Reflecting the level of excellence and expertise offered, Stony Brook Children’s is fully accredited by the Joint Commission and other national and international accrediting bodies. Our physicians are board-certified, often in more than one specialty, and our nurses and other clinical staff typically have additional pediatric certification plus years of experience in treating children.

We also have been accepted as an associate member of the prestigious National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI), a not-for-profit association of children’s hospitals and large pediatric units dedicated to improving the health of America’s 70 million children and families, no matter how sick or how poor. Stony Brook Children’s is one of 217 members across the country, and participating organization have access to NACHRI’s collective wisdom and initiatives, as well as an opportunity to share its own expertise.

NACHRI has pioneered the concept of integrated child health networks, which ensures that children receive the most appropriate and economical health care from experts who are trained at centers of excellence and accountable to the public for children’s health and health care. It also takes roles in advocacy, public policy analysis, education of its members and the public, and research. In addition, it addresses issues such as uninsured children, injury prevention, child abuse and neglect, quality of care, and patient safety.

Some individual accolades include:

• Stony Brook Children’s Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory was accredited for Pediatric Transthoracic and Fetal Echocardiography by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL).
• Our Cystic Fibrosis Center was recognized by the American Board of Pediatrics for our success in improving care for patients.
• Stony Brook Children’s Family Advocacy Group received First Place recognition at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) annual meeting, for our Quality Improvement poster depicting the development and implementation of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Family Advocacy Board.