Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai is again ranked among the nation’s top pediatric centers in seven of the ten specialties measured by U.S. News & World Report in its 2015-16 “Best Children’s Hospitals” guidebook. Notably, for the first time, Kravis Children’s Hospital achieved Top 20 rankings—and did so in two areas, pulmonology and nephrology—and is again ranked for cancer. Other specialties also made significant gains this year.
“These rankings reflect the commitment by every employee at our children’s hospital, from the physicians and nurses to the social workers and staff, to providing exceptional care to our pediatric patients and their families,” says Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System.
To develop the rankings, U.S. News & World Report gathered key clinical data from 184 pediatric centers. Part of each hospital’s score was also derived from surveys in 2013, 2014, and 2015 of more than 10,000 pediatric specialists who were asked where they would send the sickest children in their specialty.
The hospital is ranked in the following seven specialties:
- Pulmonology: No. 18, up from No. 30 in 2014-15
- Nephrology: No. 19, up from No. 29
- Gastroenterology & GI Surgery: No. 25, up from No. 40
- Neurology & Neurosurgery: No. 25, up from No. 29
- Urology: No. 34, up from No. 50
- Diabetes & Endocrinology: No. 36
- Cancer: No. 50
“Mount Sinai continues to recruit renowned experts to our clinical teams. The excellent care that they provide is reflected in these rankings,” says Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and President for Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System.
Adds David L. Reich, MD, President and Chief Operating Officer, The Mount Sinai Hospital, “Every day, every member of our staff strives to offer the highest quality of compassionate care to children of all ages.”
Kravis Children’s Hospital, which manages 70,000 outpatient visits and 3,000 inpatient stays each year, is led by Lisa M. Satlin, MD, Herbert H. Lehman Professor and Chair, Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics, and Pediatrician-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Health System.
“We are especially delighted by the outstanding gains in rankings in pulmonology, nephrology, and gastroenterology—divisions led by exemplary subspecialists who have greatly expanded their clinical programs over the past few years,” says Dr. Satlin.
Asthma is the leading cause of hospitalization for children up to age 14 in New York City, and the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology has added faculty and staff, and launched innovative programs to advance asthma care and research. At the center of these efforts, says Alfin G. Vicencio, MD, Chief of Pediatric Pulmonology, are collaborations with The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute; the divisions of Allergy and Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine; and the departments of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, and Preventive Medicine.
The Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, led by Chief Jeffrey M. Saland, MD, MSCR, saw 50 percent growth in patient visits over the last three years. The division offers comprehensive care for children with hypertension and works closely with Pediatric Urology to integrate the medical and surgical care of children with kidney and urinary tract conditions. Additionally, the pediatric kidney transplant program continues to be the largest in the region and one of the largest in the nation, while achieving superior outcomes.