U.S. News Media Group’s 2009 edition of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals has recognized Mattel’s Children’s Hospital UCLA as a leader in nine out of ten categories that they ranked nationally. Departments which were highlighted include: kidney disorders (No. 3); digestive disorders (No. 8); neurology & neurosurgery (No.12); heart & heart surgery (No. 14); diabetes & endocrine disorders (No. 15); urology (No. 16); cancer (No. 16); neonatal care (No. 21); and orthopedics (No. 26).
“By combining the overall scores of each category for all hospitals ranked in the survey, we also calculated that Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA ranked twelfth in the nation, and second in the state of California,” said the hospital’s physician-in-chief, Dr. Edward R.B. McCabe, who holds the Mattel Executive Endowed Chair in UCLA’s Department of Pediatrics.
The hospital’s mission is to provide state of-the-art treatment for children in a compassionate atmosphere, as well as to improve the understanding and treatment of pediatric diseases.
For more information, visit www.uclahealth.org/mattel.
