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About CVPH

The University of Vermont Health Network - Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) is a private, non-profit, level II trauma center serving a tri-county area of 170,000 in northeastern New York. CVPH is a regional tertiary center that offers high technology and is JCAHO accredited. It is one of eight
state-designated Regional Resource Centers for Emergency Management and is a Designated Area Trauma Center in the state Lifestar Trauma System. CVPH is fully committed to IHI's 5 Million Lives campaign. This program has been recognized nationally and at the state level for its excellence and outcomes. There are more than 160 physicians on the Medical Staff, 92% of whom are Board Certified. Some 2011 statistics: 11,430 admissions, 99,575 patient days, 912 births, 49,660 emergency room visits and 17,648 surgical procedures. CVPH offers excellent, accredited continuing medical education programs. The Medical Center provides a supportive environment in which to practice. In 2005, CVPH expanded its cardiology services to include open-heart surgery and angioplasty to meet a significant community need. CVPH is licensed as a 341-bed acute care hospital. The staff at CVPH prides itself on providing a wide range of highly sophisticated services rarely found in a rural community. The quality is exceptional and yet the care is provided in a warm and friendly environment. Patients truly benefit from a combination of high tech and high touch that is the best of all worlds. Outcomes are very positive and patient satisfaction scores rank quite high.

It is a community of 38,000 on the picturesque shores of Lake Champlain and at the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. Plattsburgh offers a great family environment, good school systems, affordable homes, an active community arts council, and many family-oriented social and cultural activities. There are a wide variety of recreational activities centered on Lake Champlain and the Olympic-Lake Placid region. We're an hour from Montreal, a very cosmopolitan, European-style city of three million. Plattsburgh is home to a 6,200 student branch of the State University of New York. We enjoy a diverse and expanding manufacturing and service sector, combined with an established base of tourism and retail, which helps support the area's economy. Nationally recognized ten years running as a Top 5 U.S. small town for business development. Plattsburgh was ranked as the top micropolitan in New York and the 27th in the nation.