Efficiency and Effectiveness

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt has been named one of the nation's best children's hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Monroe Carell is the only pediatric hospital in Tennessee receiving national rankings in 10 pediatric specialty programs in the magazine's Best Children's Hospitals rankings. Monroe Carell has ranked every year since U.S. News & World Report launched this program.

These rankings recognize top performers among the nation's 1,587 designated children's hospitals.

U.S. News & World Report Best Children's Hospital

The Leapfrog Group

Monroe Carell has been named a Leapfrog Top Children's Hospital eight times since 2008, most recently in 2024. The Leapfrog Hospital Survey uses nationally recognized performance measures to evaluate hospitals on safety, quality and efficiency.