U.S. News & World Report published its annual list of the country’s top hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery for 2023. The rankings are based on outcomes data and other key details from close to 800 hospitals in the United States.
Cleveland Clinic is once again ranked No. 1, a position it has held since 2020. The other top 5 centers include Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at No. 2, Mayo Clinic at No. 3, Mount Sinai Hospital in New York at No. 4, and NYU Langone Hospitals in New York at No. 5. The top 25 heart hospitals are listed below.
The evaluation included 779 hospitals and ranked the top 50 that care for patients with challenging heart and vascular cases. The list includes all hospital cardiology programs ranked in the top 10% in the nation. This includes heart transplants, implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators, and the treatment of complex conditions such as endocarditis, heart failure and circulatory issues.
The list is further broken down by top hospitals for heart attack, congestive heart failure (CHF), heart bypass surgery, aortic valve replacement surgery and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The annually published list is designed to help patients find a cardiologist, heart surgeon or vascular surgeon.
Cardiology is just one of the 15 areas of complex specialty care evaluated by the team at U.S. News. Other rankings examine the top hospitals for specialties such as pediatrics, cancer care, diabetes, endocrinology, geriatrics and orthopedics. Read more.
The top 25 hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery, as determined by U.S News & World Report:
1. Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, Ohio
2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles, California
3. Mayo Clinic | Rochester, Minnesota
4. Mount Sinai Hospital | New York, New York
5. NYU Langone Hospitals | New York, New York
6. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell | New York, New York
7. Northwestern Medicine — Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Chicago, Illinois
8. Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, Massachusetts
9. Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital | Stanford, California
10. Lenox Hill Hospital at Northwell Health | New York, New York
11. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania – Penn Presbyterian | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
12. North Shore University Hospital at Northwell Health | Manhasset, New York
13. Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore, Maryland
14. Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston, Texas
15. Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, Illinois
16. Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West Hospitals | New York, New York
17. Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center | Houston, Texas
18. Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Boston, Massachusetts
19. UCLA Medical Center | Los Angeles, California
20. UT Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, Texas
21. Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Tennessee
22. University of Michigan Health Frankel Cardiovascular Center — Ann Arbor, Michigan
23. UC San Diego Health-Cardiovascular Institute | La Jolla, California
24. Scripps La Jolla Hospitals | La Jolla, California
25. Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak | Royal Oak, Michigan
Find the complete list of rankings.
Compare with last year's top 25 rankings,
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How U.S. News & World Report ranks hospitals
The rankings are broken into two subcomponents for specialty rankings and procedure and condition ratings. The Best Hospitals specialty rankings are meant for patients with life-threatening or rare conditions who need a hospital that excels in treating complex, high-risk cases.
Hospitals are ranked from 1 to 50 in each specialty. Hospitals not in the top 50 but still in the top 10% of all rated hospitals received a designation of “high performing” on the list.
Find a detailed explanation of the company’s process for ranking hospital.
Dave Fornell has covered healthcare for more than 17 years, with a focus in cardiology and radiology. Fornell is a 5-time winner of a Jesse H. Neal Award, the most prestigious editorial honors in the field of specialized journalism. The wins included best technical content, best use of social media and best COVID-19 coverage. Fornell was also a three-time Neal finalist for best range of work by a single author. He produces more than 100 editorial videos each year, most of them interviews with key opinion leaders in medicine. He also writes technical articles, covers key trends, conducts video hospital site visits, and is very involved with social media. E-mail: dfornell@innovatehealthcare.com