About El Paso Children's Hospital

Our Mission

The Mission of El Paso Children’s Hospital is to provide compassionate, coordinated, family-centered care for children with a dedicated commitment to excellent patient outcomes, inclusive leadership and innovative pediatric research and education.

Our Vision

The Vision of El Paso Children’s Hospital is to enhance the lives of children from the greater El Paso area and surrounding region by providing a place of hope and healing through unmatched excellence in pediatric patient care, research and education.

Our Core Values

These core values reflect our passion for quality care and how we serve patients, families, employees, and our community.

1993 A group of concerned citizens began the groundswell in 1993 when they approached Providence Memorial Hospital, then a not-for-profit, and said, “This is an unmet need.” Providence then commissioned the first study. It looked promising and enthusiastic fundraising efforts began. But Providence started talking to Tenet in 1994. The hospital was sold to the healthcare giant in 1995 and became a for-profit hospital.

1995 When Providence abandoned its plans for a Children’s Hospital, the group turned to Columbia/HCA, which operated two hospitals in El Paso. Columbia conducted the second feasibility study and liked what they saw. The company purchased land next to one of its local facilities, tore down an apartment building to make way the facility, and held a groundbreaking ceremony. But less than three weeks later, Columbia faced a fairly cataclysmic financial disaster that impacted Colombia-owned hospitals nationwide. Once again, local plans for a Children’s Hospital were derailed.

2003 In the eight year gap between 1995 and 2003, a group of prominent El Pasoans began laying the groundwork for Texas Tech to expand its local presence from a Health Sciences Center to a full-fledged, four-year Medical School. In the interest of avoiding conflicting efforts, the Children’s Hospital was put on the backburner to focus the community’s attention on convincing the state legislature to approve the Medical School. During the session, funding for the project stalled. It was at that point that advocates for the Children’s Hospital approached Thomason Hospital seeking support for yet another feasibility study. It was conducted in 2003.