Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt comprises 343 pediatric beds[1] and over 1 million square feet of clinical and administrative space.

The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21[2] throughout Nashville and the greater mid-south region.

In 2004, the 616,785-square-foot (57,301.2 m2) Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University opened with 238 inpatient beds, 16 operating rooms, 36 intensive care unit beds, and space for 104 premature infants in the neonatal intensive-care unit.

[10][11] In 2007, Providence House published More Than a Place: The Origins of a Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt by Lisa A.

Source:[7] In September 2016, Children's Hospital began construction on a 160,000-square-foot four-floor expansion for a projected cost of $100 million.

The facility's expansion was supported by a fundraising effort led by Kathryn Carell Brown.