The combination of diagnostic and therapeutic functions into a nano-carrier could achieve a delivery system with both accurate diagnosis and delivery capabilities. Herein, functionalized polymer of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10tetraacetic acid-poly(ethyleneglycol)-block-poly(acrylamide-co-acrylonitrile) (DOTA-PEG-b-poly(AAm-co-AN)) was designed and synthesized. Doxorubicin (DOX) and gadolinium ion (Gd 3+ ) was loaded in the hydrophobic core and chelated on the shell of the micelles during the self-assembling process to endow the prepared micelles with drug delivery and magnetic resonance imaging functionalities. Such theranostics micelles exhibited conspicuous accelerated DOX release with elevated temperature and high proton relaxivity r1 (25.88 mM −1 s −1 ). Moreover, the Gd 3+ /DOX loaded micelle presented synergistically enhanced cellular uptake efficiency (2.12 times of that of free DOX) as compared with free drug or that loaded in micelles without Gd 3+ . The micelles provided promising application for chemotherapy and simultaneous enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of cancer.