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While Vanderbilt University owned and operated the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) that serves the medical school for much of its history, in 2016 the hospitals and clinics of the medical center were incorporated into a new entity which operates independent of Vanderbilt University's control.

Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee.Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million endowment; Vanderbilt hoped that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the Civil War.

The medical center later settled with the federal government for $6.5 million. In 2014, Vanderbilt University Medical Center began a restructuring process to become a financially distinct non-profit organization with the medical school being part of both the medical center and Vanderbilt University.

VUMC may refer to: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville, Tennessee. VU University Medical Center, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Topics referred to by the same term. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title VUMC.