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At Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare we’re working to transform care for children and adults with complex medical needs through innovation, research, partnerships and collaborations. Our unique patient population provides the opportunity to make a difference for children who have rare or complex medical conditions by addressing the quality and efficacy of care.

 

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Strategic Partnerships

We actively seek partnerships with patient advocacy organizations, research consortiums, companies on the leading edge of biomedical innovation, and medical centers to advance knowledge, develop new diagnostic and therapeutic options, improve care delivery and translate scientific breakthroughs into treatment.

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We recognize the importance of cultivating long-lasting and honest partnerships with community groups, medical centers, and medical device organizations. We focus on collaboration that addresses the quality and efficacy of care for children who have complex medical conditions.

Gillette patient being adjusted and positioned in the EOS Imaging machine

EOS imaging

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare was the first hospital in the United States to image patients using the advanced EOSedge 3 and imaging system.

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Patient in a wheelchair uses a VR headset donated through our partnership with the Starlight Foundation

Starlight Foundation

During his inpatient stay for spine surgery, Grady was one of the first kids to ever try Starlight’s groundbreaking new program, Starlight Virtual Reality.

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Ground Breaking Patient Care

Our world-renowned experts translate the latest research and innovations into care, improving outcomes for each child and adult we treat. Our unique focus allows us to contribute to new care pathways that benefit patients internationally.

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February 9, 2021

Gillette Is Helping Lead the World In Perthes Research

At the 2021 Annual Meeting of the International Perthes Study Group (IPSG), organizers announced that Gillette is second in the world in its enrollment of Perthes patients into IPSG studies.
September 4, 2020

Gillette Helps With New Treatments and Choices for SMA Patients
March 1, 2021

Gillette is a World Leader in CP Care

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February 9, 2021

Gillette Is Helping Lead the World In Perthes Research

At the 2021 Annual Meeting of the International Perthes Study Group (IPSG), organizers announced that Gillette is second in the world in its enrollment of Perthes patients into IPSG studies.
September 4, 2020

Gillette Helps With New Treatments and Choices for SMA Patients

The U.S. Food Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) recent approval of a new oral medication to help treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is being hailed as a “game changer” by Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare neurologist, Randal Richardson, MD, MMS. “The main message I want to get out to people who have SMA and their families is—many of you now have options and the power to make a choice for yourself,” Richardson says.
March 1, 2021

Gillette is a World Leader in CP Care

March is National Cerebral Palsy (CP) Awareness Month and Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare is one of the world’s leading centers for cerebral palsy diagnosis, treatment and research. We enhance the lives of individuals who have cerebral palsy and are advocates for CP patients and research.
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Research and Publications

Gillette cares for one of the largest groups of patients with complex and rare conditions. Our team is driven by a pioneering spirit that results in research that improves our patients’ quality of life.

When you have the best minds thinking about the most complex conditions, research ideas run rampant. We foster this pioneering spirit by supporting innovation and adapting clinical practice as we learn from each other and dig deeper into questions that impact our patients’ quality of life.

Lily Collison, author of the Gillette Press book about Spastic Diplegia, speaks at a podium at the launch event

Gillette Children’s Healthcare Press

Through Gillette Press, we publish books and resources that promote understanding of disabilities and complex medical conditions, including Spastic Diplegia—Bilateral Cerebral Palsy by Ireland-based author, and Gillette parent, Lily Collison.

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Innovative Research at Gillette

It’s our responsibility to use our expertise to conduct research that will improve treatment options for children who have disabilities—not only for kids treated at Gillette, but for children around the world.

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Breaking New Ground in Pediatric
Care Since 1897

Our co-founders, orthopedic surgeon Arthur Gillette, MD, and Carleton College student Jessie Haskins, worked together to start the first-ever hospital with a focus on improving the lives of children who have disabilities. They planted the seed that since has grown into our mission of patient-centered care, innovation and research.

historic gillette clinic

Our History of Innovation