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Provider News

Seattle Children’s Ranked Among the Best in U.S., Top 3 on West Coast

August 4, 2021

U.S. News & World Report again named Seattle Children’s among the nation’s best children’s hospitals in 2021, out of nearly 200 pediatric hospitals evaluated. Seattle Children’s is the top-ranked pediatric hospital in Washington and the Pacific Northwest, and among the top three pediatric hospitals in the Pacific region, which includes California, Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon and Washington. For more than a decade, Seattle Children’s has been nationally ranked in every area, and for 2021, 3 specialties are in the top 10 of the 10 specialties that are ranked:

  • Nephrology: #2
  • Urology: #9
  • Pulmonary: #10
  • Cancer: #11
  • Gastroenterology and GI Surgery: #12
  • Cardiology and Heart Surgery: #14
  • Neurology and Neurosurgery: #15
  • Orthopedics: #18
  • Diabetes and Endocrinology: #19
  • Neonatology: #27

In case you missed it: 58 Seattle Children’s providers were recognized in Seattle Magazine’s 21st annual list of Top Doctors. They are among the best physicians, physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners in more than 65 medical specialties. Nominations for the Top Doctors list come from provider peers.