Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt | |
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Geography | |
Location | Nashville and surrounding Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, United States |
Coordinates | 36°08′21″N 86°48′09″W / 36.1393°N 86.8025°W |
Organization | |
Funding | Non-profit hospital |
Type | Non-Profit Teaching Children's |
Affiliated university | Vanderbilt University |
Services | |
Emergency department | Level I Regional Pediatric Trauma Center |
Beds | 343 |
History | |
Opened | 1970 |
Links | |
Website | http://childrenshospitalvanderbilt.org/ |
Lists | Hospitals in Tennessee |
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, also known as Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care children's teaching hospital and entity of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The hospital is affiliated with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics.
Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt comprises 343 pediatric beds[1] and over 1 million square feet of clinical and administrative space. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21[2] throughout Nashville and the greater mid-south region. The hospital also sometimes treats adults who require pediatric care.[3][4]
Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt also features an American College of Surgeons level I pediatric trauma center for critically ill pediatric trauma patients.[5] The hospital is attached to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, including Vanderbilt University Hospital. It is affiliated with the nearby Ronald McDonald House of Nashville.[6]
Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is routinely ranked among the best children's hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.[7]