America’s Best Children’s Hospitals 2012-2013 Survey Ranks Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford Tops in Northern California

For Release: June 05, 2012

PALO ALTO, Calif. — In the U.S. News & World Report publication of America's Best Children’s Hospitals 2012-13, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford has received the highest rankings of any children’s hospital in Northern California.

In the annual survey online June 5 at U.S. News.com/children hospitals, Packard Children’s is the only Northern California children’s hospital with five programs ranked in the nation’s Top 20. Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Neonatology and Pulmonology all received Top 20 recognition. Other specialties making the list include Diabetes & Endocrinology, Urology, Cancer, Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Orthopedics. Packard Children’s is the only Northern California children’s hospital that was ranked in all ten of the pediatric specialties surveyed by U.S. News.

The U.S. News honor adds to a growing and varied list of recent highlights for Packard Children’s, including:

• Preparation for a new 500,000 sq. ft. expansion that includes additional patient beds and diagnostic capabilities that will create the most family-friendly children’s hospital in America.
• Global recognition for the successful separation of two-year-old conjoined twins.
• Leading research on non-genetic factors playing a role in determining autism risk.
• Lifesaving pacemaker implementation on the smallest newborn ever to receive one.
• The formation of a collaborative relationship with California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco to substantially increase children’s access to highly specialized inpatient hospital care.

The America’s Best Children’s Hospitals survey is based on a methodology weighing a blend of reputation, outcome and care-related measures such as volume, nursing care, advanced technology, credentialing and more. A detailed description of the methodology can be found online here.

“The U.S. News survey reflects the wonderful regional and national reputation we’ve built in our relatively young history,” said Christopher G. Dawes, president and chief executive officer at Packard Children’s, who noted that Packard Children’s opened in 1991. “These rankings are a very nice distinction and confirmation of our dedication to children and expectant mothers. We proudly share this success with our faculty, staff and community.”

Authors

Robert Dicks
650-497-8364
rdicks@stanfordchildrens.org