Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | |
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| Sisters of St. Mary/SSM Health Care | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 1465 South Grand Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | SSM Health Care |
| Hospital type | Pediatric |
| Affiliated university | Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University School of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| History | |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.cardinalglennon.com |
| Lists | Hospitals in Missouri |
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital is a non-for-profit 195-bed inpatient and outpatient pediatric medical center in the US city of St. Louis, Missouri. As the nation’s only free-standing, Catholic children’s hospital, Cardinal Glennon has provided care for children regardless of ability to pay since 1956. Cardinal Glennon primarily serves children from eastern Missouri and southern Illinois, but also treats children across the United States and from countries around the world.
Cardinal Glennon also serves as a teaching hospital affiliated with the neighboring Saint Louis University Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and nine other education institutes. Cardinal Glennon is a member of SSM Health Care, one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the country. SSM Health is sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Mary and owns, operates and manages 19 acute care hospitals in four states — Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin and Oklahoma. In 2002, SSM Health was the first health care organization in the country to be named a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winner.
Originally named Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital for Children after John Cardinal Glennon the Archbishop of St. Louis from 1903-1946, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital first opened its doors in July 1956. It was the Archbishop's mission to see a health care facility open to all children in need of medical care.
Cardinal Glennon is home to physician experts in more than 60 areas of pediatric medical specialties including cardiology, critical care, rehabilitation, pulmonology, minimally invasive surgery, fetal surgery, hematology/oncology, sleep disorders, weight management and others.
The hospital is home to the Level 1 pediatric trauma center and a Level 4 neonatal intensive care unit, both the highest available classification, and the St. Louis Fetal Care Institute. The St. Louis Fetal Care Institute is the only comprehensive fetal care center in middle America.
In addition, the hospital offers:
Cardinal Glennon was the first medical center to:
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