Since 1956, Maine Medical Center has recruited NIH-funded scientists to staff its research institute.

The institute also participates in multiple national and international clinical trials in fields ranging from cardiology to oncology, offering opportunities for graduate and post-doctoral training as well as funding.

MaineHealth owns and operates a series of mental, long-term, primary care, emergency, and home healthcare facilities in southern, central, and western Maine.

Other MaineHealth companies include Memorial Hospital (North Conway, New Hampshire), Western Maine Health (Penbay Medical Center & Waldo), Southern Maine Health Care (Biddeford and Sanford), LincolnHealth, Spring Harbor Hospital and HomeHealth-VNSM.

This program allows students from Maine, or those interested in practicing there, to complete the second through fourth year of medical school at MMC in Portland rather than Boston.