Dell Children's Foundation

Dell Children’s Medical Centerhas been named in the 2024-2025 Best Children’s Hospitals’ by U.S. News & World Report.

Olivea Hannah carries a small plush pink octopus down a hall at Dell Children’s Medical Center. She pops an entire Oreo cookie into her mouth and gleefully munches on it, waiting for people she knows to walk by.

Today, Charli continues to amaze her family and doctors alike. She is catching up developmentally with her peers, and her most recent EEG results were nearly perfect—something the family once thought impossible.

Andrew Wei, Dell Children’s Patient Technology Coordinator, believes in meeting kids where they are. “Children have their own way of seeing the world, and play is their language,” he says. With his passion for technology and empathy for the kids he works with, Andrew leads Dell Children’s in using gaming and technology as a critical part of healing.

September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and this month, we’re spotlighting the efforts of our CBCC and the team of medical professionals who’ve dedicated their lives to finding cures.

To prepare for their life-changing surgeries at Dell Children’s, sisters Heidi and Harper Gaffney from San Antonio turned to music to help them relax. For both girls, the choice of artists was clear—Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, and Olivia Rodrigo.

In their home, just biking distance from Dell Children’s Medical Center, evidence of the three young children Dr. Peter Gilbreath and his wife, Libby Chennell—Hank, Gus, and Alfie—is everywhere.

Earlier this month, former and current patients and their families joined donors, members of the Dell Children’s Foundation, members of the Ascension Seton Williamson Foundation Board of Trustees, and the Dell Children’s North Advisory Council to celebrate the first anniversary of Dell Children’s Medical Center North.

In 2023, Dell Children’s took a significant leap forward in its goal to provide care to all children, regardless of their diagnosis, through the recruitment of Dr. Amir Mian, Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Dell Children’s.

Dell Children’s Medical Center, a beacon of hope for families facing neonatal challenges, recently celebrated the grand opening of its expanded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

We are thrilled to share that a philanthropic gift has been made that will elevate care at Dell Children’s for generations to come. The Kozmetsky Family Foundation has established the Kozmetsky Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Pediatric Epilepsy at Dell Children’s to honor the innovative care and leadership of Dr. Dave Clarke.

Dell Children’s Neonatology Program, recently ranked by US News and World Report as a top-tier program, is growing both in its physical footprint and programmatic depth as we work to ensure that all patients, regardless of the medical diagnosis, can receive world-class healthcare right here, at home in Central Texas.