In 1993, the Vanderbilt Cancer Center was established under the leadership of Dr. Hal Moses, to bring together all cancer-related research, treatment, education and outreach at Vanderbilt. The Centers creation was also made possible through the important support of the T.J. Martell Foundation, which established its Nashville division and the Frances Williams Preston Laboratories at Vanderbilt that same year.

in 1999, Nashville’s Ingram family made a transformational gift in honor of the late E. Bronson Ingram, philanthropist, businessman and civic leader. Formally named the E. Bronson Ingram Cancer Center at Vanderbilt University, the center quickly became known as the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. In 2001, the Center earned the NCI’s highest distinction as a Comprehensive Cancer Center.