Seattle Children's Hospital Ranks 6th in U.S. News & World Report 2015-16 Best Children's Hospitals

Cancer, neonatology and nephrology programs ranked in top five; several other programs ranked in the top 15

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Jun 09, 2015, 01:00 ET

SEATTLE, June 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Seattle Children's announced today that U.S. News & World Report has ranked Seattle Children's Hospital sixth in the nation overall and ranked nine of the hospital's specialty programs in the top 15 in its 2015-16 Best Children's Hospitals rankings.

Because of its top 10 designation as well as having more than three specialty programs ranked in the top 10 percent, Seattle Children's Hospital was also named to the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll.

Among the top programs honored this year:

Nephrology (3^rd in the nation)
Cancer (5^th)
Neonatology (5^th)
Gastroenterology( 8^th)
Pulmonary (9^th)
Neurology/neurosurgery (10^th)
Cardiology & Heart Surgery (12^th)
Urology (12^th)
Diabetes & Endocrinology (14^th)

"These rankings are a reflection of the incredible family-centered care and service that our clinicians and staff provide on a daily basis for kids in our care," said Dr. Mark Del Beccaro, chief medical officer, Seattle Children's. "I'm so proud of this recognition for the many who work tirelessly on behalf of the families we serve – families who deserve nothing but the best."

The Best Children's Hospitals rankings highlight U.S. News's top 50 U.S. pediatric facilities in cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, gastroenterology & GI surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology & neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology. Based on a combination of clinical data and reputation surveys of pediatric specialists, 83 hospitals ranked in at least one specialty.

Most of each hospital's score relied on patient outcomes and care-related resources. U.S. News garnered clinical data from a detailed questionnaire sent to 184 pediatric hospitals. A sixth of the score came from annual surveys of pediatric specialists and subspecialists in each specialty in 2013, 2014 and 2015. They were asked where they would send the sickest children in their specialty, setting aside considerations of location and expense.

"These rankings reflect what we see every day at Seattle Children's – an exceptional team dedicated to providing the best clinical outcomes, discovering the next research breakthrough and supporting our mission through philanthropy," said Dr. Jeff Sperring, chief executive officer, Seattle Children's. "It takes all of our team members working together to achieve this level of national recognition and I am incredibly proud to be working with them."

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. Survival rates, adequacy of nurse staffing, procedure volume and much more can be viewed on http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/pediatric-rankings and will be published in the U.S. News "Best Hospitals 2016" guidebook, which will be available September 1.

For a complete list of Seattle Children's Hospital's rankings, please visit www.seattlechildrens.org/usnews.

About Seattle Children's
Seattle Children's Hospital, Foundation and Research Institute together deliver superior patient care, advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research, and serve as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical referral center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho – the largest region of any children's hospital in the country.

Consistently ranked as one of the best children's hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report, Seattle Children's Hospital specializes in meeting the unique physical, emotional and developmental needs of children from infancy through young adulthood. For more than 100 years, the hospital has been dedicated to providing top-quality care to every child in who needs it, regardless of the family's ability to pay.

Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Foundation gathers community support and raises funds for Seattle Children's Hospital and Seattle Children's Research Institute.

Located in downtown Seattle's biotech corridor, Seattle Children's Research Institute is pushing the boundaries of medical research to find cures for pediatric diseases and improve outcomes for children all over the world. Internationally recognized investigators and staff at the research institute are advancing new discoveries in cancer, genetics, immunology, pathology, infectious disease, injury prevention and bioethics, among others.

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