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Pediatric Behavioral Health & Wellness Ranked Top 50 in US News & World Report

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital's Division of Pediatric Behavioral Health & Wellness is among the nation’s best by the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospital rankings in Children's & Adolescent Behavioral Health Hospitals

The Division of Pediatric Behavioral Health & Wellness at UR Medicine is the largest provider of ambulatory children’s mental health services, the region’s only Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient unit, and the only adolescent partial hospital in Western New York. The division’s ambulatory services include two large clinic sites and satellites in pediatric primary care and pediatric specialty offices and public schools throughout the region. The division recently launched the Brighter Days Pediatric Mental Health Urgent Care Center, the only service of this type in Upstate New York.

The division consists of 50 faculty members and over 120 staff clinicians, including child and adolescent psychiatrists, child and adolescent psychologists, licensed mental health therapists, family and marriage therapists, licensed clinical social workers, creative arts therapists, and case managers. Research and education are also critical missions for the division, with multiple ongoing studies examining suicide risk and prevention, as well as training programs in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychology.

“I am honored and humbled to lead this team of clinicians and academics who are so committed to improving the lives of children and families in our region. Recognition in our ranking by US News and World Report provides welcomed and needed attention to the outstanding work they do." - Michael Scharf, MD, psychiatrist-in-chief at GCH.