SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital is a non-profit 195-bed inpatient and outpatient pediatric medical center in St. Louis, Missouri. As the nation’s only free-standing, Catholic children’s hospital,[citation needed] SSM Health Cardinal Glennon has provided care for children regardless of ability to pay since 1956. SSM Health 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.

SSM Health 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. SSM Health Cardinal Glennon is a member of SSM Health, 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 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, the hospital first opened its doors on July 5, 1956. It was the Archbishop’s mission to see a health care facility open to all children in need of medical care.

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