Our Reputation

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is 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, Childrens Hospital is a leader in providing family-centered care, integrating family members as partners in a sick or injured child's recovery.  
 

U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report has ranked our hospital 9th among 143 hospitals in the nation.  We have consistently been named one of the top pediatric facilities in the nation since 1990.  Find out more about our rankings by this publication.
 

Customer-Friendly Hospital

Childrens 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

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.