Company Profile
Seattle Children's
Company Overview
About Seattle Children’s
This isn't about beating the odds. This is about changing them.
We fight relentlessly to make sure there’s no such thing as “out of options” and to make sure kids who “didn't have a chance” can have the childhoods they deserve. At Seattle Children’s, we’re united by a compelling mission: We provide hope, care and cures to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible.
Together, we deliver superior patient care, advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research and serve as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho – the largest region of any children’s hospital in the country.
In 2020, U.S. News & World Report named Seattle Children’s among the nation’s best children’s hospitals. We are honored to be recognized as one of the nation’s very best places to care for children, out of nearly 200 pediatric hospitals evaluated in 2020. U.S. News & World Report has recognized Seattle Children’s as a top children’s hospital every year since it began ranking medical facilities more than 25 years ago.
Company History
The death of Anna Clise’s young son from inflammatory rheumatism in 1898 made her tragically aware of the lack of specialized care for children – and inspired her to take action.
In 1907, with the help of 23 female friends, Clise established the first facility in the Pacific Northwest to treat these children, most of who would otherwise have been left to endure pain and disability throughout their lives.
Clise’s original vision – to care for children regardless of race, religion, gender or a family’s ability to pay – still guides Seattle Children’s today.
Seattle Children’s was ahead of its time at the turn of the 20th century. The same is true two decades into the 21st century. Many of our physicians and scientists are national leaders in their fields, using their skill and experience to discover new cures and deliver the very latest, best treatments available – all part of our mission to provide hope, care and cures to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible.
There’s nothing so important to be done as service to children. Find out what is not being done that is necessary and worthy, and do that.
– Dr. John Herr Musser of Philadelphia to his cousin, Seattle Children’s founder Anna Herr Clise, 1906