Baptist Collierville celebrates ICU expansion
$11 million space doubles ICU capacity
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 16, 2026 – More than 50 Baptist Memorial, community and state leaders gathered to celebrate the expansion of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville’s intensive care unit on Friday.
The expansion doubles the capacity of Baptist Collierville’s ICU from seven to 14 beds, increasing the unit’s footprint to 17,000 square feet. Partially funded through a $5 million grant from the Tennessee Department of Health’s Healthcare Resiliency Program, the expansion totaled almost $11 million.
“This is an exciting day for the Collierville community and Baptist Collierville,” said Lindsay Stencel, administrator and CEO of Baptist Collierville. “Thanks to funding from the State of Tennessee’s Healthcare Resiliency Program, we have doubled the capacity of the ICU and completed the most extensive addition to the hospital since it opened in 1999. This valuable addition will allow us treat more patients with severe illness closer to home.”
Flintco built the new ICU, formerly on the first floor, in shell and storage space on the second floor of the hospital. The expanded unit features TeleGuardian electronic ICU remote monitoring technology in each room to enhance care and a new dialysis suite that will allow four patients to receive treatment at once. A respiratory office and equipment are placed in the center of the new ICU for better efficiency and quality of care.
Now that ICU renovations are complete, construction will begin on an emergency department expansion that will include the former ICU space on the first floor, which will increase the ER size by 4,732 square feet. ESa architectural firm designed both expansions, and Belz Architecture+Construction will handle construction for the ER expansion, which is set to start immediately.
The Tennessee Department of Health's Healthcare Resiliency Program aims to enhance health care delivery and improve access to services across the state. The program offers competitive grants in two categories: capital investments and practice transformation and extension. The grants are designed to expand capacity, invest in technology and improve health care services for both adults and children. The program is funded through the American Rescue Plan and aims to support projects that increase bed capacity at acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities.
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville opened its doors in May 1999. With all the amenities of home, this full-service hospital sits on a 75-acre park-like campus and features extra-large patient rooms and a walking trail. Medical services include a full-service emergency room, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, inpatient and outpatient surgery, a step-down unit and a 14-bed intensive care unit, inpatient and outpatient diagnostics, the Baptist Sleep Disorders Center, outpatient women's services and 88 acute care beds. Baptist Collierville has consistently earned Joint Commission accreditation for advanced hip and knee replacement. For more information, visit baptistonline.org/collierville, call 901-861-9000 or follow us on Facebook at @baptistcollierville.
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