Message from the Chair and President:

This year Lurie Children's experienced amazing achievements despite a cyberattack that the organization responded to with teamwork, collaboration and smart choices. This allowed us to focus on the heart of CARE, the four pillars of our mission: clinical care, advocacy, research and education.

Our care teams cared for more than 256,000 individual patients, providing exceptionally safe, high-quality care. That is, first and foremost, why we're here: clinical care delivery, and we do it with some of the best outcomes in the country. A notable example is our transplant teams. In FY24, Lurie Children's performed a hospital record of 140 solid organ and stem cell transplants, and we are leading the nation in number of heart transplants in children from January through December.

In science and discovery, we are the fastest-growing research enterprise in NIH extra-mural funding among our peers in the country. Eight years ago, we had a little over $10 million in NIH funding. Proudly, we closed FY24 with $87 million in NIH direct and indirect funding. This investment translates to new treatments and cures for our patients and children everywhere.

These achievements speak to a team that is tireless in seeking new and better ways to care for the children who need us. And the team is lifted up by a community of supporters intent on helping children, here at the heart of care. With our mission at the center of all we do, we look to the year ahead for fresh opportunities to fulfill the promise of a healthier future for every child.

In gratitude,

Roxanne Martino, Chair, Medical Center/Lurie Children’s Boards of Directors
Dr. Thomas Shanley, President & CEO