Pitt County Memorial Hospital, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the flagship hospital for University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina and serves as the teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Pitt Memorial is a regional resource for all levels of health services and information. The Brody School of Medicine at ECU is ranked fifth in the nation in rural medicine by US News and World Report. The medical school is ranked sixth nationally among primary care medical schools by the magazine.
