Lists The best pediatric hospitals, according to U.S. News U.S. News ranks children’s hospitals for overall excellence in care and care in multiple pediatric specialties. July 15, 2020Wednesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email To compile its latest list of the best children’s hospitals, U.S. News and World Report analyzed clinical outcomes, coordination of care and care-related resources such as nursing staff and outpatient programs at nearly 200 hospitals across the country. U.S. News then ranked hospitals in 10 pediatric specialties, including pediatric cancer, pediatric cardiology and heart surgery and pediatric orthopedics. To create its overall best pediatric hospitals list, U.S. News looked at which hospitals ranked highly in multiple specialties. The lists, which U.S. News published last month, were prepared using data from a time period before COVID-19 became a pandemic. U.S. News’ best overall pediatric hospitals list is below, along with its top 10 pediatric hospitals for three specialties. U.S. News’ 2020-2021 best pediatric hospitals Boston Children’s Hospital Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Children’s Hospital Colorado Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C. Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, California U.S. News’ 2020-2021 top 10 pediatric hospitals for cancer Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Texas Children’s Hospital Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Children’s National Hospital Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio Children’s Hospital Colorado St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital U.S. News’ 2020-2021 top 10 pediatric hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery Texas Children’s Hospital UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Boston Children’s Hospital Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health Children’s Hospital Colorado Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Children’s Medical Center Dallas MUSC Children’s Heart Network of South Carolina U.S. News’ 2020-2021 top 10 pediatric hospitals for orthopedics Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Boston Children’s Hospital Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Children’s Medical Center Dallas-Scottish Rite for Children St. Louis Children’s Hospital-Washington University/Shriners Hospital Rady Children’s Hospital Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta More details See the full rankings and learn more about U.S. News’ ranking methodology here. Related reading: America’s best hospitals in 2019, according to U.S. News The 50 best hospitals in the US, according to Healthgrades More in Profession Osteopathic medicine highlighted in recent New York Times article Article shares many positive attributes of the profession, including its recent growth and the fact that DOs hold some of the highest medical posts in the country. Advancing osteopathic medicine: Leadership, mentorship & legislative wins The FSMB presented the Distinguished Service Award presented to Geraldine T. O’Shea, DO, and Patrick F. Leary, DO, was named AOASM’s 2025 Mentor of the Year. Nevada’s SB 78 did not pass, preserving DO-led regulation in the state. Previous article5 things every DO can do to better understand the business of medicine Next article5 things to know about COVID-19 this week
Osteopathic medicine highlighted in recent New York Times article Article shares many positive attributes of the profession, including its recent growth and the fact that DOs hold some of the highest medical posts in the country.
Advancing osteopathic medicine: Leadership, mentorship & legislative wins The FSMB presented the Distinguished Service Award presented to Geraldine T. O’Shea, DO, and Patrick F. Leary, DO, was named AOASM’s 2025 Mentor of the Year. Nevada’s SB 78 did not pass, preserving DO-led regulation in the state.