Seattle Children's is a pediatric academic medical center founded in 1907 that serves Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho - a four-state region larger than any other children's hospital in the United States. The organisation conducts research across cancer therapies, genetics, neuroscience, immunology, infectious disease, and bioethics, and is ranked among the top five pediatric research centres and top ten pediatric hospitals nationally, a distinction maintained for over three decades.
The institution operates with more than 10,000 employees and 2,000 medical staff members, delivering care to over 500,000 patient visits annually. Its research enterprise and clinical operations are integrated to advance treatment options for childhood diseases while maintaining a commitment to care regardless of patients' ability to pay.
