Chapel Hill, N.C. – June 25, 2019 – UNC Children’s has been ranked among the nation’s top children’s hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals 2019-2020.”
UNC Children’s is nationally ranked in seven subspecialties, with two in the top 20. UNC Children’s is ranked 16th in the nation for diabetes and endocrinology and is also ranked 16th for pulmonology.
Other subspecialties receiving national recognition from the report include:
- Orthopedics (23rd)
- Nephrology (30th)
- Cancer (36th)
- Gastroenterology & GI Surgery (36th)
- Urology (37th)
“Today’s rankings demonstrate the continuing excellence of UNC Children’s. All seven of these subspecialties were nationally ranked last year as well, and I have great pride in the accomplishments of our medical staff.”
Stephanie Duggins Davis, MD
Physician-in-Chief for UNC Children’s
About Specialty Rankings
U.S. News’ Best Children’s Hospitals 2019-20 rankings rate eligible medical centers in 10 pediatric specialties. Ratings are based on hospital-submitted data including measurements such as survival and complex surgical outcomes, as well as use of best practices, infection prevention, advanced technologies, nursing quality, specialty-specific certifications and services, and expert opinion of specialists in the field. Fifty of the top performing hospitals were ranked in pediatric cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and lung surgery and urology.
About UNC Children’s
As a top-tier academic medical center, UNC Children’s upholds a four-tiered mission to “CARE,” aligning clinical care, advocacy, research, and education to deliver world-class family-centered care—always regardless of a family’s ability to pay.
Our nearly 200 physicians are clinical and research faculty of the UNC School of Medicine, their medical expertise spanning nearly 50 programs in the School of Medicine’s 20 clinical departments, including 14 divisions in the UNC Department of Pediatrics. They are joined by more than 1,800 clinical and ancillary staff, all dedicated to providing exemplary, compassionate care to the thousands of children we treat each year.