Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University Physicians make health care breakthroughs and set new standards for care and quality while treating our patients as if they were members of our own families. This is the Barnes-Jewish difference. 

It’s a difference made possible by people who give to the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation.  It’s a difference that gives people hope:


   Kathy Ferrara. A clinical trial at Siteman Cancer Center leads a mother of three to choose an unconventional treatment path…and saves her life.

As a Patient, Keith Guller Discovers the Heart of Barnes-Jewish

St. Louis business executive Keith Guller, a loyal giver to Barnes-Jewish Hospital and a Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation Board member, knew that hospital offered the best in technological resources.  But when he became a heart surgery patient, he experienced another dimension of care (read more about Keith)...

A Breath of Fresh Air: Lung Transplant Inspires Eb Thomas to Give Others the Same Chance at Life

A deadly disease sent Memphis native Eb Thomas to Barnes-Jewish for a lung transplant. He went from being unable to put on his shoes to playing golf after the surgery. Now Eb and his wife Myra are helping others facing lung transplant to get the same amazing care that Eb received (read more about Eb)....




Bunny Burson’s Gifts Bring Life to Arts and Healing

Thirty years ago, helping a friend take her mind off of cancer treatments with visual art and music led artist Bunny Burson to realize the importance of the arts in healing. Now Bunny’s experience and generosity are helping to harness the power of the arts at Barnes-Jewish (read more about Bunny)…




They’re the “BESt”: Summer Institute Puts Students on a Path to Pharmacy Careers

Across the United States, there is a shortage of pharmacists and a growing awareness of the need for diversity within the health care system to promote culturally competent care. A new collaborative program is fostering the talent that lies within our community’s diverse high school community by preparing students to enroll and succeed in pharmacy school (read more about BESt)…

 

Roans Establish Gift Annuity to Support Diabetes Research

 

When their 12-year-old son Bryan was diagnosed with Type I diabetes, Connie and Jim Roan soon learned that research was the key to helping Bryan and others like him to live a healthier, happier life.  So they invested their time and giving in the present and the future of diabetes discoveries (read more about the Roans)...

 

 

Dedicated Compassion: A Life Devoted to Nursing

Eloise DeLap believes that being a dedicated nurse is “the most important thing in the world.”  Today, her passion continues to touch students through the scholarship established in her honor by the Jewish College Alumni Association (read more about Eloise)...

           

A Grateful Transplant Family Reaches Out to Patients in Need

A sudden illness and successful liver transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital inspired Tyson and Cynthia James to help other patients overcome financial obstacles to liver transplantation (read more about Tyson and Cynthia)...