Our Mission

Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Cincinnati, is a 30-bed pediatric burn hospital, research and teaching center. The hospital is a Verified Burn Center by the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons.

Our family-centered approach to care is designed to support the whole family during the acute and reconstructive phases of a child’s injury. Located in downtown Cincinnati, our hospital treats children from all over the country and around the world, and has unique relationships with some of the top hospitals and universities in the world.

Our transport team has a pediatric air ambulance equipped and staffed to transport pediatric burn patients. This team operates like an intensive care unit in the air, bringing the state-of-the-art technology Shriners Hospitals for Children is known for, right to the referring hospital so that the critically-injured child can receive this care within hours.

Our mission.

Shriners Hospitals for Children has a mission to:

• Provide the highest quality care to children with neuromusculoskeletal conditions, burn injuries and other special healthcare needs within a compassionate, family-centered and collaborative care environment.
• Provide for the education of physicians and other healthcare professionals.
• Conduct research to discover new knowledge that improves the quality of care and quality of life of children and families.

This mission is carried out without regard to race, color, creed, sex or sect, disability, national origin or ability of a patient or family to pay.

Our vision.

Shriners Hospitals for Children will be the unquestioned leader, nationally and internationally, in caring for children and advancing the field in its specialty areas.