The Kravis Children’s Hospital Ranked Nationally in Seven Specialties by US News and World Report
The Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai ranked again among the country’s top children’s hospitals in pediatric specialties, according to the newly issued U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” guidebook for 2015-2016.
The hospital made significant gains this year, ranking in seven of ten specialties tracked, and achieving for the first time top 20 rankings in Pulmonology and Nephrology. The rankings, published annually, recognize the nation’s top 50 children’s hospitals in ten pediatric specialty areas.
"The new rankings reflect the commitment by every employee at our children’s hospital – from the physicians and nurses to the social workers and staff – to providing exceptional care to our pediatric patients and their families," said Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System. "We are honored to be recognized again in the rankings, and are truly grateful to our dedicated healthcare professionals for making this possible.”
"We continue to recruit renowned experts to our medical teams, with their excellence captured in this ranking and seen in the quality care we provide," said Dennis Charney, MD, the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. "World-class, interdisciplinary pediatric care teams in our hospitals tailor treatment to the needs of the children and adolescents they see every day.”
The Kravis Children’s Hospital, which manages more than 70,000 outpatient visits and 3,000 inpatient stays each year, ranked in the following specialties:
• Pulmonology: No. 18, up from No. 30
• Nephrology: No. 19, up from No. 29
• Gastroenterology & GI Surgery: No. 25, up from No. 40
• Neurology & Neurosurgery: No. 25, up from No. 29
• Urology: No. 34, up from No. 50
• Diabetes & Endocrinology: No. 36
• Cancer: No. 50
“Our clinical teams provide the highest quality of care to children of all ages,” said David L. Reich, MD, President of The Mount Sinai Hospital. “We strive to make each patient and each parent as comfortable as possible as they undergo treatment.”
“Our goal is simply to ensure that each child receives the best care available,” says Lisa Satlin, MD, System Chair of Pediatrics. “Our compassionate staff provides superior, family-centered care and guidance to all of our young patients.”
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time—discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2024-2025.
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