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Canton-Potsdam Hospital is a not-for-profit community hospital certified for 94 beds, which operates in affiliation with Gouverneur Hospital in Gouverneur, NY, and Massena Hospital in Massena, NY, under the umbrella of St. Lawrence Health. Its core programs in emergency medicine, acute care, hospitalist medicine, and critical care are supplemented by outpatient health services in Brasher Falls, Canton, Colton, Massena, Norfolk, Norwood, and Potsdam, NY, and by specialist care in over 40 different specialties, including a robust orthopedic surgery and sports medicine program, and the Center for Cancer Care.
Canton-Potsdam Hospital offers state-of-the-art equipment, including the lowest-dose CT scanning in the region, 1.5 Tesla high-field open bore MRI, lithotripsy, Automated Breast Volume Scanning (ABVS) for visualization of dense breast tissue, 3D mammography, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging, and MRI Assisted Vacuum Biopsy. Many procedures using this technology are offered in more than one location. The Center for Cancer Care is equipped with an Elekta Synergy Linear Accelerator, one of the best available for image-guided radiation therapy, and a dedicated CT scanner for radiation therapy planning.