What You Need To Know
Hackensack Meridian Health is proud to announce that Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health hospitals are ranked #1 in New Jersey for the fifth year and Top 10 in the Mid-Atlantic region, and top 3 in the NY-NJ Metro area according to the U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals 2025-26 report. Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center are nationally ranked in five specialties - behavioral health, diabetes & endocrinology, nephrology, neurology & neurosurgery, and urology. Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health are the only hospitals in NJ with five nationally ranked specialties.
Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital, which filed jointly under a single hospital system, are ranked nationally in the following pediatric specialties:
- Pediatric & Adolescent Behavioral Health
- Diabetes & Endocrinology
- Nephrology
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Urology
U.S. News & World Report determines the annual Best Children’s Hospital Rankings by gathering key clinical data from 100 medical centers through a detailed survey examining patient safety, infection prevention and adequacy of nurse staffing. Part of each hospital’s score is derived from surveys of more than 15,000 pediatric specialists who are asked where they would send the sickest children in their specialty.
For more information on the U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals 2025-26 list, visit here. For more information on Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health visit www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/kids.