We’re fighting for children like Stella.
When Stella was seven months old she developed infantile spasms – a rare type of epilepsy in children. Medication wasn’t helping, and baby Stella was having up to 300 spasms a day.
The Lurie Children's difference.
Doctors at Lurie Children’s knew neurosurgery was Stella’s best chance at controlling her seizures.
Dr. Sandi Lam, head of Lurie Children's Division of Neurosurgery, is one of three pediatric neurosurgeons worldwide who conducts the hemispherotomy surgery minimally invasively. This type of brain surgery is performed to treat seizures in children like Stella. It’s a type of surgery that uses a small opening and a thin surgical camera to let the neurosurgeon see and perform the procedure.
By the end of April, Stella’s family celebrated her first birthday and another important milestone: being seizure free for 3 months. Their smiley baby girl has not had a single seizure since the surgery.
This spring, your gift has double the impact.
Every dollar you give by May 8
— up to $100,000 —
will have double the impact!
Chicagoland area hotels participating in Marriott Bonvoy are challenging generous donors, like you, to match their $100,000 donation this spring.
Your generous support can save lives each and every month.
Kids and families are at the center of all we do at Lurie Children’s.
Our mission is to deliver exceptional care to every child. But we can’t do it without the support of our friends and partners.
Your donation helps fund critical support programs that insurance doesn’t cover. Thanks to you, families also receive support that eases the burden of long hospital stays–like gift cards, travel vouchers and meals–so they can focus on their child, not their finances.
We take the work we do very seriously.
We’re ranked the#1children’s hospital in Illinois by U.S. News & World Report.
We have1,000+active clinical studies.
We’ve treated and cared for239,420 patients.
As a nonprofit hospital, we depend on your help.
Thanks to your generous donations we’re able to fund things like:
Accessible Care
Our Mobile Health Program gives kids free physicals, immunizations, well-child exams, health screenings, and more.
Advanced Research
Whether it is done in the lab, at the patient’s bedside or in the community, pediatric research is an investment in our children’s futures.
Personalized Family Support
We offer art therapy support for patients and their families through their most vulnerable times.
Stronger Communities
We provide preventive health programs and confront issues facing local kids like gun violence, mental health issues, and food access challenges.
On behalf of our extraordinary patients, we want to thank you for donating to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago this spring season. Your gift is so much more than a donation. It’s giving a child a healthier, brighter tomorrow.