Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital is a unit of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), a vital component of the Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
The first phase of the $250 million expansion project will include a 30,000 square feet addition on the Northwest corner of the hospital. An additional acute, neonatal intensive care and medical-surgical beds, along with an increased space to house a growing number of physician scientists will be created. The first phase, to begin in late 2010, will involve $25-$30 million in construction costs.
The additional neonatal, acute care and medical-surgical beds will be positioned adjacent to and extend the existing patient care areas on the building’s fourth through eighth floors. The addition will encircle a patient-friendly atrium.
The expansion will also increase capacity to accommodate premature babies born at outlying hospitals who are then transferred to Children’s Hospital. Additionally, the new space will allow Children’s Hospital to expand its Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, as well as its Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care and Congenital Heart Disease Programs.
The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital is an eight-floor, 616,785 square feet freestanding facility opened in February 2004. The 11-story Doctors’ Office Tower, directly adjacent to Children’s Hospital, is home to its pediatric clinics.
