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 nation’s leading integrated academic health systems and one of the largest in the New York metropolitan area. Its comprehensive system includes seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, over 600 research and clinical laboratories, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing. Together, the Health System comprises approximately 48,000 employees, more than 9,000 physicians, and 8,600 nurses.
As a leading learning health system, Mount Sinai combines clinical expertise with scientific discovery to improve patient care while training the next generation of health care and biomedical leaders. The Health System provides care across every stage of life, from prenatal care through geriatrics, while advancing personalized medicine through artificial intelligence, data science, and biomedical research.
Mount Sinai is consistently recognized among the nation’s leading academic health systems for patient care, research, and education. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 1 in New York by Newsweek and No. 5 on the magazine’s World’s Best Hospitals list. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ranks No. 11 among U.S. medical schools and No. 1 among freestanding medical schools for National Institutes of Health funding, reflecting the strength of its scientific enterprise and leadership in biomedical research.