Lisa M. Satlin, MD, Pediatrician-in-Chief, Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai, with Alfin G. Vicencio, MD, Chief, Pediatric Pulmonology, left, and Jeffrey M. Saland, MD, MSCR, Chief, Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension.
Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai has again been ranked among the nation’s top children’s hospitals by U.S. News & World Report in its “Best Children’s Hospitals” guidebook for 2017-2018.
Mount Sinai ranked in six of ten specialties and achieved top 25 rankings in two specialties—Diabetes & Endocrinology, and Gastroenterology & GI Surgery. Three departments improved their rankings over the previous year. The rankings, published annually, recognize the nation’s top 50 children’s hospitals in 10 pediatric specialty areas.
Committed to providing exceptional care to children and their families, Mount Sinai has created an alliance with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals. Patients in the New York metropolitan area now have access to CHOP specialists in fetal medicine, pediatric cardiac care, and pediatric oncology—and to the most advanced diagnostics and treatments from Mount Sinai and CHOP experts—close to home at select Mount Sinai locations.
“This year’s rankings reflect the excellent care provided to our pediatric patients and their families,” says Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System. “We are grateful to each one of our employees—from the physicians and nurses to the social workers and staff—for making this recognition possible through their tireless work.”
The national rankings were generated from data collected through a clinical survey sent to nearly 200 hospitals that measured areas such as patient safety, infection prevention, and nurse staffing. Part of each hospital’s score is also derived from a reputational survey that went to about 11,000 pediatric specialists who were asked to name up to 10 hospitals they consider best in their specialty for children with serious or complex medical issues.
“We continue to recruit renowned experts to our medical teams, and the excellence we have achieved at Kravis Children’s Hospital 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. “Innovative programs, such as our partnership with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, will expand access to unparalleled care for children in the New York area.”
The hospital, which sees more than 70,000 outpatient visits and 3,000 inpatient stays each year, is ranked in the following specialties:
- Diabetes & Endocrinology No. 16, up from No. 38
- Gastroenterology & GI Surgery No. 23, up from No. 27
- Neurology & Neurosurgery No. 27, up from No. 30
- Urology No. 30
- Pulmonology No. 32
- Nephrology No. 39
The Pediatrician-in-Chief of the Kravis Hospital is Lisa M. Satlin, MD, Herbert H. Lehman Professor and Chair, Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “Every day, our doctors, nurses, child-life specialists, and our entire staff aim to ensure that every patient receives the best possible care, leading to the best possible outcomes, in a supportive environment that is focused on each individual child and his or her family,” says Dr. Satlin.