Ranked in all 10 specialties
We’ve been consistently ranked among the nation’s best
pediatric hospitals since U.S. News & World Report started
ranking them more than 20 years ago. In 2018, we were
#9 in the country, ranking in all 10 specialties.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE
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Sicker Patients, Better Outcomes
CANCER
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Building a Better CAR
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Connected through care
We partner with neighboring University of Colorado School of
Medicine, where many of our care providers serve as faculty.
The school’s Department of Pediatrics is ranked fourth in the
nation by U.S. News & World Report, and first in the nation for
research funding by the National Institutes of Health.
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CARDIOLOGY & HEART SURGERY
Stem Cells Harvested, Stem Cells Returned
In Living Color
DIABETES & ENDOCRINOLOGY
In Reverse
Three-peat
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We’ve been Magnet-recognized by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center for a third time, a designation only
3 percent of hospitals achieve.
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Cultivating the future
Systems in Communication
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NEPHROLOGY
No Brakes
NEUROLOGY & NEUROSURGERY
Beyond Seizures
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ORTHOPEDICS
Growing a Growth Plate
PULMONOLOGY
Current Imaging
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NEPHROLOGY
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Our scientists, physicians and staff have implemented an
ambitious strategic plan to expand the scope and quality of
child health research in virtually every pediatric subspecialty.
And through fellowship training, we cultivate the next
generation of research investigators.
Unstuck
Every Letter of the Genome
We won the 2015 American Hospital Association-McKesson
Quest for Quality Prize, awarded to one hospital annually for
hospital-wide commitment to safe, highly reliable, patient-
centered care.
Children’s Colorado and
University of Colorado combined
child health grants in 2017
GASTROENTEROLOGY & GI SURGERY
NEONATOLOGY
Consistently questing
$135M+
Cure as Cause
CARDIOLOGY & HEART SURGERY
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Our Research Institute spearheads the basic and clinical
discovery that drives the development of new medicines,
devices, diagnostic approaches and healthcare innovations.
CANCER
SURGERY
Fetalizing the Adult
UROLOGY
Surgery Like an Airline
NEW CONSTELLATIONS
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