Enhance the health and well-being of the children and families in our local community

Satisfied families
Greatly enhance the health care experience of our patients and their families by expanding and fully integrating our pediatric care network to deliver care in the most convenient, timely, welcoming and effective manner and setting.

Leaders of tomorrow
Set the standard for training pediatric caregivers by offering new and innovative curriculum and systems to support trainees in learning how to deliver the highest quality and safest care, especially to our patients with the most complex medical needs.

State-of-the-art-environment
Create state-of-the-art work and patient care environments to support the evolution and practice of the world's most advanced and compassionate pediatric care, most sophisticated research and highest-level teaching and training.

Workplace of choice
Be the workplace of choice by fostering an environment that is just, respectful and supportive and by recruiting and retaining the world's best and brightest people who can excel as individuals and as teams.

Financial strength
Maintain the hospital's financial strength in service of its mission to retain its independence as a children's-only hospital, and to invest in the future of pediatric care and research.

Healthy neighborhoods
Improve the health and wellbeing of children in our surrounding neighborhoods by implementing programs that combine treatment with prevention, wellness, education, and advocacy; forging stringer collaborations with our community partners; and empowering families with the knowledge and tools to manage disease and prevent injury.

Frontiers of knowledge
Expand the frontiers of knowledge by conducting innovative and interdisciplinary basic and clinical research that leads to the prevention, better management and cure of childhood illnesses and diseases.

Sensitivity: We believe that sensitivity means a compassionate awareness of the stress experienced by families with ill and injured children, and an understanding of the impact it can have on the emotions and behavior of the children and families in our care. We strive both to anticipate and respond to issues arising from complex personal and family situations, and to provide the support that can contribute to the best possible outcome for the child and family. We also believe that sensitivity means a recognition of and respect for the diverse backgrounds of both the patients and families we serve and of our coworkers throughout the hospital.

Leadership: As an academic medical center devoted to the practice of pediatrics, Children's fosters an environment of innovation and discovery, and of individual and team contributions to advancing pediatrics in all areas of our mission.

Community: We are dedicated to fostering community, both within the hospital and in the neighborhoods around us. Toward that end, we welcome and treat many children whose families can't afford health care. The Children's community also includes thousands of dedicated supporters who give generously to the hospital in many different ways.