2001 S. Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63131-3597
Telephone: 314-432-2930
Fax: 314-432-2930

Patient Applications: 1-800-850-2960
Patient Applications fax: 314-692-6402

The Ainad Shriners and the Old National Trail Shrine Club, along with 20 other Shrine Centers and their clubs in the midwest, are affiliated and provide leadership, raise funds, recruit patients and transport patients to and from the St. Louis Shriners Hospital. The St. Louis Shriners Hospital is an 80-bed pediatric orthopaedic hospital providing comprehensive orthopaedic care to children at no charge.

We are proud to annouce the ground breaking of our new hospital. For more information read our news story.

Our board-certified physicians are nationally- and internationally-renowned for their skilled, innovative treatment of complex problems of the bones, joints and muscles. Among the world's elite in their specialties, our physicians are known for their ground-breaking research and for their comprehensive, complete state-of-the-art care.

For more information about the St. Louis Shriners Hospital, visit the St. Louis Shriners Hospital website.

For families of patients in the southern Illinois area needing assistance with transportation to and from the St. Louis Shriners Hospital, contact:

Ainad Shriners - southern Illinois
609 St. Louis Avenue
East St. Louis, IL 62201-2927

If you know of a child Shriners Hospitals might be able to help, please call our toll-free patient referral line:

• In the U.S.: 1-800-237-5055
• In Canada: 1-800-361-7256

For more information about admission and eligibility, visit the Shriners Hospitals website.

Care Specialties at Shriners Hospitals - St. Louis

Export pediatric orthopaedic care at no cost

The St.Louis Hospital is an 80-bed pediatric orthopaedic hospital providing comprehensive orthopaedic care to children at no charge.

An interdisciplinary approach is used in patient care programs to ensure comprehensive care for each patient.The staff includes orthopaedists and pediatricians, as well as other medical specialists.

While Shriners Hospital for Children - St. Louis is staffed and equipped to handle virtually all pediatric orthopaedic problems, with the exception of acute trauma, the hospital has developed a special expertise in the following areas:

• Amputation
• Bone Defects (congential)
• Bowed Legs (Bounts disease and non-nutritional and nutritional rickets)
• Cerebral Palsy and related orthopaedic conditions
• Dwarfism (Skeltal dysplasia)
• Finger/toe problems (syndactyly, macrodactyly, extra fingers/toes, supernumary digits, webbed fingers/toes)
• Foot Problems (club feet, metatarsus adductus, bunions, vertical talus, cavus, cavovarus, pes planus-flat feet, tarsal coalition)
• Bone Diseases (osteogenesis imperfecta, inherited rickets, hypophosphatasia)
• Hand Problems (radial club hand,congenital abnormalities, VATER syndrome, TAR syndrome, radial hypoplasia)
• Hip Deformities (Perthes disease, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, congenital hip dislocation, developmental hip dysplasia)
• Intoeing Gait (femoral anteversion, tibial torsion)
• Juvenile Arthritis (rheumatoid)
• Knees (ACL, Menisus injury, arthroscopy, knock knees)
• Limb-length descrepancies
• Neck problems
• Plastic surgery (scar revision, limited birthmark removal)
• Shoulder problems (Erb's Palsy, Klumpke's paralysis, brachial plexus inuries,birth-related shoulder trauma, dislocation)
• Spina Bifida and related orthopaedic conditions
• Spinal problems (Scoliosis, kyphosis, spondylolysis
• Sports medicine (knee, shoulder, elbow)
• Stiff joints
• Trauma (non-emergency follow-up, complications related to injury)

Family-Centered Care

Recognizing that the family plays a vital role in a child's ability to overcome an illness or injury, Shriners Hospitals for Children helps the family provide the support the child needs by involving the family in all aspects of the child's care and recovery.

Our purpose is to provide care to children with orthopaedic problems and burn injuries to help them lead fuller, more productive lives. By promoting the importance of family and helping it become a stronger support system for the child, Shriners Hospitals for Children can accomplish its purpose more effectively.