Meet the Child Life Team
Our Child Life Specialists are professionally trained healthcare workers with degrees in Child Life, Child Development, Recreational Therapy or similar backrounds. They have extensive training to help children and their families understand and manage challenging life events and stressful healthcare experiences.
The Child Life Team collaborates with members of the medical interdisciplinary team to promote family-centered care and to advocate for each family's individual needs.
If you would like to learn more about Child Life Services at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, please feel free to contact a member of our team.
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Fax: (314) 678-3067
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Kara Short, BS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
School Age & Adolescent Medicine
(3 South)
Office: (314) 268-2700 ext. 2465
Pager: (314) 294-6119
E-mail: kara_short@ssmhc.com
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David Ish, BS, TRS*
Recreational Therapist
Hematology/Oncology (4 North)
Office: (314) 268-2700 ext. 2425
Pager: (314) 294-7189
E-mail: david_ish@ssmhc.com
*Special Groups/Visitors Coordinator |
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Megan Finney, BS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Dialysis Unit & Transitional Care Unit
Office: (314) 268-2700 ext. 2435
Pager: (314) 294-7187
E-mail: megan_finney@ssmhc.com |
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Colleen Boron, BS, CCLS*
Certified Child Life Specialist
Same Day Surgery
Office: (314) 268-2700 ext. 2445
Pager: (314) 294-7188
E-mail: colleen_boron@ssmhc.com
* Internship Coordinator |
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Aimee O'Neal, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Infant & Toddler General Medicine
(2 South)
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Office: (314) 268-2700 ext. 2485
Pager: (314) 294-8019
E-mail: aimee_oneal@ssmhc.com |
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Carolyn Guidry, MA, CCLS*
Certified Child Life Specialist
School Age & Adolescent Medicine
(3 South)
Office: (314) 268-2700 ext. 2455
Pager: (314) 294-7190
E-mail: carolyn_guidry@ssmhc.com
*Internship Co-Coordinator |
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Abbie Hedgpeth, BS, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Emergency Department
Office: (314) 268-2700 ext. 2126
Pager: (314) 294-6428
E-mail: abbie_e_hedgpeth@ssmhc.com |
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Samantha Miller, BS, CCLS, CTRS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Dialysis & Transitional Care Unit
Office: (314) 268-2700 ext. 2119
Pager: (314) 294-0533
E-mail: samantha_miller@ssmhc.com |
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