Providing world-class pediatric care takes immense clinical expertise and a commitment to continuous innovation. This year’s Best Children’s Hospitals rankings recognize Nemours Children’s long-standing dedication to delivering life-changing medical care while partnering with families and communities to improve our children’s overall health and wellness.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 7, 2025) – U.S. News & World Report released its 2025-2026 Best Children’s Hospitals list, and Nemours Children’s Health is again among the nation’s best clinical institutions according to the latest rankings. This year, Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida earned a combined total of 12 pediatric specialty rankings.
“Providing world-class pediatric care takes immense clinical expertise and a commitment to continuous innovation,” said R. Lawrence Moss, MD, FACS, FAAP, President and CEO of Nemours Children’s Health. “This year’s Best Children’s Hospitals rankings recognize Nemours Children’s long-standing dedication to delivering life-changing medical care while partnering with families and communities to improve our children’s overall health and wellness.”
Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware is again rated as a top 10 children’s hospital in the Mid-Atlantic region, ranking in eight specialties. The hospital garnered a top 10 ranking in orthopedics, a top 15 ranking in diabetes & endocrinology, and a top 25 ranking in neonatology. Additional nationally ranked programs for Nemours Children’s in Delaware included cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, gastroenterology & gastrointestinal surgery, urology, and behavioral health. Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida earned top 25 rankings in orthopedics and in diabetes & endocrinology, while also ranking in pulmonology & lung surgery and in behavioral health for the first time.
In addition, Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, a long-time collaborator with Nemours Children’s, ranked in two specialties. As part of this affiliation, pediatric physicians from Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville are members of the clinical teams in these ranked specialties.
“Our latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report reflect our enterprise-wide commitment to providing the best care and experience possible for the children and families we serve. As we continue to enhance the ways in which we deliver care across the regions that we serve, Nemours Children’s will make an even broader positive impact on the lives of children,” said Matthew Davis, MD, MAPP, Enterprise Physician-in-Chief and Chief Scientific Officer for Nemours Children’s Health.
For the 2025-2026 rankings, U.S. News, together with RTI International, a North Carolina-based research firm, collected and analyzed data from 118 children’s hospitals and surveyed thousands of pediatric specialists. Children’s hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, compliance with established best practices, and level and quality of hospital resources directly related to patient care. The full rankings for the 2025-2026 Best Children’s Hospitals national, regional/state and specialty rankings can be found at USNews.com.
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About Nemours Children's Health
Nemours Children’s Health is one of the nation’s largest multistate pediatric health systems, which includes two free-standing children's hospitals and a network of more than 70 primary and specialty care practices. Nemours Children's seeks to transform the health of children by adopting a holistic health model that utilizes innovative, safe, and high-quality care, while also addressing children’s needs well beyond medicine. In producing the highly acclaimed, award-winning pediatric medicine podcast Well Beyond Medicine, Nemours underscores that commitment by featuring the people, programs and partnerships addressing whole child health. Nemours Children's also powers the world’s most-visited website for information on the health of children and teens, Nemours KidsHealth.org.
The Nemours Foundation, established through the legacy and philanthropy of Alfred I. duPont, provides pediatric clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention programs to the children, families and communities it serves. For more information, visit Nemours.org.
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