Cleveland Clinic Children’s Ranked Among the Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report

Cleveland Clinic Children’s has been named a national leader in clinical care, according to the highly regarded U.S. News & Report’s 2020 - 2021 “Best Children’s Hospitals” rankings.
Cleveland Clinic Children’s – an integral part of Cleveland Clinic, which was ranked as the nation’s No.4 hospital in 2019 by U.S. News – earned national recognition in the U.S. in 10 specialties: cancer (17), cardiology and heart surgery (15), diabetes and endocrinology (44), gastroenterology and GI surgery (12), neonatology (14), nephrology (35), neurology and neurosurgery (25), orthopedics (26), pulmonology (32) and urology (23).
For 12 consecutive years, Cleveland Clinic Children’s has ranked among the U.S.’s top 50 pediatric hospitals. This year, four of those specialties ranked in the top 20 in the nation (cancer, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neonatology, and cardiology and heart surgery) and seven of those specialties ranked as best in Northeast Ohio (cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, gastroenterology and GI Surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, and urology). No children’s hospital in Northeast Ohio ranked in more specialties than Cleveland Clinic Children’s.
Each year, Cleveland Clinic also treats thousands of patients from around the world. For patients who travel outside of their home country to receive services at one of its locations, the Global Patient Services team offers seamless care designed specifically to their unique needs and culture.
“We are incredibly honored to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report,” said Karen Murray, M.D., chair of Cleveland Clinic Children’s. “This is a reflection of the dedication, compassion and hard work of our caregivers to provide the best, high-quality care to our patients and their families. While COVID-19 has transformed our world and the healthcare industry, it has not and will not impact our mission to continue to provide world-class care.”
Over the past year, Cleveland Clinic Children’s has been at the forefront of clinical innovation and research in pediatrics. Hospital highlights include:
- A multidisciplinary team of specialists repaired spina bifida birth defect prior to birth, in a nearly 23-week-old fetus.
- An innovative split-liver and heart transplant surgery gave a young patient a second chance at life, with the best outcomes in the region.
- Magnetic spinal rods help improve outcomes and quality of life for young patients with scoliosis.
- A groundbreaking study showed that holding off a newborn’s first bath – 12 hours or more after birth – can improve breastfeeding rates.
- A large data-mining study showed that digital conversations provide a needed emotional outlet for teens and adults coping with epilepsy.
Cleveland Clinic has cared for infants, children, and adolescents since its doors first opened in 1921. That history of pediatric caregiving has blossomed into Cleveland Clinic Children’s, standing today as one of America’s leading and largest providers of comprehensive pediatric care. Now, it’s more than 300 pediatric specialists and subspecialists– and more than 50 outpatient sites – provide the full spectrum of primary, specialty, and subspecialty pediatric care to the largest patient population of any children’s hospital in Northeast Ohio, and does so with the highest level of family-oriented care, as close to home as possible.
According to U.S. News, the “Best Children’s Hospital” rankings score the top 50 children’s hospitals in 10 specialties, based on clinical and quality data and an annual survey of pediatric specialists. The rankings methodology factors in patient outcomes, such as mortality and infection rates, as well as available clinical resources and compliance with best practices. Pediatric specialists around the country are also asked to provide their opinions on the best hospitals based on their inside knowledge of the delivered healthcare.
The “Best Children’s Hospitals” rankings are published online at http://health.usnews.com/best-
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Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is a unique and unparalleled extension of US-based Cleveland Clinic’s model of care, specifically designed to address a range of complex and critical care requirements unique to the Abu Dhabi population. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has five Centers of Excellence in the following Institutes: Heart & Vascular, Neurological, Digestive Disease, Eye and Respiratory & Critical Care. Other Institutes include Surgical Subspecialties, Medical Subspecialties, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Imaging, and Quality & Patient Safety. In all, more than 30 medical and surgical specialties are represented at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.