U.S. News Best Children's Hospitals

Top-Ranked Pediatric Hospitals for Neurology & Neurosurgery

These are the 50 top-ranked centers for children with serious neurological problems. Surgical survival, parent and family involvement and clinical research 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 neurologists and neurosurgeons surveyed in 2011, 2012 and 2013 recommended the hospital.

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Rank Hospital U.S. News Score Reputation with specialists Surgical survival Prevention of surgical complications Management of epilepsy patients Use of infection-preventing measures Surgery volume
#39

Kosair Children's Hospital

59.2 / 100

Modest

25

Score: 0.9%

Modest: 0.1%-​2.9%

Very high

100

Score: 12

Very high: 11 or 12 out of 12

High

75

Score: 13

High: 11 to 14 out of 16

High

75

Score: 5

High: 5 or 6 out 8

Very good

75

Score: 24

Very good: 21 to 24 out of 26

Average

50

Score: 18

Average: 16 to 22 out of 33

#38

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

59.5 / 100

Significant

50

Score: 7.6%

Significant: 3.0%-​14.9%

Very high

100

Score: 12

Very high: 11 or 12 out of 12

Average

50

Score: 8

Average: 6 to 10 out of 16

Average

50

Score: 4

Average: 3 or 4 out of 8

Very good

75

Score: 22

Very good: 21 to 24 out of 26

Average

50

Score: 19

Average: 16 to 22 out of 33

#33

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford

63.0 / 100

Significant

50

Score: 6.6%

Significant: 3.0%-​14.9%

Very high

100

Score: 12

Very high: 11 or 12 out of 12

High

75

Score: 11

High: 11 to 14 out of 16

High

75

Score: 5

High: 5 or 6 out 8

Superior

100

Score: 25

Superior: 25 to 26 out of 26

Average

50

Score: 17

Average: 16 to 22 out of 33

#48

Massachusetts General Hospital for Children

53.4 / 100

Significant

50

Score: 6.2%

Significant: 3.0%-​14.9%

Very high

100

Score: 12

Very high: 11 or 12 out of 12

Average

50

Score: 8

Average: 6 to 10 out of 16

Low

5

Score: 2

Low: 1 to 2 out of 8

Very good

75

Score: 21

Very good: 21 to 24 out of 26

Low

5

Score: 15

Low: 0 to 15 out of 33

#10

Miami Children's Hospital

81.5 / 100

Strong

75

Score: 16.3%

Strong: 15.0%-​49.9%

Very high

100

Score: 12

Very high: 11 or 12 out of 12

Very high

100

Score: 16

Very high: 15 or 16 out of 16

High

75

Score: 5

High: 5 or 6 out 8

Superior

100

Score: 26

Superior: 25 to 26 out of 26

High

75

Score: 24

High: 23 to 29 out of 33

#14

Nationwide Children's Hospital

77.2 / 100

Significant

50

Score: 10.8%

Significant: 3.0%-​14.9%

Very high

100

Score: 12

Very high: 11 or 12 out of 12

Very high

100

Score: 15

Very high: 15 or 16 out of 16

High

75

Score: 5

High: 5 or 6 out 8

Superior

100

Score: 26

Superior: 25 to 26 out of 26

Average

50

Score: 19

Average: 16 to 22 out of 33

#44

Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

56.9 / 100

Modest

25

Score: 0.5%

Modest: 0.1%-​2.9%

Very high

100

Score: 12

Very high: 11 or 12 out of 12

Very high

100

Score: 15

Very high: 15 or 16 out of 16

Average

50

Score: 3

Average: 3 or 4 out of 8

Very good

75

Score: 24

Very good: 21 to 24 out of 26

Low

5

Score: 12

Low: 0 to 15 out of 33

#17

New York-​Presbyterian Morgan Stanley-​Komansky Children's Hospital

74.9 / 100

Strong

75

Score: 18.2%

Strong: 15.0%-​49.9%

Very high

100

Score: 12

Very high: 11 or 12 out of 12

High

75

Score: 12

High: 11 to 14 out of 16

High

75

Score: 6

High: 5 or 6 out 8

Very good

75

Score: 22

Very good: 21 to 24 out of 26

Average

50

Score: 19

Average: 16 to 22 out of 33

#32

Phoenix Children's Hospital

65.3 / 100

Significant

50

Score: 3.3%

Significant: 3.0%-​14.9%

Very high

100

Score: 12

Very high: 11 or 12 out of 12

Very high

100

Score: 16

Very high: 15 or 16 out of 16

High

75

Score: 6

High: 5 or 6 out 8

Significant

50

Score: 20

Significant: 16 to 20 out of 26

Average

50

Score: 22

Average: 16 to 22 out of 33

#16

Primary Children's Medical Center

Salt Lake City, UT

75.3 / 100

Significant

50

Score: 11.1%

Significant: 3.0%-​14.9%

Very high

100

Score: 12

Very high: 11 or 12 out of 12

High

75

Score: 14

High: 11 to 14 out of 16

High

75

Score: 6

High: 5 or 6 out 8

Very good

75

Score: 23

Very good: 21 to 24 out of 26

High

75

Score: 26

High: 23 to 29 out of 33

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