Erie County Medical Center

Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) is a hospital with 550 beds located in the East Side of Buffalo, New York and a member of the Great Lakes Health System.

In 2024, the hospital opened its new trauma recovery center called Buffalo Rising Against Violence or BRAVE.

[6] On January 19, 2015, the Buffalo Evening News indicated that a report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine criticized ECMC for "serving some of the least-healthy food options of any public hospital in the country.

"[7] In 2019, ECMC replaced the previous food provider, Morrison Healthcare, with Metz Culinary Management.

[8] In 2021, ECMC pursued legal action in an attempt to terminate a lease with Benderson Development, and remove the fast-food restaurants from their lobby, in order to replace them with healthier options.

A sign atop ECMC