Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Named One of America’s Top 10 Children’s Hospitals for Sixth Consecutive Year

June 9, 2015

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has once again been named one of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, making this the sixth consecutive year the hospital has been listed on the Honor Roll.

Children’s Hospital ranks eighth on the magazine’s 2015-16 Honor Roll of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals, which was released today. Children’s also ranks in each of the 10 pediatrics specialties ranked by U.S. News.

The Best Children’s Hospitals rankings highlight the top 50 U.S. pediatric hospitals in each of 10 specialties: cancer; cardiology and heart surgery; diabetes and endocrinology; gastroenterology and GI surgery; neonatology; nephrology; neurology and neurosurgery; orthopedics; pulmonology; and urology.

The hospital ranked in the top 25 in nine of the specialties, including second in gastroenterology and GI surgery; third in diabetes and endocrinology; sixth in pulmonology; and 10th in three categories: cardiology and heart surgery, neonatology, and neurology and neurosurgery.

“This recognition speaks to the talent, passion, and dedication of our physicians, nurses, staff, and volunteers,” said Christopher Gessner, president, Children’s Hospital. “We are proud to have built a reputation of excellence over our 125-year history and we’re grateful to have those efforts recognized.”

The 2015-16 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings will be released online today and also will be published in the U.S. News “Best Hospitals 2016” guidebook, available in September.

U.S. News introduced the Best Children’s Hospitals rankings in 2007 to help families of children with rare or life-threatening illnesses find the best medical care available. The rankings open the door to an array of detailed information about each hospital’s performance.

In addition to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, the other hospitals named to U.S. News’ Honor Roll of Best Children’s Hospitals for 2015-16 are:

  • Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  • Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
  • Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora
  • Seattle Children’s Hospital
  • Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
  • Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
  • Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
  • Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Andrea Kunicky, 412-692-6254, andrea.kunicky@chp.edu
Marc Lukasiak, 412-692-7919, marc.lukasiak@chp.edu