The mind is a mystery. We’re unlocking it.
Impact
A first step. A first word. A first day of school. Childhood is a series of milestones — and getting a diagnosis and treatment right, at the right time, means a child gets to keep reaching them. That’s why families travel across the country and around the world for the depth of pediatric expertise found here. Our specialists have seen and treated nearly every rare and complex condition there is. And because our research examines illness from every angle, what we learn from a child today shapes how we treat that same individual for the rest of their life.
Pediatrics by the numbers
#1 children’s hospital in Missouri
(St. Louis Children’s Hospital)
7 nationally ranked specialties
354 specialists and subspecialists
$65M research funding (FY25)
From a clinic in St. Lucia to a cure in St. Louis
Back home on a small island nation in the Caribbean, 10-year-old Jaylanie lived with a rare tumor destroying his collarbone and stunting his growth — until a chance meeting from a medical mission trip led him to WashU Medicine, where four specialized surgeons worked as one to give him back his future.
A first in the treatment of sickle cell disease
For 21 years, sickle cell disease dictated every part of Martin Mwita Jr.’s young life. Now, thanks to a groundbreaking gene therapy offered by WashU Medicine — the first of its kind in the region — he’s free to imagine a future his family once thought was out of reach.
Saving two lives with one gift
Twenty experts. Two lifesaving pediatric transplants. One donor heart. A collaborative team at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and WashU Medicine Heart Center successfully performed a rare and groundbreaking “domino” heart transplant — one of the most complex pediatric surgeries in the nation — to save two children at once.
Simple assessment moves kids one step closer to the answers they need
More than half of children with cerebral palsy suffer from painful, involuntary muscle contractions, called dystonia, that have historically been difficult to diagnose. A new, objective assessment developed by WashU Medicine researchers allows doctors to quickly and accurately determine the severity of dystonia in their patients and tailor treatments to their needs, offering families concrete answers.
The right surgeon. The right life-changing care. Twice in his life.
