Riley Children's Health is honored to be ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report. In 2023-24, we are ranked in 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties and are Indiana's best hospital for children.
In addition, our Urology (3rd), and Pulmonology (8th) programs are ranked in the top 10 nationally, with six additional programs ranked in the top 25.
Through enduring collaborations with the Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Children's is ranked 7th nationwide for NIH research funding, totaling more than $38 million in NIH grants for 76 studies in 2022.
Choose a department to learn more about each ranking:
Choose a department to learn more about each ranking:
Urology, #3
Ranked 3rd in the Nation by U.S. News & World Report
- One of only seven Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Comprehensive Care Centers in the U.S. (designated by the CARES Foundation).
- 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.
- Founding member of the Pediatric Urology Midwest Alliance, a group of leading pediatric urology programs advancing surgical outcomes and care for bladder exstrophy patients.
- One of the few Midwest facilities to offer pediatric robotic surgery.
Pulmonology & Respiratory Care, #8
Ranked 8th in the Nation by U.S. News & World Report
- Home to one of the top five largest cystic fibrosis programs in the nation; only program in Indiana accredited by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
- Home to the Infant Breathing Program, providing interdisciplinary care to prematurely born infants; reducing mortality and the number of infants needing tracheostomies.
- Neuromuscular Program is recognized by the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy.
- Only program in Indiana with experts focused on caring for children with all types of pulmonary hypertension.
- Home to the nation’s only multidisciplinary program for patients with Alström syndrome.
- Treated 3,545 new patients and received 16,766 outpatient visits in 2022.
Diabetes & Endocrinology, Top 15
Ranked in the Top 15 by U.S. News & World Report
- 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.
- Our research team is currently recruiting or following children and adults enrolled in more than 30 diabetes and endocrine-related clinical and observational studies. In 2022, the team published 55 research publications.
- Accredited by the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists.
Nephrology & Kidney Diseases, Top 15
Ranked in the Top 15 by U.S. News & World Report
- The Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program is nationally ranked in the top quartile and is part of the Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative (IROC).
- Conducted 26 active clinical studies and published 49 research publications in 2022.
- One of only 12 pediatric programs in the nation to offer aquapheresis, allowing for continuous renal replacement in smaller patients, including neonates. We had a higher aquapheresis volume than any other pediatric program in the nation for the fourth quarter of 2022.
- Completes more than 500 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitor readings annually.
- Our neonatal AKI surveillance and consultation program—one of the few in the nation—captures all neonates with an AKI episode and creates streamlined outpatient follow-up and research study enrollment.
- The only pediatric dialysis unit in Indiana. We provide inpatient (including NICU and PICU) and acute hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis services.
Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Top 20
Ranked in the Top 20 by U.S. News & World Report
- Among the nation's busiest and highest acuity pediatric heart centers, the pediatric heart program at Riley Children's Health is ranked as one of the leading programs in the nation.
- Our team published 39 research publications in 2022.
- 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.
- Integrated care model with subspecialty care coordination and novel approaches to cardiac intensive care, inpatient navigation and home monitoring
Gastroenterology & G.I. Surgery, Top 20
Ranked in the Top 20 by U.S. News & World Report
- A team of 20 specialists leads national research and clinical care, performing more than 3,000 procedures and caring for approximately 20,600 patients in 2022.
- Research-focused team of pediatric G.I. specialists are part of the national ImproveCareNow network.
- One-year liver transplant survival rate is 93%, with more than 20 IRB-approved studies to provide access to drugs, biologics or devices not commercially available.
- Parenteral Support and Intestinal Rehabilitation (PAIR) Program provides access to novel lipids for children with intestinal failure and new medical therapies, including intestinal growth factors.
- Availability of latest technologies, including IB stim, EndoFLIP, transnasal esophagoscopy and biofeedback; point-of-care intestinal ultrasound to be offered in near future.
Learn more about our Gastroenterology & G.I. Surgery program
Neonatology, Top 20
Ranked in the Top 20 by U.S. News & World Report
- Riley Children’s is home to a Level IV NICU providing the highest level of care. We are No. 8 out of 46 U.S. centers in the number of comorbidities present on admission, reflecting the complexity of our NICU patient population.
- The ECMO program is designated by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) as a Platinum Level Center of Excellence.
- Published 120 research publications in 2022.
- Home to one of the first neonatal neurocritical care units in the country; established in 2013.
- Participates in the Vermont Oxford Network to evaluate care compared to NICUs nationwide and to perform collaborative quality improvement with NICUs.
- Selected as one of 12 study sites for the potential ARISING study, a multicenter study investigating the long-term effects of AKI in neonates.
- The Fetal Center managed 470 referrals in 2022, representing a 33% increase in patient volume. The center is one of 36 members in the North American Fetal Therapy Network—a group of facilities with expertise in fetal interventions.
Cancer, Top 25
Ranked in the Top 25 by U.S. News & World Report
- Part of CureWorks, a unique collaboration among five elite academic children’s hospitals in the nation, enables greater access to more clinical trial options in CAR T-cell therapy science.
- Globally recognized translational research initiatives aimed to revolutionize cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment, including 73 open clinical trials in oncology, 5 in hematology and 12 stem cell trials in 2022.
- Physicians saw nearly 1,500 hematology disorders – all with an 80% five-year survival rate overall.
- One of the few pediatric cancer programs in the region to offer precision genomics to treat children with relapsed or aggressive cancer.
- Our team published 54 research publications in 2022.
- The Gene and Cell Therapy Program, part of the Herman B Wells Center at Riley Children’s, received a $12 million award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to fund research that could lead to safer hemophilia treatments.
Orthopedics, Top 40
Ranked in the Top 40 by U.S. News & World Report
- Comprehensive musculoskeletal care—using the latest technological advances—for children of all ages, infancy through adolescence.
- Our holistic spinal deformity program, supported by a dedicated team of pediatric anesthesiologists, features the latest advancements in technology and postoperative care.
- Riley Children’s is one of the few facilities in the region to provide casting for infantile or early on-set scoliosis.
- IMPACCT (Infrastructure for Musculoskeletal Pediatric Acute Care Clinical Trials) Consortium – Currently enrolling for two national, multicenter trials: DRIFT (Distal Radius Interventions for Fracture Treatment) and COMET (Cast or Operation for Medial Epicondyle Treatment).
- One of the few Midwest hospitals to offer EOS; fewer than 40 machines in the nation.
Neurology & Neurosurgery, Top 50
Ranked in the Top 50 by U.S. News & World Report
- A partner in the only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in Indiana verified by the American College of Surgeons.
- Accredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers as a Level 4 epilepsy center.
- In 2022, the neurosurgery team conducted 30 open research studies, which contributed to research examining the cellular heterogeneity of epileptogenic zones, seizure responsiveness to neuromodulation using connectomic profiling and more.
- The MDA clinic has expanded to offer novel gene therapies for spinal muscular atrophy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Learn more about our Neurology & Neurosurgery programs
