Join the St. Louis Children's Hospital Pedal the Cause team and help raise funds for critical cancer research, bringing us all closer to the day we live in a world without this disease. Every dollar we raise remains in St. Louis, funding research at Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children's Hospital and Siteman Cancer Center.
Siteman Kids seeks to advance pediatric cancer research and improve outcomes for kids and their families. Through funding from vital partners like Pedal the Cause, St. Louis Children's Hospital Foundation and the Children's Discovery Institute (CDI), we are enabling researchers to discover lifesaving treatments and cures for pediatric cancers.
St. Louis Children's Hospital Team Captains
Trish Lollo, hospital president
Dr. Gary Silverman, pediatrician-in-chief
Dr. Jorge Di Paola, division chief, pediatric hematology oncology
2024 St. Louis Children's Hospital Ambassador
Elsie was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) when she was in kindergarten and has been battling it for nine years. She has been through three stem cell transplants, total body irradiation, immunotherapy, targeted drug therapy and is now dealing with numerous side effects from her years of fighting. Elsie is getting stronger every day after her third, and hopefully final, transplant and looks forward to learning to play golf and starting high school. After spending three months at another hospital where her health rapidly declined, her family credits Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children's for bringing her back to life and are thrilled Elsie has been selected as the 2024 Pedal the Cause patient ambassador.
For more information about St. Louis Children's Hospital's Pedal The Cause Team, please contact Kathryn Lodes at Kathryn.Lodes@bjc.org.
