Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg has once again been named the No. 1 children’s hospital in Florida, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings.
This marks the third straight year the hospital has earned the state’s top honor and remains the only ranked pediatric hospital in the Tampa Bay region. Johns Hopkins All Children’s also tied for No. 4 in the Southeast, its highest regional ranking to date.
For Tampa Bay’s business and healthcare community, the recognition reinforces the region’s growing reputation for excellence in research, innovation and clinical care.
What happened
The 19th annual U.S. News & World Report rankings list Johns Hopkins All Children’s among the nation’s top 50 hospitals in eight specialties:
- Diabetes and endocrinology, No. 17
- Neurology and neurosurgery, No. 22
- Orthopaedics, No. 25
- Pulmonology and lung surgery, No. 33
- Cancer, No. 37
- Cardiology and heart surgery, No. 39
- Urology, No. 43
- Nephrology, No. 49
The diabetes and endocrinology program’s No. 17 ranking marks the hospital’s best performance in any specialty to date…