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RADY CHILDREN’S 2023–2024 U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT RANKINGS: #3 CARDIOLOGY & HEART SURGERY #6 ORTHOPEDICS #7 NEONATOLOGY #8 NEUROLOGY & NEUROSURGERY #8 DIABETES & ENDOCRINOLOGY #13 NEPHROLOGY #14 UROLOGY #17 PULMONOLOGY & LUNG SURGERY #21 CANCER #34 GASTROENTEROLOGY & GI SURGERY
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Health Care Honors
ady Children’s, already known as a leader in pediatric medical care, has yet another accolade to add to its roster: It was recently named one R Rady Children’s achieves Honor Roll status in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings
Roll designation is the culmination of a collective dedication to advancing pediatric health care. “We at Rady Children’s have taken our mission and our covenant with the community extremely seriously because we know that we are the major pediatric subspecialty provider in this region,” says Gail Knight, MD, MMM, senior vice president and chief medical officer at Rady Children’s. “If we aren’t amongst the best of the best, then that means the kids in our community aren’t getting the best of the best care.” Rady Children’s is the largest provider of comprehensive pediatric medical services in San Diego, southern Riverside and Imperial counties. Though they don’t come with an official ranking—since U.S. News and Report only covers 10 categories— some of its subspecialty programs, such as genomic medicine, even draw patients from around the country due to the expertise of the providers. “Being the only major resource for advanced pediatric health care in this region, it’s a serious responsibility,” says Dr. Knight. “Having access to these types of things is why we’re amongst the best. That’s why we’re on the honor roll.
of the 10 best children’s hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report. Aside from making the top 10 “Honor Roll,” Rady Children’s also had five specialty programs rank among the top 10 in the nation (pediatric cardiology and heart surgery, orthopedics, neonatology, neurology and neurosurgery and diabetes and endocrine disorders). U.S. News, together with research and consulting firm RTI International, analyzed data gleaned from a survey of more than 2,000 questions and took into consideration an evolving set of data related to clinical outcomes, quality, resources related to patient care, complexity of cases treated, research, physician training programs, Magnet status and more.
Though the rankings largely apply to pediatric specialties, due to the
comprehensive and collaborative nature of care at Rady Children’s, every doctor, nurse, researcher and other team member in some way played a role. The Honor
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