Make Your Voice Heard! Vote for U.S. News & World Report Best Children's Hospitals Rankings

Nicklaus Children's Hospital is proud to be consistently ranked among the nation’s top children's hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

These rankings help patients and their families identify the best treatment options for critical medical conditions and complex procedures. Additionally, the rankings serve as a valuable resource for medical students, residents, and fellows as they consider their next career steps. We are grateful for your support in recognizing the dedication and expertise of our clinical staff, who consistently deliver exceptional specialty care to every patient and family.

Ranked in 7 Specialties by US News 2025-2026.

Who Can Vote

Doximity is the exclusive partner for conducting the U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals expert opinion survey for physicians. To take part in the survey, physicians must be board-certified and credential-verified members of Doximity. To be eligible for the online Best Hospitals survey, physicians must meet the qualifications specific to each specialty, including medical license, board certification, and specialty or sub-specialty credentials, which may include Doximity-recognized specialties or sub-specialties in certain cases.

If you are not registered on Doximity, you can register here. Your Doximity profile must be active and all certifications and board documents must be up-to-date.

How to Vote

The 2025-2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Children's Hospitals Rankings survey voting is now open and ends mid-March.

Log in to your Doximity account at doximity.com or via the mobile app.

Click the notifications icon or tap the “Submit Nominations” button.

Vote for hospital(s) providing the best care in your specialty.

Tips for Voting

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If you have any difficulties completing the survey, contact usnews@doximity.com for assistance.

Why Vote

Your participation in U.S. News & World Report's annual reputational survey is invaluable to Nicklaus Children's Hospital. Since 2008, numerous Nicklaus Children's specialty programs have been annually ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report. These national rankings are a reflection of the expert quality care Nicklaus Children's offers our patients and their families. Providing this level of service and personalized care is what makes us the hospital where your child matters most™. We're proud to have the support of our physicians, referring and affiliated physicians, and community-based providers.

Clinical Highlights

Nicklaus Children's medical team performing Transcatheter PDA Closure.

Nicklaus Children's Hospital's Heart Institute Launches Bedside Transcatheter PDA Closure Offering for Newborns

October 16, 2025 –

Nicklaus Children's Hospital's Heart Institute, a world-recognized leader in heart innovation, is now offering bedside transcatheter patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closures for medically fragile newborns. This new offering brings advanced therapy directly to the neonatal intensive care unit, allowing procedures to be performed within the baby's own isolette or crib.

Dr. Sathanandam, chief of cardiovascular medicine and co-director of the Heart Institute wearing blue scrubs during an operation.

Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute First to Offer Innovative Heart Stent Designed for Babies

August 28, 2025 –

Nicklaus Children's Hospital's Heart Institute is ushering in a new era of cardiac treatment for children across South Florida. Nicklaus Children's is the first hospital in South Florida to offer the latest innovative Minima Stent from Renata Medical, the first FDA-approved heart stent that expands as the child grows. This innovation gives new hope to babies and young children with congenital heart disease, helping them avoid repeated open-heart surgeries.

Safer, Innovative 3D Imaging for South Florida Children Available Only at Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute

July 28, 2025 –

Providing a safer, innovative approach to digital imaging for children in Florida is a guiding principle to Nicklaus Children's Hospital’s approach to enhancing care for families. The opening of the new state-of-the-art Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute marks a huge milestone in enhancing diagnostic imaging for children.

Nicklaus Children's Brain Institute's Rett Syndrome Clinic Recognized as Center of Excellence

April 02, 2025 –

'Nicklaus Children’s Hospitals Rett Syndrome Clinic has been recognized as a Center of Excellence by the International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF), making it one of 21 centers of excellence in the nation and the only treatment center in Florida for children with these complex care needs.

State-of-the-Art Intraoperative 3D Imaging Now Offered at Nicklaus Children's Hospital

January 08, 2025 –

The Medtronic O-arm^® StealthStation^® S8^® Surgical System for Neurosurgery, an intraoperative 2D/3D imaging device, is among the many innovative surgical technologies that are enhancing the patient care experience within the newly opened Nicklaus Children's Kenneth C. Griffin Surgical Tower.

Nicklaus Children's Expands Offering of Approved Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Following FDA Decision

September 18, 2024 – Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is offering FDA-approved Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl), the first gene therapy developed for patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) who have a confirmed mutation in the DMD gene.

Groundbreaking Treatment Approach Shows Promise in Hard-to-Treat Cancers

April 11, 2024 – Researchers have developed a functional precision medicine approach that targets cancer by combining genetic testing with a new way to test individual drugs on tumor samples.