Mayo Clinic ranked among 'Best Children's Hospitals' - again

Matthew Stolle, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.
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Jun. 16—Mayo Clinic Children's Center is again ranked as a top-performing children's hospital on U.S. News & World Report's 2021-2022 "Best Children's Hospital's rankings.

Mayo Children's Center in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Randall Flick, medical director of the children's center, said the center received some of the highest rankings in the Upper Midwest and continues to rank among the top children's hospitals in the country.

"These recognitions are a testament to our staff's delivery of high-quality care and services," Flick said.

The rankings identified the top 50 children's hospitals in each of 10 specialties considered, and Mayo's Children's Center ranked as a top-performer in 8 of 10 pediatric specialties, including cancer (No. 35), cariology and heart surgery (No. 43), diabetes and endocrinology (tie No. 38), neonatology (tie No. 38), neurology and neurosurgery (No. 39), orthopedics (No. 12), pediatric gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery (tie No. 45) and urology (No. 21).

The rankings had a different approach this year because of the pandemic, Flick said. U.S. News & World Report incorporated new reputation scores, and the remaining data assessments were reused from the 2019-2020 results.

At Mayo Clinic Children's Center, more than 260 physicians with pediatric expertise offer care in more than 70 specialty programs and clinics to children and adolescents from 50 states and more than 60 countries.