Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine

For the Good of the Patient

The Department of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is deeply committed to providing high-quality, compassionate care for patients with acute illnesses and injuries. Our department offers a unique opportunity to train, conduct research, and care for patients at the only nationally verified Level 1 adult trauma center in Middle Tennessee.

Our Mission

To discover and teach how to treat each patient with dignity and respect – anyone, anything, anytime – and to deliver this care every single day.

In our all-out pursuit of this mission, we will engage patients and community partners to co-develop solutions to the challenges facing the health care system. We will advocate passionately for our patients, develop and train the next generation of leaders, and transform emergency care through discovery.

Our Vision

To be a premier patient-centered, academic emergency department in the United States.

Our Values

We value, in our people and across all missions:

  • Excellence
  • Integrity
  • Humility
  • Patient-centeredness


Events

June 17, 2025

EM Grand Rounds AY25 (LH 214)

“Neurocritical Care co-sponsored by PUC” with Dr. Imoigele Aisku

12:00PM - 1:00PM

News

Vanderbilt’s nationally recognized Trauma Center treats amazing array of injuries

On a given day, the Vanderbilt Trauma Center may admit multiple gunshot and motor vehicle accident victims. For 27 years, across nearly 100,000 admissions, the Trauma Center’s physicians, nurses and staff have been treating patients arriving from a region covering 80,000 square miles.

‘This could happen any day.’ Volunteers and staff pitch in for the first large-scale mass casualty drill held at VUMC in 15 years.

Dozens of people pitched in to help leadership at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt get an up-to-date review of emergency preparedness.

$4.1 million grant awarded to study unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions

Antibiotic prescriptions handed out in unplanned care spaces contribute to antimicrobial resistance, especially if they are not necessary to treat infections.