Best Children’s Hospitals In NC: US News & World Report

Kimberly Johnson
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NORTH CAROLINA — North Carolina has three children’s hospitals listed among the best in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings.

The 2020-21 best children’s hospital rankings released Tuesday feature the top 50 hospitals in 10 pediatric specialties and 10 hospitals that earned a spot on the magazine’s honor roll.

The hospitals on the honor roll “deliver exceptionally high-quality care across multiple specialties,” according to a news release from U.S. News & World Report.

Boston Children’s Hospital claimed the No. 1 spot on the honor roll for the seventh consecutive year.

The 2020-21 edition of the Best Children’s Hospitals does not include data from the coronavirus pandemic, which began after the data-collection period ended.

In North Carolina, three hospitals earned a place in the top 50 of at least one of the 10 pediatric specialty rankings.

Here are the hospitals in our state that ranked in the top 50 of a pediatric specialty:
Cancer:

  • Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham, Ranked No. 30

  • Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, Ranked No. 36

  • North Carolina Children's Hospital at UNC, Chapel Hill, Ranked No. 46

Cardiology & Heart Surgery:

  • Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham, Ranked No. 31

  • Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, Ranked No. 35

Diabetes & Endocrinology:

  • North Carolina Children's Hospital at UNC, Chapel Hill, Ranked No. 13

  • Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham, Ranked No. 36

Gastroenterology & GI Surgery:

  • Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, Ranked No. 23

  • Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham, Ranked No. 28

  • North Carolina Children's Hospital at UNC, Chapel Hill, Ranked No. 45

Neonatology:

  • Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham, Ranked No. 21

  • Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, Ranked No. 40

Nephrology:

  • Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham, Ranked No. 22

  • Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, Ranked No. 24

  • North Carolina Children's Hospital at UNC, Chapel Hill, Ranked No. 31

Neurology & Neurosurgery:

  • Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham, Ranked No. 33

  • Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, Ranked No. 44

Orthopedics:

  • Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, Ranked No. 29

  • North Carolina Children's Hospital at UNC, Chapel Hill, Ranked No. 32

Pulmonology & Lung Surgery:

  • North Carolina Children's Hospital at UNC, Chapel Hill, Ranked No. 22

  • Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham, Ranked No. 32

  • Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, Ranked No. 39

Urology:

  • Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham, Ranked No. 28

  • North Carolina Children's Hospital at UNC, Chapel Hill, Ranked No. 35

“Across our nation, health care professionals are striving against unprecedented challenges to provide the best possible care to each of their patients,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News, in a news release. “The nurses, doctors and other professionals at the Best Children’s Hospitals have demonstrated a track record of delivering top-notch care to children with diverse medical needs.”

U.S. News & World provides a full methodology section for its Best Children’s Hospitals 2020-21 report.

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

  1. Boston Children’s Hospital

  2. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

  3. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

  4. Texas Children’s Hospital

  5. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

  6. Children’s Hospital Colorado

  7. Children’s National Hospital

  8. Nationwide Children’s Hospital

  9. UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

  10. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford

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

This article originally appeared on the Across North Carolina Patch