NewYork-Presbyterian Ranked Among Nation's "Best Children's Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report

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Jun 16, 2020, 00:05 ET

NEW YORK, June 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- For the 14th year in a row, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ranks among the best in the nation for children's care in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals." Additionally, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is New York's No. 1 children's hospital, according to the New York Daily News based on an analysis of the U.S. News & World Report's rankings. The 2020-21 rankings are published online today.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ranks among the best in a number of specialties evaluated in the U.S. News survey. Notably, the Hospital ranks No. 9 in the nation in neonatology and No. 10 in cardiology and heart surgery.

NewYork-Presbyterian provides pediatric care in every area of medicine at two major sites: NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital. NewYork-Presbyterian is the nation's only hospital affiliated with two world-class medical schools, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medicine.

"We are proud to be recognized as New York's No. 1 children's hospital by the New York Daily News and to be ranked among the best children's hospitals in the nation by U.S. News," said Dr. Steven J. Corwin, president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian. "Our heroic doctors, nurses, and entire medical team are committed to offering the most innovative, advanced treatments and providing the highest quality, most compassionate care to every child and their family."

The U.S. News "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings rely on clinical data and on an annual survey of pediatric specialists. The rankings methodology factors in patient outcomes, clinical services and processes, and compliance with best practices.

For the rankings, visit https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/pediatric-rankings. The rankings will be published in the U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals 2020" guidebook (ISBN 13: 9781931469951), available in stores soon.

Media can download high-resolution images of the hospital as well as B-Roll from Dropbox. In addition, NewYork-Presbyterian's science, care, and wellness platform, Health Matters regularly covers stories about children's health and wellness.

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NewYork-Presbyterian is one of the nation's most comprehensive, integrated academic healthcare systems, encompassing 10 hospital campuses across the Greater New York area, more than 200 primary and specialty care clinics and medical groups, and an array of telemedicine services.

A leader in medical education, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is the only academic medical center in the nation affiliated with two world-class medical schools, Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. This collaboration means patients have access to the country's leading physicians, the full range of medical specialties, latest innovations in care, and research that is developing cures and saving lives.

Ranked the #5 hospital in the nation and #1 in New York in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" survey, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is also recognized as among the best in the nation in the U.S. News "Best Children's Hospitals" survey. Founded nearly 250 years ago, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has a long legacy of medical breakthroughs and innovation, from the invention of the Pap test to the first successful pediatric heart transplant, to pioneering the groundbreaking heart valve replacement procedure called TAVR.

NewYork-Presbyterian's 47,000 employees and affiliated physicians are dedicated to providing the highest quality, most compassionate care to New Yorkers and patients from across the country and around the world. NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals are not for profit.

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