Case Study
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Critical Care Tower
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Critical Care Tower Nashville, Tennessee In 2009, Vanderbilt Medical Center was already a premier healthcare facility, but in a burgeoning city, the need for more patient capacity was making itself known. The hospital not only needed more space, but wanted the new addition to focus on the comfort of the patients and their families. Finished in late 2009, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Critical Care Tower added over 300,000 SF of operating rooms, in-patient rooms, state- of-the-art technologies, and special care units. SSR designed the new addition to the medical center with all those needs in mind. The facility was designed and built in two phases, starting ?rst with the relocation of a helipad for Vanderbilt’s LifeFlight unit and the construc