Palm Beach Children’s Hospital has been verified as a Level II Children’s Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Children’s Surgery Verification (CSV) Quality Improvement Program, an established verification and quality improvement program designed to optimize the delivery of children’s surgical care.

The distinction recognizes the commitment of Palm Beach Children’s Hospital — the first children’s hospital to obtain Level II verification from the program — to provide the highest standards of care for children undergoing surgery. Across the country, 54 other children’s hospitals have obtained Level I verification through the CSV program.

“It brings us great pride that Palm Beach Children’s Hospital/SMMC, the historically go-to hospital for the sickest of children in Palm Beach County, is now recognized as delivering care commensurate with the standards of excellence set by the American College of Surgeons. This verification underscores our commitment to the quality and multidisciplinary approach to the care of the children of our community, who can be assured that we are consistently pushing to provide the best outcomes to our pediatric surgical patients,” said Dr. Anne Fischer, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, Medical Director of Children’s Surgery at Palm Beach Children’s Hospital. “We chose to become verified because our hospital’s mission is to deliver the highest quality healthcare services to our community which includes our pediatric surgical patients and their families. The ACS ensures that the hospital’s resources and pediatric-focused care correlate best with continually improving the outcomes for children with surgical needs.”