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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Introduction
Template:Infobox Hospital The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a collection of several hospitals and clinics associated with Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
It comprises the following units:[1]
- Vanderbilt University Hospital
- Monroe Carell, Jr., Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- The Vanderbilt Clinic
- Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center
- Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital
- Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital
- Eskind Biomedical Library
- Vanderbilt Sports Medicine
- Dayani Human Performance Center
- Vanderbilt Page Campbell Heart Institute
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
VUMC also has numerous satellite facilities in and around middle Tennessee, serving a large community. VUMC is known for its highly-acclaimed teaching hospital and its groundbreaking efforts in electronic medical records. Vanderbilt staffs some of the world’s most accomplished physicians and employs over 10,000 middle Tennesseans.
References
References
- ↑ “Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Visitors”. Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2007-07-02.