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Boston Children’s tops U.S. News & World Report’s list for 6th year
Boston Children’s Hospital has been ranked the No. 1 children’s hospital for 2019-2020 by U.S. News & World Report. This marks the hospital’s 6th consecutive year at the top of the list.
The top 50 hospitals across the country have been included in the list for their work in cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology.
Boston Children’s was also ranked No. 1 in cancer care, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics and urology.
Following Boston Children’s in the publication’s overall “honor roll” were:
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (ranked No. 1 for diabetes and endocrinology, as well as gastroenterology and GI surgery)
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (tie)
- Texas Children’s Hospital (tie; ranked No. 1 in cardiology and heart surgery and pulmonology and lung surgery)
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
- Children’s National Medical Center (ranked No. 1 in neonatology)
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
- Seattle Children’s Hospital
“We are deeply honored to have again earned the distinction of being the nation’s top-ranked children’s hospital,” Sandra L. Fenwick, CEO of Boston Children’s Hospital, told Infectious Diseases in Children. “It’s a tribute to the doctors, nurses, researchers and so many other staff whose exceptional work every day is improving the health and well-being of children from around the world and around the corner.” – by Katherine Bortz
Disclosure: Fenwick is an employee of Boston Children’s Hospital.