Hospital Information
Shriners Hospitals for Children® is a health care system of 22 hospitals dedicated to pediatric specialty care, innovative research, and outstanding teaching programs for medical professionals — Changing the World through Caring for Kids since 1922.
Children up to age 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of the patients' ability to pay.
Areas of care
Orthopaedic Care
A leader in pediatric orthopaedic care since 1922, with the largest full-time staff of pediatric orthopaedic surgeons in the U.S. — treating congenital anomalies, orthopaedic injuries and diseases of the neuromusculoskeletal system.
Burns
Leaders in pediatric burn care since the 1960s. Patients receive treatment for burn injuries and related scarring, along with physical rehabilitation and emotional support, backed by pioneering burn research.
Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
In the early 1980s, Shriners opened the nation’s first spinal cord injury rehabilitation centers designed specifically for kids, offering the complete range of services needed to recover to the fullest extent possible.
Cleft Lip and Palate
Added in 2005, with multidisciplinary services including surgery, orthodontics, and hearing, speech and psychological therapies through a comprehensive, coordinated program.
Research
Innovative research answering complex medical difficulties affecting children — contributing to the care and treatment of a wide range of pediatric and adult conditions worldwide.
Education
More than 9,500 physicians have received residency education or postgraduate fellowships in the system over 20 years, with relationships at more than 60 medical teaching facilities worldwide.
Our hospitals' mission
- Provide the highest quality care to children with neuromusculoskeletal conditions, burn injuries and other special healthcare needs within a compassionate, family-centered and collaborative care environment.
- Provide for the education of physicians and other healthcare professionals.
- Conduct research to discover new knowledge that improves the quality of care and quality of life of children and families.
- Carry out this mission without regard to race, color, creed or sex.
Shriners Children's Chicago
One of only six hospitals in the country with a pediatric Hocoma Lokomat® on site — a robotic walking device and bodyweight support system used with a treadmill to enable movement therapy for patients with neurological movement disorders and spinal cord injuries.
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- All prosthetic devices and repairs for one week
- $12,000
- Spinal implants for one child to sit and walk upright
- $20,000
- All orthotic devices and repairs for one month
- $26,000
- Cleft/craniofacial team evaluations and clinic services for one month
- $40,000
- All surgeries for one day
- $50,000
- All hospital expenses for one day
- $110,000
Shriners Children's St. Louis
Named by U.S. News as one of the top ten pediatric orthopaedic hospitals in America. The hospital is co-listed with St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine through their partnership in pediatric orthopaedics — most Shriners physicians there are Washington University faculty, and the three organizations collaborate to provide innovative care for children with orthopaedic conditions.
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