New York’s largest pediatric trauma center is nationally ranked in nine specialties

Cohen Children’s Medical Center is the top-rated children’s hospital in New York State and has earned top national rankings for exceptional care in nine pediatric specialties, according to US News & World Report’s 2021-2022 Best Children’s Hospitals. As the largest provider of pediatric health services in the state, Cohen Children’s has been ranked among the nation’s top children’s hospitals by US News for 15 consecutive years.

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Cohen Children’s Medical Center is the top-ranked children’s hospital in New York State. Pictured: Dr. Colleen M. Fitzpatrick, a pediatric surgeon, engages with her young patient. Credit Northwell Health

US News expanded its rankings this year to include state and regional children’s hospital ratings. Cohen Children’s received high marks there as well. In addition to earning the top spot in New York, it was ranked fifth in the mid-Atlantic region, which includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

Cohen Children’s landed in the top 30 nationally in six disciplines: pediatric urology (ranking 18th), neurology/neurosurgery (21st), pulmonology/lung surgery (tied for 24th), orthopedics (26th), diabetes/endocrinology (27th) and cancer (tied for 30th). The children’s hospital also serves as New York’s largest Level 1 pediatric trauma center and a primary destination for emergency care.

“We are proud to be recognized as the No. 1 children’s hospital in New York and ranked as one of the best hospitals in the nation,” said Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health, which operates Cohen Children’s. “This exceptional achievement reflects the unwavering dedication of the staff at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in providing world class care across a broad spectrum of clinical areas to our youngest and most precious patients.”

Coordinated, complex care is a hallmark of Cohen Children’s, which was put to the test during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The children’s hospital was a leader in treating children with COVID-19 and helped identify and treat Kawasaki-like disease, the multisystem inflammatory syndrome of childhood (MIS-C), a late-stage response to COVID-19.

“For the past 15 years, our hospital has been ranked among our country’s top children’s hospitals and all of us are very proud of this ongoing achievement,” said Charles Schleien, MD, MBA, senior vice president and chair of pediatric services at Northwell Health, and the Philip Lanzkowsky Chair and Professor of Pediatrics at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. “The excellence of every member of our staff – from the surgeons and doctors, nurses and therapists, environmental and food service workers – was put to the test this year as they diligently worked, each in their own way, to care for our patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. In spite of their own personal or family issues, the Cohen Children’s staff cared for these very vulnerable patients in ways that can only be described as heroic. I am so proud of their achievements.”

Below are Cohen Children’s pediatric specialties, as ranked by US News:

• Cancer 30th*
• Diabetes and Endocrinology 27th
• Gastroenterology/GI Surgery 39th
• Neonatal Care 32nd*
• Nephrology 32nd
• Neurology/Neurosurgery 21st
• Orthopedics 26th
• Pulmonology 24th*
• Urology 18th

* Denotes tie

To view US News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospital’s” edition, go to:

https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/pediatric-rankings

About Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York

Founded in 1983, Cohen Children’s Medical Center is a 206-bed hospital dedicated exclusively to the care of children. The specialists in the hospital’s national and international programs cover an entire range of specialties. State-of-the-art care for children’s medical, surgical, and dental needs are provided in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The facility is the largest provider of pediatric health services in New York State, serving 2.2 million patients under the age of 18 in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island and Westchester County. For the 15th consecutive year in 2021, Cohen was ranked among the nation’s best children’s hospitals in US News & World Report's 2021-22 “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” survey, achieving top-40 rankings in nine of 10 pediatric specialties.

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