Altru Health System is a non-profit integrated health system with headquarters on a 90-acre medical campus in Grand Forks, North Dakota.  Altru was created July 1, 1997, when the Grand Forks Clinic and United Hospital integrated.  Altru is a 262-bed, Level II Trauma Center with more than 180 physicians representing 44 specialties and serving a primary care population of over 250,000.

Altru Health System provides an array of services to meet the needs of area residents of all ages and all levels of health.  These services include a congregate retirement community (Parkwood Place), Altru Home Services, and Altru Health Foundation. 

The University of North Dakota School of Medicine (UNDSOM) located in Grand Forks offers teaching opportunities with residency programs in Family Practice (Altru) and General Surgery (UNDSOM). 

Facilities 

Grand Forks, is a community of 65,000 with an excellent school system, safe neighborhoods, low crime rate, affordable housing and an abundance of cultural and recreational activities.  A short drive to the natural beauty of clean Minnesota Lakes or the diversity of nearby metropolitan areas is easy access from Grand Forks, North Dakota. 

The Red River of the North separates Grand Forks from neighboring East Grand Forks in Minnesota. 

The University of North Dakota (UND) is located in Grand Forks.  The University is one of only 47 public universities in the country with both a medical school and an accredited law school.  In addition, UND is home to one of the top aerospace programs in the world.  UND competes in Division I intercollegiate sports and is the home to the 11,700-seat Ralph Engelstad Arena which is considered the finest college hockey arena in the country.  Attached is the Betty Engelstad Sioux center which is home to both men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and soccer.  It is an ideal venue for catered events and smaller concerts and shows as well.  

Business

• Ranked 28th overall in nation for Best Small Metro in Business & Career (Forbes, 2006)
• Ranked 12th in income growth for Best Small Metros in the Nation (Forbes, 2005)

Education

• GF Public Schools Ranked 14th out of 362 school systems studied in top metros of the U.S. overall for public schools (Atlas & Guide 2006 issue of Expansion Management Magazine)
• UND ranked 14th out of 375 schools in nation for Entrepreneurial Undergraduate Campuses - ranked above Stanford University (Forbes & Princeton Review)
• GF Public School District awarded 2000 Exemplary Career Guidance & Counseling Program (U.S. Department of Education)
• GF Public School District named to list of Best 100 Communities for Music Education in America (National School Boards Association)

Quality of Life

• North Dakota ranked 11th “Most Livable State” & 1st “Safest State” (Manhattan Institute for Policy Review)
• One of the Top 100 Communities for Young People (America’s Promise Top 100 Communities for Young People competition, September 2005)
• North Dakota ranked 5th top state for children (Annie E. Casey Foundation, “Kids Count Data Book”, July, 2005)