U.S. News & World Report: Children’s National Health System Ranked Among Top Ten Best Children’s Hospitals In the Nation – Children’s National Health System

Washington, DC— Children’s National Health System has been named to the prestigious Honor Roll of the U.S. News & World Report 2015-16 Best Children’s Hospitals, ranking among the top 10 pediatric hospitals in the nation. The Honor Roll features the “best of the best” hospitals for kids in the country. Additionally, Children’s National is the only pediatric hospital in the entire region of Maryland, DC, and Virginia to earn Honor Roll designation.

Children’s National was ranked in all 10 specialties for the fifth year in a row, and three–Neonatology, Neurology/Neurosurgery, and Gastroenterology/GI Surgery– were ranked among  the top 10 programs in the country. All 10 specialties ranked in the top 25 nationally.

The U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals rankings highlight the top 50 U.S. hospitals in each of these pediatric specialties: cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopaedics, pulmonology, and urology.

“We are extremely proud to be named to the Honor Roll and to rank among the top 10 best pediatric hospitals in the nation,” said Kurt Newman, MD, President and CEO of Children’s National. “This prestigious recognition of our excellence, quality, and outcomes is a reflection of hard work and dedication across the Children’s National community. We are grateful to the staff, physicians, partners and supporters  who  share our commitment to doing what is right for children.”

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