Miami, FL — Miami Children’s Hospital Dan Marino Center has received an award for “Best Services for Special Needs Kids and Families” in the tri-county area from South Florida Parenting Magazine.
Miami Children’s Hospital (MCH) and its affiliates were the top winners overall in the magazine’s annual “Kids’ Crown” healthcare category awards, also receiving the tri-county award for “Best Hospital for Pediatrics” as well as the Miami-Dade county awards for “Best Hospital for Emergency Care,” and “Best Services for Special Needs Kids and Families.”
“We are very pleased to receive this honor,” said Albert Rego, administrative director of the Miami Children's Hospital Dan Marino Center. “It is gratifying to know that the community values the services we offer. I’m extremely proud and grateful of our highly skilled medical and healthcare professionals who make this recognition possible. We look forward to continuing to make a difference in the lives of South Florida’s children.”
Each year South Florida Parenting and its readers select organizations offering the best family-friendly activities, products and services to receive “Kids’ Crown Awards.” Winners are chosen on the basis of ballots completed by the magazine’s readers as well as via selection by reader/judge panelists.
Founded in 1998, the Miami Children's Hospital Dan Marino Center is an integrated neurodevelopmental center specializing in the evaluation and treatment of children with neurological disabilities. The Center is the sole multidisciplinary pediatric out-patient facility in South Florida. The Dan Marino Center also provides a wide array of pediatric services with access to top pediatric specialists from Miami Children's Hospital, the only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children in South Florida.
About Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Where Children Matter Most (2024)
Founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is South
Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with approximately
850 attending physicians, including more than 500 pediatric subspecialists. The 307-bed
hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine with many specialty programs
routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. The
hospital is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern
United States and since 2003 has been designated an American Nurses Credentialing
Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession’s most prestigious institutional
honor. For more information, please visit www.nicklauschildrens.org.