Clinical Care
The Pediatrics training program take advantage of 3 major teaching hospitals. This provides outstanding opportunities to participate in the care of a varied patient population.
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
901.287.5437
Established in 1952, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital is an integral part of the Methodist
Le Bonheur Healthcare system and a teaching affiliate for the University of Tennessee Health Sciences. A new $340-million hospital building was built in December 2010 to accommodate the
over 100,000 patients seen each year.
Named one of the nation's "Best Children's Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report for eight consecutive years, Le Bonheur is the only Level 1 pediatric trauma center in the Mid-South. Its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) provides the highest level of care for the region's critically ill newborns. Le Bonheur has received many accolades of excellence over the years including: Top Children's Hospital in 2017 by the Leapfrog group for its safe patient care, Magnet status - one of only 7 percent of hospitals in the U.S. to have earned this honor for quality nursing care by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and a three-star rating (the highest) by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons for its Heart Institute.
Regional One Health
901.545.7100
Regional One Health (ROH) was established in 1829, making it the oldest health system
in Tennessee. In addition to being the home of the Elvis Presley Trauma Center, Regional One Health also includes several other Centers of Excellence in Burn, High-Risk
Obstetrics, and Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU).
ROH is the largest medical and surgical teaching site for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. More than half of Tennessee's doctors will receive some, if not all, training at
ROH. The partnership between Regional One Health and the University of Tennessee
Health Science Center includes the UT Regional One Physicians group, the largest teaching physician group of its kind in the Mid-South.
St. Jude Children's Hospital
866.278.5833
As of 2026, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has been ranked in the top 10 for
pediatric cancer hospitals by US News & World Report consecutively for the past 18
years. St. Jude and the World Health Organization recently announced a five-year collaboration
to cure at least 60% of children worldwide with the six most common types of cancer
by 2030.
In 2019, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was ranked the number two pediatric cancer hospital by U.S. News & World Report. St. Jude and the World Health Organization recently announced a five-year collaboration to cure at least 60% of children worldwide with the six most common types of cancer by 2030.