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The hospital with a 396-licensed bed children's hospital in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Children's was the first stand-alone pediatric hospital in New England to be awarded Magnet status by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. One of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States,Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. Its Advanced Fetal Care Center can begin interventions at 15 weeks gestation, and in some situations (e.g., congenital heart disease and strabismus) Children's treats adults. Children's Hospital scientist Dr. John Enders and his team were first to successfully culture the polio virus and were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954.Dr. Joseph Murray, chief plastic surgeon at Children's Hospital Boston from 1972-1985 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 for his research on immunosuppression.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is one of the largest and oldest children's hospitals in the world. CHOP has been ranked as the best children's hospital in the United States by U.S. News & World Report and Parents Magazine in recent years. As of 2008, it was ranked #1 in the nation for paediatrics. Each year the hospital admits more than 15,000 children and more than 600,000 are seen in the emergency and outpatient departments.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) is a 523-bed pediatric hospital located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is home to the country's busiest pediatric emergency department, performs the second largest number of surgical procedures at a children's hospital in the nation, and is southwest Ohio's only Level 1 pediatric trauma center. Cincinnati Children's receives the second-most NIH funds of any pediatric institution in the United States. The pediatric residency training program at CCHMC is among the largest in the world, training approximately 130 graduate physicians each year. Cincinnati Children's is home to a large neonatology department that oversees newborn nurseries at local hospitals and the medical center's own 59-bed Level III Regional Center for Newborn Intensive Care.American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize for its leadership in improving outcomes through family-centered care and a dedication to transparency (2006).

Texas Children's Hospital is a pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. With 639 licensed beds and 465 beds in operation, Texas Children's is the largest children's hospital in the United States and is affiliated with the Baylor College of Medicine as that institution's primary pediatric training site. Texas Children's has garnered widespread recognition for its expertise and breakthrough developments in the treatment of pediatric cancer, diabetes, asthma, HIV, premature birth, attention-related disorders, organ transplants and cardiogenic disorders. More than 42 pediatric subspecialties are available to patients at Texas Children's. The hospital's medical staff includes more than 1,580 board-certified, primary-care physicians, pediatric subspecialists, pediatric surgeons and dentists. In 2003, Texas Children's more than 1,000 nurses achieved national Magnet Recognition, one of the highest honors in nursing.

The Children’s Hospital is a nationally-ranked, nonprofit hospital for children located in Colorado. For more than a decade, U.S. News & World Report has recognized The Children's Hospital as one of the nation's top 10 children’s hospitals. The Children’s Hospital ranked seventh (7th) in the magazine's “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” issue published in May 2008. The Children’s Hospital was awarded Magnet nursing status in 2005. The Magnet Nursing Services Recognition Program was established in 1993 to recognize healthcare organizations that provide the very best in nursing care. Out of 100 children’s hospitals in the nation, The Children’s Hospital ranked 10th for overall care; 2nd in pulmonary care; 7th in ER care; and 9th in orthopedic care.

Opened in 1912 as The Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children, the nation’s first pediatric hospital affiliated with an academic research institution, Johns Hopkins. Baltimore banker Henry Johnston and his wife Harriet Lane bequeathed our founding funds in memory of their sons, who died in childhood from rheumatic fever. By 1930, their clinicians had discovered that sulfa drugs can prevent its fatal cardiac devastation. According from them, "for nearly a century now, we’ve been pushing the boundaries of American pediatric medicine and developing world-class care for the sickest children and their families. Visit here often for more about our revolutionary brand of medicine and the dedication, innovation and brilliance..."