Growth — in people, programs and facilities — is one of the legacies of the tenure of Harry Jacobson, M.D., as Vanderbilt’s vice chancellor for Health Affairs.
Here is a look at some of the buildings that debuted under his watch.
1998 — The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing's Patricia Champion Frist Hall opened. The sister-building to Godchaux Hall was described by Harry Jacobson, M.D., at its dedication as “a wonderful, state-of-the-art, first-class facility.”
2001 — The Frances Williams Preston building, housing the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, was dedicated. In addition, the first major addition to Medical Center North since 1972, the centralized vivarium, a $30 million facility, was completed.
2002 — Medical Research Building III, an addition onto the Learned Lab section of Medical Center North, was completed. The joint project of the Medical Center and the College of Arts and Science houses 64 research laboratories, four teaching laboratories, and an 8,650-square-foot greenhouse.
2003 — The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt was completed, the single biggest construction project undertaken by the Medical Center. “Thank you for sharing this realization of a dream with me today,” Monroe Carell Jr. told the crowd at the hospital’s dedication.
2004 — The Medical Center East South Tower, including the Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, the Orthopaedic Institute, the Eskind Diabetes Center, and the Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute, was completed.
2008 — Medical Research Building IV was completed and Langford Auditorium renovated. The centerpiece of the lobby of the new building, built atop Langford, was “adegan,” a sculpture by artist Frank Stella. MRB IV will be named in honor of Harry Jacobson, M.D.
2008 — The Vanderbilt Eye Institute opened at the South Garage. The space formerly housed the Vanderbilt Page-Campbell Heart Institute, which opened in 1997.
2009 — VMC opened a second campus at Vanderbilt Health at One Hundred Oaks, with 440,000 square feet of renovated space. The $99 million project gave a facelift to the aging mall and became the work home to 750 Medical Center staff and faculty. (photo by Joe Howell)
2009 — The new 170-bed Critical Care Tower addition to Vanderbilt University Hospital is set to open this fall.