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Phoenix Children’s ranked 3rd best children’s hospital in southwest U.S.

Oct 9, 2024, 8:05 AM | Updated: Oct 11, 2024, 1:24 pm

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Phoenix Children's is the best pediatric hospital in Arizona, according to a new ranking from U.S. News and World Report. (Photo by David Schacher Photography)

(Photo by David Schacher Photography)

PHOENIX — One of the best children’s hospitals in the southwest U.S. is right here in the Valley, according to U.S. News and World Report.

In fact, 2024 marks the 14th straight year the media company has placed Phoenix Children’s near the top of its nationwide pediatric care rankings.

The U.S. News and World Report’s list of the best children’s hospitals in 2024-2025 said it’s the best children’s hospital in all of Arizona.

However, that’s one of many accolades awarded to the medical center at State Route 51 and Thomas Road.

Phoenix Children’s also ranked as No. 3 in the media company’s list of best children’s hospitals in the Southwest region.

What else does Phoenix Children’s exceed at?

The hospital was cited as a top 50 pediatric facility in eight different medical specialties in the website’s rankings, including:

  • Pediatric and adolescent behavioral health.
  • Pediatric cardiology and heart surgery.
  • Pediatric diabetes and endocrinology.
  • Pediatric gastroenterology and GI surgery.
  • Pediatric nephrology.
  • Pediatric neurology and neurosurgery.
  • Pediatric pulmonology and lung surgery.
  • Pediatric urology.

Its highest rating, No. 27, came in gastroenterology and GI surgery.

The is the only children’s hospital in Arizona to ever make the U.S. News & World Report list.

The results were calculated based on how the facilities fared in three major areas: clinical expertise, patient outcomes and national reputation.

News of the Phoenix medical facility’s high rankings came after a busy 2024 for hospital leaders.

Earlier this year, Phoenix Children’s opened its second full acute care hospital: the Arrowhead Phoenix Children’s in Glendale. This 175,000-square-foot facility has been providing comprehensive care to families in the West Valley since August.

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Phoenix Children’s ranked 3rd best children’s hospital in southwest U.S.