Medical Specialty Care in Indianapolis
Indianapolis's medical specialty care goes well beyond routine hospitals -- home to the only hospital in Indiana with Level I trauma verification for both adults and children on one campus, the state's only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, its only verified burn center, and its only nationally ranked children's hospital.
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Ascension St. Vincent / Peyton Manning Children's Hospital
American College of Surgeons-verified as a Level I Trauma Center for both adults and children on the same campus, announced November 2023 -- the only hospital in the state with that combined designation. An adult trauma surgeon there called it "unique to the Midwest certainly but probably unique nationally."
IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Holds the National Cancer Institute's highest designation -- one of only 57 such centers nationwide. Continuously NCI-designated since 1999, comprehensive status since 2019, most recently renewed October 30, 2024 with a five-year, $14.2 million grant.
Richard M. Fairbanks Burn Center at Eskenazi Health
Re-verified by the American Burn Association and American College of Surgeons as a recognized adult burn center -- per Eskenazi Health's own statement, "the only in the state of Indiana with this designation."
Riley Hospital for Children (IU Health)
Ranked in all 11 pediatric specialties in U.S. News & World Report's 2025-26 Best Children's Hospitals, including top-10 national rankings in Urology (8th), Nephrology (9th), and Pulmonology (9th) -- the only Indiana children's hospital to be nationally ranked.
Riley Fetal Center
Riley's own program page states directly: "We are the first and only fetal surgery program in the state." Prenatal diagnosis and in-utero surgical treatment not otherwise available in Indiana.