Lisa M. Satlin, MD, center, Pediatrician-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Health System, with Marla C. Dubinsky, MD, Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, and Jeffrey A. Stock, MD, Chief, Pediatric Urology
For the fourth consecutive year, Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai is ranked among the nation’s top pediatric centers in seven of the ten specialties measured by U.S. News & World Report. Impressively, two of those specialties achieved a Top 25 ranking: Pulmonology and Urology, each at No. 21. U.S. News publishes the rankings annually in its “Best Children’s Hospitals” guidebook, which lists the nation’s top 50 children’s hospitals in 10 pediatric specialty areas.
“These are outstanding achievements that reflect the long-standing dedication of the Kravis Hospital’s teams of doctors, nurses, social workers, and staff in delivering the highest quality of care and improving the health outcomes of pediatric patients,” says Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mount Sinai Health System.
In compiling the rankings, U.S. News gathered key clinical data from 183 pediatric centers. Part of each score also was derived from surveys in 2014, 2015, and 2016 of approximately 19,000 pediatric specialists who were asked where they would send the sickest children in their specialty.
The hospital is ranked in these areas:
- Pulmonology: No. 21
- Urology: No. 21
- Gastroenterology & GI Surgery: No. 27
- Nephrology: No. 29
- Neurology & Neurosurgery: No. 30
- Diabetes & Endocrinology: No. 38
- Cardiology & Heart Surgery: No. 45
Kravis, 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, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Pediatrician-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Health System.
It has been a time of significant growth for Mount Sinai’s pediatric programs. In April, the newly constructed Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder Newborn Intensive Care Unit opened, and in June, the first phase of an alliance between Mount Sinai and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), one of the nation’s pre-eminent pediatric institutions, was unveiled. The alliance will build on both institutions’ collective strengths to provide children and their families in the New York metropolitan region access to an unprecedented scope of pediatric health care services.
In this first phase, leading CHOP subspecialty pediatric oncologists will join Mount Sinai’s pediatric subspecialty team in an integrated Children’s Cancer Program to provide state-of-the-art diagnostics and personalized treatments in the new Blau Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disease at The Mount Sinai Hospital. Patients diagnosed with cancer or blood disorders will benefit from onsite treatment by Mount Sinai physicians, as well as expert consult opinions and follow-up appointments with pediatric oncologists from CHOP. Dr. Satlin is spearheading the alliance at Mount Sinai, and for the first phase will collaborate with the CHOP oncology team being led by Anne Reilly, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Division of Oncology, CHOP; and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Additional specialties will be added over time, including a Fetal Medicine Program and a Children’s Heart Center. Says Dr. Satlin: “An alliance with CHOP—internationally recognized in pediatric oncology, fetal medicine, and cardiac care, especially—along with other innovative initiatives planned for this year and beyond, will further expand our long and distinguished tradition of excellence at Kravis.”