For the 17th year, M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital ranked a top place for kids’ health
At M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital, taking care of kids is our first and only priority. We’re proud to be the only children’s hospital in the Twin Cities area ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the country by US News & World Report for the 17th year in a row.
We are ranked no. 2 in Minnesota and no. 18 the Midwest region. We’re also nationally ranked in three specialty care areas.
Once again, Masonic Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked in pediatric nephrology (kidney care) and gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery. We also picked up a national ranking in neonatology, which is specialized care for babies born prematurely or with illnesses.
Our nephrology program is ranked 25 in the nation. In addition to providing medical care for all causes of kidney disease in infants, children, and adolescents, we have also performed the most pediatric kidney transplants and have the highest reported infant kidney transplant success rates. We have performed more than 1,000 kidney transplants at the children’s hospital since the 1970s. More than 180 of them were for children under age 2.
Our gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery program is a leader in research for inflammatory bowel disease, a complex condition that causes inflammation in the digestive tract. We’re also home to Minnesota’s largest pediatric liver transplant program.
Neonatology care includes our Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital, which offers the highest level of care available. In addition to neonatologists, our specially trained nurses, respiratory therapists, licensed social workers, speech and physical therapists, lactation consultants, pharmacists, child life specialists, and dietitians care for babies and their families.
“Our team of compassionate pediatric healthcare providers prove time and time again that they combine their medical expertise with the most caring hearts possible,” said Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD, an M Health Fairview pediatric gastroenterologist, co-chief of our Women’s and Children’s Service Line, and a professor at University of Minnesota Medical School. “Just this year, we’ve cared for patients in a statewide measles outbreak, opened a clinic to care for kids with a disabling POTS diagnosis, and completed our 2,001st pediatric organ transplant.”
M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital is Minnesota’s only academic children’s hospital. It provides medical services in more than 50 specialty areas. The same pediatric experts who see patients at our hospital are also available at M Health Fairview pediatric clinics across the Twin Cities to provide top care closer to home for many families.
U.S. News and World Report introduced its “Best Children’s Hospitals” rankings in 2007 to help families of children with rare or life-threatening illnesses find the best medical care. To produce the list, U.S. News reviews data from nearly 200 medical centers. They evaluate a range of factors, including patient safety, infection prevention, level of nurse staffing, clinical research, and a survey of over 6,000 pediatric specialists nationwide. The list recognizes the top 50 pediatric hospitals across the U.S. in 10 specialties, ranging from cancer care to neurosurgery, as well as providing statewide and regional rankings.
