To create the 2011-12 rankings, U.S. News surveyed nearly 180 pediatric centers to obtain clinical data and asked 1,500 doctors in 10 pediatric specialties where they would send the sickest children. In all, 76 hospitals ranked in one or more specialties. Eleven hospitals with high scores in at least four specialties were named to this year’s Honor Roll.
Cancer
#1 Children’s Hospital Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA- #2 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
- #3 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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Cardiology & Heart Surgery
#1 Children’s Hospital,Boston, MA- #2 Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA
- #3 University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s HospitalAnn Arbor, MI
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Diabetes & Endocrinology
- #1 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
- #2 Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
- #3 Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Gastroenterology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center- #1 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
- #2 Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
- #3 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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Neonatology
- #1 Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA
- #2 Children’s Hospital BostonBoston, MA
- #3 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH
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Nephrology
- #1 Children’s Hospital BostonBoston, MA
- #2 Seattle Children’s HospitalSeattle, WA
- #3 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH
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Neurology & Neurosurgery
- #1 Children’s Hospital BostonBoston, MA
- #2 Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA
- #3 Johns Hopkins Children’s CenterBaltimore, MD
Orthopedics
- #1 Children’s Hospital BostonBoston, MA
- #2 Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA
- #3 Children’s Medical Center-Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for ChildrenDallas, TX
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Pulmonology
- #1 Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA
- #2 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH
- #3 Children’s Hospital BostonBoston, MA
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Urology
- #1 Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
- #2 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
- #3 Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
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Source: U.S. News
