7th in the Nation
Ranked among "Best Pediatrics Programs" in 2022 by U.S. News & World Report7th in the Nation
Ranked among "Best Pediatrics Programs" in 2022 by U.S. News & World Report24 Sections
The strength of the Department of Pediatrics rests in part on the broad range of our subspecialty sections and related programs.900+ Faculty Members
The Department has over 900 full-time faculty members and more than 500 volunteer clinical faculty to help carry out our mission.Residency Program
The department trains approximately 100 pediatric resident physicians, in addition to medical students and physician assistants.Fellowship Programs
We train over 250 fellows in over 60 subspecialties, 33 of which are ACGME-accredited programs.Children’s Hospital Colorado once again has been recognized as a top hospital in the nation. According to the 2017-18 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report, Children’s Colorado ranked in nine of the ten recognized specialty areas, including five in the top ten:
“Day-in and day-out, our pediatric health experts provide the children in our communities with some of the best care in the nation,” said Jena Hausmann, hospital president and CEO. “Our good work can be transformative. We continually prove that at Children’s Hospital Colorado, ‘Here, it’s Different.’”
The Best Children’s Hospitals rankings highlight the top U.S. pediatric facilities in cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, gastroenterology & GI surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology & neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology. Children’s Colorado is among only nine children’s hospitals in the 187 surveyed hospitals that have five or more specialties ranked in the top ten.
Children’s Colorado consistently has numbered among the best children’s hospitals since U.S. News initiated the rankings more than 20 years ago. The rankings are based on clinical data and reputation surveys sent to about 11,000 pediatric specialists around the country. The Best Children's Hospitals methodologies include objective measures such as clinical outcomes, patient volume, infection control, adequacy of nurse staffing, efficiency and coordination of care delivery, compliance with best practices and more.