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Dell Children’s is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in 7 specialties 2025-2026

Dell Children's

Read more Get all the care your child needs, from pediatric primary care to advanced specialty care and emergency care.

Departments and services

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    Heart Center

    Dell Children's Medical Center is the only comprehensive children's heart center in Central Texas, and delivers leading care for children with heart conditions.

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    Neonatal intensive care (NICU)

    Dell Children’s Medical Center delivers the highest level of newborn care for preterm and critically sick babies in our Level IV NICU.

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    Neurosciences

    As a leading neurosciences program in Central Texas, specialists at Dell Children's care for children and adolescents with medical conditions of the central nervous system. 

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    Blood and cancer care

    At Dell Children's sites of care across Central Texas, we deliver specialized care for children with cancer and blood diseases.

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Only in Austin. Only at Dell Children's.

Dell Children's has the most pediatric specialties in Central Texas – providing comprehensive pediatric care for children and families.
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What sets us apart

Nationally-ranked specialty care

Dell Children’s is nationally ranked in pediatric and adolescent behavioral health, pediatric cardiology and heart surgery, neonatology, pediatric neurology and neurosurgery, pediatric orthopedics, pediatric pulmonology and lung surgery, and pediatric urology by U.S. News & World Report 2025-26.

Best in pediatric trauma care in Central Texas

As a Level I Trauma Center, Dell Children's provides the highest quality and most comprehensive emergency trauma care for critically injured children and adolescents in our region.

Among the nation's top congenital cardiac programs

The Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease at Dell Children's has a 3-star rating, the highest possible, for surgical outcomes by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

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