News & World Report’s 2025-26 ‘America’s Best Children’s Hospitals’ list. Nationwide Children’s is one of America's largest pediatric hospitals, an international leader in research and is ranked in all 11 specialties on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” list. Our staff, comprised of over 1,700 medical professionals and over 16,000 employees, provides state-of
-the-art pediatric care for 1.9 million patient visits annually. And, according to the Children’s Hospital Association, Nationwide Children's is the #1 provider of inpatient pediatric surgery in the country. Our doctors represent every major pediatric sub-specialty. With over 50 locations throughout Ohio, signature programs include heart, cancer, gastroenterology and neonatology care, all of which are internationally recognized. Tim Robinson is CEO of Nationwide Children’s Hospital, which includes the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation and The Center for Family Safety and Healing at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding pediatric research facilities. Nationwide Children’s remains true to the original mission since its founding in 1892 of providing care regardless of a family’s ability to pay. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.
