Who We Help

Today, one in five children in the US have a special need. In New York State that equates to approximately 800,000 children.

St. Mary’s children are challenged by a broad spectrum of conditions, including chronic illness, serious injury, complications of premature birth, post-surgical programs (including transplant), cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, severe asthma, congenital heart disease, neurological, respiratory, orthopedic disorders, and HIV/AIDS.

These conditions often require long-term, complex, interdisciplinary care from a team of trained pediatric specialists, including physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, speech, occupational and physical therapists, nutritionists, psychologists, social workers and others.

St. Mary’s consider the patient to be both the child as well as his or her family. Through a family-centered approach to care, we strive to keep families actively involved in care planning and treatment to help them better manage their child’s condition.