Banner Children's: Talent

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Subspecialty Physician Services
Initiative Goal: $10,000,000
Caring for more Arizona children than any other health care provider brings with it a responsibility to be the best. This requires subspecialty physicians that are often difficult to recruit due to a national shortage of trained experts and high demand for their unique skills. These positions include pediatric general surgeons, neurologists, anesthesiologists, urologists, ENTs, and infectious disease specialists. Philanthropic support for newly recruited physicians for the first few years of practice allows Banner to recruit and retain the highest-caliber talent to the Banner Children’s team.

Endowed leadership positions are a hallmark of institutions that put an emphasis on the highest levels of medical care, education, and research and are one of the most prestigious honors bestowed on a physician. Endowments help to attract and retain the most talented physician and research leaders and enhance the reputation of the organization, which then helps to attract other renowned clinicians and staff. Leadership endowments also provide an important source of sustainable funding for physician leaders to advance their specialties. Philanthropic support will endow leadership positions in pediatric orthopedics, cardiology, neurology, and gastroenterology.

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Operational Support for Supportive Services
Initiative Goal: $5,000,000
Because hospitals can be scary places for children, Banner Children’s offers many special programs and necessary supportive care that help children feel brave, empowered, and in control of their journey. These services are not reimbursable by insurance, making philanthropic gifts from generous donors vital to support staff salaries and modest program expenses to sustain them:

  • Child Life Specialists are the heart of our pediatric medical centers. These dedicated professionals help children cope with their medical experiences, reduce child and family stress, and support emotional well-being through developmentally appropriate play, education, and therapeutic interventions. As psychosocial health care professionals, Child Life Specialists are trained in child development, family systems, and evidence-based supportive interventions, making them indispensable members of the pediatric health care team.

  • Banner Children’s on-site Hospital Schools are places where retired teachers and trained volunteers work with hospitalized children to ensure they stay on track with their studies and don’t fall behind their peers because of missed school—the top concern children express when asked what worries them most about their illness. Hospital School teachers work with students one on one, assist with homework and test preparation, liaise with their home school and teacher, and even help teen patients study for college entrance exams.

  • The Children At Risk Evaluation (CARE) program ensures that children who present for medical care with signs of abuse or neglect are properly evaluated and that providers know how to recognize symptoms and respond appropriately to officials.

  • Banner Children’s Community Clinics and the Healthmobile deliver free primary care to uninsured children across the Valley in their neighborhoods, ensuring they receive the care they need to stay healthy, perform well in school, graduate from high school and grow into healthy adults.

  • Music, art, and pet therapy are additional supports that brighten the day of hospitalized children. Recreation spaces allow children to relax away from their hospital rooms, host visiting performers and birthday celebrations, and give children the chance to engage in movement and self-expression to speed healing and reduce trauma.

  • Our Developmental Pediatrics Clinic provides comprehensive assessments of children who present with developmental delays (cognitive, social-emotional, motor, speech and language), disruptive behaviors, and challenges with attention and learning. The Clinic also offers comprehensive, supportive pediatric health care to children with developmental behavioral disabilities, learning disabilities, neuro-developmental disorders, autism spectrum disorders and Down Syndrome. Demand for this specialized level of care has been so high, patients are currently waiting one year for an appointment. Philanthropic investment will allow the program to double in size and reach.