Since 1881, has provided care to children, but its pediatric hospital did not open until 2003. St. Vincent Children’s Hospital became Indiana’s second freestanding pediatric hospital as well as one of two hospitals to provide tertiary care to children in the state. From 1924 to 2003, had been the only health care facility in Indiana dedicated solely to this purpose. This level of care provides highly specialized services over an extended period involving advanced and complex procedures and treatments performed by specialists in a state-of-the-art facility.
Former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning started his relationship with St. Vincent in 1998. Through his PeyBack Foundation, established in 1999, Manning’s organization had provided more than $14 million to organizations that impact disadvantaged youth. The foundation championed the children’s hospital’s goal to provide and support comprehensive care to patients ranging from newborns to 21 in a family-centered environment. St. Vincent changed the name of the facility to the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital on September 5, 2007, in honor of his contributions.
As the hospital’s ambassador, advocate, and fundraiser, Manning and his wife, Ashley, cochair the hospital’s signature fundraising event each spring, the St. Vincent Celebration of Caring Gala. Fundraisers such as the annual Peyton Manning PeyBack Charity Bowl at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis have drawn a mix of local stars, politicians, and athletes from various sports, who converge at the charity event. Its proceeds go directly to the children’s hospital.
More than 100 pediatric specialists and clinical staff at the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital provide care in emergency medicine, cancer and blood diseases, general surgery, cardiology, orthopedics, pulmonology, otolaryngology, rehabilitation, and endocrinology. The Hilbert Pediatric Emergency Department was the first of its kind in Indiana. In 2020, its 97-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was the largest in the state.
The Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital expanded its pediatric intensive-care-unit bed count to 23 in 2018. This $2.2 million expansion resulted from both a gift from Manning and donations from the group’s annual Celebration of Caring Gala.
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