In the most recent US News and World Report Children's Hospital Rankings for 2020-2021, there were 88 hospitals that earned a top 50 national ranking in at least one of ten pediatric specialties covered in the survey. Three hospitals in the Southwest earned a top 50 national ranking in all ten specialty areas of pediatric care. Here we take a quick look at these three Southwestern children's hospitals and how they fared in the national rankings overall, and in each of the ten pediatric specialty care areas:
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The Southwest's Best Children's Hospitals |
Texas Children's Hospital
Location: Houston
Top 10 National Ranking Overall? YES (#4)
Top 50 Pediatric Specialty Rankings: 10 of 10
Cancer: #4
Cardiology & Heart Surgery: #1
Diabetes & Endocrinology: #5
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery: #4
Neonatology: #10
Nephrology: #2
Neurology & Neurosurgery: #2
Orthopedics: #15
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery: #3
Urology: #6
Children's Medical Center Dallas
Location: Dallas
Top 10 National Ranking Overall? NO
Top 50 Pediatric Specialty Rankings: 10 of 10
Cancer: #19
Cardiology & Heart Surgery: #9
Diabetes & Endocrinology: #15
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery: #7
Neonatology: #36
Nephrology: #20
Neurology & Neurosurgery: #17
Orthopedics: #5
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery: #25
Urology: #14
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Location: Phoenix
Top 10 National Ranking Overall? NO
Top 50 Pediatric Specialty Rankings: 10 of 10
Cancer: #35
Cardiology & Heart Surgery: #27
Diabetes & Endocrinology: #39
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery: #34
Neonatology: #20
Nephrology: #33
Neurology & Neurosurgery: #29
Orthopedics: #23
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery: #37
Urology: #45
To find other children's hospitals in the Southwest and elsewhere, visit our U.S. Children's Hospitals resource page.
