Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital - The "Firsts"

The "Firsts"

Cardinal Glennon was the first medical center to:

• perform both a living-related liver transplant and split liver transplant in Missouri
• perform an infant kidney transplant in Missouri
• feature Cleft Palate, Genetics and Neurofibromatosis clinics in the state
• operate both a Pediatric Sleep Disorders Program and Lab in St. Louis
• provide fully trained pediatricians in the Emergency Department 24 hours a day in the region
• be deemed a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center in the state
• open a dedicated Pediatric Rehabilitation Unit in Missouri
• establish a Cord Blood Bank in the region; was one of the first four in the nation
• provide a Poison Control Center in Missouri; it is the third busiest in the nation
• have a board-certified medical toxicologist in the St. Louis region
• perform a laparoscopic node dissection for Genito Urinary cancer in a child
• set up molecular DNA testing for the most heritable form of mental retardation (Fragile-X syndrome) in Missouri