Courtesy US News & World Report
Fifty centers were ranked in pediatric cardiology care, with Medical University of South Carolina’s Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital in Charleston ranked over at #4 in the United States. Survival after complex heart surgery, such as heart transplants and corrective surgery for congenital heart defects, specialized staff, services and technologies, commitment to best practices and ability to prevent infections accounted for most of each hospital’s score.
MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital in Charleston, SC has been nationally ranked in 6 pediatric specialties. It is a children’s general facility. It is a teaching hospital. Data from Palmetto Health Richland, McLeod Regional Medical Center, and Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital were used in evaluating this hospital in pediatric cardiology and heart surgery. Read more here.