Among the best in the country when it comes to cardiology and cardiac surgery for kids
Newsweek’s 2025 rankings of American’s Best Children’s Hospitals are in and Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU has ranked among the top 50 children’s hospitals for cardiology and cardiac surgery. The rankings are intended to help families identify the institutions that are best equipped to meet their children’s specialized health care needs.
“Our full-service heart center brings skill and compassion to every encounter. On a given day, they may be diagnosing a baby’s congenital heart defect before birth, mending a child’s heart through a minimally-invasive procedure in our dedicated pediatric cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology lab, or educating school personnel so they’re prepared to address sudden cardiac arrest on school grounds,” said Dr. Karen Hendricks-Muñoz, interim physician-in-chief of CHoR. “Their impact on the health of our children and communities is wide reaching and has earned them the deserved recognition as being among the best in the nation.”
Caring for the whole heart
Recent heart care highlights at CHoR include:
- Opening the region’s first dedicated pediatric cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology lab
- An increasing number of expecting parents turning to us for advanced imaging and early detection of their babies’ congenital heart disease
- Collaboration with UVA Health Children’s ensuring patients get the best surgical care close to home
- Growing team and geographical footprint
- Building a research program that is paving the way for better results today and tomorrow
“We have physicians who specialize in all aspects of pediatric heart care, so families can find exactly what they need at CHoR,” said Dr. Christopher Snyder, chief of cardiology. “But what we bring to these families goes beyond clinical expertise. They can also count on our team to offer sincere teamwork, dedication and collaboration so that together we can create a happier and healthier future for them and their children.”
How Newsweek names America’s Best Children’s Hospitals
Newsweek partnered with market research firm Statista to gather data through a nationwide survey of more than 10,000 medical professionals and hospital managers, analysis of publicly available hospital quality metrics, patient satisfaction scores and patient-reported outcome measures implementation scores.
The Newsweek website noted, “For families who want the best medical attention for their children, we hope this ranking helps shed light on which children’s hospitals go the extra mile when it comes to pediatric care.”
Learn more about how CHoR and UVA Health Children’s partner to provide the best congenital heart surgery care close to home.
Learn more about VCU Medical Center's Newsweek rankings.