The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia shares the No. 1 spot on U.S.News & World Report’s Honor Roll of the nation's Best Children’s Hospitals. CHOP also ranked first in the nation for neonatology, pulmonology, and diabetes and endocrinology, and in the top 4 for seven other pediatric specialties ranked by the U.S. News survey.
CHOP was one of only three children’s hospitals in the nation to be recognized in the top 4 of all 10 pediatric specialty areas. It is the only hospital in the region to be named to the prestigious U.S. News Honor Roll.
To create the 2011-12 rankings, U.S.News & World Report surveyed nearly 180 children’s hospitals to obtain clinical data and asked 1,500 doctors in 10 pediatric specialties where they would send the sickest children.
CHOP earned high marks for the quality of its treatment, survival rates, research and other factors. The hospital was also recognized for its “very strong” reputation with specialists and “superior” nurse-patient ratios. Learn more >>
Parents magazine has ranked The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia the best pediatric hospital in the United States, based on a comprehensive data-based survey.
In addition to the overall ranking, Parents magazine also ranked CHOP's emergency medicine, neonatology and pulmonology divisions No. 1 in the nation. The Cardiac Center, Cancer Center and orthopaedics division ranked second.