Our SCD program is the largest pediatric SCD program in the nation, treating more than 2,000 unique pediatric SCD patients each year, and comprises a specialized multidisciplinary team of pediatric hematologists, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, psychologists, teachers and chaplains in addition to multidisciplinary care with neurology, pulmonology, and gastroenterology with specific clinics for young children. The Pediatric Institute combines the unique strengths and resources of each institution in support of our three-part academic missions of providing outstanding clinical care, conducting innovative basic science discovery and clinical research, and coordinating exceptional education of the future healthcare workforce.