U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings, today released the 2017-18 Best Children's Hospitals rankings, part of its patient portal to help families find the best medical care for their child. The 11th annual Best Children's Hospitals rankings are the only source of comprehensive, quality-related information on U.S. pediatric centers.
The new edition highlights the top 50 centers in each of these 10 pediatric specialties: cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology, and urology.
Ten hospitals earned a place on the Honor Roll – a distinction awarded to pediatric centers that deliver exceptionally high-quality care across multiple specialties. Boston Children's Hospital tops this year's Honor Roll and ranked No. 1 in five of the 10 specialties. Other hospitals with No. 1 rankings include Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (in diabetes and endocrinology and in pulmonology), Children's National Medical Center (in neonatology), Texas Children's Hospital (in cardiology and heart surgery) and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (in cancer).