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MA Hospitals Ranked Among Best In Country: U.S. News & World Report
MASSACHUSETTS — With expertise across multiple specialty areas, Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana Farber/Brigham and Women’s Hospital are among the 20 best in the country in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-2025 Best Hospitals ranking released Tuesday.
For its 35th annual report, U.S. News evaluated more than 5,000 hospitals based on their performance across 30 medical and surgical services.
The two honor roll hospitals in Massachusetts are Dana Farber/Brigham & Women’s Cancer Center and Massachusetts General Hospital.
U.S. News also ranked the top regional hospitals in the Boston and Worcester metro areas:
Boston
- 1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- 3. Beth Israel Hospital
- 4. Tufts Medical Center
- 5. Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
- 6. Newton Wellesley Hospital
- 7. South Shore Hospital
- 8. Mount Auburn Hospital
- 9. Winchester Hospital
- 10. Salem Hospital, Beth Israel-Plymouth
Worcester
- 1. UMass-Memorial
- 2. St. Vincent’s Hospital
For the first time this year, U.S. News also identified 98 hospitals across the country for their success in caring for patients from historically underserved communities. In Massachusetts, UMass-Memorial in Worcester was recognized.
Here are the top five hospitals by specialty:
Cancer
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City
- Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
- Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Boston
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California
Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery
- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Ohio
- NYU Langone Hospitals, New York City
- Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
- Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City
Neurology & Neurosurgery
- NYU Langone Hospitals, New York City
- Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
- UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City
- Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD)
Orthopedics
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City
- Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
- NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York City
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, New York City
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
To calculate the 2024-2025 Best Hospitals for the Honor Roll, specialty and region, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance using a variety of measures. Data came from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, American Hospital Association, professional organizations, and medical specialists. The Procedures & Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective patient care measures.