The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt treats the region’s sickest patients, caring for patients in 44 states in the past year. Children’s Hospital has been recognized as one of the premier children’s hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, Parents magazine and the Leapfrog Group. Children’s Hospital is the most comprehensive children’s hospital in the state. Children’s Hospital treats all children regardless of ability to pay. Children’s Hospital has the only Pediatric Emergency Department in Middle Tennessee with more than 48,626 visits in fiscal year 2009.