St.โ€ฏLouis: ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ

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Our region isn’t just caring for patients, itโ€™s redefining what’s possible.

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
BJC Health System alone employs 30,500+ staff and 4,400 physicians across 14 hospitals, delivering more than 145,000 inpatient admissions and 488,000 ER visits annually
They hit 44,000 employees after merging with Saintโ€ฏLukeโ€™s in 2024

SSM Health supports 40,000 employees and 15,000 providers across four states, with dozens of hospitals and clinics

Mercy Hospital Southโ€”just one of Mercyโ€™s regional centersโ€”treats around 200,000 patients each year, supported by 3,700 employees and 790 physicians, and been gin the community for 140 years

๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ & ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€
At BJC and St. Louis Children’s hospital, part of BJC, the Siteman Cancer Center treats over 75,000 patients annually, with 12,000 new cancer cases each year. It leads 500+ clinical studies, including proton therapy and personalized brain tumor vaccines

St. Louis Children’s Hospital offers every pediatric specialty under one roofโ€”455 licensed beds, 881 physicians, and over 275,000 patients treated annually

It leads nationally in pediatric lung transplants, houses the worldโ€™s largest program, and pioneered Berlin heart implantation and selective dorsal rhizotomy surgeries

At SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, the only free-standing, not-for-profit Catholic pediatric hospital in the U.S., physicians are advancing rare pediatric cancer care through Childrenโ€™s Oncology Group and BMT trials

Their groundbreaking regional expansion brings neurology, nephrology, endocrinology, ENT, orthopedics, sports medicine and more closer to families

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜
A young brain tumor patient at Siteman Cancer Center enrolled in a personalized vaccine trialโ€”and lived seven years longer than expected

An infant with heart failure received a Berlin heart implant at St.โ€ฏLouis Childrenโ€™s before transplantโ€”a procedure first performed here

Cardinal Glennonโ€™s expansion in South County is bringing high-impact specialty care right where families live

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜. ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€
Iโ€™m excited to have recently joined the Development Board at Cardinal Glennon.

I’ve been a Glennon supporter since 2020 after meeting Sandy Koller, who works at SSM/Glennon and later became my motherโ€‘inโ€‘law.

Sandy and her team work tirelessly to ensure that no child in need goes without care, regardless of resources or insurance.

If you believe in healthcare that leadsโ€”with innovation, compassion, and communityโ€”letโ€™s connect. Together, we can keep St.โ€ฏLouis a center of care excellence for every family, every child, every time.