Top-Ranked Pediatric Hospitals for Nephrology
These are the 51 top-ranked centers for children with serious kidney disorders. Survival following kidney transplant, biopsy complications, and overall infection prevention were among the factors making up 75 percent of the score, based mostly on data from a U.S. News survey of children's hospitals. The other 25 percent reflects how many of 450 pediatric nephrologists surveyed in 2010, 2011, and 2012 recommended the hospital. How We Rank Children's Hospitals
Editor's Note, 7/17/2012: Some children's hospitals in this specialty were initially misranked due to a programming error that affected their scores. The website now displays correct rankings. For more information including how the rankings changed, get details here.
Showing 11–20 of 51
| National Rank | Hospital | U.S. News Score |
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| #11 |
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Pittsburgh, PA |
71.8/100 |
| #12 |
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA |
71.6/100 |
| #12 |
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA |
71.6/100 |
| #14 |
Children's National Medical Center Washington, DC |
67.9/100 |
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| #15 |
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital Cleveland, OH Ranked in Cleveland metro area and Ohio |
65.6/100 |
| #16 |
Johns Hopkins Children's Center Baltimore, MD Ranked in Baltimore metro area and Maryland |
65.1/100 |
| #17 |
San Diego, CA |
63.5/100 |
| #18 |
Riley Hospital for Children Indiana University Health Indianapolis, IN Ranked in Indianapolis metro area and Indiana |
62.3/100 |
| #19 |
University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital Minneapolis, MN Ranked in Minneapolis metro area and Minnesota |
62.2/100 |
| #20 |
University of Iowa Children's Hospital Iowa City, IA Ranked in Iowa |
60.4/100 |
