Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is recognized as one of the top children's hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report magazine. Living by the principle of "family-centered care," Children's Hospital provides top-level care while including the family as an essential part of a child's treatment plan.

Children's Hospital is a place to hope and a place to heal for patients and their families. The freestanding children's hospital is filled with state-of-the-art equipment sized just for children and information systems to provide the best treatment for patients and offers a variety of family accommodations to help fulfill its mission. With 271 beds dedicated to high-level pediatric, subspecialty treatment, and trauma care, the hospital is also a teaching and research facility, training many of the future's top pediatric physicians. Research conducted here is helping to shape the way the nation cares for children.