Awards & Recognition

We’re proud to share some of the ways Rady Children’s has been recognized -- throughout the state and around the country. These honors are important for one reason only: They demonstrate our commitment in doing what's right for kids.

Best Children's Hospitals: A Perfect 10!

In its comprehensive survey (2011-2012) to identify the top children’s hospitals in the nation in 10 pediatric specialties, U.S. News & World Report ranks Rady Children’s in all 10 specialties:

With 177 children’s hospitals surveyed, the top rankings place Rady Children’s among the nation’s elite. Read more.

More National Recognition

Rady Children’s Bernardy Center Earns Top Honors from U.S. News and World Report (2011, 2010, 2009). The Helen M. Bernardy Center for Medically Fragile Children at Rady Children’s rates as one of the Best Nursing Homes in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's survey of more than 15,500 facilities. Only those facilities with perfect five-star ratings from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid earn a place on this prestigious Honor Roll.

Parents Magazine Ranked Rady Children’s Among Top Children’s Hospitals in the Nation (2009). In addition to our Hospital ranking in the top 25 overall, our Orthopedics department earned top honors, ranking number six in the country. Rady Children’s was one of only three West Coast hospitals in the United States in the top 30.

National Accreditation

Rady Children’s received full accreditation by the National Accreditation Commission for the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE). This makes Rady Children’s a freestanding ACPE center that can offer Level 1, Level 2 and Supervisory Clinical Pastoral Education. Only 10 other children’s hospitals nationwide can make this claim.

Children’s Primary Care Medical Group (CPCMG) achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). Only about 3,600 ambulatory healthcare organizations across the United States are accredited by the AAAHC. CPCMG provides superior pediatric primary care services to approximately 162,000 patients and families.

Top & Best Doctors

Ninety-eight Rady Children’s-affiliated physicians are honored as 2011 Top Doctors in San Diego Magazine. Each year, the San Diego County Medical Society asks board-certified doctors to whom they would refer their patients and family members. That means that making the list is really high praise – physicians who are highly trusted and respected by their peers. In 2010, 70 Rady Children's-affiliated physicians made the list.

U.S. News & World Report names 19 Rady Children's-affiliated physicians as 2011 Top Doctors in its first-time survey of physicians across the country.

Best Doctors, Inc. recognized 102 Rady Children's-affiliated physicians as Best Doctors (2009) in their physician-to-physician survey. Best Doctors identifies specialists who are considered by fellow physicians to be the most skilled in their fields and most qualified for reviewing and treating complex medical conditions. There's nothing more reassuring than knowing that our patients and families have access to some of the best doctors in the country!

Local Recognition

Rady Children's President and CEO Kathleen Sellick has been named 2011 Woman of the Year by San Diego Magazine. The award is given to women who are providing exceptional leadership for the San Diego region. More than 140 women were nominated this year.

President and CEO Kathleen Sellick received the Leadership in Action Award from Mental Health America of San Diego County (2010) in recognition of Rady Children’s comprehensive behavioral health services Mental Health America of San Diego County was founded in 1942 as the first mental health advocacy organization in San Diego County. Its mission is to promote mental health, to prevent mental disorders, and to achieve victory over mental illness through advocacy, education, research and service.