Accreditations and Honors

Children's Specialized Hospital is licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health as a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Hospital.

Children's Specialized Hospital's accreditations include:

• The Joint Commission (TJC)
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

Children's Specialized Hospital holds memberships in:

• Children's Hospital Association
• The New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA)
• The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey (BIANJ)
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• International Pediatric Rehabilitation Collaborative
• Pediatric Complex Care Association

Children's Specialized is certified by Medicaid, Medicare, and Special Child Health Services.

Children's Specialized Hospital has been awarded the following honors:

• American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Program: Children's Specialized Hospital Chronic Illness Management Program - 2024
• Bronze Award Winner for Antimicrobial Stewardship Recognition Program - 2022, 2023
• Becker's Hospital Review:
  • 1 of 6 Innovative Hospitals to Know - 2023
  • 1 of 153 Great Community Hospitals - 2023
  • 1 of 36 Hospitals & Health Systems with Great Diabetes and Endocrinology Programs - 2024
  • 160 Community Hospital CEOs to Know: Matthew B. McDonald III, MD President & CEO, Children's Specialized Hospital - 2024
• CHiME Digital Health Most Wired Survey – 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2023
• Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM) - 2022, 2023
• Institute for Patient-and Family-Centered Care (IPFCC) Partnership Award - 2022
• Newsweek's World's Best Specialized Hospitals - 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
• NJBIZ Healthcare Heroes: Physician of the Year: Colin O'Reilly, DO, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Children's Specialized Hospital - 2023
• NJHA Mission & Margin Award: Joseph Dobosh Jr., Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (ret.), Children's Specialized Hospital - 2024
• NJ Social Innovation Awards in Innovation Services for Special Populations: Innovative Strategies and Services that Improve Health Outcomes and Quality of Life Category: Children's Specialized Hospital Center for Discovery, Innovation and Development (CDID) - 2024