Mayo Clinic ranked No. 1 hospital in US for pulmonology, lung surgery

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, was named the No. 1 hospital in the United States for pulmonology and lung surgery in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021-2022 Best Hospitals rankings and ratings.

The top-ranked hospitals for pulmonology and lung surgery in the U.S. in the 2021-2022 report are:

• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota;
• National Jewish Health, Denver-University Colorado Hospital;
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center;
• University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center;
• Cleveland Clinic;
• New York University Langone Hospitals;
• Johns Hopkins Hospital;
• Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian;
• University of California, San Diego Health-Jacobs Medical Center; and
• NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell

In addition, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, was ranked as the No. 1 hospital on the Best Hospitals Honor Roll for the sixth consecutive year in the report. Cleveland Clinic ranked No. 2, followed by UCLA Medical Center at No. 3. The Honor Roll is a distinction awarded to hospitals ranked in the top 20 nationally for delivering exceptional treatment across multiple areas of care, according to a press release.

“This year’s expanded report from U.S. News includes new ratings for important procedures and conditions to help patients, in consultation with their doctors, narrow down their choice of hospital based on the specific type of care they need,” Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News & World Report, said in the release.

Data in the 2021-2022 report were obtained from a period predating COVID-19 and the rankings were not impacted by the pandemic’s effect on US hospitals, according to the release.

Reference:

Press Release.

For more information:

• A complete list of the national rankings can be found at https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings?src=usn_pr.
• Data reprinted with permission from U.S. News & World Report.