U.S. News & World Report Rankings

• Among the nation's busiest and highest acuity pediatric and adult congenital heart centers
• Recognized nationally and internationally for procedures that repair undersized pulmonary arteries, remove cardiac tumors and rebuild complex heart anatomies, as well as a high-volume center for the Ross procedure, a surgery that uses a patient’s pulmonary valve to replace the aortic valve
• One of the first pediatric programs in the U.S. to support the failing heart in a child with a Berlin heart and in 2003, the first program in North America to implant one in an infant

• Using the Project ECHO model, offers continuing education programs for primary care providers, K-12 educators and juvenile justice professionals
• Employs the evidence-based Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) treatment model for reducing suicidality and improving depression
• Home to one of only five Multisystemic Therapy programs in Indiana

(*tied with another children's hospital)

• Leading-edge research on treatment and prevention of type I and type 2 diabetes combined with comprehensive family-centered clinical care
• Nationally recognized faculty with expertise in every area of pediatric endocrinology, as well as opportunities for participation in clinical trials of new medications in diabetes and endocrine conditions
• Multidisciplinary programs in:
  • Metabolic Bone Disease
  • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
  • Gender Health
  • Disorders of Sex Development
  • Prader-Willi Syndrome
  • Duchene Muscular Dystrophy
  • Childhood Cancer Survivorship
  • Youth Diabetes Prevention Program - A dedicated individualized intervention program for children and adolescents with pre-diabetes

• Team of 17 specialists (including two hepatologists) leads national research and clinical care, performing more than 2,500 pediatric endoscopy procedures and caring for 300+ liver patients annually
• Performs 10-16 liver transplants annually with outstanding outcomes
• Specialized and multidisciplinary programs provide expert care for patients with:
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Liver Disease
  • Obesity
  • Allergic Eosinophilic G.I. Disorders
  • Motility Disorders
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Short Bowel Syndrome
  • Aerodigestive Disorders
  • Nutritional Disorders
  • Psychological conditions related to G.I. disorders
• Research focused team of pediatric G.I. specialists published 82 peer-reviewed articles since 2018 and is part of the national ImproveCareNow network

• Part of CureWorks, a unique collaboration among five elite academic children’s hospitals that enables Riley oncologists to offer more clinical trial options in CAR-T cell therapy science
• Globally recognized translational research initiatives aim to revolutionize cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment and include 78 open clinical trials in oncology and 7 open clinical trials in hematology
• Physicians see more than 300 new oncology patients, over 700 new hematology patients each year, and more than 13,000 outpatient visits – all with an 85% five-year survival rate.

• The Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program is nationally ranked in the top quartile and is part of the Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative (IROC)
• Leading-edge patient care and research with two R01- funded nephrologists, among the leading recipients of National Institutes of Health funding for pediatric nephrology
• Currently conducting 20 ongoing IRB clinical studies with each division member a PI on an active research study

• The ECMO program is designated by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) as a Platinum Level Center of Excellence
• One of the first neonatal critical care programs in the country now serving a large volume of complex patients with neonatal expertise within all medical and surgical sub-specialties, and overall excellent outcomes
• Participates in the Vermont Oxford Network to evaluate care compared to NICUs nationwide and to perform collaborative quality improvement with NICUs
• Member of the Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium of Level IV NICUs to improve care and outcomes

• As one of the largest and most experienced pediatric neurosurgery teams in the United States The pediatric neurosurgery service performs nearly 900 procedures each year
• Multidisciplinary pediatric neurosurgery programs for:
  • Craniofacial Anomalies
  • Neuromodulation
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Neurotrauma
  • Epilepsy, including minimally invasive epilepsy surgery (featuring laser ablation of seizure foci) and robot-assisted seizure surgery

• Comprehensive musculoskeletal care—using the latest technological advances—for children of all ages, infancy through adolescence
• Holistic spinal deformity program, supported by a dedicated team of pediatric anesthesiologists, features the latest advancements in technology and postoperative care

• Dedicated programs combine expertise with care coordination to treat complex conditions, including housing one of the largest cystic fibrosis centers in the nation
• Allergy physicians at Riley are involved in trials of food immunotherapy and in nationally recognized studies of the developing airway microbiome
• Riley’s successful transition from inpatient to outpatient asthma care has decreased hospital readmission rates by more than 90%

• Performs more pediatric urologic surgeries than any children’s hospital in North America - totaling more than 4,500 surgeries and more than 18,000 outpatient visits annually
• Extensive experience in reconstructive urology hosting the largest database in the world for complex pediatric urinary tract reconstruction
• One of only 4 centers in the nation designated as a Center of Surgical Excellence for surgical reconstruction for children born with congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Designated by the Association for the Bladder Exstrophy Community as one of 10 international Centers of Excellence for the care of children with bladder exstrophy