Best Children's Hospital in Tennessee
Behavioral Health
Vanderbilt provides inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services for children and adolescents. Our separate programs for younger and older children addresses their unique emotional and mental health needs. We offer both partial and full-time inpatient treatments that include group and family therapy, as well as education in social and emotional skills. Our First Episode Program focuses specifically on pediatric patients with an initial psychotic experience.
Cancer
Advancing care in pediatric oncology and hematology
Our Pediatric Cancer Program is part of the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Tennessee that treats children and adults with cancer. We offer medical and surgical care under one roof. Our multi-disciplinary approach creates specialized treatments for your child at all points in the journey, integrating the family unit. We offer clinical trials for common as well as rare and complex cancers in children and adolescents and have a robust survivorship program.
Cardiology
Experience and expertise in heart care
The Pediatric Heart Institute at Vanderbilt specializes in heart surgery and non-surgical care. Ours is one of the most-experienced pediatric heart transplant programs in the nation. As platinum sponsors of the Fetal Heart Society and pioneers in fetal cardiology innovation, we are a research-intensive team driven to improve patient care.
Diabetes & Endocrinology
One of the nation's largest programs
We care for more than 3,000 children with diabetes from Tennessee and eight surrounding states. This makes us one of the most experienced programs in the country. In addition to diabetes, we treat children with all disorders of the endocrine system, including adrenal and pituitary gland disease, thyroid disease and disorders of puberty, growth, bone and calcium use.
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
Largest pediatric program in the Southeast
Our Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition program is the most experienced in the Southeast. We offer specialized clinics in functional gastrointestinal disorders, C. difficile and dysbiosis, constipation and bowel movement, and inflammatory bowel disease, among others. Care plans consider all options from diet to surgery.
Neonatology
A pioneer in newborn care
The Mildred Stahlman Division of Neonatology is ranked among the top programs in the nation for the care of critically ill newborns and premature babies. In fact, Vanderbilt developed the first Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the early 1960s. We care for more than 1,400 babies in our NICU each year.
Neurology & Neurosurgery
The Pediatric Neurology Program cares for children with epilepsy, stroke, alternating hemiplegia, new-onset seizures and other neurologic conditions. Our neurosurgical team members have many years of extra training, including the most advanced robotic technologies. This nationally-ranked team treats some of the most complex procedures, including fetal repair of spinal bifida, and the most advanced treatment of brain tumors. They are the only pediatric neurosurgery team in Tennessee performing selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) spine surgery for the treatment of cerebral palsy.
Orthopaedics
Vanderbilt Orthopaedics is Tennessee’s leading provider of orthopaedic care. We treat patients with complex fractures, sports injuries, bone deformities, scoliosis, bone infections and other conditions. Our unique Youth Sports Health Center refers young athletes to pediatric specialists across Vanderbilt to help them safely return to play.
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery
The Pulmonary Medicine Program at Monroe Carell provides expertise in childhood breathing disorders. These include aerodigestive disorders, asthma, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, primary ciliary dyskinesia, pulmonary hypertension, rare lung disease and sleep disorders.
Urology
Our nationally ranked Pediatric Urology team at meets the unique needs of children with urinary tract and reproductive organ problems. Our care ranges from simple in-office procedures to the most complex reconstructive surgery. We’re national leaders in the treatment of spina bifida including leading the Management of Myelomeningocele (MOMS) trial of fetal surgery and as a nationally named spina bifida center of excellence (Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, CDC).
