Children have the biggest hearts, the biggest fears, and even the biggest dreams. At UVA Health Children's, we deliver compassionate, informed, and effective care to our most precious resource—our kids.
UVA researchers and doctors have decades of experience studying and successfully treating complex medical issues like pediatric cancers, heart transplants, and babies born prematurely. Supporting a suffering child is tough on loved ones, which is why we prioritize family-centered care in all that we do. Private and community philanthropy helps make all of this possible.
To get involved or start a gift conversation, please email our team or call 434.924.8432.
Expanding our NICU and PICU will save more children like Olivia.
Andy Levinsky
New crowdfunding platform enables a simple way to bring together support for causes at UVA Health.
Mary Kay Campbell
UVA Children’s to open a new Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Health Center in 2023.
Rick Kessel
Researchers seek to increase successful transplants by analyzing 10 years of patient data.
Wende Whitman (UVA Today)
Faith Chaudhuri was born at 28 weeks and required around-the-clock care in UVA's Health Children's Level IV NICU for 71 days. Faith's parents, Alex and Derek, share how the dedicated physicians and nurses treated them like family while saving the life of their now thriving 8-year-old.
Born with a congenital heart condition, Olivia underwent her first surgery at UVA Health Children’s when she was three days old to install a pacemaker. Due to her condition, Olivia will need procedures every five to seven years for the rest of her life. Now a teenager, Olivia has had four heart surgeries and is on her fourth pacemaker but continues to thrive.
UVA's new Child Health Research Center brings together scientists and clinicians to uncover the causes of childhood diseases and to pioneer new treatments, personalized therapies, and cures. Your support makes fundamental discoveries possible. Learn more.
We want you to feel confident, not only in your child's medical care, but in the support we provide for your whole family’s emotional and psychological needs. Philanthropy is essential to sustain these comprehensive and necessary services. Learn more.
UVA Health Children's faculty train and mentor medical and nursing students, as well as young doctors specializing in pediatrics. Philanthropy is a critical component medical education. Learn more.
We have one of the state’s only Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Programs, led by nationally-renowned pediatric cancer researcher Dr. Trey Lee, and are opening a new bone marrow transplant program for our pediatric cancer patients. Dr. Michael Engel recently joined the UVA team as division chief for our pediatric hematology/oncology program. Engel is developing a game-changing cancer therapy, with a mission to introduce new treatments for leukemia that are far less toxic than current available therapies. Learn More.
Learn how expanding will help us meet the needs of Virginia’s families.
supports families and babies in the NICU.
Learn about available support services for pediatric cancer patients and their families.
supports pediatric heart & vascular patients and their families.
Learn more about their mission to provide a free book to every UVA Health Children's patient and their sibling(s).
