Three UC children’s hospitals recognized in national rankings

October 8, 2025

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Smiling nurse holding baby — A nurse works with a young patient at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital Pediatric Cardiology unit.

U.S. News & World Report has announced its 2025-26 top children’s hospitals rankings across specialties, and three University of California Health hospitals have been recognized:

UC Davis Children’s Hospital

#23: Pediatric Orthopedics
#33: Pediatric Nephrology
#41: Pediatric Pulmonology and Lung Surgery

UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital

#20: Pediatric Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
#25: Pediatric Nephrology
#27: Pediatric Orthopedics
#27: Pediatric Urology
#39 Neonatology
#39: Pediatric Neurology & Neurosurgery
#40: Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery
#46: Pediatric Cancer
#46: Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology
Top 50: Pediatric and Adolescent Behavioral Health

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, San Francisco and Oakland

#6: Neonatology
#10: Pediatric Cancer
#10: Pediatric Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
#11: Pediatric Nephrology
#18: Pediatric Neurology & Neurosurgery
#19: Pediatric Urology
#21: Pediatric Pulmonology & Lung Surgery
#31: Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology
#33: Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery
#38: Pediatric Orthopedics
Top 50: Pediatric and Adolescent Behavioral Health

Read the full rankings at U.S. News & World Report.

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