Cardinal Glennon Facts

  • SSM Health Cardinal Glennon has more than 200 specialists in more than 60 medical subspecialties

  • Each year, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon admits more than 7,000 patients

  • Each year, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon sees more than 173,000 outpatients

  • More than 53,000 patients visit our Emergency Department each year

  • SSM Health Cardinal Glennon performs nearly 8,000 surgeries each year

  • SSM Health Cardinal Glennon was the first to be designated as a Level-One Pediatric Trauma Center in both Missouri and Illinois

  • There are seven SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Pediatrics offices located throughout Saint Louis

  • SSM Health Cardinal Glennon was first to establish an ED-to-ED and NICU-to-NICU telemedicine program in the St. Louis Region

  • Our surgeons at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon have completed more than 60 heart transplants since the start of the heart transplant program

  • The SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Transport Team serves hospitals in 120 counties in Missouri and Illinois

  • The Missouri Department of Mental Health designated the Knights of Columbus Developmental Center as a Missouri Center for Autism, making them one of only six sites in the entire state to hold this honor

  • SSM Health Cardinal Glennon was the first to provide an accredited Poison Control Center in Missouri; it is in the top ten busiest in the nation

  • SSM Health Cardinal Glennon was the first to feature Cleft Palate, Genetics and Neurofibromatosis clinics in the state 

  • SSM Health Cardinal Glennon was the first to provide fully trained pediatricians in the Emergency Department 24 hours a day in the region

  • SSM Health Cardinal Glennon has the region’s first pediatric hybrid cardiac catheterization suite