Hoxworth hospital partner Cincinnati Children's ranks No. 1 children's hospital in the nation

Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, congratulates Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center on being named as the top children’s hospital in the nation, according to the Best Children's Hospitals rankings for 2023-2024 from U.S. News and World Report.

"We are excited to congratulate and celebrate Cincinnati Children’s on this remarkable, well-deserved honor," said José Cancelas, MD, PhD, Director, Chief Executive Officer, Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati. "We are immensely proud of our decades long partnership with Cincinnati Children’s to provide and support exquisite pediatric patient care that is unique to the greater Cincinnati region.”  

The Best Children’s Hospitals list also includes national rankings across 10 pediatric specialties. Cincinnati Children’s was named in the top 10 of each of these areas and No. 1 in cancer care, diabetes and endocrinology, neonatology and urology.

As the sole supplier of blood products in the greater Cincinnati region, Hoxworth Blood Center is extremely proud to support Cincinnati Children’s with blood products that directly impact pediatric cancer care, and beyond. More than half of Hoxworth’s platelet collections are directly transfused at Cincinnati Children’s, many of which are used in cancer treatment. 

The physicians and researchers at Cincinnati Children’s hold academic appointments at the UC College of Medicine, including Cancelas, where he also leads the stem cell program along with the cancer and blood diseases institute at Cincinnati Children's. 

Cincinnati Children’s cares for kids in the city and region as well as children who come from across the country and outside the U.S. borders. It is a leader in research, as well, where  Cancelas also leads translational research programs in cancer and blood diseases. 

Additionally, Cincinnati Children’s ranks first in blood and platelet collections among hospital blood drive partners and was responsible for collecting 2,104 units of blood in 2022, making a significant impact for local patients like Brynn Schulte, who was diagnosed with Factor XIII shortly after she was born in 2019 and is being treated by Cincinnati Children’s. Factor XIII deficiency is an extremely rare blood disorder characterized by abnormal blood clotting that may result in abnormal bleeding.

"Brynn’s diagnosis is 1 in 5 million. She’s rare. Perfectly rare,” says Lindsay Schulte, Brynn's mother. “We are so thankful to Cincinnati Children’s, Hoxworth Blood Center and its donors, and the Tri-State Bleeding Disorder community for fiercely loving and supporting our Brynn.”

Cincinnati Children’s is hosting their next blood drive in the Sabin Auditorium on Friday, July 14. For more information and to schedule, visit https://hoxworth.org/groups/cchmc.html.

Link to original story from Cincinnati.com