Our Mission

Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Erie is a facility providing ambulatory pediatric medical services, including ambulatory surgery, outpatient rehabilitation (physical and occupational therapy) and outpatient medical care through our Outpatient Clinic. Erie patients who require inpatient surgeries will receive those surgeries from Shriners’ physicians, but the surgery is performed at one of our partner hospitals. The child’s pre-surgical and follow-up care will continue to be provided at the Erie facility.Our family-centered approach to care is designed to support the whole family during all phases of a child’s care. Located in Erie, PA, our facility treats children from all over the country and has unique relationships with some of the top hospitals and universities in the country.

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.