
UMass Memorial Medical Center ranked #1 in 9 specialties including Cancer, Orthopedics, Pulmonology and more.
Click here for details!
Helping patients heal requires exceptional talent. UMass Memorial is committed to delivering the support, resources and technology you need to deliver the best possible care to a diverse community of patients and their families. Every day, you'll discover new ways of caring through ongoing educational opportunities that improve your skills and career. We enjoy a culture of respect and honesty—all with a focus on patient safety and satisfaction.

Our desire to offer the utmost quality of care is the reason we've chosen to become a Planetree hospital. Planetree, a nonprofit organization with 30 years of experience, is widely recognized in the health care industry for pioneering methods for personalizing, humanizing and demystifying the health care experience. This philosophy of caring is called “Planetree” based on the tree under which Hippocrates taught his medical students in ancient Greece. Hippocrates believed that given the right environment, patients would be better able to heal.
Planetree hospitals provide a truly healing environment where staff members share in decision making and help personalize the patient experience. As one of only 154 Planetree hospitals across the nation, we embrace our role as leaders in quality care.
The important components of Care...in a caring way:
Human Interactions
Family, Friends and Social Support
Access to Information and Education
Healing Environment and Design
Nutrition
Arts and Entertainment
Spirituality
Human Touch
Complementary and Integrative Therapies
Healthy Communities
Care...in a caring way at UMass Memorial depends on all of us
The effectiveness of Planetree at UMass Memorial depends on all of us. With recommendations and help from Planetree, we can decide what to do, what factors to put in place and where we want to go; it’s all for us working together with the same goals. Our journey is about identifying our patients and families’ common needs and expectations.


