Top Children's Hospital In Georgia: U.S. News & World Report

ATLANTA, GA — One children’s hospital in Georgia is among the best in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings.

The best children’s hospitals for 2019-20 rankings released on Tuesday feature the 50 best hospitals in 10 pediatric specialties and 10 hospitals that landed on U.S. News’ honor roll. The hospitals on the honor roll “deliver exceptionally high-quality care across multiple specialties.”

In Georgia, only Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ranked in all 10 pediatric specialties. No Georgia facility made the top 10 honor roll.

Here's how the Georgia hospital ranked for pediatric specialties:

Cancer: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, No. 8

Cardiology and Heart Surgery: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, No. 34

Diabetes & Endocrinology: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, No. 36

Gastroenterology & Gastrointestinal Surgery: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, No. 5

Neonatology: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, No. 34

Nephrology: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, No. 5

Neurology & Neurosurgery: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, No. 19

Orthopedics: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, No. 6

Pulmonology & Lung Surgery: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, No. 19

Urology: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, No. 10

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“While health care is rapidly changing, the objective of U.S. News’ Best Children’s Hospitals remains the same: provide families with a comprehensive and trusted starting point as they, in consultation with their doctors and other medical professionals, search for the pediatric care they need,” Ben Harder, Chief of Health Analysis and Managing Editor at U.S. News, said in a news release. “Our rankings, now in their 13th year, have always put parents and young patients at the front and center of our mission.”

The 10 hospitals that made U.S. News’ honor roll are:

1. Boston Children's Hospital
2. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
3. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
4. Texas Children's Hospital, Houston
5. Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
6. Children's Hospital Los Angeles
7. Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
8. Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore
9. Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora
10. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

U.S. News says its methodology in tabulating the rankings takes into account measures like patient outcome, including mortality and infection rates, and also available clinical resources and compliance with best practices. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

To see the full list of best children’s hospitals via U.S. News, click here.