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Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation

At the Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation, our mission is to secure philanthropic support to enable Missouri Baptist Medical Center to continue to be innovative and compassionate in accomplishing its mission of providing extraordinary care. 

Every donation, no matter the size, plays a vital role in supporting initiatives and helping fulfill essential needs at MoBap. It’s the generosity of people like you that makes our work possible, ensuring MoBap can continue to provide exceptional healthcare close to home.

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Key Fundraising Initiatives for 2024-2025

Thanks to the support of our donor community, we continue to advance our mission. The following are some of our key initiatives through 2025:

  • NICU Expansion and Renovation: The newborn intensive care unit (NICU) is being transformed with plans to create a family-centric, modernized and expanded unit with an enhanced clinical environment. Learn More
  • New Residency Program: MoBap was chosen as the site for a new internal medicine residency program. Donations will be used to create a new residency clinic, as well as fund technology, curriculum development, research and teaching.  Learn More

Fully Funded Initiatives 

With the support of our donor community, several key projects have been completed that enhance patient care and experience:

  • Cardiovascular Hybrid Operating Suite: This suite allows cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiologists to collaborate on complex procedures in one place instead of scheduling separate interventions on separate occasions.
  • Renovation of Suite B112: Suite 112 in Building B is a shared space for patients receiving imaging services, dietary counseling and laboratory services. Updates include new flooring, LED lights, registration desks and modern furniture in the waiting room, and more.
  • New Recovery Recliners: Champions for Care raised money to purchase new patient recovery recliners for the orthopedic department.
  • Wound Center Expansion: To better accommodate patients, the wound center added more exam rooms and a larger waiting room.
  • Moneta Conference Room Renovation: This conference room is essential to the cardiac care team, providing a space for critical education for those who deliver care.

Together, we are extrodinary 

Through your gift, the Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation enhances patient care, offers clinical education to all caregivers and allows us to create improved ways to care for you. There are many ways to get involved:

  • Make a Monetary Gift: Your donations directly impact MoBap’s ability to provide extraordinary care. You can choose to make a one-time, monthly or annual donation. We also offer planned giving options and the opportunity for memorials and tributes.
  • Become a Champion for Care:  Each year, the Champions collectively designate their giving to one fundraising project to improve patient care and enhance the patient experience. “Champions” are donors who give $500 or more.
  • Establish an Endowment: Create a lasting impact, ensuring programs and services continue into the future. Contact Foundation Director Deborah Kersting at 314-996-5054 to learn more.
  • Volunteer: Share your time and talents to support our patients and caregivers. Take the first step by filling out our volunteer form.

Please contact us if you would like to donate to a specific cause you don’t see here. We will work with you to ensure your donation meets your goals.  

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Contact information

We invite you to join the Missouri Baptist Medical Center community and help us make a difference.


Deborah Kersting
Foundation Director
Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation

Phone
314-996-5054
Fax
314-996-4516
Email
[email protected] 
Address
3015 North Ballas Road
St. Louis, MO 63131

2024 Foundation Board
Ann Abad
Subash Alias
Andrew Arnold
Mark Conrad
Christopher Dennis
Cory Elliot
John M. Ferris
Cardina Johnson
Dr. Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Secretary
Roy Kramer
Dr. Derek Larson, Physician Liason
Rod McCann
Joe Moro
Daniel Pook
Dr. Hashim Raza, Physician Liason
Kurtis B. Reeg, Chair
Renita Rhodes
Dr. David Sewall, Physician Liason
Lesley Shekelton
Jill Shewmake
Tony Thompson
Lisa Walden, Treasurer
Gretchen Werremeyer
Ted Wight

 


Make a gift of any size and join the thousands who have come before you — and set a noble example for generations to come.

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Help Transform the MoBap NICU

Although it might be mini, the MoBap NICU is mighty, delivering the extraordinary care associated with a large academic medical center to our tiniest patients.

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Welcome to the Ballas Boutique

Located on the first floor of the main tower, the Ballas Boutique delivers gifts and flowers to patients and employees Missouri Baptist Medical Center. All proceeds from the gift shop benefit the Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation.

Monday – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Tuesday – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Wednesday – 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Thursday – 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday –  9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday – 12 p.m. – 3 p,m.
​Sunday – 1p.m. – 4 p.m.

Closed on Holidays

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Helping Your Community

We all share a responsibility for the future of our community. At Missouri Baptist, our mission is to improve the health — and quality of life — for every neighbor we serve.

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Operational Excellence Cohort

The Operational Excellence (OE) cohort at Missouri Baptist Medical Center empowers clinical leaders to tackle hospital challenges and improve patient care through business insights.

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The Nancy A. Ross Awards

Each year, Missouri Baptist Medical Center presents awards recognizing nursing excellence. Established over 20 years ago through a generous donation by Don Ross to honor his wife, Nancy, a retired pediatric nurse, and “the amazing nurses at MoBap,” these awards have continued to grow in number over the years. The awards acknowledge nurses of all experience levels and across various categories, including nurse of the year, preceptor of the year and rookie of the year.

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Honoring the Legacy of Anne G. Perry, EdD, MSN, RN, FAAN

The newly established Anne G. Perry, EdD, MSN, RN, FAAN, Excellence in Nursing Practice Award at Missouri Baptist Medical Center honors the legacy of Anne Perry. Created by her co-author and friend Patricia Potter, PhD, RN, FAAN, this award celebrates Anne’s distinguished career and commitment to nursing excellence.

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A Heartfelt Donation to Missouri Baptist Cancer and Infusion Center

Ken and Jan Labit’s journey began with an unexpected turn when Ken was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2023.

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Swing the Hammer Event Celebrates Construction of Cardiovascular Hybrid Operating Room Suite

In June 2024, Missouri Baptist Medical Center held a “Swing the Hammer” event to celebrate the construction of the new cardiovascular hybrid operating suite, which is scheduled to open in December.

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Investing in Heart Health

As a designated Level 1 Time Critical Diagnosis ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Center, Missouri Baptist Medical Center treats some of the region’s most complex cardiovascular cases. In addition to its role as a Level 1 STEMI center, Missouri Baptist is a comprehensive cardiology center, offering a leading electrophysiology program.
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Creating a More Welcoming Environment

Suite 112 in Physician Office Building B, adjacent to the main tower on Missouri Baptist Medical Center’s campus, is a shared space for patients receiving imaging services, dietary counseling and laboratory services.
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Jeff’s Commitment to MoBap

Since 2019, Jeff Harris has been a sustaining donor to Missouri Baptist Medical Center, contributing to the Foundation’s unrestricted fund. Sustaining donors are those who contribute monthly.

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A Lifelong Connection Inspires Giving Back Through Champions for Care

Linda was born at Missouri Baptist Hospital when it was in the city of St. Louis, her mother graduated from Missouri Baptist School of Nursing, her father trained as a doctor at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and she currently serves on MoBap’s Community Advisory Board. When Linda needed lifesaving surgery, she didn’t hesitate.
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Construction Supports Innovation on Campus

MoBap donors have funded a new Cardiovascular Hybrid Operating Suite that will allow multiple interventions to be performed in one operating suite.

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Helping Our Tiniest Patients Grow

Our vision is to distinguish MoBap as the premier provider of women, infant and pediatric services by offering exceptional, seamless, integrated, multidisciplinary programs to childbearing families and their children across the continuum from pre-conception through postpartum and into the pediatric lifespan.

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An Infusion of Comfort and Cheer

Howard and Phyllis Loiterstein and Margie Imo stepped forward to support some key patient experience improvements in the Cancer Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center.

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Champions of Enhanced Patient Recovery

Each year, Champions for Care (CFC) make a collective major gift to MoBap through designated gifts to a fundraising project focused on improving care for our patients. A “Champion” is a donor who directs a gift of $500 or more to this special project.

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Investing in Caregivers for Our Future

Donors to Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation play an active role in improving patient care by improving patient care by supporting multiple educational opportunities for health care professionals.

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The Gift of Giving Back

For several years, neighbors and best friends Jean and Joyce have volunteered at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center (MoBap) gift shop. “We’ve met amazing people. Sometimes, it’s a grandparent who is over the moon about a new baby or someone who is going home after an extended stay. Other times, it might be a family member whose loved one is struggling,” Joyce says.

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Patient and Visitor Information

Being with your loved ones while they are in the hospital is important to their healing and overall wellbeing, and we are happy to welcome you to Missouri Baptist Medical Center.

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Dr. Stein Uses Molecular Testing to Inform His Patients' Cancer Treatment

In 2021, Russell (Russ) Horne and William Sibert were diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). They both benefited from molecular profiling of their cancer, known as precision oncology, which identified different and effective treatment approaches.

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