St. Louis Children’s Hospital Is the Only Pediatric Hospital in St. Louis to Earn National Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Beacon Award
The award is given out annually by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses St. Louis (January 22, 2019) – The pediatric intensive care unit, or PICU, at St. Louis Children’s Hospital earned a national silver-level ...
Alexis Elward Promoted to Chief Medical Officer at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Alexis Elward, MD, MPH, was named Children's chief medical officer. The appointment became effective Jan. 1, 2019. ...
Patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s Heart Center Will Travel to the O.R. in Special Remote Control Cars
Generous gifts provided by two families in memory of their children ST. LOUIS (December 11, 2018) – Patients at St. Louis Children's and Washington University Heart Center undergoing heart or lung surgeries can now ride ...
St. Louis Children's Hospital Announces New President
A national search recently concluded with the hiring of Mark W. Shen, MD, MBA, as the hospital’s new president. Dr. Shen’s first day at Children’s will be November 12, where he will spend the next six weeks partnering one-on-one with Joan Magruder to ensure an optimal transition through the end of 2018. ...
Hyundai Hope on Wheels Presents Siteman Kids at t. Louis Children's Hospital With $1 Million Hyundai Quantum Grant Award to Support Pediatric Cancer Research
The Foundation embarks on a nationwide tour ahead of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to award $14.1 million to 38 researchers, surpassing $145 million in total giving. Its theme “Every Handprint Tells a Story” details ...
St. Louis Children's and Washington University Heart Center Perform Rare Infant Heart-Lung Transplant
Jack Palmer is the youngest patient in more than a decade to undergo a successful heart-lung transplant. Combined heart-lung transplants are so rare that Jack’s was the only one performed, thus far, in the United States in 2018. ...
St. Louis Children's Hospital Honored by the American Hospital Association for Working to Improve Community Health
Five Collaborative Programs Win 2018 AHA NOVA Awards St. Louis, MO – July 23, 2018 – The American Hospital Association (AHA) announced it will honor five programs with the AHA NOVA Award for their hospital-led ...
St. Louis Children's Hospital is Closer Than You Think With Expanded Pediatric Care at BJC Hospitals
Children’s is committed to providing access to world-renowned care across the bi-state. For more than 20 years, Washington University emergency medicine physicians and pediatricians at St. Louis Children’s Hospital have been staffing the pediatric emergency ...
St. Louis Children's Hospital is the Only Pediatric Hospital in St. Louis to Rank in All 10 U.S. News Categories
2018 marks a decade of Children’s being continuously ranked in all U.S. News specialties St. Louis, MO - June 26, 2018 - U.S. News & World Report has again ranked St. Louis Children’s Hospital-Washington University ...
St. Louis Children's Hospital Receives National American College of Surgeons Verification
St. Louis Children’s Hospital has maintained its ranking as one of 54 pediatric hospitals to be verified as a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). St. Louis Children’s is the only pediatric hospital to receive this designation in Missouri and Illinois. ...
