Whether you’re a Vanderbilt Health (VH) colleague or a reporter covering VH, here’s a quick guide to how to refer to our hospitals, clinics and campus. Use the full name the first time, then the short form on later references. Collective term: use “Regional Hospitals,” not “the Regionals.” 

First reference	Second reference	Notes
Vanderbilt Health	VH (print/online)	The name for the system as a whole. Use VUMC only for contracts, policies and regulatory or legal references, never for the system or Central Campus.
Central Campus	—	Preferred over “Main Campus” as of November 2026.
Vanderbilt University Hospital	VUH	Never VAH or VUAH, and don’t add “Adult.”
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt	Monroe Carell
Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital	VPH
Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital	VSRH	Partly owned by a joint venture partner, so don’t call it wholly owned.
Jim Ayers Tower	—	Always the full name, never “Ayers Tower,” “JAT” or “the Tower.”
Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital (Shelbyville)	VBCH
Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital	VCH
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital	VTHH
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (Lebanon)	VWCH
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center	Vanderbilt-Ingram
Vanderbilt Behavioral Health	VBH
The Vanderbilt Clinic	TVC
One Hundred Oaks	OHO