospital , National Rural Health Association
- 2017 | 100 Great Community Hospitals, Becker's Hospital Review
Milestones
- 2026 | Medical Center approved to perform scheduled coronary angioplasty procedures (elective PCI).
- 2025 | Medical Center Named a Blue Cross® Blue Shield® Blue Distinction Center+ for Knee and Hip Replacement
- 2023 | Medical Center launches new STEMI Alert/Emergent PCI Program
- 2022 | New patient tower opens with private patient rooms, ORs, LDRP suites and more
- 2018 | Plans are approved for a $59 million tower expansion and renovation project
- 2016 | A $7.5 million Emergency Department renovation is completed with 20 private rooms and upgraded technology and equipment The Medical Center affiliates with MidMichigan Health in April
- 2007 | The Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine opens in partnership with NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- 2004 | The new Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit opens with 11 private rooms
- 2003 | Auxiliary donations to the Medical Center reach $1 million and the Auxiliary celebrated its 30th anniversary
- 2001 | The Cancer Center, in partnership with the University of Michigan Health, opens
- 1995 | The Medical Center is one of only four hospitals in the state to launch a website
- 1993 | The Development Council, whose focus is developing widespread community and financial support for the hospital, is established with Dr. Robert Currier as chair
- 1978 | Plans were made to double the hospital’s size; the $20 million project finishes in 1985 and includes a 72-patient bed tower
- 1974 | A $3.4 million expansion adds a new lab, extra laundry area, and improves the Emergency Room’s outpatient facilities
- 1962 | New units open including Intensive Care, and Chronic Disease and Rehabilitation
- 1942 | The hospital, originally designed for 70 patients but averaging 105 daily, plans a $1 million, three-story expansion to increase capacity to 134 beds; a new surgery facility, entrance, and physical therapy department is planned
- 1940 | Alpena General Hospital, the only modern hospital in NE Michigan, opens with 88 beds, two operating rooms, an X-ray department, a maternity unit with 11 bassinets, a children’s ward, 11 private rooms, and a pathology lab. Built for $258,181, its first baby was born two days later
