U.S. News & World Report recently released their rankings of the best children's hospitals in the nation.
Among those hospitals were nine New York City-area hospitals, including two on Long Island.
Here are the rankings of each hospital and the fields in which they have been nationally recognized, according to the 2017 numbers.

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The Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, which has treated most of the children in Long Island hospitals for the COVID-19-linked syndrome. None of the deaths occurred there, Northwell Health said.

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The Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, which has treated most of the children in Long Island hospitals for the COVID-19-linked syndrome. None of the deaths occurred there, Northwell Health said.

1. New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell

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Location: Manhattan
National rankings: New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell was nationally ranked in 10 children's specialties, including No. 9 in pediatric diabetes and endocrinology, and No. 10 in both pediatric cardiology and heart surgery and pediatric gastroenterology and GI surgery.

2. Cohen Children's Medical Center

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Location: New Hyde Park

New York ranking: No. 2

National rankings: Cohen Children's Medical Center was nationally ranked in nine children's specialties, including No. 9 in pediatric urology, No. 19 in neonatology and No. 23 in pediatric neurology and neurosurgery.

3. The Children's Hospital at Montefiore

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Location: Bronx
National rankings: Montefiore Medical Center is nationally ranked in seven children's specialties, including No. 23 in pediatric orthopedics, No. 24 in pediatric nephrology and No. 37 in pediatric cancer.

4. Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital

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Location: Manhattan
National rankings: Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital is nationally ranked in six children's specialties, including No. 16 in pediatric diabetes and endocrinology, No. 23 in pediatric gastroenterology and GI surgery and No. 27 in pediatric neurology and neurosurgery.

5. NYU Winthrop Hospital Children's Medical Center

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Location: Mineola

New York ranking: No. 5

National rankings: NYU Winthrop Hospital Children's Medical Center was nationally ranked in three children's specialties, including No. 29 in pediatric diabetes and endocrinology, No. 30 in pediatric pulmonology and No. 47 in pediatric urology.

6. Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJ University Hospital

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Location: New Brunswick, N.J.
National rankings: Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital was nationally ranked in pediatric urology.

7. Claire Tow Pediatric Pavilion at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Location: Manhattan
National rankings: Claire Tow Pediatric Pavilion at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center was nationally ranked in pediatric cancer.

8. Hospital for Special Surgery

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Location: Manhattan
National rankings: Hospital for special surgery was nationally ranked in pediatric orthopedics.

9. Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center

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Location: Hackensack, N.J.
National rankings: Hospital for special surgery was nationally ranked in pediatric neurology and neurosurgery.

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