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Our Legacy of Impact

1998

Bringing the Gamma Knife to Barnes-Jewish Hospital

The Foundation helped purchase the Gamma Knife, one of only 36 in the U.S., which uses radiation technologies to target brain tumors with extreme precision, leaving healthy tissues untouched.

1999

Siteman Cancer Center Established

A $35 million catalyst gift from Alvin and Ruth Siteman established Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine. The community with the Foundation and WashU Medicine rallied to raise an additional $125 million.

2006

Gateway to Great Nursing

Dedicated volunteers and donors raised $20 million to support a facility that would become the home of Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing and its students.

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2006

Building Intentionally Inclusive Environments

The Center for Diversity and Cultural Competence at Barnes-Jewish Hospital was created with a $1.5 million investment from the Foundation to promote an inclusive environment and ensure equitable care for all. It is now called the Office of Belonging and Inclusion.

2007

First Annual Illumination Gala

The Foundation hosted its first annual Illumination Gala to fund cancer care and research at Siteman Cancer Center.

2007

Art as Care

Arts + Healthcare, a program at Barnes-Jewish Hospital solely funded by generous donors, was designed to foster a culture that includes the arts as an integral aspect of healing for patients, families, and caregivers.

2008

First Whole Genome Sequencing in the World

Siteman Cancer Center became the first institution in the world to do whole genome sequencing of a cancer patient’s tumor, ushering in the era of precision medicine that was funded by philanthropy.

2008

The BESt for Students

BJC's BESt Healthcare Institute hosted the first summer cohort designed to expose, educate, and prepare high school students for future health care careers with an investment from the Foundation and other partners.

2009

The Frontier of Cancer Discovery

Bill and Amy Koman made a catalyst investment through the Foundation to create the Cancer Frontier Fund, which supports seed funding for cancer research and helps scientists generate preliminary data to secure federal funding.

2010

Siteman Investment Program Launches

The peer-reviewed and competitive Siteman Investment Program (SIP) launched to provide critical seed funding for cancer-related research from the Foundation’s Cancer Frontier Fund and other funding sources, leveraging $14 in additional funding for ever $1 invested by SIP.

2013

The Proton Therapy Center Opens

The S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center opened at Siteman Cancer Center thanks to a transformative investment made by S. Lee Kling’s efforts to mobilize 200 other donors. The Center includes the world’s first compact proton beam accelerator to deliver precise tumor targeting beyond what is possible with traditional radiation.

2015

Propelling Biomedical Research

The BJC Investigators Program was established to provide Foundation funding to researchers at WashU Medicine who have changed their fields, whose discoveries will result in new and fundamental shifts in scientific thinking, and whose laboratories have become hubs for even more work that can advance the impact of the schools’ preclinical trials.

2017

A Home for Hospice Care

Evelyn’s House, BJC’s hospice house, opened on the campus of Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital with catalyst investments from Aja and Pat Stokes and Peggy and Andy Newman, along with support from other generous community leaders. Evelyn’s House has become a model for hospice care across the country, giving peace and comfort to thousands of families.

2019

From the Hospital to Housing

Foundation funding launched Hospital to Housing, a housing-first health care intervention to address the growing number of non-medical patient visits to the emergency department. The program involves partnership between several community organizations and Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

2021

A Bold Vision for Brain Tumor Care

A generous investment of $1.5 million helped open The Brain Tumor Center, led by Albert Kim, MD, with a bold vision to become a national and global leader in brain tumor discovery, treatment, and training.

2022

Groundbreaking Alzheimer’s Disease Research

The Tracy Family SILQ Center at WashU Medicine, directed by Randall Bateman, MD, a WashU Medicine neurologist, opened with donor support to understand the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease and improve its diagnostics and treatments through groundbreaking international clinical trials that treat patients before symptoms appear.

2024

BELIEVE in More for Students

A transformative grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies funded a partnership between BJC HealthCare, The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital, BELIEVE Academy, and The Opportunity Trust to establish a first-of-its-kind initiative in St. Louis — a high school focused on graduating students directly into health care jobs with family-sustaining wages through one of six career pathways.

2024

A New Era for Head and Neck Cancer

Philanthropist Joe Koenig rallied his friends and colleagues to name The Robert Ebert and Greg Stubblefield Head and Neck Tumor Center at Siteman Cancer Center. Their generosity also supports a comprehensive clinical program that includes the latest treatment, coordinated care, symptom management, and dedicated patient navigators. The Center is among the first of its kind in the country.

2025

Focused on PREVENTion

The Foundation raised $2M to provide initial funding to form PREVENT, a multidisciplinary collaboration of physicians and scientists focused on prevention and early detection for stomach and pancreatic cancers.

2026

Mobile Lung Cancer Screening

Foundation funding is supporting a Siteman Mobile Lung Cancer Screening Program expected to launch in 2026. The program will bring screening services into high-need communities to lower mortality of lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer-related death in Missouri.

2026

A New Home for Heart Care

Donor support is helping to fill a critical care need for cardiovascular patients by establishing this high-quality, evidence-based cardiovascular rehabilitation program at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

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