As of January 4, 2024, regular affiliations are conducted at the following institutions:
For additional information and directions, click on the facility name to link to their website.
(Sites in medically underserved areas (MUA) are preceded by a (+).)
Lexington, KY
Located about 208 miles from MTSA
Semester 6-9: typically 1-2 month rotations
Baptist Health Lexington, a 434-bed tertiary care facility, is also a major medical research and education center. Established in 1954, Baptist Health Lexington is recognized for its excellence in heart care and cancer care, and the hospital's Clinical Research Center conducts groundbreaking research in both fields. Baptist Health Lexington continues to lead in maternity care, having delivered nearly 160,000 babies. The hospital operates outlying outpatient centers in Georgetown, Nicholasville and Richmond.
Children's Hospital at Erlanger
Chattanooga, TN
Located about 144 miles from MTSA
Semester 6-9: typically 1-2 month rotations
Specialty rotations: Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital at Erlanger is certified as a Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Center (CRPC), the highest designation in the state for pediatrics. It’s a level of care for children often found only in cities more than twice the size of Chattanooga.
Columbia, TN
Located about 60 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: typically 1-2 month rotations
Semester 6-9: typically 1-2 month rotations
Maury Regional Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission and is the largest hospital between Nashville and Huntsville. The 275-bed facility has a medical staff of more than 170 physicians and 2,000 employees who serve a region consisting of more than a semester-million people in southern Middle Tennessee. From a comprehensive interventional and surgical heart program that has attained chest pain center accreditation to a neonatal intensive care and cancer center, Maury Regional Medical Center offers a wide range of advanced services.
Medical Center at Bowling Green
Bowling Green, KY
Located about 59 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: full time rotations
Semester 6-9: full time rotations
Growing from a 35-bed city hospital to a 490-bed regional healthcare system over the past 80+ years, the Medical Center & its affiliated hospitals offer South-central Kentucky the following services: comprehensive cardiac program including open heart surgery, obstetrics and neonatology, cancer treatment and orthopedic services.
Nashville, TN
Located about 15.4 miles from MTSA
Semester 6-9: full time rotations
Our main hospital provides primary care and specialty health services, including mental health care, women’s health services, organ transplants, prosthetics, eye care, nutrition counseling, foot care, hospice and palliative care, and more. Below, you’ll find our address and hours, parking and transportation information, and the other health services we offer at our Nashville VA Medical Center.
St. Thomas Mid-Town (formerly Baptist)
Nashville, TN
Located about 14 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: typically 1-2 month rotations
Semester 6-9: typically 1-2 month rotations
Specialty rotations: Cardiac & OB
St. Thomas Mid-Town Hospital is the largest not-for-profit community hospital in Middle Tennessee, licensed for 683 acute and rehab care beds. The main campus covers nearly two million square feet and spans more than six city blocks or 38 acres. St. Thomas Mid-Town Hospital is a member of Saint Thomas Health Services, a faith-based ministry serving Middle Tennessee.
St. Thomas Rutherford (formerly MTMC)
Murfreesboro, TN
Located about 38 miles from MTSA
Semester 6-9: typically 1 month
St. Thomas Rutherford, in Murfreesboro, TN, is a 286 bed facility. There are 1400 associates, 320 affiliated physicians. Over 7500 surgeries are performed annually, along with 2500 babies delivered. In 2010 a new &268 million dollar facility was opened at the location to serve the residents of the greater Murfreesboro area.
Nashville, TN
Located about 17 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: typically 2 weeks – 2 month rotations
Semester 6-9: typically 1-2 month rotations
Specialty rotation: Cardiac (CVA group)\
The Catholic Daughters of Charity health care ministry reached Nashville in 1898, when Saint Thomas was established. Today, the 541-bed facility, with more than 3,500 employees and 750 physicians on staff, provides adult specialty health care in service to a market area of more than two million residents of Middle Tennessee, Southwestern Kentucky & Northern Alabama.
Students have rotations with 2 different anesthesia groups – AMG & CVA
Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC)
Gallatin, TN
Located about 21 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: typically 1-2 month rotations
Semester 6-9: typically 1-month rotations
Specialty rotation: Regional
Since opening in 1959 as Sumner County Memorial Hospital, SRMC has grown from a facility with just 50 employees and seven physicians to a comprehensive health care leader in the community with over 1,000 employees and 300 physicians. Since 1994, SRMC has served as the flagship hospital of the health care entity, HighPoint Health System. SRMC is accredited by the Joint Commission and is one of the largest non-government employers in Sumner County. Today, SRMC operates as a 155-bed facility and provides quality care in numerous areas, including cancer treatment, cardiac care, same-day surgery, orthopedics, diagnostics, and women’s health and rehabilitation services.
Tennova Healthcare Clarksville
Clarksville, TN
Located about 43.6 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: typically 1-2 month rotations
Tennova Healthcare - Clarksville features services in cardiology, emergency medicine, family practice, gastroenterology, general surgery, infectious disease, inpatient rehabilitation center, internal medicine, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, oral/maxillofacial surgery, orthopedics/surgery, otolaryngology, outpatient rehabilitation, pediatrics, plastic surgery, podiatry, pulmonology, radiology, urology, vascular surgery and wound care.
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Located about 14 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: typically 1-2 month rotations
Semester 6-9: typically 1-2 month rotations
Specialty rotations: Cardiac and OB
Centennial has 657 licensed beds and over 1,200 physicians covering a wide variety of specialties. The Centennial Heart Center offers a full complement of cardiac care delivered by more than 50 cardiac specialists. Each year the heart center performs nearly 1,200 heart surgeries and almost 6,000 minimally invasive cardiac procedures.
TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Located about 10 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: typically 1-2 month rotations
Semester 6-9: typically 1 month rotations
Hendersonville Medical Center, part of the TriStar Family of Hospitals, is a 110-bed comprehensive medical center north of Nashville in Sumner County.
TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital
Bowling Green, KY
Located about 55 miles from MTSA
Semester 6-9: typically 1-2 month rotations
Greenview Regional Hospital, part of the TriStar family of Hospitals, is a TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital is a 211-bed facility serving Southern Kentucky and surrounding areas. Recognized by the Joint Commission as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures®.
TriStar NorthCrest Medical Center
Springfield, TN
Located about 25 miles from MTSA
Semester 6-9: typically 1 month rotations
Specialty rotation: Regional
NorthCrest Medical Center began operations in 1956 under the name of Jesse Holman Jones Hospital and serves Robertson and surrounding counties as well as southern Kentucky. NorthCrest is a 109-bed, not-for-profit, community hospital which offers a full-range of healthcare services from cardiac care and rehabilitation, obstetrics and women's services, pulmonary rehabilitation, to surgery and 24-hour emergency services.
TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center
Murfreesboro, TN
Located about 30 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: typically 1 month rotations
Our 119-bed hospital offers complete medical care for adults and children, including emergency, surgical, maternity, imaging, cardiology, neurology, orthopaedic, physical medicine, sleep medicine and oncology services. Our medical staff of about 500 physicians includes more than 45 specialties. Many of our physicians have offices on or near the hospital campus. Our entire staff is committed to providing quality and safe patient care while offering compassion and comfort in our modern facility.
TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Located about 20 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: typically 1 month rotations
Serving our community for more than 40 years, TriStar Southern Hills is a 126-bed comprehensive facility offering a variety of acute care services including cardiology, bariatric surgery, diagnostic imaging, emergency, orthopedics, spine, inpatient & outpatient rehabilitation, surgical services and wound care.
TriStar Summit Medical Center (SMC) & Summit Surgery Center (SSC)
Hermitage, TN
Located about 10 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: typically 1-2 month rotations
Originally a 100-bed facility, Donelson Hospital expanded numerous times in its 21-year history. SMC was constructed and opened in 1994 and is a 188-bed facility today. SMC is a medical and surgical facility known for emergency care, cardiac services, oncology services, orthopedic surgeries, diabetes management and obstetric services. Equally important is the emphasis that Summit places on Outpatient Services. SMC has an Ambulatory Surgery Center, which contains three floors of medical office space. The complex is located at the Summit Outpatient Center. Entrances are available off Old Hickory Blvd & Central Pike.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) & Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Located about 15 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: typically 1-2 month rotations
Semester 6-9: typically up to 6 month rotations
Specialty rotations: Pediatric, OB, & Trauma
VUMC is a comprehensive healthcare campus dedicated to patient care, research and biomedical education. Within this system is VUMC, a twin-towered, 658-bed structure supported by the latest systems and technology. Patients are referred to Vanderbilt to receive both routine inpatient care and highly specialized medical treatment and surgical procedures. The Hospital is also home to the region's only Level I Trauma Center as well as the region's only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Constructed in 2004, the freestanding Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital is filled with state-of-the-art equipment and information systems. With 222 beds dedicated to high-level pediatric, subspecialty treatment, and trauma care, the hospital is also a teaching and research facility. Children's Hospital reaches children from Nashville to all Middle Tennessee counties and regions beyond. In 2007, a total of 104,169 of VCH’s patients came from Davidson County. 16,151 patients came from out of state. Patients came from 45 states plus the District of Columbia.
Franklin, TN
Located about 33 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: typically 1 month rotations
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
Lebanon, TN
Located about 24 miles from MTSA
Semester 6-9: typically 1-2 month rotations
For more than 40 years, Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital has been a place of healing and connection for patients and families in Wilson County and the surrounding area. A part of the Vanderbilt Health community of hospitals and clinics, the two-campus facility is the sole provider of inpatient and outpatient medical services in Wilson County.
Franklin, TN
Located about 33 miles from MTSA
Semester 3-5: typically 1-2 month rotations
Williamson Medical Center is a 185-bed hospital dedicated to serving the health care needs of the surrounding communities. Founded in 1957, Williamson Medical Center offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, 24-hour emergency care, preventive health screenings and wellness activities.