Reputation

We are a nonprofit hospital with a reputation as an international leader in providing state-of-the-art medical care for children.  The hospital has a history of pioneering new and minimally-invasive techniques to help children heal faster, and serves as a major regional referral center for children who require life-saving acute care.   In addition, we are a leader in providing family-centered care, integrating family members as partners in a sick or injured child's recovery.  We rank among the top 10 hospitals known to conduct innovative pediatric biomedical research.

U.S. News & World Report

Our hospital has been ranked as a top health care facility for children by U.S. News & World Report every year since the magazine began ranking children's hospitals in 1990.  We are the only pediatric medical center on the West Coast that has been named to the prestigious "Honor Roll" as being a top hospital for children.  Find out more about our rankings.

 

Leapfrog "Top Hospital" Award 

Our hospital is one of 10 children's hospitals to be designated a “Top Hospital” for 2011 by The Leapfrog Group.

For the third consecutive year, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has earned the Top Hospital designation from The Leapfrog Group, which annually recognizes the best hospitals in the nation for providing the safest and highest quality health care services to patients. Find out more about this award. 
 

Customer-Friendly Hospital

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is one of only 15 hospitals in California, and one of only seven children's hospitals nationwide, to receive a 2007 Hospital of Choice Award from the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers (AAHP).  This award is given to institutions that are the most customer-friendly hospitals in America. 
 

Leading Physicians

The Medical Staff at Children's Hospital Los Angeles includes 528 physicians - 94% are board-certified in their specialty or specialties.

Many hold leadership positions with national organizations, advocacy groups and National Institutes of Health committees.  A few hold leadership positions at the highest level in medicine.

Our faculty members are regularly ranked among the leading healthcare practitioners in the nation by their peers, and listed in distinguished publications such as Best Doctors in America and America's Top Doctors.  

Excellence in Nursing

The American Nurses Credentialing Center has accorded our hospital with Magnet Recognition.  Magnet status is used as a national benchmark of the quality of care provided by a hospital's nursing force. 

Leading Researchers

We have more than 90 faculty members who are principal investigators in peer review and extramurally funded research studies. Many are on advisory boards for scientific journals and funding agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH). During the last 15 years, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has ranked our hospital among the top eight recipients of research funding.