Ranked No. 14 in the nation for orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report for 2025–26, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital is nationally recognized for its century-long legacy of innovation, research and exceptional pediatric orthopedic care. As the top-ranked orthopedic program in northern Ohio, UH Rainbow provides advanced, lifelong musculoskeletal care for issues ranging from congenital deformities and scoliosis to complex trauma, sports injuries and neuromuscular conditions. The program’s multidisciplinary team includes fellowship-trained pediatric orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians and specialty nurses, all supported by the region’s only level 1 pediatric trauma center and the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Pediatric Surgery Center, Cleveland’s only surgical facility designed exclusively for children. UH Rainbow is home to the largest single-center pediatric spine database in the world and leads groundbreaking innovations such as magnetically controlled growing rods, Firefly navigational spine technology and EOS Edge low-dose imaging. As leaders in scoliosis, limb lengthening and blood loss prevention, the department’s experts also hold leadership positions in major national and international orthopedic societies.
