Charleston Metro Chamber Of Commerce: MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital Achieves Top Rankings In Annual U.S. News

Charleston SC

18 June, 2022

2:31 PM

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Press release from the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce: June 15, 2022 New rankings from U.S. News & World Report's (USNWR) 2022-23 Best Children's Hospitals survey place the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital once again as the only children's hospital in South Carolina to be ranked. And, the hospital improved one ranking, to #11, in the Southeast region best children's hospitals survey. The latest rankings are published online and indicate the herculean efforts health care workers provided during the second year of the coronavirus pandemic. The highly recognized specialties for MUSC SJCH include the following national rankings: No. 4 for cardiology & heart surgery, No. 30 for nephrology, No. 31 for cancer and No. 41 for gastroenterology & GI surgery. This year, the MUSC Pediatric & Congenital Heart Center received the #1 spot in the nation ranking for outcomes. This phenomenal achievement recognizes that the pediatric and congenital heart center's expected outcomes are the best in the nation. USNWR issues the annual rankings "to help families with complex and rare conditions find the best medical care for their children," according to the publication's website. They're designed to steer parents and caregivers to the hospitals that are best equipped to treat their children. The 16th annual rankings highlight the top 50 U.S. pediatric hospitals in each of 10 specialties: cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology. "The U.S. News rankings recognize on a national stage that MUSC Children's Health is a leader in pediatric health care and a safe and compassionate choice for parents seeking care for their child," said Mark A. Scheurer, M.D., MUSC Children's Health chief of clinical services. This press release was produced by the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author's own.