Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
TypePrivate
Established1875
Parent institution
Vanderbilt University
EndowmentUS$551 million (2007)[1]
DeanJeff Balser
Academic staff
2,718 (1,630 full-time, 996 part-time/voluntary, and 92 emeritus)
Students607 Total
Location, ,
36°08′38″N 86°48′04″W / 36.144°N 86.801°W / 36.144; -86.801
CampusUrban
Websitemedschool.vanderbilt.edu

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) is the graduate medical school of Vanderbilt University, a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee. The School of Medicine is primarily housed within the Eskind Biomedical Library which sits at the intersection of the Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) campuses[2] and claims several Nobel laureates in the field of medicine. Through the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network, VUSM is affiliated with over 60 hospitals and 5,000 clinicians across Tennessee and five neighboring states which manage more than 2 million patient visits each year. As the home hospital of the medical school, VUMC is considered one of the largest academic medical centers in the United States and is the primary resource for specialty and primary care in hundreds of adult and pediatric specialties for patients throughout the Mid-South.[3]

  1. ^ "Vanderbilt Medicine - Basic Facts". Retrieved February 25, 2007.
  2. ^ "Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Facilities".
  3. ^ Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of. "About Vanderbilt University Medical Center". www.vumc.org. Retrieved 2018-05-03.