Among the best for 18 years
October 2025 | Cook Children's Health Care System has once again been recognized as one of the best children's hospitals in the nation, earning six rankings in the U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals list for 2025-2026.
The following Cook Children's specialties were named among the top programs:
- Pediatric Behavioral Health – Top 50 in the nation
- Pediatric Cancer - #41 in the nation
- Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology - #35 in the nation
- Pediatric Neurology and Neurosurgery - #33 in the nation
- Pediatric Orthopedics - #49 in the nation
- Pediatric Pulmonology and Lung Surgery - #48 in the nation
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October 2024 | Cook Children's Health Care System was recognized as one of the best children's hospitals in the nation, earning seven rankings in the U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals list for 2024-2025:
- Pediatric Behavioral Health – Top 50 in the nation
- Pediatric Cancer - #37 in the nation
- Pediatric Cardiology and Heart Surgery - #37 in the nation
- Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology - #44 in the nation
- Pediatric Neurology and Neurosurgery - #45 in the nation
- Pediatric Orthopedics - #24 in the nation
- Pediatric Pulmonology and Lung Surgery - #48 in the nation
"For more than 106 years, Cook Children's has been committed to improving the well-being of every child in our care. We are honored to see our mission validated yet again by U.S. News and World Report," said Rick W. Merrill, President and CEO of Cook Children's Health Care System.