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Johns Hopkins Tops Hospital Rankings

Mayo Clinic, UCLA follow in US News rankings

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 16, 2009 11:08 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Johns Hopkins has been named America’s best hospital for the 19th year in a row, the Baltimore Sun reports. The closely followed US News & World Report rankings placed Hopkins first in rheumatology, urology, and ear, nose and throat; it was second in neurology and neurosurgery, geriatrics, gynecology, ophthalmology, and psychiatry. Rounding out the top three overall were the Mayo Clinic and the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

The rest of the top 10:

  1. Cleveland Clinic
  2. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
  3. New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell
  4. University of California-San Francisco Medical Center
  5. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
  6. Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis
  7. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
  1. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

In this undated photo from the Cleveland Clinic, the transplant team performs the first face transplant surgery in the US on patient Connie Culp.
In this undated photo from the Cleveland Clinic, the transplant team performs the first face transplant surgery in the US on patient Connie Culp.   (AP Photo/Cleveland Clinic-HO)
In this image released by ABC, cameraman Richard Chisolm, left, tapes events as ABC News returns to Baltimore's John Hopkins Hospital for a documentary series entitled Hopkins.
In this image released by ABC, cameraman Richard Chisolm, left, tapes events as ABC News returns to Baltimore's John Hopkins Hospital for a documentary series entitled "Hopkins."   (AP Photo/ABC, Jeffrey Neira)
In this photo released by UCLA, an exterior view of the new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, designed by architect IM Pei, is seen during a dedication ceremony Monday, June 4, 2007, in Los Angeles.
In this photo released by UCLA, an exterior view of the new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, designed by architect IM Pei, is seen during a dedication ceremony Monday, June 4, 2007, in Los Angeles.   (AP photo/UCLA, Bob Riha, Jr.)
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kokuaguy
Jul 16, 2009 6:25 AM CDT
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