Highly rated The nation’s best children’s hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report The publication’s lists of the best children’s hospitals for 2019-2020 are now available. June 26, 2019Wednesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email A child facing a life-threatening or rare condition requires a level of expertise that a typical hospital can’t necessarily provide, notes U.S. News & World Report in its methodology report for its Best Children’s Hospitals rankings for 2019-2020. U.S. News ranked hospitals for 10 different pediatric specialties and also provided a list of 10 hospitals that provide excellent pediatric care across multiple specialties. To put the rankings together, U.S. News weighed outcome, hospital reputation among experts, patient safety and family centeredness. Below are U.S. News’ overall top 10 children’s hospitals and its lists of the top three hospitals for 10 different pediatric specialties. The top 10 children’s hospitals in the U.S. 1. Boston Children’s Hospital 2. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 3. (tie) Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center 3. (tie) Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston 5. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles 6. Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. 7. Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio 8. UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh 9. Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore 10. Seattle Children’s Hospital The top hospitals for pediatric cancer 1. Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center 2. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee 3. Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston The top hospitals for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery 1. Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston 2. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago 3. UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh The top hospitals for pediatric diabetes and endocrinology 1. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 2. Boston Children’s Hospital 3. Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital in Connecticut The top hospitals for pediatric gastroenterology 1. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 2. Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston 3. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center The top hospitals for neotatology 1. Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. 2. Boston Children’s Hospital 3. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia The top hospitals for pediatric nephrology 1. Boston Children’s Hospital 2. Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston 3. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center The top hospitals for pediatric neurology & neurosurgery 1. Boston Children’s Hospital 2. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 3. Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston The top hospitals for pediatric orthopedics 1. Boston Children’s Hospital 2. Children’s Medical Center Dallas-Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children 3. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia The top hospitals for pediatric pulmonology & lung surgery 1. Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston 2. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 3. Boston Children’s Hospital The top hospitals for pediatric urology 1. Boston Children’s Hospital 2. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 3. Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health in Indianapolis, Indiana To learn more, see the full rankings at U.S. News & World Report. Related reading: America’s best hospitals, as ranked by U.S. News Best hospitals in America as chosen by doctors More in Profession NASA DO shares updates on AI in space James D. Polk, DO, discusses the exponential growth of the commercial space industry. He also notes that AI and other advancements are making staying healthy in space easier. White House DO shares lessons learned, advice for a fulfilling career Kevin O’Connor, DO, recently spoke at OMED24, where he discussed his trajectory from the military to the White House and what he learned from the people who helped guide him along the way. Previous articleChart: Doctors top health care providers in education and training Next articleThe NRMP 2020 Match and ERAS timeline for residency applicants
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